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I'll raise you: "It's called Rebo and it's the first bottle that cleans the planet as you drink. One Rebo drunk is one plastic bottle collected as simple as th

• edoceo 6y ago
  What the heck does this even mean? This is crazier than the stuff my cannabis business clients come up with.
  • umvi 6y ago
    The bottle cap has a laser sensor that measures the water level in the bottle. When you drink all the water, there is a Bluetooth chip (also in the cap) that notifies the app on your phone, which phones home and records that you drank a bottle of water into a DB (apparently a blockchain). The company then has a deal with some other company that for every bottle of Rebo you drink, it funds the collection of plastic waste collection. I admit they chocked it full of too many buzzwords to make it sound cooler than it is, but at least the concept sort of makes sense compared to the hot air the Nikola CEO blew.
    • giarc 6y ago
      There are a ton of companies doing this "Toms shoes" model (buy one, give one) and it doesn't need to be complex. "For every bottle of water you purchase, we fund the clean up of 1000 bottles". Why bring lasers into it?
      • ChuckMcM 6y ago
        Because they couldn't figure out how to credibly add "Machine learning" or "AI" and lasers was the next buzzword on the "What's hot" list?
        • microtherion 6y ago
          And the EPA would not approve mounting lasers on sharks' heads.
• Topgamer7 6y ago
  It looks like it's called "Rebo". Here is a reply on one of the comments on the page. > Hi Palps, thank you for your interest and time. We generate a green credit that is fully anonymized every time a REBO bottle is drunk and they are certified by the Gold Standard, the most reputable agency in carbon emission reduction certification. Credits are monetized through private sponsors and the funds go to Plastic Bank, an organization that pays people in underprivileged communities in developing countries to pick up plastic dispersed in the environment. We hope this helped you understand better what happens "behind the scenes" to make it possible to clean the planet as you drink with REBO Its a pretty garbage idea of trying to take peoples sympathies for plastic waste to sell a product. Just donate to recycling non profits or research if you want to support green efforts.
• n_io 6y ago
  You can’t call and raise. You can only either call or raise. ... Sorry for being overly pedantic but as a poker player that one kinda bothers me :)
  • CPLX 6y ago
    That's arguable. A reasonable case could be made for the idea that a call is a required prerequisite for a raise.
    • k1t 6y ago
      True - but in a professional setting if you say "I'll call..." then that's it you're calling. You can't tag "..and raise you..." on the end - they would not accept the raise.
      • Plyphon_ 6y ago
        I've often said: "I see your [bet] and raise you [x]" - would that be accepted?
        • spurgu 6y ago
          I suppose it depends on the house, and floor, but I think it might be fine as you're not explicitly saying "call". I always just say "raise" and put in the chips (all at once!), or say "I raise to XXX" with XXX being the total amount (call+raise), after which I can take my time counting out the chips (or put more than the total raise amount if I don't have exact change). Saying call and then adding a raise is similar to string betting, where you first put some chips to gauge your opponents reaction, and then put in some more. That's not allowed but so many beginners do it.
        • hn_anon_reply 6y ago
          It can depend on where you are playing, but you run the risk of getting called for a string bet. The way you worded it definitely makes it sound that way because of the "and" combining two actions. If it is a friendly game you are unlikely to face issue, but in a contentious game with unknown enemies, this quote would get you called for a string bet in some of the casinos I've played.
• bluntfang 6y ago
  rebo had a sick booth at burning man