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Traditionally, to be able to transport them in one trip, since most of the time, one person clears the table while the others remain seated. It's more an act of

Traditionally, to be able to transport them in one trip, since most of the time, one person clears the table while the others remain seated. It's more an act of courtesy towards the person clearing the table, to save them a trip. Also, the stack takes up less room in small kitchens if cleaning the plates is not scheduled directly after the meal. However, your house, your rules... It may be also be a question of how forcefully you are making your point / standing your ground on this matter. Have you considered that people may be looking at you like an alien because you are very vocal about, in the grand scheme of things, a very minor matter? I could imagine that, since this is bothering you so much that you are posting about it on HN.

pharmakom 4y ago
I’m hoping for a very nerdy breakdown of the various approaches :)
- 082349872349872 4y ago
  When transporting plates from A to B, it was found (p<0.001) that plates stacked along the axis of maximal moment of inertia had a lower transport time than either plates stacked along either of the minor axes or to individual transport. Obviously this phenomenon deserves further study: although use of one-way dishware [Moore10] is unlikely to prove informative; we suggest investigation of non-homogenous stacking regimes, at the very least comparison with boustrophedonic stacking [Bunyan16] but perhaps even extending to aperiodic stackings [Gardner77].
  - 4RealFreedom 4y ago
    I don't understand the downvote for this. It was a great addition to this thread.
    - voakbasda 4y ago
      It seems to be a nonsensical answer produced by an AI?
      - 4RealFreedom 4y ago
        It was a response to 'nerdy breakdown of the various approaches' and it fits the bill.
      - aebtebeten 4y ago
        Moore10: https://www.dixie.com/our-story https://www.dixie.com/our-story (one-way should be "disposable") Bunyan16: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan (Babe) Gardner77: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematical-games-1977-01/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematical-game... (paywall sux) also, cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsoid#Dynamical_properties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsoid#Dynamical_properties (I might have flipped maximal and minimal moments. Would an AI have?)

pharmakom 4y ago

I’m hoping for a very nerdy breakdown of the various approaches :)

082349872349872 4y ago
When transporting plates from A to B, it was found (p<0.001) that plates stacked along the axis of maximal moment of inertia had a lower transport time than either plates stacked along either of the minor axes or to individual transport. Obviously this phenomenon deserves further study: although use of one-way dishware [Moore10] is unlikely to prove informative; we suggest investigation of non-homogenous stacking regimes, at the very least comparison with boustrophedonic stacking [Bunyan16] but perhaps even extending to aperiodic stackings [Gardner77].
- 4RealFreedom 4y ago
  I don't understand the downvote for this. It was a great addition to this thread.
  - voakbasda 4y ago
    It seems to be a nonsensical answer produced by an AI?
    - 4RealFreedom 4y ago
      It was a response to 'nerdy breakdown of the various approaches' and it fits the bill.
    - aebtebeten 4y ago
      Moore10: https://www.dixie.com/our-story https://www.dixie.com/our-story (one-way should be "disposable") Bunyan16: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bunyan (Babe) Gardner77: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematical-games-1977-01/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematical-game... (paywall sux) also, cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsoid#Dynamical_properties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsoid#Dynamical_properties (I might have flipped maximal and minimal moments. Would an AI have?)