If they're lagging in the EV department due to lack of funds, purchasing a startup like this won't change that. Bollinger probably designed almost none of the core "EV" stuff - motor drivers, motors, charging circuitry etc. They couldn't afford to. They've almost certainly bought it off the shelf from one of the many automotive OEMs. Chrysler could do the same.
It doesn't help that FCA insists on doing the bare legal-minimum wrt to EVs. Their executive team does not see any value in EVs, they are literally just a cost of doing business for FCA.
Food nutritional information and packaging photos are essential for B2B foodservice applications where purchasing decision makers are looking for quality data that's quick to find.
It's less of a need for B2C applications, but still an important factor depending on the product or brands target consumer. The "label reader" persona is an easy one to see value.
It costs money & time to take people to court, so jerks will under pay you like $2000 because it's not worth the time and effort to go to court over it.
Dev is not like other services in the US where we can easily put leans on property.
So yea, own the hosting, take down their site if they don't pay.
I promise you every business owner has to deal with people that don't pay their bills and will understand.
Have a low tolerance for assholes, and if you ever get a lead on a client bad mouthing their previous developers about holding their project hostage, just run.
You actually can - make it so that in the contract devs retain all copyrights until paid in full. Then you can use the DMCA, which is much cheaper and far easier than putting and enforcing a lean on a property.
That said, when you get that far in a sense you have already lost.
It would be interesting to see the Omniprocessor used to treat animal waste from factory farms in the US. They are a significant source of multiple forms of pollution in the states and contribute to some nasty algae blooms.
I also wonder how the heavy metals in the solid waste can be or are mitigated.
That is an interesting idea. Putting one of these plants on a dairy farm for instance could cut down on waste significantly. The machine would take the animal byproducts and provide water and electricity that could in turn be used to power the farm and hydrate the animals. It could close the waste cycle quite a bit.
That is an interesting idea. Putting one of these plants on a dairy farm for instance could cut down on waste significantly. The machine would take the animal byproducts and provide water and electricity that could in turn be used to power the farm and hydrate the animals. It could close the waste cycle quite a bit.
That is an interesting idea. Putting one of these plants on a dairy farm for instance could cut down on waste significantly. The machine would take the animal byproducts and provide water and electricity that could in turn be used to power the farm and hydrate the animals. It could close the waste cycle quite a bit.
That is an interesting idea. Putting one of these plants on a dairy farm for instance could cut down on waste significantly. The machine would take the animal byproducts and provide water and electricity that could in turn be used to power the farm and hydrate the animals. It could close the waste cycle quite a bit.
Experienced that to in France. Since we also use Bitbucket for code review, I just put a box with a good network connection as a secondary git server that synced code at each push.
Learn by making awesome things to solve problems, then attach rockets and see what happens. It's a good approach, that's more fun for all and more accessible to folks that don't learn from the book & lecture model well.
I really like the prototype, simulate, 3D print approach. Being able to take home a flying model at the end of a lesson is just awesome.
Full Disclosure: Chris, the lead on the project, has been one of my best friends for the last 25 years so I'm biased.
What is the point you are trying to make here? That every stream on twitch may not appeal to everyone? We already know that.
To use the obvious comparison: If I turn on the television and flip to a random channel and I'm not interested, does that mean TV as a whole is worthless?
Oh no, be prepared for some really harsh criticism for the "your mother could do it". I did that here: http://www.robertspeer.com/blog/apostrophenow-a-cms-so-easy-..., it's not because my mom's dumb, she's kind of a big deal in the cruise agent world (http://www.cntraveler.com/travel-tips/travel-specialists/lin...) and the kind of person I don't mind talking about on the internet, because she's also a bit of a badass. It's because she's my harshest critic, in the nicest (ish) way and will not tolerate wp & drupal's nonsense.
It's not that mother's are ignorant, it's that mother's care about your success more than your feelings and will tell you drupal & wordpress suck no matter how much work you put into it. I'm working on a new Apostrophe 2 site for her now. Mom if you read this it's coming, and it'll be good I promise :)
My mother wouldn't be able to build a website with traditional tools. With SimplyBuilt, she could.
My mother falls into this stereotype that everyone is hating on. If anyone should be offended by this, I should be in that crowd. I'm not offended, because a) she's not dumb, she just hasn't been given the right tools until now b) this post isn't really about my mother or someone else's mother.
Good thing I didn't say "a caveman could do it" as I might be in a similar situation. Except with cavemen. Or people related to cavemen.
The stereotype is statistically true in the sense that many (probably most) programmers have a mother who isn't a programmer. Secondly, most programmers' mothers are 20-35 years older than they are. So even if they are also programmers themselves, they are senior, which means many of them are probably not coding any more (or are possibly retired,even). They wouldn't be able to build a web site without ramping up on how it's done. Nobody is saying that anyone's mother is an idiot.
What is troublesome, though, is that the example person is invariably a female ancestor or relative: it is always "mother", "grandmother" or "kid sister" ("encryption scheme that will keep out your kid sister but not the NSA").
Many programmers have a father or grandfather who are not programmers, or technologically savvy. Many have a prying kid brother rather than kid sister.
Perhaps this stereotype reflects poorly on both men and women. Mothers may be more likely to get involved in a new experience and demonstrate their ignorance, but fathers may be less likely to put themselves through the feelings of vulnerability required to learn something new.
Nobody likes feeling stupid, I would assume, this is magnified by how one wants to appear to their children.
My father liked his website but I had to keep it updated for him, he would not participate in it.
I feel the same way, if I had things to do over again I would have gone into a different and likely skilled labor field.
TLDR: perception, complex value proposition, dev project are not making enough money, wholesale / retail projects, & dev projects are expensive to sell.
Better hours, awesome power tools, significantly less politics & frustration. I like solving problems and I spend most of my time keeping clients from sabotaging their projects and dealing with syntax & communication.
A couple points I'd make:
1) Skilled labor have significant fixed costs with equipment and buildings, I have about 5k (maybe) total invested in my little home based web dev business (contact me for quality onshore+offshore web development ;). The fixed costs for skilled labor are easier to understand, for example the phrase "it was cheaper for me to higher it out than buy the tools and probably mess it up the first time".
2) Most software projects are losing money, get on a project where your work is within the direct profit stream and rates are higher, as are expectations.
3) One of the many difficult things about tech projects are that it's really difficult to understand what is hard and what is easy. Estimates are rough even after over 10 years of programming, non technical stakeholders have no idea, that goes double for the ones that tell you about all the cool tech stuff they did in the 90's. With plumbing, and almost any other skill, the value proposition is easier to see.
4) Dev's do not do a good job of appearing to be important. Like it or not perception is a big deal, I loath working with suits, and do what I can to avoid looking like them because looking professional has become synonymous with high quality hair product and low quality work. I realize if I look expensive, act like I know what I'm doing, people assume I know what I'm doing. I usually do, but I'm also usually working at home in a T-shirt, carhartt shorts, and flippy flops, but when clients seem me I dress like Bill Gates & Warren Buffet, not to slick but professional.
5) Many dev clients are not retail, they are wholesale. It's important to adjust rates based off volume & project risk. Joe Shmoe from craigslist is going to offer a low volume project, with the high risk that he's going to mess up his project and blame you because he has no idea what he's doing, those guys get higher rates. Agencies that have a good plan, reasonable volume, and a history of success have earned a lower rate.
6) Dev projects are expensive to sell compared to skilled labor projects, this means sales guys deserve a bigger cut, and since they are good at negotiating they leverage this to get as much as they can. This leaves a smaller piece of the pie for the rest of the team.
It would also help get the taste of the compass & patriot horseshit they've been peddling lately.
That's some beautiful vaporware, I hope they make it.