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BreakingProd··on The operating cost of adult and gambling startups
That seems like the only sensible path forward, if you assume that the only lever a society can pull to make punishment harsher is “longer prison sentences”.

What if the penalty for selling drugs to kids was death?

It seems like that would change the risk/reward calculation pretty substantially.

BreakingProd··on How will OpenAI compete?
Only if you said it was raining everywhere these days.
BreakingProd··on Keep Android Open
It reads like he made typos/autocorrect mistakes on his mobile phone!

Which is a pretty funny illustration of the gist of what he was saying… it’s easier to make mistakes on phones.

BreakingProd··on A method and calculator for building foamcore drawer organisers
That is a very cool idea. I have been struck in the past by the sturdiness of certain “heavy duty” cardboard boxes, but it never occurred to me that it was so obviously a material with DIY potential. Thank you!!
BreakingProd··on Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?
I was unaware of the new logo… and I am just realizing for the first time after many many Flask apps… that the logo is not a chili pepper.
BreakingProd··on There are two types of dishwasher people
Yes! US washing machines have dual water intakes: one for cold and one for hot.