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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP-complete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP-complete

• xrisk 10y ago
  If he wanted a Wikipedia article he would ask for one.
  • Ao7bei3s 10y ago
    It's one of the most fundamental computer science topics. There is absolutely no point in coming up with an ad-hoc explanation or copy/pasting one just to stay on HN instead of linking to a good resource.
    • Mithaldu 10y ago
      He could at least have linked to https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP-complete https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP-complete instead.
  • baldfat 10y ago
    I think Wikipedia is the perfect response. It gives the person actual facts (As close as they can get) instead of someone talking off the top of their head or out of their ... If it was a question about an aspect of the topic sure Wiki page is a bad response, but if asking a large whole scale factual question send them the information.
  • dspillett 10y ago
    He did, indirectly. He asked for elaboration on the point and the information on that page is a perfectly good way of elaborating on the subject. If you want something specific, ask for something specific. If you specifically don't want something specifically mention you'd prefer not that.
  • Karunamon 10y ago
    I'm inclined to agree - most people here know what Google is. Asking a group of humans implies a human giving a human readable answer, not a link to an an encyclopedia article that's mostly useless unless you're a CS grad. (Funnily enough, this is acknowledged by the wiki community, looking at the box at the top of the page)