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Comment by ollybee | Hacker News Reader

I would find an avocado alert more useful but sub-second accuracy for short time before they are over ripe might prove difficult to implement.

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Also,

    Step 1: Select Your Avocado's Color!

    ☐ Avocado Green     ☐ Avocado Green     ☐ Avocado Green
    ☐ Avocado Green     ☐ Avocado Green     ☐ Avocado Green

would cause some user experience issues.

I thought the same thing. I love avacodos, but I've given up purchasing them because I'm so bad at finding the millisecond they are ready to eat before they turn to mush.

I've started buying them when they're very hard (Costco sells them by the bag) and then waiting for them to ripen at home. This keeps them from getting bruised by other shoppers. So far, I've had good luck with them being ripe and good for about 3 days.

Yes, this is absolutely the secret to awesome avocados. Buy the unripe ones--the ones shoppers aren't squeezing to death--and let them ripen over a few days. Then, a few days before you run out, go grab the next batch.

Adding more agreement to this, grab them hard and green then store in a dark (room temp) place. 4-5 days and should be good to go

Well obviously that should be a backlog item to grow a user community by allowing users to upload modules.

I need a pear alert.

I visited an orchard a couple of years ago. The owner stored his pears at 0 degrees celsius and apples a little bit warmer - 4 degrees celcius if I'm not mistaken.

Since that day I've put my apples and pears in the refridgerator, and haven't had to suffer as many overripe pears and apples.

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