alt Hacker NewsEver the quandary: satisfy some people completely, or a larger number but incompletely.
I concur with the suggestion of 2^19, because even though fewer people would recognize it immediately, many of them would question the significance, and their eventual realization would be more satisfying.
> and it the eventual realization would be more satisfying.
I think you might be overestimating the curiosity of the average person.
I'm regularly baffled / saddened by how many people care so little about learning anything new, no matter how small.
Is it a woe of modern times? Or has it always been this way?