Coffee in Crisis • Hacker News Board

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by cpncrunch » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 3:59 PM UTC

Retra wrote: post #7

a3n wrote: post #2

This page made my laptop scream. It never stopped trying to load something. I run ABP, perhaps that's the "fault?" I also tried to find a sensible place to point that out to the BBC, but nothing was obviously (to me) the right place.

You could try using Ghostery ( https://www.ghostery.com/en/. ) For me the page loads slower than most, but not problematically so.

Seems to work fine on my MBP. I'm just annoyed by the dumb parallax scrolling which covers up the title when you're trying to read it. Parallax was cool on Amigas in the 80s, but today in web pages it's just flashy and annoying.

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by noir_lord » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 4:04 PM UTC

sritch wrote: post #10

Nacraile wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, some people drink coffee because they like the flavour, not because they need caffeine :P (As a matter of fact, I consider caffeine to be an undesirable side-effect of delicious coffee...) Coffee isn't the only natural source of caffeine, and yes, it can also be made synthetically.

It's especially unfortunate because decaf coffee is usually gross.

Unsurprising when you look at the method they use for removing the caffeine.

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by recursive » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 4:05 PM UTC

a3n wrote: post #2

This page made my laptop scream. It never stopped trying to load something. I run ABP, perhaps that's the "fault?" I also tried to find a sensible place to point that out to the BBC, but nothing was obviously (to me) the right place.

I'm not running any ad blocking, and had a similar experience.

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by stdbrouw » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 4:05 PM UTC

Nacraile wrote: post #5

VeejayRampay wrote: post #3

Isn't there a way to produce synthetic caffeine? I mean, there's been a shift recently for nicotine and the market for e-cigs, I'm sure we can somehow find a way to do the same for caffeine.

You know, some people drink coffee because they like the flavour, not because they need caffeine :P (As a matter of fact, I consider caffeine to be an undesirable side-effect of delicious coffee...) Coffee isn't the only natural source of caffeine, and yes, it can also be made synthetically.

And some people, mysteriously, seem to be especially fond of the flavor just around the time they're struggling to wake up.

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by kokey » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 4:07 PM UTC

It's strange that an article about the potential scarcity of Arabica doesn't once mention the country where most Arabica is grown: Brazil. Not only that, the expectations have been improving because of improved conditions this year: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-21/coffee-dec...

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by strictnein » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 4:07 PM UTC

VeejayRampay wrote: post #3

Isn't there a way to produce synthetic caffeine? I mean, there's been a shift recently for nicotine and the market for e-cigs, I'm sure we can somehow find a way to do the same for caffeine.

To answer your question: yes, we already create synthetic caffeine. It's widely used in soda, energy drinks, etc.

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by golergka » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 4:10 PM UTC

Nacraile wrote: post #5

VeejayRampay wrote: post #3

Isn't there a way to produce synthetic caffeine? I mean, there's been a shift recently for nicotine and the market for e-cigs, I'm sure we can somehow find a way to do the same for caffeine.

You know, some people drink coffee because they like the flavour, not because they need caffeine :P (As a matter of fact, I consider caffeine to be an undesirable side-effect of delicious coffee...) Coffee isn't the only natural source of caffeine, and yes, it can also be made synthetically.

And a lot of people love coffee but hate caffeine.

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by ashmud » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 4:12 PM UTC

a3n wrote: post #2

This page made my laptop scream. It never stopped trying to load something. I run ABP, perhaps that's the "fault?" I also tried to find a sensible place to point that out to the BBC, but nothing was obviously (to me) the right place.

Without JS enabled on FF39, it looks like a nice WAP-era mobile page.

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by autotune » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 4:14 PM UTC

Is it not possible to grow coffee plants using vertical farming? It sound ideas like this => http://cargocollective.com/dellabosca/Vertical-Coffee-Farm are going to need to become a reality in the future if we can't stop climate change, where it can protect the plants from heavy rainfalls and allow farmers to control their growth.

Re: Coffee in Crisis

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Post by odiroot » Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 4:21 PM UTC

VeejayRampay wrote: post #3

Isn't there a way to produce synthetic caffeine? I mean, there's been a shift recently for nicotine and the market for e-cigs, I'm sure we can somehow find a way to do the same for caffeine.

Why would you do that though?

It's a funny thought for me as I only drink decaf.