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Maserati Problem
- jasonlbaptiste 16y agoCome up with mock Ask HN "Maserati Problem" posts: - Ask HN: How do I deal with picking the right chef for my startup? - Ask HN: What is the best private airfield in the SF/Bay Area for the company jet? - Ask HN: Can anyone from Google recommend Baer's for employee transportation? - Ask HN: PS3 or XBox 360 in the break room? - Ask HN: How do I let my wife know I've slept with my EA?
- tptacek 16y ago- Ask HN: Got Ramen Profitable. Then TGI Fridays Profitable. Then Prime House Profitable. Now French Laundry Profitable. What next?
- jasonlbaptiste 16y agoHookers and blow profitable of course.
- crystalis 16y agoAlinea Profitable. El Bulli Profitable. El Bulli in Spring Profitable.
- tptacek 16y agoAlinea surprisingly not that crazily-priced.
- dzlobin 16y agothe tour + wine will easily run 500 a person, FWIW
- tptacek 16y agoDid it, with clients, my perception was about 200 less than that per person. Other restaurants, incl. some named here: much more expensive. The wine selections, btw? Totally worth it. Made the meal. And I'm not a crazy wine person.
- ecuzzillo 16y agoAre you sure you didn't have the tasting, rather than the tour? If not, I'm confused, since the tour is $225, and then the wines are said to be nearly as much as the meal, so with tip, that would put it just about at $500 a person. Even with zero wine, it'd be $270 with service. Also, I may spontaneously combust with envy.
- tptacek 16y agoI am 100% positive everyone had the tour. Dinner took SIX HOURS. I am less positive about the pricing, but I remember a number that started with a "3", and I remember thinking "I am surprised that this is not the most expensive meal in Chicago". (I meant to communicate, "200 less than 500". Sorry!) Don't be envious. Come work for us! We will take you to Alinea.
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- rdl 16y agoEl Bulli is not actually that expensive for the meal itself ($250/person?), but it's impossible to get a reservation. Since they announced they will be closing and turning into a cooking school in 2012, it's basically impossible to get a reservation unless you Know Someone. Steve Jobs can get a table as a walk in, probably, but your average $10-50mm exit startup founder cannot.
- daeken 16y agoAsk HN: How do I scale my mansion while minimizing the walking distance from one side to the other?
- philwelch 16y agoFun fact: the Pentagon was designed as a solution to that problem (well, for an office building, not for a mansion).
- MikeCapone 16y ago- Ask HN: When I get invited to Larry and Sergei's xmas party, what should I wear?
- jeffbarr 16y agoShould I drive my Ferrari or my other Ferrari?
- waterlesscloud 16y agoThis is by definition not a Maserati Problem.
- patio11 16y agoAsk HN: Got nothing to do this week. Anything good on TV?
- shughes 16y agoAsk HN: I'm going on my first date with a real girl. But my only formal attire is a Red Voyager Star Trek uniform. Should I spend money on formal clothing, or will my Star Trek uni be reasonable?
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- daniel-cussen 16y agoWhat's an EA?
- spicyj 16y agoExecutive assistant, I believe.
- cperciva 16y agoAsk HN: How do I get started as an angel investor?
- MicahWedemeyer 16y agoHilarious. We use it amongst ourselves, but I didn't realize Brian had actually submitted it to the Urban Dictionary. I tend to use it as a blanket answer to questions about extreme scaling. It's a way to tell someone that they're focusing on a problem that is really not an issue at such an early stage of a startup. Q: "Can Rails scale to 100 million unique visitors a month?" A: "That's a Maserati Problem. No matter what the answer, you'll be happy as hell to have that problem." Note: This is the guy who submitted it: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=brianculler http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=brianculler Used in context: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1275771 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1275771
- jamesbritt 16y agoOr, as Martin Mull might put it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVfYos--B_c#t=02m17s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVfYos--B_c#t=02m17s
- Eliezer 16y agoFlip side: Y2K was a Maserati problem in 1990.
- sbov 16y agoNot exactly. By 1990 Y2K was an inevitability. However, the Maserati may never come.
- nopassrecover 16y agoAgreed but by the same token your company/software from 1990 would probably not be around in 2000. I get the impression "Maserati problems" (not quibbling about the definition, but from a "should I care about this" stance) are those for which the cost of focusing on them now is greater in impact terms than leaving it until later. Y2K was probably a Maserati problem at the time because if your software was going to be around for 10 years, the profits from it should easily cover the maintenance task of resolving the bug.
- CoachRufus87 16y agoi'll take a Maserati problem anyday