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Nicely done. Where can I get one?
Looks like there's a pre-order campaign. Probably will ship early 2016 once they wash out all the... bugs.... :-D
Available immediately in most of the (farmers') markets near you.
You can't actually buy it yet. But you can contribute to its development via Kickstarter. Acquaintance level donation at $5 will give you email updates when Carrot grows. Friend level at $20 and you'll get a Carrot seed. Baby Carrot level at $50 will get you a spot in the first harvest once development is completed in 3 to 33 months.
just come to my kitchen garden.
Can't wait for integration with taproot.js
We love carrots at 73 Prime Numbers!
Hate stuff like this
Not to be pedantic, but it's hate stuff like that.
There is nothing more HN than this thread.
parent might have been referring to their own comment
No, I was right the first time.
Look's cool but I can't really see the difference between this and the market incumbents. What are you differentiators to:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Cabbage_a...

or

http://www.leekrecipes.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/leeks-food.j...

Both of these supposed market incumbents lack the simple approach of Carrot. Cabbage requires significant preparation to be enjoyable. Carrot is easy to use and eat right away. Leek is really only enjoyable in cooked form, whereas Carrot is available in both raw and cooked form.

Carrots also have far less fragmentation in shape and size - leaving aside the Carrot Mini which offers the same simplicity in a smaller form factor. This lack of fragmentation means that everyone can immediately recognize and use Carrot. It also means that children will immediately be able to recognize and use Carrot.

Carrot - simply the best.

It would be easier to consume if the design were more modular...
And tasted like apple. (OT: In our house we call them 'rubbish orange bananas')
This is just a nitpick but this type of headline doesn't tell us anything about carrot or why should we care for its introduction. I love new stuff as much as the next person but can we we change the headline to something like "introducing carrot - an innovative nutrient carrying system for a new world"
It would also be nice to have some examples of extended use or a demo to get a feeling of the product.
I've had access to the beta for a while now, I would definitely recommend using.
I kept mine in my back pocket while at a wedding reception, last weekend, and when I finally pulled it out to use it, it had warped, and would no longer lay flat. While it still seemed completely usable, I'm definitely going to return it, right after I post to Youtube.
Before I sound too negative, I would like to say that it does look like a lot of hard work went into this, and I really do think it’s a good product. Unfortunately, it seems like another solution looking for a problems. From what I can tell, this product has little to no compatibility with Cakes and Deserts. At Small Startup – which this entire comment was written to promote – we heavily utilize Cakes and Deserts and can’t really imagine releasing a product in 2014 under the food category that doesn’t fully integrate with Cakes and Deserts. Is there any hope for updating compatibility in future releases or is this just another product that doesn’t even look at market needs before releasing a product?

EDIT: I was able to find a tutorial online for integrating Carrot with Cakes and Deserts, which may work until a better solution is found:http://www.chow.com/recipes/21792-moist-carrot-cake-recipe . I would still like compatibility with some specific use cases like Scones and Tiramisu.

Those features will be in the beta - it's code-named Carotene.
Come on.... Carrot integrates beautifully with Cake there is even a Chef recipe for it (AHA!!!) ! It's my favorite bundle when working on Breakfast module.
And some good glazed baby carrots might as well be a dessert.
Jesus, what's wrong with people today? Whatever happened with "do one thing and do it well"? Not everything new has to be like the Golden Corral buffet
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Typical Carrot fanboy
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Useless if they want to sell the company, the product has no analytic capabilities included. They must solve this issue before beta(carotene).
Now that was a complete waste of 60 seconds. Was that supposed to be funny? I get the feeling I've been left out of an inside joke.
There's no joke to be left out of. The community sometimes just blows off steam by mocking itself. I don't particularly care for it, but usually it goes nearly as quickly as it comes.
Gotcha, thanks. Shame you get downvoted without explanation around here for an honest opinion.
Why not just eat a cucumber?
Because this isn't communist England. Geez.
Wow, so much work was put into this product and the design, but the call to action is put at the very bottom. What a shame, did any A/B testing go into this?
Now with the new API codenamed EATME
No sugary. Less food than a steak. Lame.
Nailed it. The happy/lame/sappy music with little chimes, fast paced rhythm, and soft strumming acoustic that can be heard in commercials like this has started to make me go insane.
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Pfff. I can make my own carrot FOR FREE by hacking a raised-bed and hooking it up to my local water provider using a polycarbonate pipe and standard spray head. Why would anyone need to BUY ONE?!
Depends on the copyright laws in your country, and what will you do, if you grow too much of them at once? Sharing is prohibited in some areas! Be careful!

Maybe someone should invent a subscription based carrot delivery service, or even a flatrate service for carrots, like spotify or netflix.

Hah! That's what that guy said about Dropbox! You're so naive!
Help please!

I followed some instructions so that Carrot would be compatible with Apple, but it's made it impossible to move without a Glass!

I don't want to be sucked into relying on overpriced peripherals... How do I do a factory reset?

http://www.purejuicing.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/apple-...

Mashups are possible, if you put your apple and carrot device in a mixing device it can probably made compatible in a liquid form...
Question is: will it blend? Or rather, will it bend?
How does it compare to Apple ?
Making the world a better place... with extensible and reusable nutrient delivery systems. Currently in beta (carotene).
This joke has been beaten to death, and than tortured for a bit.