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> I don't really see how this competes with cockroach.

I never said it did.

> Is that why you commented under a different username, because you are affectively spreading misinformation?

No, asshole. Because it's a small world, and it's not exactly the smartest thing to do to.... never mind. Obviously you're gonna assume ill intent regardless of what I say.

> "whilst Aerospike is nosql"

You obviously have no idea what you're talking about, and have never used it. If you had, you wouldn't think of it as "nosql".

It's... more like a real time data processing platform, I honestly don't know of an existing category or comparable software.

At first glance it looks like a kvs database with a lot of bells and whistles. After you learn more, though, you realize it's not "just" a database -- you write your application with the Aerospike client library, using expressions, data modeling, CDTs, &c. Not using it as a black box for storing data.

Nah, I'd rather be vague. ;-) The issue, I'm guessing, was that CockroachDB couldn't maintain the required latency bounds and availability past a certain point for the customer. Those are always where Aerospike wins (latency, availability, while scaling). milliseconds vs microseconds.

The limiting factor isn't how many operations the platform can handle, it's how many operations/transactions you can generate before the server will even break a sweat.

I'm just a lowly engineer, and while I'll say some stuff on a throwaway account, this is really the marketing department's purview.... Casual googling confirms it's public information that Schwab runs ... nearly everything on it, and it's a much smaller number of servers than you'd think.

(note the username!)

Check out Aerospike. It's the most robust and truly "zero effort scale" real time data platform I've ever seen. Properly configured and used, it whups everything in terms of TPS and performance/machine aka TCO. By a huge, huge, factor.

Downside is ... everything else. :/ Less polished developer experience, docs, &c. There are so many huge customers, but very few who are talking about it. Requires more of a time investment -- because you're learning a new platform, not using a drop in replacement for what you already know. But the reward is performance beyond anything else.

(the VLDB 2016 paper is a good high level overview of the architecture)

If you do check it out, be sure to use version 6.1 or later, in particular see what can be done combining secondary indexes with container data types.... A, uh, birdie told me that. :P

edit: Same birdie told me Aerospike has customers who replaced CockroachDB, when they found out it has trouble scaling past a point.

I really hope they can get their act together in terms of communication and marketing -- it's sadly "the most advanced solution you've never heard of".

I really appreciate your comment, and value honestly, but this:

> Recently met an older (early 30s guy) and it was seriously cool having a sexual experience that didn’t end with “don’t bother I’m just not going to finish no matter how long we go.”

Reading that was like reading that your worst nightmare is actually true. nervous laugh

As a guy in their 30s, on multiple occasions I've comforted myself with "self, it doesn't matter to them if we finish, they're probably so appreciative that we're more focused on them than ourselves. you're doing great, self." And your comment is just NOPE and slashes my self esteem to shreds!

And this too!: > by e.g. not smoking so much weed...

CUTS DOWN MY MENTAL SUPPORT FRAMEWORK LIKE A SCYTHE. :) <3

I needed that solid slap across the face, I was in danger of becoming too comfortable with my sexuality, now I have the ammo to fuel my insecurity and shame, and push it back down where it belongs. A million thanks.

I can tell you from first hand experience that Venlafaxine does not inhibit the effects of LSD in all people. It might in some, but certainly not in all. I have one data point.

Also, it does limit, if not entirely mask, the effects of some common recreational dopamine reuptake inhibitors.

Have you been on venlafaxine before? If so, how would you compare it to escitalopram, not in terms of sexual side effects but in terms of efficacy with anxiety.

Wow! This was very educational to me. I'm also on venlafaxine, and have been off and on for more than 15 years. About 5 years ago I went on it more consistently, and at a higher dose.

I'm 38 years old. I... uh.... "concluded", based on my observations of myself that "I guess it's true, male sex drive must peak in the early 30s! Ah well, I had a good run, no regrets!"

Now I don't know what to think! Maybe it's the meds? Or age? Or both? Thanks for this! (meant in earnest, not sarcasm)