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You know what I thought about a long time ago and am just finally getting around to writing about?

Vending Machines. Yeah. Bet the title didn’t give that away.

Vending machines are pretty ordinary, but they can be amazing. For instance, imagine a vending machine that dispenses vending machines.

I’ll give you a minute to collect yourself after your head explodes.

Okay now that you’re back, let’s look at this. That would be awesome!!! But now would you need a vending machine around one hundred times the size of a regular vending machine? Would it dispense full size vending machines, or miniature ones? How would you refill them?

Now imagine if you had a recursive vending machine. A regular vending machine that dispensed vending machines, which dispensed vending machines, which dispensed vending machines, which….oh you get it.

Man this has kept me up at night before, but it’s going to do it again tonight.

About the author... Daniel Huckstep is a software engineer(ing student) at the University of Alberta. He enjoys all aspects of computers and their software, reptiles, guitar and music creation, reading, and macaroni salad.

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