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The Cube Rule (2017)

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Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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I appreciate this page quite a bit less than you because I found it absolutely unnecessary to have an entire page of blank space between items blown up so large that they cannot fit in my full-screen viewport on desktop. I tried to zoom and the page completely ignored it. It is one of the worst perpetrators of this I have experienced on the web and a pox on anyone that ignores browser controls on their site!

I second this opinion. It looks like a bad PowerPoint presentation but neither mousewheel, arrows or page-up/down consistently jumps between pages.

Ha yeah I tried all of those too - clearly a presentation but there's no way to view it sanely!

I wonder if this is exported from some tool?

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Wikipedia just gets it right as usual.

"A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type"

But the real question: are monads a sandwich?

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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I love this page because it reminds me of the good parts of the "Web 1.0". - Full of content. - Whimsical while staying on topic. - Uses design elements freely, to best represent the content, instead of pouring the content into a design mold. - Colorful and easy to read. - Obviously made by a fan, for the love of the topic.

It sort of looks like a powerpoint presentation dumped to PDF. But that is not an insult - it is a very nice a fun format, ideal for the attention deficit age we live in.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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Somewhere deep underground, in a high-tech laboratory, a group of scientists lean over a slice of toast levitating in some Contact-esque structure... "Dr Gibbons! The zero-point readings are off the scale! We've done it!" The toast briefly flickers into a pizza, then a burrito, then back to being a piece of toast. His brows furrow. "No. This can't be. Shut it down! Delete the files! No one can ever learn of this!"

Startup idea: Toastamak. Breads contained by magnetic field and toasted by high energy plasma. We'll ship the breads with QR-code DRM of course. Subscription model.

Strapline: True fusion cuisine

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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The idea that we should classify food by shape is clearly erroneous. Our food classifications should be based on method of eating , not by shape! A sandwich is any food that uses a carbohydrate to protect your hands from a messier food, so that you can eat it at a card table without getting your hands dirty (a la the origin myth). Let's go through the things here: Pizza: Yes Sushi: Mostly no (the carbs don't protect…

"a toast sandwich is not a sandwich"

That should on face make you question this heuristic.

Re: The Cube Rule (2017)

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> Pie (whole): No (good luck) NZ/Aussie Pies: Yes These are pies you normally eat by hand. Unlike UK and rest of world pies, they have a strong base and sides so you can hold them easily while eating. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMYS1K6Z_eI

Pie has somewhat different meanings in different countries. In the US pie refers almost exclusively to a desert, some sweet concoction with pastry uon one side (bottom or top) usually served as a slice of a larger pie. In the commonwealth (UK et al) pies are more likely to be savory with pastry on all sides. Sometimes baked large, and served as a slice, (pastry on top) but that's not as common. A "real" pie would be…

> In the commonwealth (UK et al) pies are more likely to be savory with pastry on all sides

Well, an apple pie may not have pastry on the top (to some that is an apple tart)

A pork pie is always entirely enclosed with pastry.

Many pubs and restaurants sell meals called pies that are really just a stew with a pastry lid.

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