Pizza Compass

Post by Sandman » Tue, May 07, 2013, 10:39 PM UTC

chuinard wrote: post #74

Sandman wrote: post #56

Ok, HN, I'm obviously missing something so please enlighten me. Why is this on the front page? I thought that it might be a joke as some people suggested , but it's not, there's an actual app that you can download on iTunes. So... I just don't get it. Why is this important?

I think it's a fine example how someone takes a novel idea like this, charges 99 cents, and probably ends up making a nice dollar off it. No one ever asked for it, but a lot of people will want it. Everyone is always asking to get their problems solved but it shows how you don't always need a problem.

Post by nrb » Tue, May 07, 2013, 10:55 PM UTC

potatolicious wrote: post #58

umsm wrote: post #37

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A chef (friend) told me: It's good pizza, but not worth standing in line for. When I lived there, I had it and I thought it was OK.

The secret here is to go to the Grimaldi's in Manhattan (20th and 6th). I have been there many times and have never once stood in line. Whatever the delta is between the Brooklyn location and the Manhattan location, it surely isn't 30 minutes of standing around.

Post by rhizome » Tue, May 07, 2013, 11:05 PM UTC

princess3000 wrote: post #36

pkulak wrote: post #34

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Haha, it's so funny! Oh, and look at all this money in iTunes Connect... Yes, totally just a joke!

Who said you can't make money from a joke?

Post by batbomb » Tue, May 07, 2013, 11:14 PM UTC

benburton wrote: post #32

binarymax wrote: post #15

"Grimaldi's Pizzeria > 11ft" That 11ft journey will take you 30 minutes in line, but its worth it.

They have a location in Manhattan that's just as good and usually doesn't have a line.

Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Tue, May 07, 2013, 11:16 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #70

princess3000 wrote: post #21

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This is really overthinking it, IMO. This app isn't a shot at Yelp or an attempt to disrupt the pizza space... It's a joke. You pay a dollar, you get a pizza compass. I think it's hilarious. The quotes on their page about "life-affirming" and "some people might say this is the most important app... ever" tell me that whoever made this app just wanted to have a bit of a laugh.

Wow. It just goes to show how immune I've gotten to startup pitch ideas and their templates. The text that I copied and pasted is obviously a joke ("EXCITING NEW LIFE-AFFIRMING IPHONE APP") and yet my brain mentally skipped over it as just being thats-what-all-apps-said and tried to evaluate the technical part of an app. I'm going to blame it on the all-caps throwing blinders on my brain this morning