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Re:Ask HN: Have you ever thought of leaving programming for ... by tehwalrus on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @05:38AM (#12899131)
I want to start a math-cafe, where the loyalty cards are replaced by puzzles (you solve today's puzzle, tomorrow's coffee is free.)

They have such high margins on individual drinks (and people will totally buy a pastry if the coffee is free) that this shouldn't cost too much. Plus you can always make the puzzles harder, or have 2 or 3 easyish ones and then graduate people onto harder ones that they'll take a few days to solve.

You can imagine how to decorate the place - blackboards for walls, encourage the customers to use them to practise the spare puzzles lying around today, etc...

Re:Ask HN: Have you ever thought of leaving programming for ... by williamle8300 on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @06:40PM (#12916059)
That's a great idea! It sounds kinda wonky like AirBnb when they pitched it to YCominbator but... it'd be pretty cool if you could execute on the idea!