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GreenPencil7

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About GreenPencil7

Testing a physical LTS standard for everyday garments. Draft specification is here: https://sites.google.com/view/tshirtapi

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    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 v…

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    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 start…

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    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 alre…

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    Comment #49128348

    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 a…

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    Comment #49128208

    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 ide…

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    "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…

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    "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…

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    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 matte…

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    Comment #49101803

    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 …

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    Ask HN: Anyone else tired of brands discontinuing your favorite everyday items?

    Hi everyone, 1 I've run into the same problem over and over again. When an item wears out, I can't buy the exact same one anymore. It's been discontinued. Or it has been changed wh…

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