You can sometimes explain better by a set of examples rather than an explicit categorical description. The base set of examples I started with is what my mother put in her refrigerator.
What Can You Put in a Refrigerator?
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was going down the... scan label if (grep "keep refridgerated after opening") AND (status OPEN) then store in fridge else ask ...but then I realised this is the AI contextual knowledge problem.
And what do you do with Avocados?
They don't last long enough in our household to reach the fridge. They get eaten as soon as they land.
My point being: contextual knowledge. I suppose you could program a fridge loading machine to watch humans for a couple of weeks then work out some rules...
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#23Bacon, cheese, steak, and bottled beer. Being single sure makes writing specs easier.
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#24Reminds me of a question I have been wondering about: Can you formally specify what is the purpose of a suitcase?
In principle, you could dump all your clothes, toiletries, etc. in a pile on the airport checkin counter, and if system were organized enough, it could deliver all your stuff to hawaii and lay it all out on the hotel bed for you.
E.g., a robot would scan all your belongings at the airport, and dump them all into a big pipe... each item would get properly routed to your hotel room... kinda like how the internets work!
Is it just a question of organization? "Everything in this suitcase belongs to this person and should move together to the same destination."
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#25Bacon, cheese, steak, and bottled beer. Being single sure makes writing specs easier.
don't forget ketchup.
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#26I say we make a refrigerator library; then anyone can define a refrigerator within the library; then we can call the function and apply it to out arbitrary needs.
#include
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#27A porpoise
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#28"Any contained item that can fit inside a refrigerator, whose quality would degrade significantly more when kept at room temperature rather than at 1-4°C, by the estimated time of use/consumption." The term "contained" above is restrictive, and probably needs further precision. Only things that thrive inside an opaque and sealed container would fit the definition above. Otherwise, things that can affect the quality o…
What about activated charcoal or baking soda being used as a deodorizer? Or chilling a bottle of white wine, or pitcher of water, before drinking?
I thought about "things that are better consumed cold" but I forgot to include it.
Baking soda and charcoal deodorizer have been omitted because of the assumption that containers were sealed.
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#29"Any contained item that can fit inside a refrigerator, whose quality would degrade significantly more when kept at room temperature rather than at 1-4°C, by the estimated time of use/consumption." The term "contained" above is restrictive, and probably needs further precision. Only things that thrive inside an opaque and sealed container would fit the definition above. Otherwise, things that can affect the quality o…
What about things still hot from the fire? You don't want to put those in the fridge either.
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#30It reminds me of this "What is a Photocopier?"