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shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe

Parallax Scroll posted:

does this work for "juicing"? i want to be an elite athlete

pop in an iv bag full of roids and go to town

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gret
Dec 12, 2005

goggle-eyed freak


boner confessor posted:

recruiting drivers and subsidizing rides. seriously if you take uber you only pay something like 40% of the cost of the ride. if your ride cost you $8 then uber paid the driver $20. they're hoping that this will build brand loyalty and market share, but in reality there's nothing to stop people from switching to uber or lyft or whoever

I wonder if anyone's tried signing up as a Uber driver just to get Uber to pay for their commutes.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

shovelbum posted:

pop in an iv bag full of roids and go to town

once i get strong enough i guess i can just squeeze the bag

turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

euphronius posted:

What do you do in the 8 months fruit doesn't grow.

You freeze the juice you made?

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party

extra stout posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N51oiMv3IJw

hahahaha its a 2 minute guide for how many codes you have to type into a cell phone to eat processed fruit that naturally falls off trees hundreds of pounds per season

"your juice is ready when all of the noises stop and the lights on the front turn off"

lol at the 2 minute mark in the video. if you want to recycle the juice packets you have to mail them back to the company

extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR

euphronius posted:

What do you do in the 8 months fruit doesn't grow.

we utilize ancient technology handed down from human to human until our grandma's became obsessed with them, they're called jars

Honky Dong Country posted:

what blackberries and raspberries we can't eat get made into jams. And a lot of the jam that we won't eat gets given to family, friends, and neighbors.


and that owns, i'm jealous of your free food variety, i've got apples crab apples and randomly a wild cherry tree but it's too young so i just protect it from vines and love it like a son

big time bisexual posted:

lol at the 2 minute mark in the video. if you want to recycle the juice packets you have to mail them back to the company

nothing says recycling efficiently like a mail man driving plastic across the country in a truck, i sure am glad we got past that grim dark era of humanity where we just gave scrap meat to our dogs, scrap wood to mushrooms and rotten veggie bits to rabbits

extra stout fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Apr 19, 2017

Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

big time bisexual posted:

lol at the 2 minute mark in the video. if you want to recycle the juice packets you have to mail them back to the company

But only after you compost the contents and wash them really well.

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

Rutibex posted:

:haw:"Oh, so you say that it will lock the customers into your proprietary packs? hmm i do love subscription services"

I read some article about how millennials are overly fixated on monthly payment and convenience when buying cars because they are so used to subscription services. Silicon Valley is just giving them what they want

shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe

WhyteRyce posted:

I read some article about how millennials are overly fixated on monthly payment and convenience when buying cars because they are so used to subscription services. Silicon Valley is just giving them what they want

Is that why cars are like 60 grand now?

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

I never thought of storing food for later.

Amazing .

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

I read the OP's story this morning, and there might not be a more unintentionally funny tech story to come out this year. It really has it all:

You've got the guy who compares himself to Steve Jobs, the machine that is needlessly complicated, the functions that actually make doing the thing it says it does take like five times longer than current technology at no increase quality or quantity, the fact that the thing connects to the internet for no good reason, and the idiots who lined up to invest in it.

guidoanselmi
Feb 6, 2008

I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest post. No lies whatsoever.

haljordan posted:

Venture capital guys would probably get a better return on their investment if they bet the money on a dog fight instead

im a VC partner. please tell me more about this opportunity.

shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe

euphronius posted:

I never thought of storing food for later.

Amazing .

All that stored food is just clutter man the minimalist blogs are telling me I can only own 20 things tops and those can't be 20 jars of fruit!!!

turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

I'm going to mega lol when Uber's investors realize that car manufacturers are just going to use their own proprietary software to run ride sharing programs.

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

shovelbum posted:

Is that why cars are like 60 grand now?

No but I'm picturing some millennial signing up for a 7 year loan on his 2012 Toyota Corolla

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

Dandywalken posted:

Are Sodastreams good, Israel aside?
As an occasional user, yeah they're alright. It does pretty much exactly what it says and the price isn't horrible.

But it doesn't have WiFi random lights that go on and off so if you live in Silocone Valley you'll probably get made fun of for using it FYI

Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

Crazy Ted posted:

As an occasional user, yeah they're alright. It does pretty much exactly what it says and the price isn't horrible.

But it doesn't have WiFi random lights that go on and off so if you live in Silocone Valley you'll probably get made fun of for using it FYI

:lol: You don't think SodaStream had the same idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr9KfXXU0Ko

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party
guys guys what if you had a keurig... but it made tortillas :350:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-j4cz2PlA

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

Three Olives posted:

:lol: You don't think SodaStream had the same idea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr9KfXXU0Ko
:lol: I had no idea

I got one when they first started out and it was literally "screw bottle into top, press CO2 button, unscrew, pour in some product, done in 15 seconds".

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

Fresh tortillas are pretty good but the ethnic food market near me has a giant tortilla machine and I can get a big rear end bag of them for like $2

Cthulu Carl
Apr 16, 2006

Anyone say "Juice the Rich" yet?

shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe

WhyteRyce posted:

Fresh tortillas are pretty good but the ethnic food market near me has a giant tortilla machine and I can get a big rear end bag of them for like $2

Yeah they're like a buck a pound, I find making them soothing but the tortilla machine is as good as I am at it really

Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

What if Hitler invented the BMW i3 Subcompact Electric car?

big time bisexual posted:

guys guys what if you had a keurig... but it made tortillas :350:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-j4cz2PlA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t1AhQL2bXU

For only $1,000 you don't need any pods.

turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

big time bisexual posted:

guys guys what if you had a keurig... but it made tortillas :350:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-j4cz2PlA

Cool so it's like making tortillas in a toaster oven, except you can't use it for anything else and only with products sold by the manufacturer.

Nice.

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Cthulu Carl posted:

Anyone say "Juice the Rich" yet?

((Juice the rich))

Geez no wonder they're saying GBS is an alt-right shithole.

shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe

big time bisexual posted:

guys guys what if you had a keurig... but it made tortillas :350:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB-j4cz2PlA

wait is this thing a joke I didn't see the start of tortilla chat, a tortilla can be like <1 penny of maseca and a lil water and it cooks in a few seconds wtf

Space Crabs
Mar 10, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
how do i get rich idiots to toss millions at me, i have plenty of ideas that sound good on paper

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

Space Crabs posted:

how do i get rich idiots to toss millions at me, i have plenty of ideas that sound good on paper
Make a Kuerig, but for Sushi. Don't ask me how it would work

shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe
I want one for cheese sticks it has dough and cheese reservoirs and extrudes them continuously thru a heating element hot breadsticks on tap and also i guess the other taps are like marinara or blue cheese

sexy mouse
Sep 18, 2008

sexy eye~
sexy nose~
sexy mouse~
don't you know~
how can we market a machine that rich yuppies piss into and then drink it?

Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Crazy Ted posted:

Make a Kuerig, but for Sushi. Don't ask me how it would work

Then sell DRM-locked single servings of rice, seaweed and a variety of fillings.

turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

Kitchens must be pretty loving huge in Silicon Valley to fit all of this gimmicky food prep bullshit.

I'm picturing rows and rows of 1,000 dollar salad tossers.

Cthulu Carl
Apr 16, 2006

shovelbum posted:

I want one for cheese sticks it has dough and cheese reservoirs and extrudes them continuously thru a heating element hot breadsticks on tap and also i guess the other taps are like marinara or blue cheese

You just want that so you can lay under the machine and let it slide a long, fried cheese log down you gullet.

I ain't kinkshaming, I just believe everyone need to be honest about their intentions for food making machines.

Fushigi Yuugi fansub
Jan 20, 2007

BUTT STUFF

OXBALLS DOT COM posted:

Burn silicon valley to the ground and hang all the bankers and vc

Cthulu Carl
Apr 16, 2006

turn off the TV posted:

I'm picturing rows and rows of 1,000 dollar salad tossers.


Sick, they eat rear end in the kitchen?

shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe

Cthulu Carl posted:

You just want that so you can lay under the machine and let it slide a long, fried cheese log down you gullet.

I ain't kinkshaming, I just believe everyone need to be honest about their intentions for food making machines.

yeah i came up with it while drunk in college waiting for a second, much larger, order of cheese sticks to arrive

Dial-a-Dog
May 22, 2001

Rutibex posted:

no, there is another layer to this. i venture that the "inventor" never envisioned this product as a scam to sell over priced juice packs. this smells like a product specifically designed to appeal to idiot venture capitalists. i can see the SharkTank pitch right now, as they check off every idiotic heuristic that capitalists use to feel out "good investments".

:haw:"Oh, so you say that it will lock the customers into your proprietary packs? hmm i do love subscription services"
:twisted:"oh yes! and the data we collect from the app can be additionally monitized"
:haw:"brilliant, take our money!"

Tbf it's practically a regular feature on the show to have Mark Cuban dump all over some idiot's silicon valley vc valuation. They do go wild for poo poo like a two cent plastic bag filled with 75 cents of produce selling for $7 though

Crazy Ted
Jul 29, 2003

turn off the TV posted:

1,000 dollar salad tossers.
I believe they call those "escorts".

WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

A soft-serve machine with wifi and DRM boxes of pre-made soft serve.

- caters to manchildren: check
- can sell user data: check
- subscription service: check
- DRM: check

send me money please

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WhyteRyce
Dec 30, 2001

A hot pocket making machine that you have to load up with frozen hot pockets

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