The “OSINT Amateur Hour” article from 2020. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23571886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23571886 The challenge was to f

The “OSINT Amateur Hour” article from 2020. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23571886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23571886 The challenge was to figure out where in the world a given photo of a street corner shop was taken. I spent half a day on the challenge and managed to figure it out through what I believe was some combination of rookie naïvete, persistence, and sheer luck. The moment when I found the solution felt like it was the most brilliant thing I’ve ever accomplished.