Hacker News: legionof7

He made beer that's also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing

legionof7 — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:12:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vaccine-beer-polyomavirus-chris-buck

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46396875

Points: 17

# Comments: 3

New comment by legionof7 in "Caesar's Last Breath"

legionof7 — Sat, 24 May 2025 10:51:54 +0000

charlie you gotta allow dms on twitter

New comment by legionof7 in "Show HN: A free, privacy preserving, archive of public Discord servers"

legionof7 — Tue, 20 May 2025 04:56:49 +0000

I've been looking for something like this for so long, thanks for making!

There's so much stuff locked in Discord now that forums have fallen in popularity, think this sort of thing really helps unlock that knowledge again.

New comment by legionof7 in "Learning to Reason with LLMs"

legionof7 — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 22:53:56 +0000

>Perhaps we will use a LLM to interpret the secret thoughts of another LLM?

this is a pretty active area of research with sparse autoencoders

New comment by legionof7 in "Launch HN: Metriport (YC S22) – Open-source API for healthcare data exchange"

legionof7 — Fri, 24 May 2024 18:07:26 +0000

Interesting yes, we've seen demand for the optimization stuff but admittedly I am in a bubble here (close with the biohacking community).

It may turn out to be the case that more banal cases (I have a cold, what's the fastest way for me to get symptomatic treatment?

I have X symptom, what's the fastest way to be routed to the right specialist, etc.

The doctor told me XYZ, how do I remember that and what's the best way to do all the steps required to fulfill? )

is the better play. Still doing a lot of exploration here for sure. Appreciate the insight.

New comment by legionof7 in "Launch HN: Metriport (YC S22) – Open-source API for healthcare data exchange"

legionof7 — Fri, 24 May 2024 00:39:13 +0000

Agent-based healthcare concierge basically (agents constantly trawling literature for ways to optimize your health, doing scheduling/appointments for you, moving data to new doctors when needed, etc.)

Thinking is: this was a massive tar pit in the past, new interop laws and AI tooling makes it possible now.

New comment by legionof7 in "Launch HN: Metriport (YC S22) – Open-source API for healthcare data exchange"

legionof7 — Thu, 23 May 2024 23:14:51 +0000

I'm working on something in this space right now, would be really interesting to use Metriport for this. Though I believe that it's currently outside scope

>Additionally, using Metriport for patient data exchange today requires a Treatment purpose of use under HIPAA - which means that only Covered Entities, or Business Associates who work with Covered Entities, can use Metriport. This means that companies doing things such as clinical trials recruitment, for example, can’t use Metriport, but a primary care provider, or a clinical decision support vendor, can. This is due to current requirements set forth by HIEs, which may open up to support alternative use cases in the future, such as Individual Access Services (IAS).

Would love clarification.

New comment by legionof7 in "My 40-liter backpack travel guide"

legionof7 — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 18:31:36 +0000

There's some pretty good evidence for it. https://examine.com/supplements/ashwagandha/

New comment by legionof7 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)"

legionof7 — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:41:06 +0000

Matrix | Sr. Software Engineer | Remote

Matrix is on a quest to make every fan an owner of their entertainment. We are an early-stage (12 employees; pre-product; recently raised $3M+ from Galaxy, Samsung, Sam Altman, Dapper Labs, etc.) startup.

We're currently looking to bring on a senior dev to help us both build the immediate product and assist in building company procedures/code that's meant to be scalable and assists in being able to build new features quickly.

Our stack currently revolves around: React, NodeJS, Graph, and Solidity

You can find more info here: https://www.notion.so/matrixesports/Work-Matrix-6778ea0bfd18...

If interested, email me at jz@mtx.gg

New comment by legionof7 in "Google Cloud vs. AWS Onboarding Comparison"

legionof7 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:58:51 +0000

I've started using Zeet (https://zeet.co/) to host my startup's website, apps, bots, etc.

Found it super easy to use and to quickly deploy things. Replaced our usage of Heroku and Vercel.

AI Predicts Cancer Killing Drug Combos

legionof7 — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:29:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19950-z

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25437911

Points: 15

# Comments: 0

New comment by legionof7 in "Iconic Images Programmers Happen to Know"

legionof7 — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 02:40:16 +0000

woah so cool

New comment by legionof7 in "Ask HN: Is your company sticking to on-premise servers? Why?"

legionof7 — Thu, 07 May 2020 03:10:43 +0000

Ooh completely unrelated to the thread but thanks for offering my friends and I countless hours of fun during our middle school years!

How to generate keys from facial images and keep privacy at the same time (2018) [pdf]

legionof7 — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:18:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.research.ibm.com/haifa/Workshops/security2014/present/Orr_Dunkleman_HowToGenerateBiometricKeys.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22990765

Points: 44

# Comments: 7

New comment by legionof7 in "Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic (2018)"

legionof7 — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:58:12 +0000

Wow big props to you though. I'm 19 right now, if I had a kid now, I'd have no idea what to do. Would probs turn out very badly.

New comment by legionof7 in "Python for Non-Programmers"

legionof7 — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 17:49:49 +0000

Replit is perfect for this.

Ask HN: Advice for Raising from Family Offices?

legionof7 — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:23:17 +0000

Hi! We're working on an esports brand that we previously raised pre-seed for by doing traditional VC. However, for our seed round, we've received some advice to look into raising from family offices and UHNW individuals. This is completely out of my expertise. Are there any strategies/guidelines/suggestions for doing so?

Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22730679

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by legionof7 in "Everybody Can Make DeepFakes Now [video]"

legionof7 — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 01:01:40 +0000

I wonder if it'll ever become a good idea to preemptively deep fake yourself saying outrageous things and release them.

Saw something like this in a Neal Stephenson book I believe.

Ask HN: Advice for Raising from Family Offices?

legionof7 — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:14:36 +0000

Hi! We're working on an esports brand that we previously raised pre-seed for by doing traditional VC.

However, for our seed round, we've received some advice to look into raising from family offices and UHNW individuals. This is completely out of my expertise. Are there any strategies/guidelines/suggestions for doing so?

Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22707745

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by legionof7 in "MIT to no longer consider SAT subject tests in admissions decisions"

legionof7 — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:45:33 +0000

Slightly unrelated but could be useful to any HS seniors here: My n=1 study method got me a 1520. I would study for the SAT in a dark room, with horror movie music or war sound effects playing in earbuds, while planking. For every incorrect answer, I'd do 10 pushups or 3 pull-ups (can adapt to your own level). Rationale was that if I could do well in the worst conditions possible, then I'd do better sitting in a quiet room.

I'm a pretty bad student also, I had like a 3 GPA.