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Brute-search is not idiotic testing. It is many times much faster to automate the search and then to move on to the next level/parameter (where you may get to s
by jsprogrammer 10y ago
Brute-search is not idiotic testing. It is many times much faster to automate the search and then to move on to the next level/parameter (where you may get to start exploring again).
- dnautics 10y agoit might not be that easy. What happens when each iteration takes 30 minutes of setup, 4 hours -> overnight reaction time, 20 minutes of concentration, and a 30 minute silica gel column?
- jsprogrammer 10y agoYou parallelize and pipeline.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoInterns?
- HarryHirsch 10y agoBrute-force search is idiotic testing, almost by definition. The smart approach is sparse matrices, optimized either by staring at mountains of data (possible computer-assisted), or by gut feeling. Oftentimes the search space is so large (protein crystallization involves at least buffer, precipitant, pH, concentration) that you need to look at promising spots in the search space.
- dekhn 10y agobrute force is "naive" testing. it's almost never better (I say this as the person who ran exacycle, the world's largest brute force supercomputer).