GreenPencil7

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by GreenPencil7 2mo ago
I completely agree with you. And I like the depth you have gone into. The same variety of cotton grown in Portugal, Poland, Italy and Turkey will be different. Moreover, the same variety of cotton grown in the same place, but at different t
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by GreenPencil7 2mo ago
Great solution! It completely solves the problem of favorite things disappearing. I don't have the money to buy 500 T-shirts. And I don't have the space for them either. So I started thinking: what if we made T-shirts where the im
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by GreenPencil7 2mo ago
Yes, I think this is the key point of the whole discussion. And thank you for this thought. The value is not only in the quality of the item, but also in preserving the choice already made by a person. You find something that fits you once
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by GreenPencil7 2mo ago
Using a T-shirt as an example, I propose an API where there is an immutable part -- the T-shirt body. It is about the properties of the fabric, color, and style. These parameters are standardized and do not change. And there are engineerin
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by GreenPencil7 2mo ago
I agree. And at the same time I see that I can't solve this problem for all products. I want to check if it is possible to make one product where immutability is built in as an idea. And it is always available for sale. I will start wi
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by GreenPencil7 2mo ago
"Otherwise, they'd already be doing all of this. I mean, it's talked about constantly in commercial circles." Do you have any links or examples where I can read about this? This is the first time I've heard about it
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by GreenPencil7 2mo ago
"I do sometimes wonder if a website/store/brand for consistently good, go-to staples could work." This is very close to what I want to build — basic items that don't change after 1, 5, or 20 years. The same material
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by GreenPencil7 2mo ago
I like that we moved from things to philosophy. That's exactly what the project I'm building is about. I see that the pain I described here is shared by all of us. It doesn't matter what the item is, where we live, or what la
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by GreenPencil7 2mo ago
Yes, that's a good point. Schematics, manufacturing, and patterns are powerless if the original materials disappear or change. I haven't researched this yet, but I assume that the same variety of apples, cotton, paint pigment, or
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Ask HN: Anyone else tired of brands discontinuing your favorite everyday items?
51 points by GreenPencil7 2mo ago|61 comments