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| title    = Refrigerator
 
| title    = Refrigerator
 
| image    = refrigerator.png
 
| image    = refrigerator.png
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| titletext = I want this engraved on my tombstone like the Epitaph of Stevinus.
 
| titletext = I want this engraved on my tombstone like the Epitaph of Stevinus.
 
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==Explanation==
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It's not cool. It's a masterpiece. The diuticflfy was to render a very huge quantity of information on a single graphic.Squares are one of the simplest symbolization that exist and it helps understand scale. Despite the repetitive square figure, he managed to make this graphic not monotone by playing with the squares in different manners: bar graphs, sort of line chart, tree map, even geographic map.Within each category, he managed to arrange sub-graphics by topic. We can compare the costs of a millon category item with a thousand category item and wonder if the difference seems justified, and compare items inside oen, category too: example of domestic animal ownershipThe fractal dimension of the representation makes it really esthetic, profound and easy to read (accessible to everyone). Moreover, as fractals are the basis of nature, it can question the society about the links between nature and economics. It makes it sort of universal.
Randall proposes the idea of a refrigerator with conveyor belts tuned to different speeds such that food is moved along to the right (main compartment) or left (door) as time passes, with the time appropriate markings letting you know how much time is left until it spoils. When the expiry date is reached, the food will have reached the rightmost part of the refrigerator and conveniently fall into the "Bad" tray at the bottom right of the fridge.
 
 
 
The title text is a reference to {{w|Simon Stevin|Simon Stevin's}} proof of a problem of equilibrium consisting on balancing a weight on an inclined plane by another weight hanging off the top end of the inclined plane. Stevin, also known as Stevinus, had the proof inscribed on his tomb, and as such the proof is commonly known as the "{{w|Epitaph of Stevinus}}". Randall expresses his interest in having his own ostensibly brilliant idea likewise engraved on his own tombstone.
 
  
 
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:'''Middle conveyor belt''': 1 W ^ 5 days ^ 3 days ^ 2 days ^ 1 day ^
 
:'''Middle conveyor belt''': 1 W ^ 5 days ^ 3 days ^ 2 days ^ 1 day ^
 
:'''Bottom conveyor belt''': 3 M ^ 2 months ^ 1 month ^ 2 weeks ^
 
:'''Bottom conveyor belt''': 3 M ^ 2 months ^ 1 month ^ 2 weeks ^
:'''Door conveyor belt''': 3 days ^ 1 week ^ 2 weeks ^
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:'''Door conveyor belt''': 3 days ^ 1 week ^   2 weeks ^
 
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{{comic discussion}}  
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