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by lawnsea 3861 days ago
this is a great project! i'm working on a go rewrite right now (i wish the author had chosen a less broken language in the first place lol).

question: how hard would it be to make this work for a nutrient suspension? i'm asking because i have switched to soylent (for obvious reasons that i will not belabor here) but am frustrated that i still have to remember to prepare and consume it at the correct interval.

it would be truly liberating to simply insert a tube into my mouth that would dispense an appropriate amount of fuel into my system at the optimal moment - perhaps triggered by my blood glucose dropping below a particular threshold[1].

[1]: http://www.diabetesforecast.org/2015/may-jun/glucose-monitor...
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ntumlin 3860 days ago
I mean this in the nicest way possible, but is this satire? I actually can't tell. Between go rewrite, criticizing the language choice, and wanting to just stick a tube in your mouth and be automatically fed soylent this almost seems generated by a markov chain.

If sincere I apologize.

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commandar 3860 days ago
I'm mostly impressed that this kind of Poe's Law material is the only comment on a 1400 day old account.
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ntumlin 3860 days ago
Well, it's not my only comment, I think that older ones only show up to me though past a certain point and I haven't commented in a while. And surely I'm not too crazy to think he could be serious, I mean there's so much on here that talks about the same thing, maybe just not all together, and I hope I'm not the victim of some long running hyper-trendy startup joke.
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striking 3860 days ago
No, it's his only comment (his account's about two months older than you, funny that it happens to be that close).
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commandar 3860 days ago
like striking pointed out, I was referring to the OP, not you. Your reaction was completely in-line with mine.
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avitzurel 3860 days ago
Your comment made me laugh really loud in an office that is dead quiet right now. Just thought you should know.
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processing 3860 days ago
"it would be truly liberating to simply insert a tube into my mouth that would dispense an appropriate amount of fuel"

It's Happening!

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