Bit meta, wanted to say this is one of the interesting posts on HN in a while. Good work on the author's part, following their curiosity, writing it up in an un

Bit meta, wanted to say this is one of the interesting posts on HN in a while. Good work on the author's part, following their curiosity, writing it up in an understandable way for the rest of us. They weren't successful in the end but still got far.