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I'm amazed auctions have not taken over live show tickets. Scalpers skim off millions of dollars every year that events/middleman startup could capture themselves if only someone designed a proper live show ticket auction.
Stop being amazed and start building! I think that is a great idea.
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Where is that data from? Also, it looks like you republish recipes from other websites. Do you have their permission to do so?
i don't have the actual recipe, just the ingredients. With a link to their recipe. there are no instructions on our site, except their description which they publish through JSON+LD. Basically all the info we show is just stuff they publish through JSON+LD
My take (just the first five): 1. A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom. Spotify & Apple Music. Pay $10/mo for unlimited access to most music. Took the wind out of music piracy. (TV & film are undergoing a similar transition to subscription models, more slowly.) 2. Simplified browsing...Grandparents and small children don't want the full web... Apps. Remember this list is from just one year after the…
> 3. New news. For this one, I would definitely say Twitter. As an example, my first info about the recent school shooting in Florida was a tweet by a scared student. Anything that happens anywhere in the world will spread on Twitter literally in an instant, and the same goes for non-realtime content published elsewhere.
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I think the closest thing to shopping guides is review sites like Wirecutter or magazines/blogs that run end of year Best of... issues. I do have to some go to sources for gear in particular categories. And for some specific electronics that I need, I find that Wirecutter won’t steer me far wrong.
Those are still pretty spammy and often full of misinformation. Wirecutter's flashlight recommendations have always been terrible and so I have no faith in them at all.
Review sites mostly have various conflicts of interest but the best ones seem to manage them reasonably.
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That's terrifying. Every project that aimed at "producing better humans" so far wasn't just terrible - it is ones that are brought up when somebody needs to bring up so terrible no discussion is possible after it, the ultimate peak of terribleness. And yet, there are people still dreaming of breeding "better humans". I hope at least this will be voluntary? Because the logical next step is if you choose "unsuitable" p…
I don’t understand why it’s such a taboo. Sperm donors are already selected based on favorable traits. If you’re a loser with no job or have a family history of diseases and cancer they do not want your sperm. And there’s nothing stopping people with poor genetics from breeding promiscuously with multiple women anyway, leaving behind single mothers in their wake. The Darwin Awards are a dark celebration of people dyi…
There's nothing that stops any people from "breeding promiscuously", provided they find suitable and willing partner. It is when you start talking about who is worth access to reproduction and who is too genetically inferior to be allowed that is where trouble starts. The humanity has terrible track record with this. Surely, you say, this time it would be different - we have The Science on our side which won't lead us astray! Which would be very reassuring, if only that wasn't the same thing, word for word, that was said in all previous attempts.
> People with excellent genetic traits need some sort of advantage to meet each other.
Why? If they're so excellent, they may find each other using their own excellent facilities. While it still sounds terrifying and offputting, I have no problem with people trying things that are terrifying and offputting to me in their own bedrooms. It's when this is proposed as some kind of societal norm where the really terrifying part begins, because we've been on that road, and not once, and we know it leads to hell.
As I was on HN in 2008 and paying attention to these sorts of things, I'll pretend I'm qualified to offer opinions. 1. A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom - Streaming, both paid and ad-supported seems to be the answer here. It's prone to monopolies and music streaming doesn't seem to pay artists very well, but Netflix is producing quite a bit of original content. 2. Simplified browsing - mobile ate…
Maybe something in a chatbot for text-based interfaces? Make it speak/listen with text->speech and voice recognition? Since most of the human interactions on the other side of bad customer service are scripted, should be possible to build counter-scripts.
But after all that I don't think I'd pay anything just for this on an ongoing basis. So who is the market? Impatient wealthy people? We're back to assistants!
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I think the closest thing to shopping guides is review sites like Wirecutter or magazines/blogs that run end of year Best of... issues. I do have to some go to sources for gear in particular categories. And for some specific electronics that I need, I find that Wirecutter won’t steer me far wrong.
Those are still pretty spammy and often full of misinformation. Wirecutter's flashlight recommendations have always been terrible and so I have no faith in them at all.
It's not perfect. I'd have liked to see a recommendation for something more powerful with an 18650 battery and USB charging and perhaps something more pocket-friendly. They only mention color temperature briefly, while I consider it important (most people prefer neutral white after trying it outdoors). 2xAA is not a battery configuration I'm fond of. All that aside, these aren't bad recommendations. Maybe the Maglite is a little questionable, but you could do worse.
https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-flashlight/
Outdoor Gear Lab on the other hand did a terrible job - so bad that they pulled their article after it got an extremely negative reaction on /r/flashlight.
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> better humans Ah, sounds like you’re into eugenics. Do you believe humans are wise enough to determine what traits are favorable? Increased longevity, for instance, seems short-sighted. We already have extreme population growth. While natural survival instincts strive to fight death, what’s the net benefit to society of helping more people make it through their 90s? Phases like childhood and parenthood would become…
I think lifespan is only worth increasing if there is a corresponding increase in health span. My grandmothers are both in their 90s and quite lucid and healthy. I would love to be at least in their condition when I’m in my 90s, but I also am serious about exercise and nutrition so I would hope I’d be even better off than them. They do nothing of that sort. Likewise, I’d like to be with a woman at that age who would…
> We need to rethink the way we think about the elderly, because one day those elderly will be us.
I find this Western fear of death to be toxic. One day we'll grow old and die - and that's ok, that's how life works.