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My thinking is that categorization is a dead horse.

My thinking is that categorization is a dead horse. Here is a problem: take a car and a truck. Now slowly, bit by bit, morph the car into the truck. At what point is the car a truck? Or is it ever a truck? I, personally, personally cannot see this as a problem that can be solved. Maybe you are better. My conclusion is that composition is a better method. Has a. And composition by capability is even better. Not great, but better. I was part of several efforts by standards groups to come up with SNMP standards for storage devices. What is a disk? And it has a controller right. Wait. Now the controller is in the disk. Wait now there are RAID systems. Wait... Trying to build a system of composable tags for functionality seems like it might have a chance. Can it store something? Can it retrieve it. Does it have a retrieval time? Etc. Another annoying problem is the categories for Craiglist. Where do cooking pots and pans go. For sale. A locality. Household items. Really? Nothing under cooking or even kitchen? I'm not saying this is wrong, I'm just thinking about how do I go about finding stuff other than just "search title".

Posted by talkingtab on Nov 1, 2022, 1:34 PM

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talkingtabNov 1, 2022, 1:34 PM

My thinking is that categorization is a dead horse. Here is a problem: take a car and a truck. Now slowly, bit by bit, morph the car into the truck. At what point is the car a truck? Or is it ever a truck? I, personally, personally cannot see this as a problem that can be solved. Maybe you are better. My conclusion is that composition is a better method. Has a. And composition by capability is even better. Not great, but better. I was part of several efforts by standards groups to come up with SNMP standards for storage devices. What is a disk? And it has a controller right. Wait. Now the controller is in the disk. Wait now there are RAID systems. Wait... Trying to build a system of composable tags for functionality seems like it might have a chance. Can it store something? Can it retrieve it. Does it have a retrieval time? Etc. Another annoying problem is the categories for Craiglist. Where do cooking pots and pans go. For sale. A locality. Household items. Really? Nothing under cooking or even kitchen? I'm not saying this is wrong, I'm just thinking about how do I go about finding stuff other than just "search title".

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