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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by SketchySeaBeast on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:04PM (#27665295)
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 (#27667640)
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 (#27665310)
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 (#27669468)
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.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlPm7JtaxE4

Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by dekhn on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:12PM (#27668212)
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 (#27668759)
At that point we're basically talking about Factorio.
Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by lotyrin on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:02PM (#27665264)
I'm not sure why you are projecting that, but it's not there.