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Cooking, Monasteries, Arithmetic: The History of Rules
- sorokod 3y agoThe thick/thin rule distinction makes a lot of sense. The statement "Saints have bigger fish to fry" is a neat thin rule.
- thebamby 3y agoThis nicely touches on the variants of rules. I liked the distinction of the thin rule, which can be reasonably adapted and a thick one with caveats where the thin one has failed to curb cheaters.
- sorokod 3y agoTo quote from the article: “Behind every thin rule is a thick rule, cleaning up after it.”