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Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by Oxryly »

chris11 wrote: post #97

Something like a Netflix for books and articles. I'd pay just to rent textbooks for general education classes. It would need to have a gigantic library though, big enough to guarantee that I would be able to find any book through there if it wasn't in a library. PDF versions of the books would be nice to, so I could access the book anywhere immediately. And it would need a good selection of scientific books. I have a…

Add in graphic novels and I'm in. It would have to emphasize breadth and new releases to make it clearly superior to the local library.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by jaxn »

comatose_kid wrote: post #101
jaxn wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, most of our driving is stop and go, in-town driving. However, it doesn't make much sense to buy a family car if it doesn't work for road trips as well. Especially since it is cost prohibitive to fly for a family of 6 when we can drive for 8-12 hours for a fraction of the cost.

Actually, it can make sense to buy a family car that doesn't work for road trips. Save money (fuel + price) by buying a smaller car, and rent a van for the few times a year that you need it.

I have not found that to be true for us (again, a family of 6).

Renting a van will cost $500-$1000 for a week. If you do that 3-4 times a year then you are talking about approx $200/mo in monthly payments that you would have to save.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by Oxryly »

electromagnetic wrote: post #45

Bachelor Chow (See: Futurama). It doesn't have to be particularly tasty, but a simple meal that has 1/3 of your daily nutrition (with 1/3 RDA of all your vitamins and minerals) would be great. Preferably without ridiculous quantities of preservatives and artificial flavours.

You'd get sick of them right quick... the human digestive system craves variety too much for this to be viable.

In any case there are a lot of meal replacement bars out there already. To give you 1/3 of your requirements it has to be a huge bar...

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by Oxryly »

yummyfajitas wrote: post #71
lallysingh wrote: post #57

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Ugh, who'd want to be #2?

It's different from being #2 with a real girl how? Viscerally I agree with you, but I can't rationally understand why.

Its like a real girl who doesn't take hygiene all that seriously...

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by chris11 »

Oxryly wrote: post #111
chris11 wrote: post #97

Something like a Netflix for books and articles. I'd pay just to rent textbooks for general education classes. It would need to have a gigantic library though, big enough to guarantee that I would be able to find any book through there if it wasn't in a library. PDF versions of the books would be nice to, so I could access the book anywhere immediately. And it would need a good selection of scientific books. I have a…

Add in graphic novels and I'm in. It would have to emphasize breadth and new releases to make it clearly superior to the local library.

Yeah libraries are awesome. I grew up going to the library. That does mean that I am used to not spending money on books. I usually only buy a book if it is going to be read more than once and I know will find it useful. So I really want full access to the book before I decide to spend money on it.

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Post by lpgauth »

bilbo0s wrote: post #5
davidw wrote: post #2

Decent Mexican food in Europe:-) (BTW, "if it were available") Edit: if I ever 'made it big', and decided to stay in Italy, I'd invest a portion of my money in a good Mexican restaurant here. It would probably lose money, but what the hell.

I'd add, a halfway decent pizza in Havana. When Cuba opens up, the first decent pizza place to go down there is going to make a killing! Seriously, there the pizza is terrible, doesn't matter if you are in Havana, Santiago, or Gerona.

Unless you like ham and cheese pizza, then it's paradise.

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Post by yummyfajitas »

Oxryly wrote: post #114
yummyfajitas wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's different from being #2 with a real girl how? Viscerally I agree with you, but I can't rationally understand why.

Its like a real girl who doesn't take hygiene all that seriously...

Boiling water + disinfectant beats a shower or any other non-lethal cleaning method. The doll should be more hygienic than any human could possibly be.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by joeyo »

yummyfajitas wrote: post #71
lallysingh wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ugh, who'd want to be #2?

It's different from being #2 with a real girl how? Viscerally I agree with you, but I can't rationally understand why.

For starters, the human epidermis turns over with a period on the order of 45 days.

Re: Ask HN: What would you love to pay for if it was available?

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Post by staticshock »

Oxryly wrote: post #113
electromagnetic wrote: post #45

Bachelor Chow (See: Futurama). It doesn't have to be particularly tasty, but a simple meal that has 1/3 of your daily nutrition (with 1/3 RDA of all your vitamins and minerals) would be great. Preferably without ridiculous quantities of preservatives and artificial flavours.

You'd get sick of them right quick... the human digestive system craves variety too much for this to be viable. In any case there are a lot of meal replacement bars out there already. To give you 1/3 of your requirements it has to be a huge bar...

What if Bachelor Chow varied in taste and consistency from can to can?
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