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Dynamic programming is a technique in computer programming that involves breaking down a problem into smaller subproblems and solving them independently. It is commonly used in various algorithms, such as path-finding algorithms like Dijkstra's algorithm. By using dynamic programming, we can optimize our code by avoiding redundant calculations and improve the efficiency of our solutions.

Dynamic Programming is not Black Magic – Quentin Santos

black magick needs special values like 11, 77, 93, 175 and relies on obfuscating science so that scientific function appears instead as ‘magic’.
think things like oxygen freezing into a solid, light blue colored structure at the temperature found in outer space. weird, what does that sound like? anyway.
it’s funny because black magick is very real and is taken very seriously by people you would not expect, such as by the people who founded NASA, so seeing it flippantly applied where it doesn’t belong is always amusing.