I thought at first that this would be Holes[0], a novel by Louis Sachar. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holes_(novel)
Ie, “Magic Realism for Kids”. It’s an excellent book (as is everything else Louis Sachar wrote).
Holes (1970) [pdf]
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Re: Holes (1970) [pdf]
#12The essay appears to mix two different meanings of "hole". Holes are a topological property of the slice of cheese. It's not scale invariant, as we're talking about holes on a human visible scale, not microscopic holes. The actual number is not fixed and may depend on the person doing the measuring. I therefore don't see the need for "perforated", much less shape-predicates like "singly-perforated", "doubly-perforate…
I think your definition still leaves the essence of the discussion in the same place: do topological properties "exist"? That's how I tend to blanket-interpret this debate; it's whether one is wiling to define existence to include things that aren't material.
Topological properties exist to the same degree that the number 2 exists, which Argle and Blargle blithely accept.
I still object to how the exchange mixes two different concepts of "hole".
Re: Holes (1970) [pdf]
#13An old joke that I was thinking about recently: Two local government consultants - tasked with seeing if it'd be financially beneficial to dig a new tunnel so that cars don't have to drive up and down a mountain - dig two small holes on opposite sides of the mountain then stand at either end. The punchline, which I can't remember, is something about the two holes being, according to the two consultants, an MVP of a t…
I don't know that one, but here's a superficially similar joke from somewhere among http://miresperanto.com/humuro.htm :
When the British government invited commercial proposals for the digging of the Channel Tunnel between England and France, one man submitted a bid for only £10,000. “How can you possibly dig under the English Channel for only £10,000?” asked the project manager.
“It’s simple,” replied the low bidder. “My partner takes a spade, goes to France and starts digging. I take another spade and start digging from England. We’ll both keep digging until we meet in the middle.”
“Hm, I see. But what happens if, through a miscalculation, you two do not meet?”
“That’s even better for you!” replied the bidder enthusiastically. “In that case you will have two tunnels!”
Re: Holes (1970) [pdf]
#14An old joke that I was thinking about recently: Two local government consultants - tasked with seeing if it'd be financially beneficial to dig a new tunnel so that cars don't have to drive up and down a mountain - dig two small holes on opposite sides of the mountain then stand at either end. The punchline, which I can't remember, is something about the two holes being, according to the two consultants, an MVP of a t…
I don't know that one, but here's a superficially similar joke from somewhere among http://miresperanto.com/humuro.htm : When the British government invited commercial proposals for the digging of the Channel Tunnel between England and France, one man submitted a bid for only £10,000. “How can you possibly dig under the English Channel for only £10,000?” asked the project manager. “It’s simple,” replied the low bidde…
A perfect joke, really.
Re: Holes (1970) [pdf]
#15An old joke that I was thinking about recently: Two local government consultants - tasked with seeing if it'd be financially beneficial to dig a new tunnel so that cars don't have to drive up and down a mountain - dig two small holes on opposite sides of the mountain then stand at either end. The punchline, which I can't remember, is something about the two holes being, according to the two consultants, an MVP of a t…
I don't know that one, but here's a superficially similar joke from somewhere among http://miresperanto.com/humuro.htm : When the British government invited commercial proposals for the digging of the Channel Tunnel between England and France, one man submitted a bid for only £10,000. “How can you possibly dig under the English Channel for only £10,000?” asked the project manager. “It’s simple,” replied the low bidde…
An answer to your puzzle in another post that is locked: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42498953
The "alternate" 5x5 word square that satisfies all the clues without using the words from the first grid is:
S T R I P
C H I N A
R E G A L
A T O N E
P A R E R
Across
STRIP (Remove the outer layer of, perhaps) — Counterpart to SCALD.
CHINA (Region on a globe) — Counterpart to POLAR.
REGAL (Like some movie theaters; e.g., Regal Cinemas) — Counterpart to ARTSY.
ATONE (Command to a lawbreaker) — Counterpart to CEASE.
PARER (Rhyme for Tom Lehrer /'lɛrər/) — Counterpart to ERROR.
Down
SCRAP (____yard; scrapyard is a common sci-fi setting) — Counterpart to SPACE.
THETA (It goes something like this: Ꮎ) — Counterpart to CORER.
RIGOR (Feature of liturgy, often; strictness/adherence to rubrics) — Counterpart to ALTAR.
INANE (It's vacuous, in a sense) — Counterpart to LASSO.
PALER (Fino is paler than Pedro Ximénez sherry) — Counterpart to DRYER.
Re: Holes (1970) [pdf]
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know that one, but here's a superficially similar joke from somewhere among http://miresperanto.com/humuro.htm : When the British government invited commercial proposals for the digging of the Channel Tunnel between England and France, one man submitted a bid for only £10,000. “How can you possibly dig under the English Channel for only £10,000?” asked the project manager. “It’s simple,” replied the low bidde…
An answer to your puzzle in another post that is locked: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42498953 The "alternate" 5x5 word square that satisfies all the clues without using the words from the first grid is: S T R I P C H I N A R E G A L A T O N E P A R E R Breakdown of the solution: Across STRIP (Remove the outer layer of, perhaps) — Counterpart to SCALD. CHINA (Region on a globe) — Counterpart to POLAR. REGAL (…
Yep, you got it! :)