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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? on Friday January 15, 2021 @07:12AM (#25789979)
I'm working on a crypto front running bot. It's been quite the project, the server for my node is costing me $1000 a month.
Re:An even worse anti-encryption bill than EARN IT on Thursday June 25, 2020 @12:49PM (#23642677)
I love you for this comment
This 100%! The companies sure as hell aren't "volunteering" to make the vaccines.
I don't like this. All of the question of 'Why on earth choose WHO' aside...it is dangerous and depressing precident.

I live with a number of ladies who are very familiar with plant medicine. When this whole thing started we all started taking lots of dandelion root / hawthorne tincture. Dandelion is well known to both help your lymphatic system and support respiratory issues.

Hawthorne is an amazing heart / circulatory support. There is literary NO RISK for us in applying these home grown medicines.

We've all been infected since then, and each of us had pretty mild symptoms, that lasted for relatively short amounts of time. About two to three weeks. Many many people see 30-40 days of symptoms.

It cost us nothing. The medicine was prepared at home. Who knows what using these plant medicines across a population would result in statistically? Maybe it would reduce hospitalizations by 1%, or maybe it would reduce them by 75%, we don't know because there's no money to be made in it.

YouTube is a fantastic avenue for period to share their own experiences. Yes, you must take what people say with a grain of salt. You can't just believe anything you see. I feel sad that they are censoring people from sharing their own experiences in this time where are governments and medical systems are largely failing us.

Re:Multiplayer Roguelike With Crypto Drops on Friday March 13, 2020 @11:19AM (#22567934)
hahaha! Vadi, you're so swift, like a mountain thunderstorm crossing the great divide!

Mudlet is awesome! as delicious as they come

Re:Multiplayer Roguelike With Crypto Drops on Friday March 13, 2020 @10:04AM (#22567298)
It's built on a MUD engine, and we're launching the first beta today. I thought some of you might be interested. Or maybe you can come help me poke holes in it!

Come grab a beta key (to help prevent abuse) in our discord https://discord.gg/rMBq7T

Re:NetHack 3.6.6 on Friday March 13, 2020 @09:30AM (#22567081)
It's not nethack, but I've made a multiplayer roguelike, that's actually launching its beta test today if you want to come play, best thing is to join the discord.

https://discord.gg/rMBq7T

Re:Ancient Roman Valves (2013) on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @01:01AM (#22411235)
Not to mention the discovery of vulcanized rubber. You can't have an industrial revolution without hoses, gaskets, and tires.
Re:A biotechnology dream: nitrogen-fixing cereal crops on Sunday January 19, 2020 @01:32AM (#22089825)
I think one of the biggest reasons theres not more of a push to get away from monocropping is the amount of labor required for harvesting, tending, planting, etc. Well that and the overhead for having your production span multiple outgoing market and distribution systems.

Poly cropping almost certainly ends up being more labor intensive, and even requiring some knowledge on the ground. The trend is very much so improving profit by reducing labor.

Re:A biotechnology dream: nitrogen-fixing cereal crops on Sunday January 19, 2020 @01:25AM (#22089795)
Is there a point where the conversation shifts from we need to produce more for less to feed or growing population to we need to stop growing.

Obviously a hugely loaded subject, but also worth thinking about.

Have you ever gotten to read The Systems Bible by John Gall? Take a look, I think you'd really dig it
Or... Someone would have just watched something else that was free. It seems to me that actually they're getting free publicity
This really hit the nail on the head I think
The term public relations was actually an explicit rebranding of the term Propaganda after it started to develop a negative association in the public eye. Look up Edward Bernays, it's a fascinating bit of history that's not really talked about much.

http://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american-...

Thanks! I've been working my ass off on it!
Author is actually making no cryptocurrency. But yeah, I see what you mean. I'm giving away a fair amount.
ah man, you're right. I was just really excited is all, because lots of people started coming into the MUD chat rooms, and I'm doing a playtest today (the old school way), and I've been building this for nine months! and I'm not making any money off of it, actually mostly giving away eth. I forget that other people aren't going to be as excited about it as I am.

I just want everyone to come see what I'm building!

Awesome! I'm going to have to check that out. I'm doing a human stress test on my mud project, Enceladus right now! There's over 25+ people in so far. It's the worlds first realtime crypto RPG, as in you can find ethereum in the game. Come help us test it!!

https://discord.gg/S7TkGXX or http://enceladusgame.io/playtest

Re:Tax Policy Gave Us White Claw on Saturday September 07, 2019 @12:32PM (#20904812)
There are commercial scale providers of bulk alcohol that is taxably considered beer. It's not quite as cheap as neutral grain spirits, but ours definitely a lot cheaper then brewing it.
I love that you spoke to this. It seems to me that there's as particularly strong aversion to acknowledging how much we don't know when it comes to talking about these things.
Re:The Healing Power of Gardens on Thursday April 18, 2019 @04:58PM (#19694707)
At some point in time, every plant was invasive.
There's also the possibility that our concept of intelligence is totally wrapped up in our very anthropomorphic worldview. And we're simply incapable of understanding forms of intelligence that aren't distinctly our own.
Found the crypto nerd!
Re:Driverless Startup Zoox Suddenly Removes CEO on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:47AM (#17824664)
So... Are you in any relationships with them?
Re:The scientists who starved to death surrounded by food on Sunday August 19, 2018 @10:55PM (#17797438)
Oooh thanks for this! That's awesome
Yes but why pay more for it if not technology?
Re:Norway to test free heroin for drug addicts on Friday August 10, 2018 @09:00PM (#17737724)
That actually seems a good deal less than the ratio of non homeless folks that are not from San Francisco (much larger than 31%)
Re:Norway to test free heroin for drug addicts on Friday August 10, 2018 @08:58PM (#17737711)
Wholly under rated.

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