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Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by Traubenfuchs »

appstorelottery wrote: post #40

This is the most supremely motivating post I've seen in a long time. I know what it is to be diagnosed with cancer, being rushed to surgery - it's amazing how quickly the medical-industrial complex can move once you've got a diagnosis (at least in Australia). I had a short period of contemplating terminally, because cancer claimed the life of most of my family. Thankfully, after surgery it was gone. To see Sid use hi…

Someone who is conincidentally both rich and has cancer tries to find a cure for his cancer by… spending money and being desperate enough about it to be available 24/7.

What about this exactly is inspiring?

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by Nursie »

bashkiddie wrote: post #81
pavas wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I think it's just one of the bugs in our genetic code that evolution didn't shake out. I say that not as a biologist or anyone who has done any work in the field. I'm just curious, do you know what the opinions about this stuff are from people that work in these fields, or that have dedicated their lives to it?

I am guessing: There is an evolutionary "shadow". Genes for getting old and healthy are not selected for, because you get old after having children. Evolution optimizes for the survival of your children. Might be that cancer hits after creating offspring.

In a social species such as ours, with such a prolonged childhood, having healthy parents and grandparents is likely to affect the survival of children so there will be some selection pressure on a long life there.

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by nextaccountic »

wyager wrote: post #66
parsimo2010 wrote: post #46

(slightly sarcastic) So we should give rich people diseases so they are incentivized to fund medical research? Sid seems like a decent person. I'm glad that he's able to push cancer research forward on his own. Hopefully his work will make things better for everyone else with bone cancer. Seems like that is well under way. (and I guess I should recognize that he funded a cancer treatment company years before he knew…

The bottleneck isn't research funding, it's getting past the FDA

> The bottleneck isn't research funding, it's getting past the FDA

Incidentally, that's the first point on his proposals to make the industry more healthcare first (slide 15)

He also links this https://www.writingruxandrabio.com/p/the-bureaucracy-blockin...

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by meew0 »

sytse wrote: post #88

Thanks for posting this. Happy to answer questions!

Sorry if this is too specific/personal, but I've been wondering, why does the treatment timeline include antibiotics (dalbavancin)? Does dalbavancin have any suspected antitumor effects, or was it simply to treat complications of surgery / catheter infections?

(edit: actually now that I checked the treatment timeline again it seems to be gone now. It was there 2 weeks ago!)

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by JakeSc »

sytse wrote: post #88

Thanks for posting this. Happy to answer questions!

Thank you for sharing—very inspiring. I'm interested in the operations of starting and managing these companies in parallel. How did you go about finding people to run the companies? How much involvement do you have in their day-to-day operations? Are they "your" companies, or do you consider yourself just Customer #1?

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by d0mine »

agumonkey wrote: post #143
sytse wrote: post #88

Thanks for posting this. Happy to answer questions!

Have you run into other people doing the same ? it could be a nice new movement. take care

related: "ChatGPT and AlphaFold Help Design Personalized Vaccine for Dog with Cancer" https://www.the-scientist.com/chatgpt-and-alphafold-help-des...

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by jchook »

appstorelottery wrote: post #40

This is the most supremely motivating post I've seen in a long time. I know what it is to be diagnosed with cancer, being rushed to surgery - it's amazing how quickly the medical-industrial complex can move once you've got a diagnosis (at least in Australia). I had a short period of contemplating terminally, because cancer claimed the life of most of my family. Thankfully, after surgery it was gone. To see Sid use hi…

> To see Sid use his motivation and resources to solve his own problem is the core message (IMHO) of the hacker community.

Hacking is about exploration beyond the known, and iterating towards a clear understanding.

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by tsoukase »

Amazing. When motivation meets innovation this is the result. Although a doctor, I cannot follow all the mechanisms. Cancer is a hard problem from the ground up (biology until engineering). You get ill and well multiple times before you or it wins. And the known therapy modalities remain the same since 2500 years (surgery, toxin, burn). Genetics failed loudly in this field. It's all statistics, prevention and luck. Hope all well to the guy.

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by baxtr »

emerongi wrote: post #138
girvo wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not quite the same, but I had a frenulectomy done due to severe phimosis leading to pain and bleeding. It was absolutely horrible, and I was shocked at how hush hush we all treat conditions like this. Thankfully there’s a straightforward surgical treatment for it, and I hope that you’re successful on your quest around Peyronie’s!

This reminded me of my own story, when I was 15 and had phimosis. I was embarrassed to talk about it with anyone, so in my desperation I posted about it on a forum that claimed to help kids in need of help. Someone responded and gave me instructions that they claimed had a high success rate at treating the condition. I followed the instructions for a few months and it fixed it. I went back and sent the biggest thanks…

What instructions were you given?

Re: Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies

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Post by thumbsup-_- »

The article said he gathered information and that cancer is a disease of information and in next para that the cancer is in remission. How? Did I miss something?

Did cancer got scared of the massive google doc? Just share how if you have found a treatment and if you truly care about people and the world. Just Share

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