[fayden]

rorrr's message is unnecessarily rude, but I don't think he's wrong.

It's a very interesting feat, but it's just a showcase of his realizations, unrelated to computers or science. His thought process or his planning for making such patterns would probably fit here more than this post.

I don't think it's a problem either, because such posts are rare, but I would be disappointed if Hacker News was filled with this kind of post.

[jws]

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…"

[marshray]

Can you sell ads on unused winter pastures?

IS NOTHING SACRED TO YOU PEOPLE?!!!

[saraid216]

All caps is reserved for the high priests of my religion. Why are you debasing my belief system like this? :(