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idbnstra

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idbnstra··on The AI Race Just Got Awkward
i don't know much about medicine so i'm curious about how you're using AI, and how medicine in general is using AI
idbnstra··on Show HN: Real-time Solar System with 526k asteroids and all tracked satellites
And the USSR wouldn't exist without ...?
idbnstra··on America.gov
is that something you can do with this website?
idbnstra··on OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns
Or when they didn’t release thinking models until deepseek was first released
idbnstra··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
“I think people shouldn’t be displaced from their neighborhoods because of lack of affordability”

I didn’t mention gentrification in the above sentence. Does that mean I’m ignoring the problem?

idbnstra··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
Since so much of land value is in downtowns, in a theoretical shift to land value tax, most of the increased land value revenue would come from vacant and underdeveloped parcels downtown. The median tax burden on single or multi family homes would actually be reduced. An example is this model of Spokane: https://landeconomics.org/reports/spokane-report#:~:text=sin...

And a lot of the time, it’s those truly rich people who own those vacant/underdeveloped parcels in downtowns.

idbnstra··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
https://www.openavmkit.com
idbnstra··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
those who advocate for land value tax are usually advocating for single/minimal types of taxes (and, in fact, against sales and income taxes) rather than a cocktail of them. "Single Tax" predominantly refers to a single land value tax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_tax
idbnstra··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
I'm curious what costs you think will roll downhill and why
idbnstra··on California is chasing wealth that has feet
why is that?
idbnstra··on Transit rewards
this is a great example of why we need to shift to land value / Georgist taxes everywhere
idbnstra··on GPT-6 Sol and Luna
yeah, while gpt-6 is impressive, is it really as impressive as people thought it would be back in the times of gpt 3.5 or 4? let alone "omg ai acceleration agi" levels of impressive?
idbnstra··on GPT-6 Sol and Luna
> and... talking to your own kids?

i don't doubt they're pushing for using AI for that, but i'm curious of examples of where they're doing this. commercials, ads, etc.

idbnstra··on Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'
[2] this is why we need georgism, i.e. shifting taxes to finite resources like land, minerals, etc.
idbnstra··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
an open source van camping map to see where you're allowed to park/sleep/drive etc. based on BLM, state park, OSM, and other free to use data
idbnstra··on Ask HN: Career paths to consider if I am better at supporting than creating?
Do you usually need experience in sales to land a sales engineer job?
idbnstra··on Show HN: Kadō – open-source habit tracker, with non-binary habit score, for iOS
i saw there is in app purchases, what is that for?
idbnstra··on Dutch central bank moves share of gold from U.S., Canada to London
yes! we need ranked choice voting everywhere!
idbnstra··on Ask HN: Good large format (>20 inches) touchscreen E-Paper display options?
personally i don't have a single use case in mind, except that it would simply be awesome to have a computer run off of solar power
idbnstra··on Show HN: SubSmith – Turn your own videos into language-learning material
even for "tech savvy" people, it's great to have an easier to use UX, or at least have the option to
idbnstra··on Show HN: ReadPlusOne – Spanish stories built around the words you're learning
are you considering adding more languages soon? i’d love this for french!
idbnstra··on How I Read Books
which essays do you read every 3 months? open to hearing from more than just the OP too
idbnstra··on The entire city of San Francisco as a video game
yeah SF is one of the capitals, if not THE capital of NIMBYism. SF needs to relax zoning codes and shift to land value tax (just like any city), but of course that will never happen
idbnstra··on France's tax agency got hacked (in French)
yeah they even used it at the beginning of the article
idbnstra··on OpenLogi
yeah just create a fork, problem solved
idbnstra··on Show HN: Smarter Shell History for Zsh
what is this used for?
idbnstra··on Ask HN: What are you using for LLM inference in production?
did you fine tune another model, and if so which one?
idbnstra··on The Cold Email
do you have a blog or newsletter to read about this experiment once it concludes?
idbnstra··on GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search
cause you're not harming the officer. this is more like a safe that destroys whatever is inside
idbnstra··on Show HN: Neverbell, an AI agent that analyzes markets and executes trades
is it open source
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