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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin
by SketchySeaBeast on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:04PM
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Their point was why are people being FORCED to produce a diabetes bio-hack instead of getting insulin. Neither your wife, Amish people, nor home mechanics are forced to make their own bread instead of buying it - they are all choosing to even though bread is cheap and easily available.
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin
by crakenzak on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:31PM
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It’s clear from your responses that you seriously can’t handle logical disagreements to your point on online forums and choose to get offended instead.
The replying comment is right, it’s irrational & you’re filled with hubris to think that you could replicate world wide supply chains in your back yard. In no universe does growing yeast == replicating a global supply chain.
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin
by pitched on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:04PM
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Growing wheat and grinding it out into flour isn’t something I’ve ever heard anyone take on as a hobby before. Having all that actually cost less (including time) than buying bread would be a huge achievement!
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin
by squeaky-clean on Monday June 28, 2021 @07:05PM
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Adam Ragusea actually just did a 2 part video on growing his own bread from scratch in his backyard. Part 2 just came out a few hours ago.
Spoiler :P it definitely took way more time an effort than buying flour from the store and making bread. And the final product was a pretty poor loaf of bread because he couldn't find a way to buy the same type of wheat most farms use and had to settle for "animal feed" quality seeds.
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin
by dekhn on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:12PM
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I imagine the guy who built his own toaster from scratch probably also contemplating rebuilding the entire pipeline to produce the input to the toast. "Step one: acquire the ore. Step two: smelting iron ore..." http://www.thetoasterproject.org/page2.htm
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin
by ineedasername on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:59PM
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At that point we're basically talking about Factorio.
There's a lot that's ridiculous about bread being so expensive that recreating the entire supply chain in your backyard is the only economically viable option for obtaining it.
The metaphor pretty clearly was not about critiquing baking as a hobby.