It has prodded at least one HN reader to speculate about making these patterns with robots[1], and another to wonder about solving shortest path[2]. Sounds like

It has prodded at least one HN reader to speculate about making these patterns with robots[1], and another to wonder about solving shortest path[2]. Sounds like "of interest to hackers". This is late Saturday and peoples' interests wander further afield than optimizing CDNs. [1] Can you make a business selling robots that let a ski resort decorate itself? Can you sell ads on unused winter pastures? [2] If you consider each footprint to be a salesman's stop, then I think the answer is "Yes, but…"