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It's the same underlying reason for https://xkcd.com/1425/ https://xkcd.com/1425/. These tasks have always looked similar. The only reason we are amazed is beca
by tooltower 4y ago
It's the same underlying reason for https://xkcd.com/1425/ https://xkcd.com/1425/. These tasks have always looked similar. The only reason we are amazed is because we know why one task is harder than the other. Understanding that is not easy.
- ralfd 4y agoRandall Monroe himself didn't know how hard (easy) the task was. The Flickr team released a month after the comic this (sadly offline now): https://code.flickr.net/2014/10/20/introducing-flickr-park-or-bird/ https://code.flickr.net/2014/10/20/introducing-flickr-park-o... Today a hobby programmer could do it by themself.