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That's fine, but that's not engineering. Bridge designers do not try to build bridges out of materials discovered in the laboratory last month.
by corndoge 7y ago
That's fine, but that's not engineering. Bridge designers do not try to build bridges out of materials discovered in the laboratory last month.
- PeterStuer 7y agoResearch engineers do. GP said he is not aiming to build a profitable above all else company. Maximizing fun in a hobby seems legit.
- johannes1234321 7y agoFor a hobby and for learning it is absolutely fine. The critique is on businesses running that way fmeither since some developers want to drink the cool-aid on the job or since the company wants to be "attractive" riding the hype train. (How else could they attract the best developers? ;) )
- bsder 7y agoExactly. Look at Eiffel's Folly, for example.
- saiya-jin 7y ago... and bridge designers don't design 'to have fun', but to have structurally sound, cheap and reliable infrastructure tool to cross rivers. Or imagine hiring a construction company for your dream house, realizing only after all is built that they were experimenting and 'having fun' with new unproven materials, construction, wiring etc. OP's approach is mighty fine for his own endeavors, but if I had such a worker hired, there would be a serious talk about priorities. If no agreement is found even 100x engineer would be let go.
- lame88 7y agoQuantum bridge: its in a superposition of open and closed and will collapse to one of those states when you try to cross. Also its made out of glass and runs on the block chain.