Waldo Jaquith
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Waldo Jaquith writes about government technology, open data, software procurement and the occasional personal or offbeat topic.
What HN saysHN links his post on the impracticality of a cheeseburger, which argues that making one from scratch would have been nearly impossible in 1350.
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jonas21 · 2019-12-02
Well, that's an interesting question. It would have been nearly impossible to make anything resembling a Big Mac in 1350, even if you were a king. And now you can get one for what, $4?
https://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2011/12/impractical-cheeseburger/