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Still better than driving a big SUV I guess...

by Softcadbury 5y ago

jacquesm 5y ago
Making coffee was a solved problem 100 years ago.
- cinntaile 5y ago
  Making this coffee and delivering it instantly clearly isn't or this service wouldn't work :)
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    It most likely isn't instantly.
    - cinntaile 5y ago
      That's kind of my point, you said it was a solved problem. This is obviously not about just making coffee, you were misrepresenting the problem being solved. Convenience is a thing. If this coffee could be made and delivered on the spot exactly when you want it then this service wouldn't exist.
      - jacquesm 5y ago
        I meant that the other way around from how you wrote it. As in: you probably can make coffee well within the time that it would take some service to make it and deliver it for you, and likely your locally brewn coffee would be hotter.
- TeMPOraL 5y ago
  It's either drone delivery or DRMed cofee makers, Keurig-style. How else will you turn a perfectly good product into a service?
  - Cthulhu_ 5y ago
    False dichotomy; there's many ways to make coffee.
    - TeMPOraL 5y ago
      Yes, but the goal isn't to make coffee - it's to create a recurring revenue stream. Coffee is just a bait :).
      - OJFord 5y ago
        Clearly you need to register each bean on a blockchain to be sure of its organic provenance; then you can grind, destroy, and turn them into a Non-Fungible Brew.
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- quickthrower2 5y ago
  The trick is to be a tad snobbier about it each passing year to keep it slightly unsolved.
- mongol 5y ago
  It surprised me to learn that automatic drip coffee makers were invented only about 50 years ago.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    The predecessor (the percolator) was invented 150 years earlier and still has a dedicated following today, and then there is the cafetiere. Both of these do not have any waste other than the coffee grounds, which I think is a big point in their favor. Oh, and no DRM either, nor any subscription components. I guess for the manufacturers that is now a point against them.
- dzhiurgis 5y ago
  You probably haven't tried Australian coffee

Still better than driving a big SUV I guess...

jacquesm 5y ago

Making coffee was a solved problem 100 years ago.

cinntaile 5y ago
Making this coffee and delivering it instantly clearly isn't or this service wouldn't work :)
- jacquesm 5y ago
  It most likely isn't instantly.
  - cinntaile 5y ago
    That's kind of my point, you said it was a solved problem. This is obviously not about just making coffee, you were misrepresenting the problem being solved. Convenience is a thing. If this coffee could be made and delivered on the spot exactly when you want it then this service wouldn't exist.
    - jacquesm 5y ago
      I meant that the other way around from how you wrote it. As in: you probably can make coffee well within the time that it would take some service to make it and deliver it for you, and likely your locally brewn coffee would be hotter.
TeMPOraL 5y ago
It's either drone delivery or DRMed cofee makers, Keurig-style. How else will you turn a perfectly good product into a service?
- Cthulhu_ 5y ago
  False dichotomy; there's many ways to make coffee.
  - TeMPOraL 5y ago
    Yes, but the goal isn't to make coffee - it's to create a recurring revenue stream. Coffee is just a bait :).
    - OJFord 5y ago
      Clearly you need to register each bean on a blockchain to be sure of its organic provenance; then you can grind, destroy, and turn them into a Non-Fungible Brew.
- deleted 5y ago
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quickthrower2 5y ago
The trick is to be a tad snobbier about it each passing year to keep it slightly unsolved.
mongol 5y ago
It surprised me to learn that automatic drip coffee makers were invented only about 50 years ago.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  The predecessor (the percolator) was invented 150 years earlier and still has a dedicated following today, and then there is the cafetiere. Both of these do not have any waste other than the coffee grounds, which I think is a big point in their favor. Oh, and no DRM either, nor any subscription components. I guess for the manufacturers that is now a point against them.
dzhiurgis 5y ago
You probably haven't tried Australian coffee