So who is going to open the first branch of fast food soylent chain?
If you're leaving the house/office I think the value evaporates. Unless you are a door-to-door salesman perhaps.
Hacker School Soylent
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Re: Hacker School Soylent
#32This mix is completely devoid of BCAAs. Soy protein has no branch chain amino acids - meaning it completely lacks THE fundamental building blocks used in building all bodily tissue. Look more into different kinds of protein. You might also want to do this for your carbs. Suggesting that brown sugar is a good way to "top up" our carb load is terrible advice - all cane sugars are simple sugars, meaning they jack up you…
People are protein...
Re: Hacker School Soylent
#33I really don't understand this Soylent nonsense: 1. I like food. The smell, experience and taste. Why in god's name would I eat powder to save myself the "hassle" of eating food? That's like promoting adoption as a method of avoiding the "hassle" of having sex. 2. Why the hell would you associate the brand of a product that you believe is healthy with a movie that is about feeding dead people back to us? That's the f…
Its not about whether you "like food" or not.
• Not everyone has access to proper ingredients/tools/knowledge that are required for maintaining a proper diet.
• The vast majority of food is perishable and does not transport/keep/distribute well.
• Lots of people like food too much and overindulge.
Your analogy of sex would be more appropriate if you made it analogous to sleep.
Many people out there love to sleep. But I don't think anyone would argue that sleeping is a "good" or "efficient" use of time, nor do I think anyone would be opposed to providing more or better sleep to those who currently struggle with it.
Soylet is flawed, but subjectively arguing that Soylent is stupid because you like to stuff your face makes you as ignorant as those "40% of people too damn fat for their own good" that you so readily attack, it just means you have a better control mechanism.
Stop trolling.
Re: Hacker School Soylent
#34This mix is completely devoid of BCAAs. Soy protein has no branch chain amino acids - meaning it completely lacks THE fundamental building blocks used in building all bodily tissue. Look more into different kinds of protein. You might also want to do this for your carbs. Suggesting that brown sugar is a good way to "top up" our carb load is terrible advice - all cane sugars are simple sugars, meaning they jack up you…
Soy is a complete protein. It contains all three BCAAs: leucine, isoleucine, and valine.
Re: Hacker School Soylent
#35I really don't understand this Soylent nonsense: 1. I like food. The smell, experience and taste. Why in god's name would I eat powder to save myself the "hassle" of eating food? That's like promoting adoption as a method of avoiding the "hassle" of having sex. 2. Why the hell would you associate the brand of a product that you believe is healthy with a movie that is about feeding dead people back to us? That's the f…
Its not about whether you "like food" or not. • Not everyone has access to proper ingredients/tools/knowledge that are required for maintaining a proper diet. • The vast majority of food is perishable and does not transport/keep/distribute well. • Lots of people like food too much and overindulge. Your analogy of sex would be more appropriate if you made it analogous to sleep. Many people out there love to sleep. But…
Stop Trolling?
Not everyone has access to proper ingredients/tools/knowledge that are required for maintaining a proper diet.
Actually, everyone does have this. Whether they choose to use it is another story. I've yet to meet a person on this planet though that doesn't know that you can't survive on chocolate and potato chips. The stomach cramps are a pretty good clue.
The vast majority of food is perishable and does not transport/keep/distribute well
Thankfully, over the last 20,000 years we've learned to live of the things around us, like animals and plants. I don't understand this argument. There is no requirement for food to be distributed over vast distances and times. The fact that we choose to do this is a societal choice.
Lots of people like food too much and overindulge.
So? The already have things like Slimfast for these people.
But I don't think anyone would argue that sleeping is a "good" or "efficient" use of time
Life is about living, not being efficient. However you choose to spend your time is the best use of your time. There is no race to win.
nor do I think anyone would be opposed to providing more or better sleep to those who currently struggle with it.
Are you honestly suggesting that Soylent is better for someone than a proper meal? You better have a pretty long list of peer reviewed research to back that statement up if you are.
subjectively arguing that Soylent is stupid because you like to stuff your face
Enjoying food is not "stuffing your face". Perhaps if this is what your relationship with food is I can see the appeal. That's abnormal though.
Re: Hacker School Soylent
#36"I’m putting this and future recipes on GitHub, and when I get a chance I’ll add data on individual ingredients and nutrients, probably as Ruby hashes and JSON objects."
Why?
Why does everything have to be treated like code?
Re: Hacker School Soylent
#37"...soon I wouldn’t be in Boston to benefit from the group’s joint purchases of 50-pound sacks of maltodextrin."
Everybody seems to be harping on the issue that they like eating food, so why replace it. I'd love to have a great on-the-go shake that's better than meal replacement alternatives, however all this emphasis on maltodextrin as the main carb source makes me reconsider ever buying these Soylent, or similar, products.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its not about whether you "like food" or not. • Not everyone has access to proper ingredients/tools/knowledge that are required for maintaining a proper diet. • The vast majority of food is perishable and does not transport/keep/distribute well. • Lots of people like food too much and overindulge. Your analogy of sex would be more appropriate if you made it analogous to sleep. Many people out there love to sleep. But…
Stop Trolling? Not everyone has access to proper ingredients/tools/knowledge that are required for maintaining a proper diet. Actually, everyone does have this. Whether they choose to use it is another story. I've yet to meet a person on this planet though that doesn't know that you can't survive on chocolate and potato chips. The stomach cramps are a pretty good clue. The vast majority of food is perishable and does…
Wow, I'm sorry but do you really believe this statement: "Actually, everyone does have this. Whether they choose to use it is another story. I've yet to meet a person on this planet though that doesn't know that you can't survive on chocolate and potato chips. The stomach cramps are a pretty good clue."
Are you trying to say you have not met any person, ever, who does not have the money or ability to find good, wholesome foods? There is an entire world outside of the US, with a number of countries having significant economic and food shortages. There are a number of people who live on fair less than "chocolate and potato chips".
I have no idea whether this recipe is a good idea or not. I believe it should be tested and peer reviewed by professionals. However, creating a less expensive, highly nutritious, complete food product that is shelf stable and easily transported would save 10's, maybe 100's, of millions of lives. You sound very short sided here.
Re: Hacker School Soylent
#39So I just wanted to shamelessly self promote something I've been working on.
http://soylog-staging.herokuapp.com/recipes/1
This is my RoR apps that I was developing, but which has recently lapsed into inactivity, which allows you to create, modify and fork recipes in a very similar way to github. It will also (soon) allow you to track your usage, supplies and health. But for now, the project is on standby.
Re: Hacker School Soylent
#40I really don't understand this Soylent nonsense: 1. I like food. The smell, experience and taste. Why in god's name would I eat powder to save myself the "hassle" of eating food? That's like promoting adoption as a method of avoiding the "hassle" of having sex. 2. Why the hell would you associate the brand of a product that you believe is healthy with a movie that is about feeding dead people back to us? That's the f…
Its not about whether you "like food" or not. • Not everyone has access to proper ingredients/tools/knowledge that are required for maintaining a proper diet. • The vast majority of food is perishable and does not transport/keep/distribute well. • Lots of people like food too much and overindulge. Your analogy of sex would be more appropriate if you made it analogous to sleep. Many people out there love to sleep. But…
I could and would argue that sleeping is a good use of time.