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We will look back at the easy access to amphetamines - especially for children - in a similar light to the opioid epidemic. To be fair, I think they are less harmful than many opia…

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I would support efforts to try to redraw the line as stated above. I do think we would all be better off if we could do so. But my default assumption is that that won't happen - we…

sadly life quality is not the thing that the competitive system is maximizing for, and thats one of the article's points. we compete to our own detriment, but to not compete is to …

Good source for what? I'm just trying to point to a concept, an idea. There's no "facts" here, just speculation. If you disagree with the point there, why don't you just say what y…

Relevant: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ the concern would be that this new ability will actually increase competition and give us less than we had be…

Awesome idea!

Site feedback: - Can't view demo until dismissing cookie banner (which I didn't see since its like ShadCN or whatever like the rest of the site). Thought site was broken for 20 sec…

I think sequence fulfills this requirement? https://www.getsequence.io/

I would be in favor of anything that improves the current political system, including a shot at this policy. On a meta-level, I would even be in favor of new political processes th…

Magnetic | https://magnetictax.com | Multiple roles | San Francisco (ONSITE) | Full-time Magnetic (YC S25) is building the AI tax preparer for accounting firms. We use vision model…

I have often wondered why the government doesn't do anything about this. Is the science not clear enough yet? Quick search shows that we knew about lead hazards as early as the 192…

dang it - thank you!

If this impacted you - we are hiring at Magnetic (AI doc scanning and workflow automation for CPA firms). Cool technical problems, building a senior, co-located team in SF to have …

Can see this being really useful especially as the underlying tech keeps getting better. What video models are you using under the hood?

Air travel can be revolutionized with a vacuum-sealed passenger transport system, reducing total airport time to just 10 minutes while maximizing efficiency and safety. Upon arriva…

Demo: https://youtu.be/fXj5VYYaoeY Website: https://plusonechinese.com Hey HN, we're Patrick and Thomas and are building an app that uses generative video to teach languages (curre…

FYI this is a reference to the opening statement of the Unabomber Manifesto "Industrial Society and its Future". Don't think OP meant anything by the distinction of US/humans > The…

Yeah DuChinese is I think the premier Chinese graded reader app right now. We also have the tap-to-lookup and make-flashcard-from-content flows (unfortunately only in our system fo…

Totally depends on what you can get access to in the target language. For French - maybe Trotro? https://www.youtube.com/@TrotroOfficiel/videos If you need French Subs + dictionary…

Yeah this is a huge problem. AFAICT the "solution" currently is basically to just grind to the point you can understand Peppa Pig or the rough equivalent at ~40%-50% comprehension,…

I’ve been learning Mandarin via Comprehensible Input (CI) for about 9 months and really admire OP’s dedication and consistency. In the first 4-5 months of being truly consistent wi…

Just to offer you another perspective: In all of the (B2C) companies in which I have worked as a PM (three, across two different industries), I have been closely involved in shapin…

Earlier this week I got a warning about supply chain issues delaying deliveries while building a ford transit van in the online build & price feature Not sure what global chip avai…