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Democracy is a nice idea but fundamentally flawed really.. As a country Britain seemed a lot stronger, safer and more influential in the world when we had less of it 
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
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Here we have this[^], which is more or less a blender that can cook, and is sold between €800 and €1200 depending on the "accessories". No advertisement, same sales principle as tupperware, with meeting organization and gifts, and etc... Roughly estimated, 50% of the households in Germany have one. 
On the same idea, lots of people have a true coffee machine at home, we are again talking about €900 to €2000.
So I have no worries the €400 will sell. If you see how much money people are putting in Nespresso each year, this is even a bargain.
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I don't know anybody who has a Thermomix (or those of my friends having one don't confess). I know a very few that have a Vorwerk hoover (the initial products of the company making that device for those who did not know them).
The main part of my coffee machine sits actually in front of the monitor. The other parts are a kettle, a filter (50 year old made of porcelain), and a grinder.
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I also have a "blender that can cook" - it's called a Morphy Richards 501014 Saute and Soup Maker[^] - and it didn;t cost $400, €400, or even £400 ...
Does make pretty good soup, as well.
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Kewl!
It's on sale for £55, with a saving of £34.99!
Since I'm in NL, could you buy one for me?
You'll save £34.99, so I'll give you the difference of £20.01!
Cheers!
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Only if you first loan me £1000, and only give me £500...
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That thing is costly but helps a lot in kitchen, if someone likes to cook elaborate / has to cook a lot of elaborate foods daily. It's expensive but it may be worth it - my GF (the official house cook) prefers cheap basic instruments, but she has the skills to make up for them.
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So, you pay $400 for a device that:
- Uses custom fruit bags (at $5 to $8 for a 240ml (8 fl. Oz) glass!)
- Cannot use fruit bags from any other manufacturer (captive market, anyone?)
- Requires an internet connection in order to check whether the fruit bag is expired or has been recalled
- Is not much better than squeezing said fruit bag by hand
OR, you can go down to the local supermarket and buy 2 liters (67 fl. Oz) of juice, probably for less than $10
<sarc>The device (and the manufacturer) certainly sound like great investments to me!</sarc>
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Wouldn't be surprised if their largest client is the US govt.
"Only $400!? wow that sure beats those $600 toilet seats!"
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But it matches my ipad recipe book so well! 
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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While I would not buy this product, there are others that might.
I like my coffee - drip or percolated is fine by me. Does it meets other's 'standards'? Probably not, but, I'm the one drinking it, not them.
Similarly, I heat my house largely with wood in a wood burning insert. I cut the wood myself and split by hand; I could borrow a hydraulic wood splitter, but I like the exercise.
So.. to each his own.
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Thanks for reminding me. I have some wood to split this weekend. I look forward to the exercise.
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I was 
It's not a juicer--it's a delivery appliance for pre-processed food. Doesn't that erase the entire point of taking "fresh" fruits and vegetables and mashing them together?
(The juice bar my oldest likes just uses blenders.)
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Some products just seemed designed to separate money from fools. Other products just seem designed to separate money from VC's. This looks like it was designed to tick every box for a VC.
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People want those because they want to be fat and constipated for some reason.
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Because, I can afford it.
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Heard that phrase this morning by some guy being interviewed on NPR. It means "public information" as in "we only only what is in the open source, so we can only guess as to blah-blah-blah."
It's always bizarre how our industry infiltrates the rest of the world and affects their speech.
Marc
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As in 'that plane has done a Java' when it fails to get off the runway?
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Or when it crashes and burns. 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Coroners reports reading 'patient suffered a BSOD'
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Do soldiers now go AOL?
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Ah, "public domain" strikes again.
I suppose "open source" information -- like Wikipedia -- can be changed to suit the user. 
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Yes, but which licence? What's the source, who's the owner, commercial use allowed?
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the any key okay
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Everything is a %^&* glitch now on the news.
And we all get a pass and move on from a jet nose dive into a house to a cat in a tree elsewhere.
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Marc Clifton wrote: affects their speech
If only it would end at speeches ... I guess our industry has infiltrated more of our lives than any other ever.
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