[HN Gopher] Drawings of the Taj Mahal and Agra monument from the...
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       Drawings of the Taj Mahal and Agra monument from the early 19th
       century
        
       Author : prismatic
       Score  : 53 points
       Date   : 2023-08-30 04:58 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
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       | 0riju wrote:
       | [flagged]
        
       | gsatic wrote:
       | Interview question I got once - The Taj Mahal took 27 years to
       | build, if you could work on something for 27 years what would you
       | pick?
        
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         | mcphage wrote:
         | Well, 27 years and nearly unlimited money--I feel like the
         | presence or absence of that would affect my answer quite a bit
         | :-)
        
           | extrememacaroni wrote:
           | If you pay others to do the thing it's not you who's doing it
           | btw.
        
             | mcphage wrote:
             | I suppose, but the person funding it was probably one of
             | the few people involved with it for the whole 27 years.
        
         | soligern wrote:
         | If my needs were taken care of then so many things. An
         | operating system, a productionized AI and LiDAR powered
         | drone/submersible to continuously map every inch of the earth
         | and the oceans, a way to perfect safe total gene replacement
         | etc.
        
         | kridsdale3 wrote:
         | A second Taj Mahal that is 10% bigger and more resplendent
         | directly across from the original.
        
           | gumby wrote:
           | Nice obscure reference.
        
         | olddustytrail wrote:
         | I guess it's going to sound offensive, but that question sounds
         | like it was devised by someone rather talentless.
         | 
         | I've been working on my computer skills for over 30 years. And
         | my guitar playing. My song writing. Hell, hundreds of other
         | things. What else do you do with your life?
        
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