[hackerspaces] Let's end the unnecessary joining of the words "food" and "hacking"

[matt]

I've heard of people using pressure differentials to treat whiskey in
barrels by forcing the liquor into and out of the wood.


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Jamie Schwettmann <
jamie.schwettmann at gmail.com> wrote:

> A few food hacking possibilities:
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> Vacuum-extracted coffee.
> Nitrous-extracted coffee.
> Synthesized caffeine.
> Polymerized chocolate.
> Polymerized cheese.
> Polymerized gluten chains.
> Edible batteries.
> Sugar candy prisms -- sugar candy lasers?
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> I dare you to explain how/whether any of these could arise without
> invoking substantial technical detail, or to make them without using
> entirely the "wrong" tools in a haphazardly equipped hackerspace kitchen,
> or without inventing more tools, and still accurately predict the spectral
> analysis results that indicate success.  Then, I dare you to test your
> spectral analysis predictions without inventing something on the spot...
> and it still has to be safe to eat afterwards. ;)
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> Bonus points: make all of these psychoactive.
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> - Jamie
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> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Kevin Mitnick <kevin.mitnick at outlook.com>wrote:
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>> In some places it's illegal to call yourself an engineer with certain
>> exceptions.
>>
>>
>> As a result, I reserve the right to not permit yourself to label yourself
>> as a hacker. I can label you as someone who has an inability to contribute
>> to a conversation without any meaningful content. I am assuming you're
>> responding to my remarks on this mailing list due to the malaise you may
>> experience questioning what you have chosen to label yourself?
>>
>>
>> Oh. The ego hacking that is being engaged in this thread. By the way, is
>> engineering "hacking" too? Can I be a geotechnical hacker? A chemical
>> hacker? A computer hac... oh wait.
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>>
>> Kevin Mitnick
>> (May or may not be the Kevin you think I am)
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>> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:45:19 -0800
>> From: rubin at starset.net
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>> To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
>> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Let's end the unnecessary joining of the
>> words "food" and "hacking"
>>
>> Kevin Mitnick wrote, On 2014-01-27 17:59:
>> > You amazingly managed to write a whole paragraph without actually
>> > explaining anything about what food hacking is.
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>> Why do you feel the need to tell others they cannot label themselves as
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>> they wish?
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>> --
>> Rubin
>> rubin at starset.net
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