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Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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Post by reaperducer »

Fnoord wrote: post #46
chrisseaton wrote: post #33

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> I'm at a massive disadvantage if I get something I cannot eat at all Yes.... like a game of roulette where you sometimes lose it all and get nothing out of it at all.

Your definition of success is just an excuse for bad software, with the reasoning being "cause RL roulette works like this as well". Reminds me of car analogies. What you desire is a very basic, boring version of roulette which you can easily make with a few lines of Python code. random.randrange(0, 4) # number of toppings random.randrange(1, 100) # this in a loop iterating with result of previous amount, and this fr…

> this is not done in 2017

If you can choose not to eat certain things, the rest of the world can choose not to be bound by your artificial social constructs.

/ "Not done in 2017"... SMH.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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Post by reaperducer »

danpalmer wrote: post #50
oliv__ wrote: post #27

$34.61 estimated for my random pizza. That's a hell of an expensive pizza.

Unsurprising for Dominos. In the UK their pizzas are consistently 2x the cost of a good takeaway pizza, or 3-4x the price of something equivalent to Dominos in quality. They only exist because of brand recognition.

Very true, but Dominos is a lifesaver in Japan. In my experience, it's one of the few places where you can order a pizza online in English and be certain that it will actually be delivered.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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Post by reaperducer »

gerhardi wrote: post #64
mod wrote: post #31

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I don't know where it gets ordered from, but a place in my town has pizzas that are about $30-$40 and they're worth it. For one, they're just amazing pizza, made by an amazing local entrepreneur, with a cool little pizza shop. For two, it's a meal out for 3 or 4 (they don't actually deliver), which isn't a bad price to eat out. If it's Dominos, then I feel your pain.

I don’t probably know WTF is a PIZZA (even a large one), that is worth it, at over $/€ 15-20... seems like we need a new big mac index! Is a $30+ pizza reality? Edit: it’s probably just the common salary & cost level difference here at the play, if in some places even a junior can make over 100k / year..

There's a place by me that makes a very good $32 pizza.

It's also 40 inches across, so I have to borrow the neighbor's truck to go pick it up.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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Post by ianai »

reaperducer wrote: post #68
oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #22

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You understand the difference between something that's not very nice and something which someone cannot possibly eat at all, right? As a vegetarian, I can imagine some pretty gross combinations of pizza that I still can eat, but I'm at a massive disadvantage if I get something I cannot eat at all.

Your use of "vegetarian" and "cannot eat" is incongruous. It would be more correct to say "choose not to eat." Being a vegetarian isn't like being afflicted by a disease. It's a lifestyle choice.

Vegetarians may not eat meat products anymore. They have a severe, painful reaction to eating meat. You’re essentially revisiting a decision made in the distant past. You might as well be asking people to change who they married.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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Post by yeukhon »

reaperducer wrote: post #65
yeukhon wrote: post #55

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Now if you are allergic to certain thing? There should be an option to opt out.

There is. It's called not ordering. No one is forcing you to use Random Pizza.

Ha! This means no one should take any user feedback! Ha! But nope, the parent comment was not meant for you anyway.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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Post by TylerE »

cryptoz wrote: post #6

25 pizzas, with random ingredients, and delivery on New Years Eve to a major city: "Time To Your Door: 44-74 minutes" I doubt it. I can't afford to try it, but I doubt it. Will it take my $770 and deliver me 25 pizzas in less than 1 hour and 15 minutes on NYE? I would be absolutely shocked. I recommend adding a disclaimer, or a time "estimate" phrase, or something. Do the estimates come from Dominos? Are they real? S…

$30 a pie for freakin' Dominoes!??!

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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Post by ianai »

fian wrote: post #58
chrisseaton wrote: post #16

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> would result in unpalatable food a high percentage of time That's the point. Do you understand what 'roulette' means in this context? When you play roulette you more often than not lose all your money and have nothing to show for it. Like an inedible pizza. If you made it so you always got something nice to eat... it wouldn't be roulette, would it?

The whole idea of potentially unpleasant or not consumable (due to allergies) output is a problem for me. The waste in time, work and resources to output something that has a high likelihood to be discarded (pizza is perishable) isn't something that should be encouraged. Especially when there are steps the service provider could take with minimal effort to avoid that outcome. Typically with roulette there is a substa…

If anything this has a severely negative downside for dominos/the pizza vendor with “business as usual” as an upside. Doesn’t seem like something they’d like.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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Post by vortico »

Jetroid wrote: post #2

It'd probably be valuable to add settings that consider allergies. Vegetarian and gluten free too. Looks interesting, though!

You don't get to remove numbers from the game roulette. If you need to be picky for whatever reason (even if completely justified), don't play the game. Adding those features would make the website just be another pizza ordering website and would lose its gimmick.

Re: Show HN: Order pizza with random toppings

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Post by mcny »

ianai wrote: post #74
reaperducer wrote: post #68

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Your use of "vegetarian" and "cannot eat" is incongruous. It would be more correct to say "choose not to eat." Being a vegetarian isn't like being afflicted by a disease. It's a lifestyle choice.

Vegetarians may not eat meat products anymore. They have a severe, painful reaction to eating meat. You’re essentially revisiting a decision made in the distant past. You might as well be asking people to change who they married.

And you're essentially shaming people who do try to change who they're married to. It is difficult enough to be divorced with parents and relatives chiming in with "I told you so" and "how could you not see..."

In a question about national ID I said I don't have to be open-minded and consider every single proposal. The community here was loud and clear: me not wanting to consider an alternative solution is a bad™ thing. Well, I say a vegetarian wanting to never see a menu with meat on it (which is what this essentially is) is similarly l closed minded.

I mean if you're allergic to something, I think you have a right to ask "does this food contain x? I am allergic to x" but everyone else can shove it with their special diet.

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