If you haven’t read it, the Verge’s profile of Juicebro is very enjoyable http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/23/11745326/juicero-wifi-juicer-doug-evans-interview …
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Replying to @Pinboard
You know how you can tell the whole Juicero thing is a scam? The name. They are laughing at the VCs.pic.twitter.com/5Zp0ArZi8g
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Replying to @gak_pdx
it’s not a scam, because the founder is a total juice obsessive. He’s insane but earnest!
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Replying to @Pinboard
I do like how it’s 35lb of crap to basically squeeze on a giant catsup pack.
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Replying to @gak_pdx
I like that they solved a legit hardware problem (how to make a very compact press) for the most pointless reason possible
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Replying to @Pinboard
It wasn’t a hard problem at all, it’s just a useless one to solve, which is why nobody bothered.
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Replying to @gak_pdx
it’s legitimately hard to make a press that strong in a compact size!
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Replying to @Pinboard
No, you just do what they did- bullshit investors and self-justify a huge COGS to build a sturdy enclosure. Not rocket surgery.
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Replying to @gak_pdx
look at the cutaways. That’s a pretty piece of engineering! I’m not arguing that there is any sanity in the process
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Replying to @Pinboard
I work with industrial tooling all day long. Elegant engineering with non-cost sensitive execution basically ALL looks like that
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I like the magic that has brought this product into the world with real money, to sell three units and then disappear forever
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Replying to @Pinboard
Oh, totally. I know lots of guys who could build a turboencapsulator dingus that looks like that, but will cost $5k
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Replying to @gak_pdx
what kind of stuff do you work on? You’re missing out on FREE MONEY!
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