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Boom times in Silicon Valley call for hard work, and hard work — at least in technology land — means that coders, engineers and venture capitalists are turning to liquid meals with names like Schmoylent, Soylent, Schmilk and People Chow. The protein-packed products that come in powder form are inexpensive and quick and easy to make — just shake with water, or in the case of Schmilk, milk. While athletes and dieters have been drinking their dinner for years, Silicon Valley's workers are now increasingly chugging their meals, too, so they can more quickly get back to their computer work.
Demand for some of the powdered drinks, which typically mix nutrients like magnesium, zinc and vitamins, is so high that some engineers report being put on waiting lists of one to six months to receive their first orders. And the drinks are taking off across techie social circles. Venture capitalists have also poured money into the companies that offer the meal replacements, and investors including Alexis Ohanian, a founder of Reddit, count themselves as fans of the drinks.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 27 2015, @07:01PM
Some languages the phrase "search eat" (direct translation ) is used to mean "searching for work/jobs/livelihood".
What's the point of "search eat" if you don't really eat, but just drink down some shake... Eating good food is one of the great pleasures in life.
So you better be giving up your life for something really important, perhaps a honorable and laudable mission (cure for malaria/cancer, space stations for space colonies, saving people's lives, cold fusion) and not building some silly website/app that hardly anyone else will remember or care about 10 years later.
See also: http://bemorewithless.com/the-story-of-the-mexican-fisherman/ [bemorewithless.com]
Not saying we should aim for subsistence living or close to it. Having some reserves is good, so if "small stuff" happens you don't have to leech of your friends - I'm sure your real friends won't mind so much if "big stuff" happens and you need their help for a while.