When looking at working for a startup the most important aspect I look at is my belief in success. If I feel the company is working towards something innovative and likely to succeed sign me up. However if the idea is mediocre with a poor chance of eventual monetization then I am running the other direction. Some startups are not going to attract top talent for those two reasons. (mediocre ideas attract mediocre talent).
In the case of RethinkDB here my personal thought is it fails the second test ( limited market). It would take some heavy discussion about their eventual plans to monetize the product before thinking about joining the venture.
Having helped build a couple of straw bale constructed homes are the way to go in my opinion. Both of the houses I assisted with take nearly nothing to heat and cool. One of them has been standing for over 18 years now and totally off the grid the entire time. It is not a shoe box house either it is greater than 2000 square feet. In fact the only thing we used in that house that was not recycled was the stucco finish and the slab it sits on everthing else was salvaged. These two homes however where constructed in a rural setting and the building inspector happened to be my first cousin so we did not run into any regulatory crap that would make this sort of construction nearly impossible.
Oracle DB to large to run on Linux? The days of going out and purchasing (big hardware) a 64 way box to run oracle or any application on for that matter is over and has been for some time.
The.net platform is no better suited to mobile devices than Java is. When programming on such under powered platforms I want to write native code to squeeze out every bit of performance I can. Java,.net, python, ruby etc are fine languages and they have their place but mobile devices where performance counts is not the place.
Why do that for a short haul trip, I could have just taken my car and not had to fart with any of that. Now if I am traveling to a city with decent public transportation like ny and where finding parking is hell then yes I might would do it.
Even then I can smoke in my car and cannot anyone say shit about it, so the chances of taking the train at least for me are zero.
It is not going to work for short haul either. Say I am a passenger, what do I do when I hit the other end? I guess I could rent a car but then again I could have just taken the car.
No it takes about 20 minutes to learn objective C not that you ever have to use any of it I write nearly all of my iphone code in C and others in C++. There is nothing earth shattering new about objective C. More to the point it lets you take full advantage of the minimal processing power of these devices.
Not likely, I have had a iphone for a few years now and it does everything I need it to do and more. I am a developer, I love the battery life and performance of my device as well as it's usage of native code to write fast and efficient applications.
Actually it is for medicare and education with a good chunk of it going to California. I really don't appreciate my money going to irresponsible states.
There is also a huge landmass scale difference to consider. The UK landmass is smaller than most US states, we travel much greater distances each day. Hell I would gladly pay 6 bucks a gallon for gas if the entire US was only the size of Indiana.
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The experience gained over the last few months means they should be able to cap this one very quickly.
The assumption is made that I would really care if I am driving a so called "green car" when in reality I don't.
How long before it is used to exploit machines, what could possibly go wrong.
When looking at working for a startup the most important aspect I look at is my belief in success. If I feel the company is working towards something innovative and likely to succeed sign me up. However if the idea is mediocre with a poor chance of eventual monetization then I am running the other direction. Some startups are not going to attract top talent for those two reasons. (mediocre ideas attract mediocre talent).
In the case of RethinkDB here my personal thought is it fails the second test ( limited market). It would take some heavy discussion about their eventual plans to monetize the product before thinking about joining the venture.
The Supreme Court does not side with your theory.
So do you really think you are going to find the buffer overflow he injected while compiling that php module running on your servers?
Having helped build a couple of straw bale constructed homes are the way to go in my opinion. Both of the houses I assisted with take nearly nothing to heat and cool. One of them has been standing for over 18 years now and totally off the grid the entire time. It is not a shoe box house either it is greater than 2000 square feet. In fact the only thing we used in that house that was not recycled was the stucco finish and the slab it sits on everthing else was salvaged. These two homes however where constructed in a rural setting and the building inspector happened to be my first cousin so we did not run into any regulatory crap that would make this sort of construction nearly impossible.
I guess, if I where totally ignoring the existance of RAC as you are I would come to the same conclusion.
Oracle DB to large to run on Linux? The days of going out and purchasing (big hardware) a 64 way box to run oracle or any application on for that matter is over and has been for some time.
The .net platform is no better suited to mobile devices than Java is. When programming on such under powered platforms I want to write native code to squeeze out every bit of performance I can. Java, .net, python, ruby etc are fine languages and they have their place but mobile devices where performance counts is not the place.
The alternative would have to just use native code as they should have in the first place.
I was going to reply but damn if I could add anything to that, you are exactly right.
I can smoke in my car, I cannot do that on a train. That is just one reason there is zero chance I would pick a train over a car.
Why do that for a short haul trip, I could have just taken my car and not had to fart with any of that. Now if I am traveling to a city with decent public transportation like ny and where finding parking is hell then yes I might would do it.
Even then I can smoke in my car and cannot anyone say shit about it, so the chances of taking the train at least for me are zero.
It is not going to work for short haul either. Say I am a passenger, what do I do when I hit the other end? I guess I could rent a car but then again I could have just taken the car.
X should not exist on a production server.
SheevaPlug, I don't know about the rest of you but that name brings visions to my mind that has nothing to do with computers.
Translation: Hello, we need some campaign funds!!!
Looks like another good reason, not the reason.
No it takes about 20 minutes to learn objective C not that you ever have to use any of it I write nearly all of my iphone code in C and others in C++. There is nothing earth shattering new about objective C. More to the point it lets you take full advantage of the minimal processing power of these devices.
Not likely, I have had a iphone for a few years now and it does everything I need it to do and more. I am a developer, I love the battery life and performance of my device as well as it's usage of native code to write fast and efficient applications.
Well maybe not, electricity is still cheap in the US. Keep burning coal it has been working for me rather well so far.
Considering the dismal battery life on the droid phones I would say yes, having a swappable battery on them is a must.
Actually it is for medicare and education with a good chunk of it going to California. I really don't appreciate my money going to irresponsible states.
There is also a huge landmass scale difference to consider. The UK landmass is smaller than most US states, we travel much greater distances each day. Hell I would gladly pay 6 bucks a gallon for gas if the entire US was only the size of Indiana.