You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

alexanderwales comments on Bragging Thread, August 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: CronoDAS 03 August 2014 07:23AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (40)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: alexanderwales 05 August 2014 03:26:37PM 2 points [-]

This seems like it would work a lot better as a computer program, where the crossword cube can be rotated by the user to see the different fields. Otherwise a 7 x 7 x 7 seems like it would be too large for a newspaper, where real estate is limited (not to mention the difficulty in doing the "depth" part of the crossword). Making it virtual (either a standalone app, web app, steam game) solves most of the potential problems.

Comment author: Thomas 12 August 2014 09:41:45AM 0 points [-]

Well, here is a low-tech version of a user interface. Printed (3D) crossword. Or at least printable. Perhaps it would do for some.

http://www.critticall.com/cubus_maximus/test.html

The virtual spaces could be also somewhat filled with them, yes.