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		WalterBright on March 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I'm writing a free book called Computer N... "Alice send the following marbles: Red, Green, Green, Red, Green, Red, Red–No, Yes, Yes, No, Yes, No, No. This translates to: nothing there, rock ahead, turn right, nothing there, rock ahead, turn left, nothing there." Futurama had this figured out: "One beep for yes, two beeps for no." "Beep-beep" "That means double yes!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUKxgg4yPxs

WalterBright on March 27, 2022 [–]

P.S. Second typo! s/send/sends/

sarchertech on March 28, 2022 | [–]

Thanks! I'm gonna need that reporting feature faster than I thought.

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