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One example of this calculation is QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Years) which is used in the UK to determine what drugs are worthwhile: https://www.nice.org.uk/news/articles/changes-to-nice-s-cost...
Re:Show HN: Beats, a web-based drum machine on Monday January 19, 2026 @06:01PM (#46685788)
There’s some synth sounds and some samples, you can record your own samples in also and play them like an instrument. That part is loosely based on the KO2 which I have and love
Re:Show HN: Beats, a web-based drum machine on Monday January 19, 2026 @12:58PM (#46682294)
This is nice, I'm similarly a fan of Teenage engineering and have been playing around with ToneJS and Sveltekit to make https://shantylab.com

It's been a really interesting way to understand the elements of putting together music for me. I started off thinking surely it can't be that hard to make a simple way of making music but as I added more and more functionality I found it tricky to keep the UI simple. I'm still plugging away and the challenge of chasing simplicity is what's keeping me going.

Re:Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C on Monday January 12, 2026 @09:47AM (#46589242)
My immediate thought was it looked a lot like Swift
Re:Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter on Monday November 17, 2025 @10:03AM (#45954206)
I've been messing around making a small web based project that does something similar if you're interested in trying a dabble: https://shantylab.com
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025) on Sunday May 25, 2025 @06:51PM (#44091995)
I’m working on https://spoken.me language practice for intermediate and advanced learners of English and Spanish. Hoping to launch a new flashcard experience in the next few days and a new role playing mode in the coming weeks. We’re small fry at the moment but it beats working at FAANG (except for the money)
From the article: “ The Virgin and Child with Saints Louis and Margaret and Two Angels was bought for just over $20m (around £16m at the time), funded by the American Friends of the National Gallery London.”
Can you say a bit more here, genuinely curious as to why.