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Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by MisterTea »

verdverm wrote: post #2

Cool map, I'd speed it up a bit though FYI, the time displays are a bit off. The time box seems correct. The time slider is off. The animation goes beyond the last time. Up to you if the slider stops in the middle, or goes to 100% which becomes larger as the day progresses

> I'd speed it up a bit though

Clearly not partaking in 420 ;-)

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by ivape »

MisterTea wrote: post #10
ivape wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's high potency THC with things like live resin to get you even higher. It's marketed casually like alcohol. Teens and new adults casually getting into this stuff will have issues especially if they are predisposed to a variety of mental issues. The same is true for people who are depressed and use alcohol to "chill out", it's never ends well. We as a society don't have any clue when we roll out these "new features…

> We don't have a clue as a society yet. Yes we do. Drugs are not new. We're tired of prohibition and the needless human suffering it has bought about. It has not and will never work. The answer is education and mental health services. Not treating the public like children.

I won't fight you on this. I just need a few people here to testify that, no, we actually don't have a fucking clue. I cannot tell you why all the kids are addicted to every digital thing imaginable, other than, it's highly accessible and marketed like-so. What extra education and social services is going to stop it? Now you want to introduce another substance alongside Alcohol on every corner. We literally need limitations. Someone else get my back here.

I vape dude, my "peers" are teenagers. I'm an adult, and every kid I see vapes. Now I actually regret picking this stupid username because I never actually stopped to think that HN has young people here. Now that I think about it, I had a convo with some college kid inquiring about Nicotine patches from me on Discord because I kinda mentioned I was trying to stop vaping lol. What the hell is going on out there? They are literally into every bad thing, and we just kinda go like "well the adults need it 24/7 so no rules".

When you mix alcohol and thc, it's a full drug cocktail. It takes nothing but a brisk 5 minute walk to get both in a major city.

Edit:

Deliberately enough, this is on the frontpage of CNN today:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/health/marijuana-dementia-wel...

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by accrual »

ivape wrote: post #13
MisterTea wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> We don't have a clue as a society yet. Yes we do. Drugs are not new. We're tired of prohibition and the needless human suffering it has bought about. It has not and will never work. The answer is education and mental health services. Not treating the public like children.

I won't fight you on this. I just need a few people here to testify that, no, we actually don't have a fucking clue. I cannot tell you why all the kids are addicted to every digital thing imaginable, other than, it's highly accessible and marketed like-so. What extra education and social services is going to stop it? Now you want to introduce another substance alongside Alcohol on every corner. We literally need limi…

> I cannot tell you why all the kids are addicted to every digital thing imaginable

"They speak of my drinking but not of my thirst"

I think it's important to have safeguards around substances like alcohol and THC, age restrictions, education, etc. But we also should think about why people turn to these things. If kids are vaping and spending hours scrolling on social media, maybe we should assess what can be done to bring their attention away from those things and towards activities, third spaces, and offer non-substance ways to alleviate stress and anxiety. Some of these things are available, but perhaps not in the ratio required to make a dent in the substance/media usage.

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by cactusplant7374 »

ivape wrote: post #3

Walk-in sales indicate these stores are everywhere . It's kind of scary to be honest.

At 7:40 today (Sunday) there was a line outside the dispensary in my town, presumably waiting for it to open. People are really in love with it.

Re: Show HN: Real-time 4/20 cannabis sales dashboard using Estuary and Tinybird

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Post by accrual »

MisterTea wrote: post #6
ivape wrote: post #3

Walk-in sales indicate these stores are everywhere . It's kind of scary to be honest.

The irony is my hippie uncle hates how legalization took away a lot of the culture surrounding weed in terms of bonding over the illegally and cooperatively hiding each others "bad habits."

I think those circles are still out there. Making something popular will naturally dilute it and remove some of its original appeal. Eternal September, etc.

On the other hand, giving the population an alternative to alcohol is a good thing, especially when it can have positive medicinal effects in some situations.

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