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I think E. Coli needs a new publicist. Never having gotten into biology and coming from a food prep background, I assumed E. Coli was a single "bug" that caused

I think E. Coli needs a new publicist. Never having gotten into biology and coming from a food prep background, I assumed E. Coli was a single "bug" that caused foodborne illness... But there are apparently over 700 strains, many of them harmless or even beneficial. Some strains are used to make drugs and other things, some strains produce toxins that destroy your kidneys, this one can make stuff that runs in your genes, and others E. Coli strains only make stuff that runs in your jeans. Pretty amazing.

colechristensen 3y ago
You also have something on the scale of pounds of e coli in you. It’s just you never hear about it except for illnesses. I wish the news included like 10 percent segments of random facts. Maybe biased towards relevant current events but not entirely so. Like I want to see a 90 second documentary about ghengis khan, a how it’s made segment, and the etymology of the word bubble. All of my feeds are way too focused, there’s not enough discovery. And the “news” is hot garbage. Same problem with Amazon, oh you just bought a printer? Here are fifty more just in case. I don’t know if this is driven by real metrics or just bad algorithms. I want fewer suggestions within 0.2 sigma of what i liked before and more suggestions 1 or 2 sigma away. And for the love of all things holy if you’ve shown me the same thing fifty times, maybe set that aside and try something else.
- chefandy 3y ago
  I've been feeling particularly alienated by the algorithm sludge recently. I just don't feel comfortable being a part of this big automated closed knowledge/influence loop but it's pretty hard to avoid.
- MaxikCZ 3y ago
  Sometimes I dont click youtube video I am a little bit interested in for the sole reason of knowing I will have to be marking "not interested" on associated reccomendations over next few days. Its insane I have to click non-interested on 50 skiing vids instead of just telling it "I dont want skiing vids on my feed"
newzisforsukas 3y ago
People are typically talking about pathogenic E. Coli when they talk about E. Coli in reference to food safety. I don't think that makes them wrong. Also, there are over 700 identified serotypes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_Escherichia_coli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_Escherichia_coli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotype https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotype
- chefandy 3y ago
  In the context of food safety it's pretty unambiguous what E. Coli is referring to, and what to do about it. I was talking about my own knowledge having only really learned about it in that context working as a chef, and not in biology class. I don't even know the distinction between a strain and a stereotype, so i guess I'll have to look it up.
nvrg 3y ago
https://www.helminthictherapywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page https://www.helminthictherapywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page
- chefandy 3y ago
  Neat, I'll look into that.
thebeardisred 3y ago
Let's just say the path the researchers took aren't doing them any favors. Of all of the potential ways to explore this, they chose developing new antibiotic resistance in genes: > The scientists then tweaked the mutation rate of the orthogonal DNA-replicating enzyme, eventually enhancing it 1,000-fold. To test if the system could be used to evolve new functions, they inserted a gene for resistance to one antibiotic and saw how long it took for that gene to mutate into one conferring resistance to a different antibiotic. Within twelve days, they got 150 times more resistance to the new antibiotic.

colechristensen 3y ago

You also have something on the scale of pounds of e coli in you. It’s just you never hear about it except for illnesses. I wish the news included like 10 percent segments of random facts. Maybe biased towards relevant current events but not entirely so. Like I want to see a 90 second documentary about ghengis khan, a how it’s made segment, and the etymology of the word bubble. All of my feeds are way too focused, there’s not enough discovery. And the “news” is hot garbage. Same problem with Amazon, oh you just bought a printer? Here are fifty more just in case. I don’t know if this is driven by real metrics or just bad algorithms. I want fewer suggestions within 0.2 sigma of what i liked before and more suggestions 1 or 2 sigma away. And for the love of all things holy if you’ve shown me the same thing fifty times, maybe set that aside and try something else.

chefandy 3y ago
I've been feeling particularly alienated by the algorithm sludge recently. I just don't feel comfortable being a part of this big automated closed knowledge/influence loop but it's pretty hard to avoid.
MaxikCZ 3y ago
Sometimes I dont click youtube video I am a little bit interested in for the sole reason of knowing I will have to be marking "not interested" on associated reccomendations over next few days. Its insane I have to click non-interested on 50 skiing vids instead of just telling it "I dont want skiing vids on my feed"

newzisforsukas 3y ago

People are typically talking about pathogenic E. Coli when they talk about E. Coli in reference to food safety. I don't think that makes them wrong. Also, there are over 700 identified serotypes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_Escherichia_coli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogenic_Escherichia_coli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotype https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotype

chefandy 3y ago
In the context of food safety it's pretty unambiguous what E. Coli is referring to, and what to do about it. I was talking about my own knowledge having only really learned about it in that context working as a chef, and not in biology class. I don't even know the distinction between a strain and a stereotype, so i guess I'll have to look it up.

nvrg 3y ago

https://www.helminthictherapywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page https://www.helminthictherapywiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

chefandy 3y ago
Neat, I'll look into that.

thebeardisred 3y ago

Let's just say the path the researchers took aren't doing them any favors. Of all of the potential ways to explore this, they chose developing new antibiotic resistance in genes: > The scientists then tweaked the mutation rate of the orthogonal DNA-replicating enzyme, eventually enhancing it 1,000-fold. To test if the system could be used to evolve new functions, they inserted a gene for resistance to one antibiotic and saw how long it took for that gene to mutate into one conferring resistance to a different antibiotic. Within twelve days, they got 150 times more resistance to the new antibiotic.