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The Physics of Bread

50 points by bdr 9y ago

burntrelish1273 9y ago
Reminds me of an AvE video about DIY carbon foam. - Making carbon foam https://youtu.be/Wex_yKfrTo4 https://youtu.be/Wex_yKfrTo4 - Bread bowl foundry https://youtu.be/L-qOIO6IQWk https://youtu.be/L-qOIO6IQWk
th0ma5 9y ago
Comments on the link suggest that this is a known patent troll outfit.
- grzm 9y ago
  Yes, Intellectual Ventures is an IP outfit founded by Nathan Myrvold and Edward Jung, both from Microsoft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures I think that's quite off-topic for the submission at hand, however. The article has little (nothing?) to do with intellectual property (other than perhaps copyright and authorship of Myrvold's upcoming book) or patents. If you want to consider this as a reason to discount the submission, please feel free. Perhaps even flag the submission if you feel it's inappropriate for HN. But please don't derail what could otherwise be an interesting conversation about bread, physics, and the history of cooking.
- hidenotslide 9y ago
  Literally the biggest patent troll around. Sources: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/stupid-patent-month-mega-troll-intellectual-ventures-hits-florist-do-it-computer https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/stupid-patent-month-me... http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-patent-holding-companies-2012-11#1-intellectual-ventures-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-patent-holding-compan...
contingencies 9y ago
Anyone who is in to food physics (food technologists / mechanical engineers / analytical chemists / biologists / applied machine learners) and is looking for a creative and interesting job, please get in touch.
drallison 9y ago
Nathan Myhrvold has a new cookbook about bread: https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Bread-Nathan-Myhrvold/dp/0982761058/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509035344&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=myravold https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Bread-Nathan-Myhrvold/dp/09.... This complements his prize winning modernist cookbook https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking/dp/0982761007/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1509035524&sr=8-3&keywords=myhrvold https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking....
- Isamu 9y ago
  Is it really $500+ for 5 volumes? I don't know why I was hoping it was going to be affordable.
  - drallison 9y ago
    That is $562.50 reduced from $625.00 at Amazon for the 5 volume set, only $112.50/volume or $0.21/page on pre-order. The shipping weight is 53 pounds. While I have not seen this book, the photos are over-the-top gorgeous. There is a wide range of ancillary materials--posters and the like--as well. If you want to learn about bread in detail, this is may be your book.

50 points by bdr 9y ago

Reminds me of an AvE video about DIY carbon foam. - Making carbon foam https://youtu.be/Wex_yKfrTo4 https://youtu.be/Wex_yKfrTo4 - Bread bowl foundry https://youtu.be/L-qOIO6IQWk https://youtu.be/L-qOIO6IQWk

th0ma5 9y ago

Comments on the link suggest that this is a known patent troll outfit.

grzm 9y ago
Yes, Intellectual Ventures is an IP outfit founded by Nathan Myrvold and Edward Jung, both from Microsoft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures I think that's quite off-topic for the submission at hand, however. The article has little (nothing?) to do with intellectual property (other than perhaps copyright and authorship of Myrvold's upcoming book) or patents. If you want to consider this as a reason to discount the submission, please feel free. Perhaps even flag the submission if you feel it's inappropriate for HN. But please don't derail what could otherwise be an interesting conversation about bread, physics, and the history of cooking.
hidenotslide 9y ago
Literally the biggest patent troll around. Sources: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/stupid-patent-month-mega-troll-intellectual-ventures-hits-florist-do-it-computer https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/stupid-patent-month-me... http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-patent-holding-companies-2012-11#1-intellectual-ventures-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-patent-holding-compan...

contingencies 9y ago

Anyone who is in to food physics (food technologists / mechanical engineers / analytical chemists / biologists / applied machine learners) and is looking for a creative and interesting job, please get in touch.

drallison 9y ago

Nathan Myhrvold has a new cookbook about bread: https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Bread-Nathan-Myhrvold/dp/0982761058/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1509035344&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=myravold https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Bread-Nathan-Myhrvold/dp/09.... This complements his prize winning modernist cookbook https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking/dp/0982761007/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1509035524&sr=8-3&keywords=myhrvold https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking....

Isamu 9y ago
Is it really $500+ for 5 volumes? I don't know why I was hoping it was going to be affordable.
- drallison 9y ago
  That is $562.50 reduced from $625.00 at Amazon for the 5 volume set, only $112.50/volume or $0.21/page on pre-order. The shipping weight is 53 pounds. While I have not seen this book, the photos are over-the-top gorgeous. There is a wide range of ancillary materials--posters and the like--as well. If you want to learn about bread in detail, this is may be your book.