I am tired of eating too, and have looked seriously into building it myself. It’s not clear yet whether doing it myself is worth the additional costs over outsourcing it to him; I think I can do significantly better, but doing it right is a significant amount of work.
I think he meant that someone else might use it even if it’s not worth it to you personally. Though if I’m reading your earlier comment right, the “work” referred to the recipe rather than the mixing and measuring, so that wouldn’t apply.
I think he meant that someone else might use it even if it’s not worth it to you personally.
If I decide to not do it myself, then of course I’ll post the ideas and send friendly emails to the guys at Soylent. But that doesn’t seem like a good move while uncertain about whether or not to compete with them.
if I’m reading your earlier comment right, the “work” referred to the recipe rather than the mixing and measuring
The recipe is part of the work, but the larger part of the work in doing it right would be replacing “the” recipe with a system for generating recipes and determining the quality of recipes.
The recipe is part of the work, but the larger part of the work in doing it right would be replacing “the” recipe with a system for generating recipes and determining the quality of recipes.
You can go as meta as you want, as long as the result is still a better recipe I still call it “work for the recipe” ;-)
I am tired of eating too, and have looked seriously into building it myself. It’s not clear yet whether doing it myself is worth the additional costs over outsourcing it to him; I think I can do significantly better, but doing it right is a significant amount of work.
Post your superior recipe to /r/soylent?
What information do you expect me to get from doing so that would help in making that decision?
I think he meant that someone else might use it even if it’s not worth it to you personally. Though if I’m reading your earlier comment right, the “work” referred to the recipe rather than the mixing and measuring, so that wouldn’t apply.
If I decide to not do it myself, then of course I’ll post the ideas and send friendly emails to the guys at Soylent. But that doesn’t seem like a good move while uncertain about whether or not to compete with them.
The recipe is part of the work, but the larger part of the work in doing it right would be replacing “the” recipe with a system for generating recipes and determining the quality of recipes.
You can go as meta as you want, as long as the result is still a better recipe I still call it “work for the recipe” ;-)
Fair! (Though I do want to make clear that part of my point is ensuring customization support is the backbone, rather than a feature added later.)