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   by zemvpferreira 13y ago

   Hey joezdeco, I'm one of Mellow's founders/designers. I'd debate that "the end doesn't matter"; I've eaten a lot of drastically overcooked sous-vide over the past years. But still, overcooking is not
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   by zemvpferreira 13y ago

   Hey Alex, I'd encourage you to! Can I help in any way? (Mellow's designer)
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   by zemvpferreira 13y ago

   Yes.
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   by zemvpferreira 13y ago

   Crap, that's happened for some people and we can't find out why. Could I ask you to try out the direct link? Sorry about that: https://www.trycelery.com/shop/mellow
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   by zemvpferreira 13y ago

   Thank you! We have a great web designer, I'll pass it along.
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   by zemvpferreira 13y ago

   Hey matt, I knew other smart people out there had the same idea, great to meet you. Mellow comes out of the frustrations of having the knowledge and equipment to cook great food, and never using it because of lack of energy. We started with
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   by zemvpferreira 13y ago

   Hey andrew, It fits! I think defining robot as an anthropomorphic thing that moves around is too constricting. Mellow is an electromechanical machine that performs complex actions, based on natural language requests, taking into account its
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   by zemvpferreira 13y ago

   Hey mapt, The water bath's double-walled, so that power consumption isn't heinous. We're looking at nonofficial steady-state heat losses/gains of 15-30 Watt at the most common temperatures.
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   by zemvpferreira 13y ago

   Too true! The most we can do is auto-retrograde starches and cool baths that are cooking at 60C upwards down to 54C to a sort of "holding temperature". Very fun to play with.
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    by zemvpferreira 13y ago

    Nope, I'm up voting these, they're helpful. Yours, too.
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    by zemvpferreira 13y ago

    Hey tptacek, A lot of our copy is directed at people who're not that familiar with sous-vide and might have very basic questions when browsing. Let me clarify further: -$400 is expensive, you're right. And we're not making th
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    by zemvpferreira 13y ago

    Founder/designer/actor here, glad to see HN pick Mellow up! I tried to post it myself to little success earlier. Let me know if I can clarify anything.
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    by zemvpferreira 13y ago

    Screwed up the URL, here goes: http://cookmellow.com/meet-mellow
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    Show HN: Mellow, a robotic sous-chef for home cooks(cookmellow.com)

    5 points by zemvpferreira 13y ago|1 comments
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    by zemvpferreira 13y ago

    I'd be very surprised if less than half the bookings were for sex, amateur or professional.
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    by zemvpferreira 13y ago

    This is cool as hell. So many of our IoT applications are already stale -yes yes, big data and consumables reordering, yawn- that it's nice to see exploratory work in the field. I'd be happy to buy one and see what happens. I thin
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    by zemvpferreira 13y ago

    I don't think programming is that much like painting (more than any other craft), but I do think deliberate practice is at the heart of mastering any craft. More than putting in a huge volume of work, you have to work hard and delibera
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    by zemvpferreira 13y ago

    Playful engagement is certainly important, especially if you're practicing skills outside of a structured, measurable, competitive activity, but I'd question anything being more important to mastery than deliberate practice: Is it
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    by zemvpferreira 13y ago

    Why do we need a manifesto for "hardware"? Does this not fall under the general-purpose hacker philosophy? Knowledge should be free, and we should be free to learn and experiment with the things we own. I understand the reasons wh