zachalexander

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by zachalexander 12y ago
> cows that can milk themselves What
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by zachalexander 12y ago
There aren't pain receptors in the brain, so stimulation like this is unlikely to be painful.
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by zachalexander 12y ago
Nice. I run or belong to about four Threadable lists at this point, and it's great, but on a couple of them I've really missed not having access controls.
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by zachalexander 13y ago
OP here. > I like food. The smell, experience and taste. So do I. I cooked food for a living for two years, and am planning a dinner party this weekend. > Why in god's name would I eat powder to save myself the "hassle&qu
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by zachalexander 13y ago
So you said something that was completely wrong, and now you're backtracking in a way that also seems wrong. Soy protein is 19% BCAAs, not very far from whey (the gold standard in protein quality IMHO) at 22%. And 85 g is significantly
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by zachalexander 13y ago
>>Theres an ethical responsibility ... that the OP is blatently neglecting Did you not see the "I am not a doctor" disclaimer? I'm serious. I personally talked about this to my doctor – the same guy who told me a year a
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by zachalexander 13y ago
>dismissing the dangers of Soy hormones... ...by citing a scientific review article. Do you have a paper of comparable quality to rebut it with?
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by zachalexander 13y ago
This. (OP here.) I love food. But I hate being forced to partake of it 3x/day.
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by zachalexander 13y ago
Because I would rather (a) make my own soylent or (b) buy some from an open-source distro like Rob's than (c) buy some from a cheesy corporation like whoever makes Ensure.
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by zachalexander 13y ago
Engineer? Yes. It's been a huge timesink for me personally this past few months. But I find it intrinsically interesting, so I haven't minded. In the long-run, I think it will save me time, and more importantly, improve the qualit
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by zachalexander 13y ago
I'm actually 30 : ) And I actually have zero time on my hands because I'm in school (as stated in the post).
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by zachalexander 13y ago
Rob has confirmed that he sees this as a movement, and is down with people DIYing soylent, even though his company is the only big-S Soylent. And he is going to open-source his recipe, he just hasn't done it yet, I think because he&#
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by zachalexander 13y ago
For food purposes, I think Rob does now.
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by zachalexander 13y ago
>there are many brands already in existence. Yes, and this may work for some, but I think you're missing a few points. Soylent is largely about taking control of your nutrition. Making your own soylent gives you complete control, li
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by zachalexander 13y ago
I'm not particularly interested in maltodextrin either – haven't used it in either of the two recipes I've written. That was a sort of rhetorical stand-in for "bulk ingredients I might not otherwise have access to".
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by zachalexander 13y ago
Who said everything had to be treated like code? I just think recipes benefit from version control, plus I plan to put other stuff in that repo eventually (like Ruby scripts to help you develop your own mixes).
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by zachalexander 13y ago
I've done that many times, and cooked healthy meals for a living for two years (I mean, click around the blog). There is no contradiction between the two : )
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by zachalexander 13y ago
Why? I'm actually pretty anti-sugar, and was opposed to Rob's formulations for a long time because he was using straight maltodextrin for all his carbs (200 g). But 25 g of sugar per meal, with tons of protein, fat, and fiber, dra
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by zachalexander 13y ago
Why, exactly? If your concern is GI, the impact on blood sugar is going to be very much blunted by all the protein, fat, and fiber. I don't remotely feel a sugar rush when I drink this.
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by zachalexander 13y ago
Exactly. "Soylent : food :: water : drinks" is the idea. Water isn't my favorite beverage, but I'm really glad I can just turn on the tap and quench my thirst, without having to buy a latte. What I don't understand
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Show HN: Hacker School Soylent(cookingfor20.com)
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by zachalexander 13y ago
Wish I could make this – I'm moving to SF on 5/10.
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by zachalexander 14y ago
*under-appreciated ;)
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by zachalexander 14y ago
More startups should hire writers, or at least, people with some level of writing skill who will notice stuff like this.
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by zachalexander 14y ago
I think writing a novel on Github is a fascinating idea, if people can read your revision history and see the entire evolution of the text.
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by zachalexander 14y ago
Agreed. I wondered who on earth he's been talking to. At my alma mater, a little liberal arts school with a continentally-inclined philosophy department, somewhere amid all the Heidegger and Derrida I still was taught that Wittgenstein was
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by zachalexander 14y ago
What does "non-technical" mean, really? I always wonder what someone means by it, because I may well (once done with my current project) decide to start a startup as a solo founder. And I'm "aspiringly-technical," let's say. I studied math
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by zachalexander 14y ago
Falcon 9: 333,450 kg Dragon: 4,200 kg Cargo: 905 kg Ice cream: <5 kg, I'm guessing Skipping the ice cream would've reduced their total mass by <0.001% or so, at least at launchtime.
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by zachalexander 14y ago
Rant/shameless plug: The author raises a few valid points -- which I would summarize as "any short definition of a complicated thing will have at least a few minor problems" -- but overall this feels pretty unconvincing to me. For example,
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by zachalexander 14y ago
I'd be interested to hear more experienced Android devs compare and contrast this project with Android Bootstrap: http://www.androidbootstrap.com/ which I'm thinking of trying out once I'm done with my current app.

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