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I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by dddgghhbbfblk »

throwup238 wrote: post #68
Aurornis wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a lot of food and drink items with official legal definitions that include the region of origin. The most famous one is champagne, which can only be called champagne if it comes from a specific region. You can think of the name as being inclusive of the region, not simply descriptive of the variety. So if someone made a sparkling wine in a different region and sold it as champagne then they would be committ…

> You can think of the name as being inclusive of the region, not simply descriptive of the variety. The term of art is terroir [1], which is the "character" of the environment the plants are grown in. It's often that a region will have some special characteristic due to geology that allows a unique flavor profile to grow so these trade names are the equivalent of a terroir brand. Some designations are more strict th…

The geology-centered conception of terroir in wine that you're giving is actually rather controversial and not generally supported by any science we've done to date.

For wine, "terroir" rather encompasses things like climate, local customs and practices (viticulture and vinification), and sometimes things like local strains of grapes or of yeast.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by mattmaroon »

NuclearPM wrote: post #61
MrSomeone wrote: post #40

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Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

Yes, that part I knew.

Science is the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

mattmaroon wrote: post #110
NuclearPM wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That makes sense. I assumed posting on hackernews implies the nerdiness.

Lots of nerds go to regular colleges so perhaps he’s saying he’s extra nerdy. (Though I think at this point we’re overanalyzing, the worst thing you can do to any joke.)

Yeah but if you keep analyzing it hard enough, the funniness underflows and then it's maximum funny.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by nxobject »

voidfunc wrote: post #106
bencornia wrote: post #15

> The way Faulkner treats his characters, I treat domain name projects. I buy them with an intention to develop. And I let them take the lead. They’re the inspiration for the business itself. They guide me towards what they need to become. I’m just the dude behind the keyboard (sorta). I feel the same way about personal projects and blogs. A good idea tends to be self-reinforcing. It just needs someone to uncover it.…

I buy domains and then forget about them only to renew them once a year for aspirational reasons. Its kinda like seeing my family at Christmas once a year.

It beats the FOMO of thinking about a good quirky name, and then seeing someone take a (close) variant of it years later. I think it feels like a word game - but with a reward you can keep.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by bell-cot »

pottertheotter wrote: post #105

This crosses from quirky to unhinged: During a phone order one season – 2018 I believe – a customer shared this story where he smuggled some Vidalias onto his vacation cruise ship, and during each meal, would instruct the server to ‘take this onion to the back, chop it up, and add it onto my salad ‘.

Eccentric at most. Unhinged would be chopping it yourself, at the table, with a Civil War cavalry sabre.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by Brajeshwar »

This is one of those articles that pops up here once every few years, and I love it every time. I love these stories of low-hanging, boring businesses that succeed in simple, yet strange and satisfying ways.

And of course, this helps me continue, like many others, to go domain-first on ideas that sound good at interesting times. I have enough domains to be ashamed of in numbers, but I will continue to register more, as more ideas hit me in the shower and on my walks. My wife has seen me walk out of the shower halfway more often than not to check availability and register domains. I’ve also had my share of well-sold domain names, so I don’t regret my hobby/obsession.

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