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Open source developer building tools to help journalists, archivists, librarians and others analyze, explore and publish their data. datasette.io […] [bridged from fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy/ ]
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It's the ten year anniversary of XKCD 1425, one of the all-time greats and one that resonates slightly differently today. Wrote up some notes on that here: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/24/xkcd-1425-turns-ten-years-old-today/

XKCD comic. Cueball: When a user takes a photo, the app should check whether they're in a national park... Ponytail: Sure, easy GIS lookup gimme a few hours. Cueball: ...and check whether the photo is of a bird. Ponytail: I'll need a research team and five years. Caption: In CS, it can be hard to explain the difference between the easy and the virtually impossible.
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Open source developer building tools to help journalists, archivists, librarians and others analyze, explore and publish their data. datasette.io […] [bridged from fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy/ ]
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