[HN Gopher] London's largest ancient Roman fresco is "most diffi...
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       London's largest ancient Roman fresco is "most difficult jigsaw
       puzzle"
        
       Author : surprisetalk
       Score  : 52 points
       Date   : 2025-06-24 13:49 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.thisiscolossal.com)
        
       | yzydserd wrote:
       | The posted article isn't as good as the better, longer web page
       | by the actual researchers at
       | https://www.mola.org.uk/discoveries/news/worlds-most-difficu...
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       | Anyway, let's see them tackle Eternity II next.
       | 
       | https://eu.woodtrick.com/blogs/news/eternity-ii-puzzle-the-h...
        
       | worldsayshi wrote:
       | There has to be master Jigsaw puzzle solvers out there who'd
       | solve it much faster and better than the average person.
        
         | bena wrote:
         | First, the average person isn't doing this.
         | 
         | Second, I doubt even the best puzzlers would do well. There is
         | no reference image, pieces missing, the pieces they have aren't
         | guaranteed to fit, and no indication of whether or not you've
         | actually placed a piece correctly.
        
           | pimlottc wrote:
           | I'm shocked at your suggestion that the best puzzlers would
           | ever look at the picture on the box!
        
       | JoeAltmaier wrote:
       | I dispute the title. How many pieces? What's the graphic scale vs
       | the piece size? Does it have a border?
       | 
       | Maybe better described as "A Jigsaw Puzzle"
        
       | k2xl wrote:
       | Wasnt there some youtuber that built a jigsaw puzzle solver
       | machine? Wonder if that could be used here
        
         | jcheng wrote:
         | Stuff Made Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsPHBD5NsS0
         | 
         | Mark Rober https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqr-PdVYhY4
        
       | hyperbrainer wrote:
       | I wonder whether CV models could help speed this up. There is the
       | obvious challenge of pieces not fitting together exactly, being
       | broken or otherwise defaced etc. but then humans are struggling
       | with the same thing, just that computers have far better
       | memories.
        
       | WalterBright wrote:
       | Looks like a job for crowdsourcing?
        
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