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Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

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712 points trymas | 6 comments | 17 Apr 25 10:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.791s | source | bottom
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psittacus ◴[20 Apr 25 08:50 UTC] No.43742497[source]▶
There's a similar game, but for guessing both the year and the location

https://timeguessr.com/

Discussed on HN a couple of years ago too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37203511

edit: found another game like OP in the linked thread https://www.chronophoto.app/game.html

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clippyplz ◴[20 Apr 25 11:36 UTC] No.43743149[source]▶
Another for year + location https://whentaken.com/
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1. airstrike ◴[20 Apr 25 13:04 UTC] No.43743521[source]▶
Holy, I was off by 7 years and 427km on my first guess and I don't want to play anymore because I've surely peaked
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2. kQq9oHeAz6wLLS ◴[20 Apr 25 13:38 UTC] No.43743701[source]▶
I just got one that was off by 2 years and 24.2 meters, but it was kinda cheaty because it showed Barbara Bush on the South lawn of the White House.
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3. airstrike ◴[20 Apr 25 15:19 UTC] No.43744338[source]▶
lol nicely done

I only immigrated to the US in my adult life and I can't say I recognize Barbara Bush at a glance, so I was _also_ off by a few years and a few km on that one :( but still a lot of fun!

4. tecleandor ◴[20 Apr 25 19:03 UTC] No.43745779[source]▶
Seems like they're "season photos", so a lot of Easter and Holy Week celebrations today.

I have to say I got almost perfect a Holy Week celebration in Sevilla in the 1920's (I'm Spanish, so only some hundred meters away but kinda wild guess for the year and only was two years off), and pointed Mexico instead of Guatemala for another, but nailed the year (1981) for a grand total of 902 out of 1000 points.

That was fun!

5. magneticnorth ◴[20 Apr 25 23:22 UTC] No.43747274[source]▶
Ha, I just got that same one! I managed to guess the year (1/4 chance), and only 15.5 meters off.
6. jerry_lee ◴[22 Apr 25 06:52 UTC] No.43759664[source]▶
Oh, my first guess was off by only 1 year, and my final score was 3742, and my Avg. Years Off was 8.4, so it seems I have a pretty good historical memory, hahahaha.