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Modes of Transportation
My bold criticism might anger the hot air balloon people, which would be a real concern if any of them lived along a very narrow line directly upwind of me.
Title text: My bold criticism might anger the hot air balloon people, which would be a real concern if any of them lived along a very narrow line directly upwind of me.

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Randall's chart shows that hot air balloons are an inconvenient and dangerous outlier compared to other modes of transportation. Therefore, if an optimization algorithm considers it the optimal mode of transportation, it must be the result of a sign error (e.g. having a minus sign where a plus sign is supposed to be, or vice versa), giving the opposite result by mistake.

The title text makes a joke that if an angry hot air balloon enthusiast disagrees with the ranking, they will have a difficult time getting to Randall's house with their preferred mode of transportation.

Transcript

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[A chart is shown, where the Y axis is labeled "Convenient for travel" and has an arrow pointing up and the X axis is labeled "Dangerous" and has an arrow pointing right.]
[In the "Zone of practicality" (top left area of the chart):]
Trains
Airliners
Cars
Scooters
Bicycles
Boats
Walking
[In the "Zone of specialty and recreational vehicles" (from the top right to the bottom left):]
Motorcycles
Helicopters
Light aircraft
Go karts
Skateboards
Rollerblades
Skis
Unicycles
Sleds
Bumper cars
[Labeled "?????" (in the bottom right corner):]
Hot air balloons
[Caption below the panel:]
Hot air balloons are the optimal mode of transportation, if your optimization algorithm has a sign error.


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