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Condiv posted:i was thinking of getting a nespresso with k cups, but this looks like a better deal. it looks kinda like a french press Nespresso is Nestle, right? Don't buy Nestle poo poo, they're evil.
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JawnV6 posted:At some point VC's should be making intelligent bets on the future of the market, not just applying hundreds of millions of dollars scattershot across the right buzzwords? $120M is 30 seed rounds for not-awful ideas, but VC's "who should know better" went with a finance bro true believer that completely missed on the technology side. Welcome to VC. I'm sure Subjunctive will be here shortly to explain not all VC but the decades-long herd mentality and tendency to over-fund stupid poo poo because it comes from people just like themselves (see: finance juice bro) has made it a complete joke. The right way to do VC these days is to get angel funding (or self-fund) to the point where they're coming to you with offers, so you can avoid giving up much of anything and they get to feel smart, as if they're people who actually do something real too.
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JawnV6 posted:At some point VC's should be making intelligent bets on the future of the market, not just applying hundreds of millions of dollars scattershot across the right buzzwords? $120M is 30 seed rounds for not-awful ideas, but VC's "who should know better" went with a finance bro true believer that completely missed on the technology side. there's a tremendous shortage of not-awful ideas looking for funding compared to the amount of VC looking to grow itself this is one reason why people keep shoveling money into the giant flaming pit called uber (the others are the sunk cost fallacy and the bigger sucker principle)
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May 23, 2017 17:28
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A subscription service that sends you a mystery box of ten possible VC funding opportunities per month!
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Mozi posted:A subscription service that sends you a mystery box of ten possible VC funding opportunities per month! VCr?
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fishmech posted:"cold pressed" juices usually eschew all other forms of preservation. That's why juicero's packets expire so quickly, the packages aren't even sealed to keep the fruit mush safe, they have air contact with the outside through a filter patch so it can "breathe". How. How does it keep getting more stupid.
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Shugojin posted:How. How does it keep getting more stupid. Keep in mind that if you ever go to someplace offering "cold pressed" juice they're doing the exact same bullshit.
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May 23, 2017 18:42
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Shugojin posted:How. How does it keep getting more stupid. everything else aside, a subscription-based product that expires quickly is a great way to extract profit 
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May 23, 2017 18:46
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fishmech posted:Keep in mind that if you ever go to someplace offering "cold pressed" juice they're doing the exact same bullshit. Do they just mash everything together and then make sure it can oxidize most efficiently before they press it, though?
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Shugojin posted:Do they just mash everything together and then make sure it can oxidize most efficiently before they press it, though? You're supposed to be using the freshest harvests and chop them up fresh before you put them in the press. Because of the "life force" poo poo. In practice the fruit gets cut up first and kept around for a few days before it gets used in the press, so its about the same as using a juicero packet.
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fishmech posted:"life force" IIRC the jui-CEO called it "chi," which is way funnier.
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fishmech posted:You're supposed to be using the freshest harvests and chop them up fresh before you put them in the press. Because of the "life force" poo poo. ...most food service places will put cut fruits/veggies in large plastic containers with lids that actually seal. So still a step above ~breathable bags~
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Shugojin posted:...most food service places will put cut fruits/veggies in large plastic containers with lids that actually seal. So still a step above ~breathable bags~ Sealing your fruits/vegetables is against the principles of the "cold pressed" thing, so they wouldn't be doing that.
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The advantage of cutting it up yourself is that fruit comes with its own protective cover, so you can buy it and keep it around for a while safely before you cut it up. The protective cover is even edible! Having someone else remove the protective cover before shipping it to you raw is kind of dumb.
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withak posted:The advantage of cutting it up yourself is that fruit comes with its own protective cover, so you can buy it and keep it around for a while safely before you cut it up. The protective cover is even edible! Sometimes, anyway. I'm not eating coconut husk if I can help it, even if it technically wouldn't kill me to take a big ol' bite.
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Prism posted:Sometimes, anyway. I'm not eating coconut husk if I can help it, even if it technically wouldn't kill me to take a big ol' bite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQU6o4ooL5E&t=36s
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fishmech posted:Sealing your fruits/vegetables is against the principles of the "cold pressed" thing, so they wouldn't be doing that. Wait seriously ...I'm so glad I've never purchased cold pressed juice, this poo poo is just way too complicated and dumb.
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The Something Awful Forums > Goons With Spoons > The fall of unicorns: iThread
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I'm continually amazed how many people still think food is magic in TYOOL 2017. Like, you think the idiocy is stamped out once the latest fad diet stops being fashionable and its revealed that it doesn't really work, but then along comes someone else with a tentative grasp of biology to sell you something.
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Baby Babbeh posted:I'm continually amazed how many people still think food is magic in TYOOL 2017. Like, you think the idiocy is stamped out once the latest fad diet stops being fashionable and its revealed that it doesn't really work, but then along comes someone else with a tentative grasp of biology to sell you something. There are a set of factors that lead to that situation, I'm working with a prof on a book chapter on the bad food/diet information glut scenario.
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Baby Babbeh posted:I'm continually amazed how many people still think food is magic in TYOOL 2017. Like, you think the idiocy is stamped out once the latest fad diet stops being fashionable and its revealed that it doesn't really work, but then along comes someone else with a tentative grasp of biology to sell you something. Nobody wants to hear "stop eating delicious junk food and exercise," they want organic health potion and bizarre diet rituals instead. Shortcuts always sell better then the hard way and they always will.
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Baby Babbeh posted:I'm continually amazed how many people still think food is magic in TYOOL 2017. Like, you think the idiocy is stamped out once the latest fad diet stops being fashionable and its revealed that it doesn't really work, but then along comes someone else with a tentative grasp of biology to sell you something. At some point moving goods and services involved immense amounts of labor and effort, and now we have internal combustion engines and a network of highways/railroads/flight paths. At some point obtaining arbitrary information was at best cumbersome and at worse neigh impossible, and now we have the internet. It isn't a huge shock that people would crave a similar shortcut to making themselves lean and healthy.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Nobody wants to hear "stop eating delicious junk food and exercise," they want organic health potion and bizarre diet rituals instead. Shortcuts always sell better then the hard way and they always will. Alternatively, if diet and exercise were covered under health care (gym membership, a diet food program, ect.), I think we'd see more people at least trying it.
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Freakazoid_ posted:Alternatively, if diet and exercise were covered under health care (gym membership, a diet food program, ect.), I think we'd see more people at least trying it. All comrades are welcome at the community gymnasium and health centre.
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eschaton posted:All comrades are welcome at the community gymnasium and health centre. You know you say its for everyone, but I only see you enrolling Ukranians in the diet program.
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eschaton posted:Nespresso is Nestle, right? Don't buy Nestle poo poo, they're evil. They're all evil. 
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Freakazoid_ posted:Alternatively, if diet and exercise were covered under health care (gym membership, a diet food program, ect.), I think we'd see more people at least trying it. This means they have every incentive to keep you healthy. Where I work there are company gyms on-site, company-sponsored fitness instructors, free healthy meals cooked on-site, and all manner of other small things. It is literally someone's job to measure ways they can nudge employees eating healthier snacks at work -- the apples and granola are eye-level, and the chips are hidden in a box on the bottom shelf. The sodas are behind the frosted glass part at the bottom of the fridge, while the unsweetened ice tea is at eye level. I notice I end up having the unhealthy stuff slightly less
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Nobody wants to hear "stop eating delicious junk food and exercise," they want organic health potion and bizarre diet rituals instead. Shortcuts always sell better then the hard way and they always will. Traditionally, sure. But the current wave of stupid food fads is not being powered by fat people.
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Baby Babbeh posted:I'm continually amazed how many people still think food is magic in TYOOL 2017. Like, you think the idiocy is stamped out once the latest fad diet stops being fashionable and its revealed that it doesn't really work, but then along comes someone else with a tentative grasp of biology to sell you something. It's even easier now for people to think food is magic, as people are further and further removed from food production. When the number of Americans working in agriculture is down to 2% of the population, people can become really susceptible to dumb ideas about food. Add in the fact that food has always been an area of life where people make weird religious distinctions between pure and impure, and it's a perfect recipe for all sorts of weird poo poo.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/business/economy/uber-drivers-tax.html Disruption continues.
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Klyith posted:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/business/economy/uber-drivers-tax.html I work on my company's billing system, which feeds directly into our sales team's comp, and this sort of thing scares the poo poo out of me. gently caress Uber, though.
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Klyith posted:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/business/economy/uber-drivers-tax.html "Mistake"
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Wheany posted:Btw, if you drink like a cup of coffee every few hours, and only need to make that single cup at a time, I can recommend Aeropress: It makes a better (faux)espresso than most peoples Espresso machines, unless you're spending like $400+ Absolutely magical device.
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Barudak posted:You know you say its for everyone, but I only see you enrolling Ukranians in the diet program. Haha and a good holodomorning to you too.
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sitchensis posted:kuerig pods cause an insane amount of disposable packaging pollution thereisnoethicalconsumptionundercapitalism.jpg
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sitchensis posted:kuerig pods cause an insane amount of disposable packaging pollution You can recycle or compost most kcups now though????
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The latest bullshit from the Bay Area: http://www.filld.com/  One of their trucks was in front of me in traffic today, painted with big block letters that read "LOW ON GAS? THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT." That name... oh god, they're reading the thread! All it needs is to be organic and cold-pressed double-filtered gas and they've got BINGO.
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