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I've been enjoying using this over the past 3 weeks.

This is nano-hydroxyapatite, meant to be more effective than hydroxyapatite alone.

https://www.boka.com/

(P.S I'm not affiliated with boka)

Xylitol reduces cavity‑causing bacteria and raises salivary flow, which can increase calcium and phosphate availability. That environment supports natural remineralisation and boosts the effect of fluoride or hydroxyapatite products, but xylitol itself doesn’t deposit minerals into enamel.

For actual mineral replacement, look to fluoride toothpaste/varnish, casein phosphopeptide‑amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP‑ACP), or nano‑hydroxyapatite formulations; xylitol gum is a useful adjunct.

Post on Reddit showing many women as upset by OpenAI's new models. They viewed the previous models in ChatGPT as their boyfriends. With the new models, they now feel that their partner has been "taken from them".
Re:Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world on Thursday July 24, 2025 @07:31AM (#44669472)
Thanks Daniel. Do you recommend any resources showing the differences between different quantizations?
Re:Show HN: Index – new SOTA Open Source browser agent on Friday April 25, 2025 @03:32AM (#43791158)
Also, I don’t think my previous comment does assume that there are compelling alternatives.

A person always has a choice not to spend their money. Even if they need expensive healthcare, they can choose not to buy it. By buying the product, they want the service more than their money.

They might think that the price is too high, but prices are a function of market forces.

It doesn’t make sense to me that a person can say they feel exploited because they have voluntarily chosen to buy at a particular price. They probably want to pay less, and might feel that the consumer surplus is low, but they still value the service more than their money. That isn’t exploitation to me.

Re:Show HN: Index – new SOTA Open Source browser agent on Friday April 25, 2025 @03:22AM (#43791098)
I disagree with the general comment that “any established market” has “only a few entrenched players”. I’d say that most markets provide compelling alternatives. Where they don’t yet, the product is either a commodity, or there is an opportunity for a new business to serve the customer!

But let’s say your point is true. How do those players become entrenched? I’d say it’s from providing great value.

Re:Show HN: Index – new SOTA Open Source browser agent on Thursday April 24, 2025 @03:26AM (#43780093)
That’s a very cynical view.

Do the biggest companies not create the most value for the world?

Consider this. If the most successful companies are simply cheating customers, then most consumers are stupid; handing offer their hard-earned money for bad deals and to be exploited.

But most people are not stupid, and most people highly value their money. So, they only buy something because they want what the seller is offering even more than their money. This means that companies create great value because they offer something that people really want.

Re:Show HN: Lunon – Instant model switching across LLMs on Friday April 11, 2025 @05:02PM (#43658529)
Do you have access to o4 models as your website suggests? I didn’t realise that they had finished training yet.
Re:The Llama 4 herd on Saturday April 05, 2025 @05:39PM (#43597024)
So, Quasar == Llama 4 Behemoth?
Re:Qwen2.5-VL-32B: Smarter and Lighter on Monday March 24, 2025 @03:44PM (#43464706)
Any more info on the new Google model?
Completely agree. I understand that this is becoming more common in London. This is still a harsh practice.
Re:Ask HN: Share your favorite software blog posts of 2023 on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @03:00PM (#38775467)
Here’s a shameless plug for my collection of short, succinct Django articles at https://photondesigner.com/articles

The latest article is: “The simplest way to build an instant messaging app with Django ” https://www.photondesigner.com/articles/instant-messenger

Re: on Thursday May 04, 2023 @10:47AM (#35816213)
Hi all, I've put together an article and simple framework for thinking about which ideas are actually suitable for a bootstrapped venture. It's perfect timing since I'm currently in between projects. Here's the link in case it‘s useful: https://tomdekan.com/finding-bootstrapped-business
Re:Visual ChatGPT on Friday March 10, 2023 @03:20AM (#35091883)
The effort you put into something is irrelevant to whether it has value. Each consumer looks at the value to him or her; no one cares about time spent.

I dislike the entitlement here.

Re:Ask HN: Any low code frameworks on top of Django? on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:39PM (#34810970)
Thanks!
Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @04:35PM (#34810916)
Very nicely written. Thank you
Re:Ask HN: Any low code frameworks on top of Django? on Saturday February 11, 2023 @02:49PM (#34755649)
Thanks! Here’s the link to the repo: https://github.com/a-toms/webflow-to-django
Re:Ask HN: Any low code frameworks on top of Django? on Saturday February 11, 2023 @04:29AM (#34750842)
Exactly. Here’s a simple video I made explaining it: https://youtu.be/ohJzBkgSIMQ

I now have a more advanced version of the import script than the video that adds native async forms and allows for Django for loops. Let me know if you want it.

Re:Ask HN: Any low code frameworks on top of Django? on Friday February 10, 2023 @12:59PM (#34743175)
Regarding accelerating UI, I’ve been building my UI for my product (https://amazing.photos) using Webflow and Django.

I convert all Webflow code into Django templates and neat JavaScript.

This approach with Webflow and Django is around 5-8x faster for me.

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