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sabbaticaldev··on As drugstores close, older people are left in 'pharmacy deserts'
Those same 5 meds are probably free in most EU countries and even some south american ones. It could also be given for free in the US at a fraction of the total spending but that would impact the GDP too much.

From zero to 25usd/month is a huge difference

sabbaticaldev··on Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
it is a global community, not everyone here drank the western kool aid
sabbaticaldev··on Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
it’s more like imaginary scenarios still need to face field reality
sabbaticaldev··on Would you pay $19 for this Mac menubar app?
no, I won’t, that would be a waste of money
sabbaticaldev··on As drugstores close, older people are left in 'pharmacy deserts'
those market forces made the US have the most expensive meds
sabbaticaldev··on Why eating less slows ageing: this molecule is key
If I don’t eat breakfast I won’t snack or be hungry until 5pm so the slogan isn’t a oversimplification, it’s marketing
sabbaticaldev··on Kannel: Open-Source WAP and SMS Gateway
the fact that other companies succeeded doesn’t have much to do with the many that failed with terrible assumptions
sabbaticaldev··on US judge finds NSO Group liable for hacking journalists via WhatsApp
Probably done by the same NSO Group. But for US americans they are the good criminals, the chosen criminals
sabbaticaldev··on The Year of McDonald's
my friend, people just recently died for eating mcdonalds.
sabbaticaldev··on Inside the university AI cheating crisis
> Essays are only ever used in an academic context. No-one outside of academia writes an essay.

ooh-a for the new way to write outrageous essays so to engage people.

sabbaticaldev··on Inside the university AI cheating crisis
For what’s worth (for you) the results would be the same if it identified all of them as plagiarism
sabbaticaldev··on Klarna CEO: Company stopped hiring because AI 'can do all of the jobs'
> that we assume that employers should care more about employees

you find your fantasies fascinating, great.

sabbaticaldev··on Waymo – Avoiding a Falling Skateboarder
wow. Liabilities
sabbaticaldev··on Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]
so you want the title to be one man dev team which is composed by one woman? this is conservative wokeness
sabbaticaldev··on Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]
it does make it story more interesting tho
sabbaticaldev··on Mirror bacteria research poses significant risks, scientists warn
Argentina, Brazil. although they say brazil is just a few days away of developing a nuclear bomb if it decides to. It would not be able to throw it anywhere useful tho at maximum south american neighbors
sabbaticaldev··on Multilspy: Building a common LSP client handtuned for all Language servers
> Did you write this with a LLM?

You compressed your intelligence too much here.

“Intelligence is compressing information into irreducible representation.”

sabbaticaldev··on Klarna CEO: Company stopped hiring because AI 'can do all of the jobs'
Then when these guys get shot there will be posts complaining
sabbaticaldev··on Germany government collapses at a perilous time for Europe
it works well for the US as some 5 to 12% of the US army is composed by immigrants
sabbaticaldev··on US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19
Facebook, instagram and youtube have been used to manipulate elections way before tiktok, that’s not the reason it’s being banned.
sabbaticaldev··on The Drugs Young Bankers Use to Get Through the Day–and Night
People change (as we get older?)
sabbaticaldev··on US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19
Tiktok being not from the US has differently tuned algorithms. That’s why it’s being banned. Now you have the right to be brainwashed only by US-approved algorithms. Don’t be a fool, tolo.
sabbaticaldev··on The Drugs Young Bankers Use to Get Through the Day–and Night
same thing can be said about the opposite. People addicted to drugs to be productive, have they tried GP strategy?

> you're also overlooking the affect of stacking drugs on top of all the other things you list.

that’s an exception, people looking for shortcuts won’t take the long route

sabbaticaldev··on US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19
naivety isn’t evil but it’s highly damaging
sabbaticaldev··on Phi-4: Microsoft's Newest Small Language Model Specializing in Complex Reasoning
that’s a huge stretch for parroting
sabbaticaldev··on US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19
you are hoping wrong then, tiktok block will only exacerbates this.

Coincidence: in portuguese tolo means fool

sabbaticaldev··on US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19
> as someone in Australia who strongly supports our recent U16 ban, I hope META gets removed/broken up for you guys soon after, at least for underage users.

oh boy… your optimism sounds childish after reading the second line

sabbaticaldev··on Starting a Business at 60: My Father's Story
old men yelling at clouds

nobody said they can’t. Statistics show they don’t do it the at the same rate so it’s an accomplishment when some do

sabbaticaldev··on Show HN: Bring-your-own-key browser extension for summarizing HN posts with LLMs
these “related” spams in HN are so annoying. Make your own show hn.
sabbaticaldev··on Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences
social science is kinda like vegan meat tho
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