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Show HN: The International Institute of Food-Related Protocols

2 pointsby sonicrocketmanalmost 3 years ago

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sonicrocketmanalmost 3 years ago
Hey all,<p>Years back I created this site with a few friends as a joke, though over the years it has started to blur the lines between joke and serious endeavor.<p>We were upset that there seemed to be no agreed upon standard for what common food items should contain. We started with a simple set of questions: what makes something a breakfast burrito? When is a grilled cheese actually a melt? Etc. we hoped we could help answer these critical questions.<p>We took the design (and some CSS) for the site directly from the IETF including the top colored bar.<p>Over time we’ve gotten more people involved and helped grow the ambition of the institute. This year we took on our biggest project yet: attempting to create a rules-based system to categorize all food (RFC #5).<p>We’d love more interest and contributions from anyone who wants to help classify food and generally help with solving the critical problems in food-related protocols.<p>Links:<p>About Us&#x2F;Our Goals <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;iifrp.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;iifrp.org&#x2F;about&#x2F;</a><p>RFC 5: A General Taxonomy for Food <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;iifrp.org&#x2F;rfc&#x2F;RFC-5.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;iifrp.org&#x2F;rfc&#x2F;RFC-5.html</a><p>Twitter <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobile.twitter.com&#x2F;iifrporg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobile.twitter.com&#x2F;iifrporg</a><p>Edits: add links