Top all-time · #19297
David Laprade
Personal blog · laprade.blogwritingprogramming
David Laprade's personal blog at laprade.blog covers writing and programming. Since 2024, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this short story, "Your DietBet Destroyed the World", as a cautionary tale. It imagines a reversed-sugar diet bet leading to an escaped reversed E. coli, and is cited in mirror-life threads.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Yet another blog by a software developer.
Most-linked posts?
- /your-dietbet-destroyed-the-world3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-12-16
What Hacker News says?
A short story/cautionary tale on this very subject: https://laprade.blog/your-dietbet-destroyed-the-world
Comment linking /your-dietbet-destroyed-the-world
on “Mirror bacteria research poses significant risks, scientists warn”Submitted Medical records are the most important thing missing from your will as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYes. I remeber that one too. It started with reversed sugar used for weight loss. It was made by reversed ecoli, which escaped. This is it: https://laprade.blog/your-dietbet-destroyed-the-world
Comment linking /your-dietbet-destroyed-the-world
on “Mirror bacteria research poses significant risks, scientists warn”Posted elsewhere in the comments: https://laprade.blog/your-dietbet-destroyed-the-world
Comment linking /your-dietbet-destroyed-the-world
on “A U.S. Strategy to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Life”See also “Your DietBet Destroyed the World” https://laprade.blog/your-dietbet-destroyed-the-world
Comment linking /your-dietbet-destroyed-the-world
on “A U.S. Strategy to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Life”