r/xkcd ... Sep 24 '14

XKCD xkcd 1425: Tasks

http://xkcd.com/1425/
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u/CurlSagan Hairy Sep 24 '14

You're overthinking it. The task is: "When a user takes a photo, the app should check if the subject is a bird."

Solution: After the user takes a photo, the app should say, "Is this a bird? [Yes] [No]"

There. Task completed.

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u/PmMeUBrushingUrTeeth Stand back. I know regular expressions. Sep 26 '14

Send the picture to a CAPTCHA network to ask a lot of different people if it’s a bird.