9 February 2008 - 1:59The Whimsy of Crowds

Huh.

I just posted the “Summer day” question to Mechanical Turk for $1.00 and got a response within seconds.

I posted it again for $0.05 and got a response in less than a minute.

Awesome. I’m going to implement the “Ask the internet” engine now.

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But first, I just spent $0.05 on the question “Why can’t I find my pants?” and got this response:

“Because your wife decided it’s time for her to be wearing them in your family. But just in case, did you check under the sofa cushions? That’s like the black hole of lost items in a home and usually where everything missing turns up. Good luck!”