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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/05/2013 12:26, Anders Sandberg
wrote:<br>
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I think one could capture a lot of simple rules as a kind of
satisfiability problem. For example, you want your colors to
match. ...<br>
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Here is a simple example, a list of rules of <br>
thumb:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lifehacker.com/this-cheat-sheet-teaches-you-how-to-match-shirt-and-tie-507540764">http://lifehacker.com/this-cheat-sheet-teaches-you-how-to-match-shirt-and-tie-507540764</a><br>
The rules stated would be:<br>
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"Dominant shirt colour must be present in tie pattern"<br>
"Bonus/penalty if tie is darker/lighter than shirt"<br>
"Correlation length of shirt pattern should be dissimilar to
correlation length of tie pattern"<br>
"Width of tie should be within X% of shirt collar and jacket lapel"<br>
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I'm pretty certain I could program these into a constraint
satisfaction system fairly easily, assuming the data was given. <br>
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(the tie dimple and length advice are essentially instructions for
how to tie the tie, and equate to a choice of knot and, based on
that, a starting position along the tie. The resulting tie length is
mainly due to the knot type and can be precalculated. There is a
whole nano-subfield of knot theory about tie knots, where I hope to
get a publication later this year...)<br>
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Of course, this is all about fairly standard business wear. It
doesn't tell you when to wear your sarong (although no doubt there
are Indonesian fashion experts who could add those rules). And
context matters: when giving a television interview, avoid high
frequency stripes (less of a problem now, but once tended to cause
major flicker). <br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Faculty of Philosophy
Oxford University </pre>
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