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Anything that smart people spend a lifetime doing—programming, font making, engineering, woodworking, auto repair, painting (house and fine art)—has depths that

Anything that smart people spend a lifetime doing—programming, font making, engineering, woodworking, auto repair, painting (house and fine art)—has depths that look completely crazy to outsiders.

enriquto 6y ago
You do not really need to be a smart person for that. Infinite depth is within everyone's reach! Cf. xkcd 1095[0] [0] https://xkcd.com/1095/ https://xkcd.com/1095/
- saghm 6y ago
  I expected https://xkcd.com/915/ https://xkcd.com/915/ before I clicked
  - enriquto 6y ago
    There's also the one about cast iron skillets, that has a similar atmosphere https://xkcd.com/1905/ https://xkcd.com/1905/ Curiously, the three numbers do not seem really independent.
    - toper-centage 6y ago
      > Curiously, the three numbers do not seem really independent. Those numbers.. Can't be a coincidence.
      - toper-centage 6y ago
        Unfortunately i couldn't find evidence of the pattern going any further or back (195, 591, 2195 etc).