For some reason, the effects listed for this strain, "MK Ultra", don't line up at all with the description...
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#72Re: Ask HN: I know this isn't reddit, but please review my cannabis-related startup
#73For some reason, the effects listed for this strain, "MK Ultra", don't line up at all with the description... http://www.leaf.ly/indica/mk-ultra
That is interesting. Could be because there is only one review and that guy is some sort of super human. But really it illustrates the usefulness of the site over other sites that post a single persons perspective on a strain.
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#74Awesome site, if only I didn't need cancer to get medical marijuana in Washington. :/
Yeah, it's cool but probably not worth getting cancer for.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks, the visualization of effects is definitely something we went back and forth on for a while. Ultimately settled on the pie chart just so we didn't spin for too long, and it's five minute implementation with google charts. Comparing different strains is next on the list for features, have a couple good ideas floating around to make it pretty simple.
Another reason the pie charts probably aren't the best representation is because it implies that the different effects of a strain all add up to a whole. E.g. if the "lazy" effect gets larger, then the "sleepy" effect must get smaller, which we know isn't necessarily true.
You're right, hadn't thought of it that way.
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#76I don't smoke, but this is a remarkable web app. The design is excellent , the UI is very well thought out, and I genuinely enjoyed fiddling with it despite having nothing more than a passing curiosity in the subject. One caveat: make it more obvious initially that the filtering compounds on each other, I was slightly confused at the disparity initially. (I know it makes sense to have &&'d filters, just saying) You'v…
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
it's not going to happen any time soon. Look at the voting on prop 8 and imagine how much less controversial that is than legalizing weed.
I could be wildly mistaken, but I would think that marijuana is actually less controversial in California than gay marriage. In particular, the state's 1 million Mormons will raise a huge ruckus over anything marriage-related and bring a bunch of other Christian groups into the ring spreading FUD. Weed, on the other hand, doesn't really have any loud opponents and it's hard to spread FUD around it because it's a pret…
I think you're wildly mistaken. I live in sf and know plenty of people in this community. Think of all the old people, the parents of 18-22 year old kids, the precedent it sets, etc. I'd be pleasantly surprised if that goes through, but it's not the first time it's been tried and I'd put $100 right now that it won't happen this year.
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#78Lovely clean design. Two things: 1. What do the different colors of the strains mean? It's kind of confusing. From the URLs I'm guessing that the colors correspond to Cannabis sativa , C. indica , and hybrid strains -- it would be helpful to see some explanation of this. 2. On the pages for individual strains, there are lists of descriptors (e.g. a strain might make people feel "Energetic"). These should be clickable…
You are right, the colors represent whether the strain is hybrid, indica, or sativa. Initially we played with coming up with some sort of hash based on the effects that would generate an rgb value, then similar strains would be a similar color. Couldn't get it to ever look very good so we stuck to the three color scheme.
Definitely already working on the deep linking to effects.
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#79Re: Ask HN: I know this isn't reddit, but please review my cannabis-related startup
#80I think as marijuana legalization becomes more of an inevitability, the stigma surrounding this very real market opportunity will disappear. Kudos to you for getting in early.
Well, I would guess it will probably become about the same as working for the alcohol or tobacco industry.
Except that marijuana has never directly caused death (ever), is less addictive (almost non-addictive physiologically) and thus is far safer to use.
But working for tobacco companies seems pretty frowned upon, definitely something I wouldn't share openly if I did. Alcohol seems acceptable though, my mom used to work for the liquor licensing board (Canada) which sells and regulates distribution in Ontario.