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# xkcd: Recursive Trucker's Hitch

**[xkcd](https://daily.dev/sources/xkcd)** · 1 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

An xkcd comic titled 'Recursive Trucker's Hitch', playing on the concept of recursion through the lens of a knot-tying technique. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5.

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