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Simian's advice was pretty good, so is Jonathan's. (...) Divide and conquer and multi-stage sorting are key techniques to huge sorting problems. (...) I haven't learned that one yet :-) Frank (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Obviously you have a much smaller collection. Believe me, the sorting problem gets worse as you get more pieces. To get an idea, I'll try and relate how much of each of your 21 bins I have... For reference in the following, a "large tub" is (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) And here, I just spread out on every flat surface in my kitchen and make little piles. My apartment is only 400 square feet, almost 1/3 of which is occupied by LEGO in some form or another. Generally I make short trips between kitchen and the (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Sorting strategies [was: Re: Rebel Blockade Runner . . . Holy Moly ! !]
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(...) I don't think this is necessary for efficient sorting. I just pick out a handful of pieces of a given type, then put them in their bin, and then a handful of pieces of either the same or a slightly different type, and repeat. But then, I'm not (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I do my sorting in phases. Firstly, the setting. I sit on my couch with the coffee table in front of me. On my coffee table I have several containers to sort into (one for each category). Then I get a big glass of water, a glass of Coke and (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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