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September 24, 2014

#1425: Tasks explain

Tasks

[Ponytail sitting at a computer with Cueball standing behind her.]

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 below the panel:]

In CS, it can be hard to explain the difference between the easy and the virtually impossible.