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Ruby on Ramen?

44 points by jdeseno 16y ago

teilo 16y ago
It claims that part of the proceeds from the sale of the noodles will be used to promote and develop the Ruby programming language. Truth or a stunt?
- byoung2 16y ago
  Literally ramen profitable?
  - bombs 16y ago
    No, profitable ramen.
- hartror 16y ago
  I love the japanese.
- Groxx 16y ago
  It can't be both?
  - mdwrigh2 16y ago
    He said 'truth or stunt?' not 'truth xor stunt?'!
    - tkahnoski 16y ago
      I have never actually paid attention to how different logical 'or' and english 'or' is. This strikes me as a trivial example of why legalese is so hard to read.
- nandemo 16y ago
  It's true: http://www.ruby-assn.org/ja/index.htm http://www.ruby-assn.org/ja/index.htm http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruby-assn.org%2Fja%2Findex.htm&sl=ja&tl=en http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&h... Matsue Ramen is from Matsue city, where Matz lives.
c4urself 16y ago
an attempt to tap into the ramen-eating startup market?
c1sc0 16y ago
I could see this take off in the startup community, just order a 3-month supply before you start coding. If you do this right & "sell the dream" then it could work for much the same reasons those crappy nutritional supplement products work. I'm not buying though, I'm already fully supplied.
- patio11 16y ago
  This is, apparently, fresh ramen. It has a 30 day shelf life. 3 month supplies might be a little problematic.
kqr2 16y ago
Obligatory link to pg's Ramen Profitable essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html
Groxx 16y ago
I'd love for this to come out in America. Everywhere I look, all I find is this junk: http://www.maruchan.com/maruchan_ramen.html http://www.maruchan.com/maruchan_ramen.html
- astine 16y ago
  Maruchan is better than Top Ramen.
- devinj 16y ago
  Beats this stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Noodles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Noodles I had some really interesting (and expensive) ramen called sapporo ichiban, it was delicious. Then I discovered it had about the caloric content of a big mac, but without any redeeming qualities (a big mac has, for example, actual vitamin content).
timinman 16y ago
That's Ruby community love, folks.
chaostheory 16y ago
Courtesy of Google Translate: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.shopping.yahoo.co.jp%2Fmengurume%2Framen-ms-ruby.html&sl=ja&tl=en&act=url http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&h...
ramen 16y ago
I prefer Python.

44 points by jdeseno 16y ago

teilo 16y ago

It claims that part of the proceeds from the sale of the noodles will be used to promote and develop the Ruby programming language. Truth or a stunt?

byoung2 16y ago
Literally ramen profitable?
- bombs 16y ago
  No, profitable ramen.
hartror 16y ago
I love the japanese.
Groxx 16y ago
It can't be both?
- mdwrigh2 16y ago
  He said 'truth or stunt?' not 'truth xor stunt?'!
  - tkahnoski 16y ago
    I have never actually paid attention to how different logical 'or' and english 'or' is. This strikes me as a trivial example of why legalese is so hard to read.
nandemo 16y ago
It's true: http://www.ruby-assn.org/ja/index.htm http://www.ruby-assn.org/ja/index.htm http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruby-assn.org%2Fja%2Findex.htm&sl=ja&tl=en http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&h... Matsue Ramen is from Matsue city, where Matz lives.

c4urself 16y ago

an attempt to tap into the ramen-eating startup market?

c1sc0 16y ago

I could see this take off in the startup community, just order a 3-month supply before you start coding. If you do this right & "sell the dream" then it could work for much the same reasons those crappy nutritional supplement products work. I'm not buying though, I'm already fully supplied.

patio11 16y ago
This is, apparently, fresh ramen. It has a 30 day shelf life. 3 month supplies might be a little problematic.

kqr2 16y ago

Obligatory link to pg's Ramen Profitable essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html

Groxx 16y ago

I'd love for this to come out in America. Everywhere I look, all I find is this junk: http://www.maruchan.com/maruchan_ramen.html http://www.maruchan.com/maruchan_ramen.html

astine 16y ago
Maruchan is better than Top Ramen.
devinj 16y ago
Beats this stuff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Noodles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Noodles I had some really interesting (and expensive) ramen called sapporo ichiban, it was delicious. Then I discovered it had about the caloric content of a big mac, but without any redeeming qualities (a big mac has, for example, actual vitamin content).

timinman 16y ago

That's Ruby community love, folks.

chaostheory 16y ago

Courtesy of Google Translate: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.shopping.yahoo.co.jp%2Fmengurume%2Framen-ms-ruby.html&sl=ja&tl=en&act=url http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&h...

ramen 16y ago

I prefer Python.