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ketamine__on I will never not talk about my depression

Downvotes are because you aren't taking the author at face value because it appears you have an agenda.

> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ketamine__on Study: A quarter of adults don’t want children – and they’re still happy

Climate change and pollution is not going to really effect children born now. The AQI of most large and small American cities is still quite low.

College may become incredibly expensive. I think if it happens parents could invest in an ETF instead and provide their children with investment income while they pursue other opportunities.

ketamine__on LSD and psilocybin increase the fractal dimension of brain activity

I find these experiences like a video game. And since I have to take ketamine for my depression it sometimes provides entertainment to distract me from the other side-effects.

ketamine__on What would you pay for autonomous driving? Volkswagen hopes $8.50 per hour

The accidents are going to increase when FSD is released to the public with subscriptions.

ketamine__on United Airlines will buy 15 planes from Boom Supersonic

First one is easy. Elon is a pathological liar.

ketamine__on “It's a truck full of traffic lights”

Does it give you pause that practically every other company pursing self-driving cars disagrees with Tesla?

ketamine__on Noisy appliances: How loud is your house?

I'm not able to find an article now but a psychologist (I think?) that lived in Lebanon was interviewed on the quite high level of noise pollution. He said the effect is very real on anxiety, anger, unhappiness even if people don't realize it.

He also remarked that people think they are going to move here and adapt. And that's because, in his words, they haven't had the experience.

The idea that our lives could be adversely effected and we don't realize the cause? And if someone pointed it out we might disagree? That's scary to me.

ketamine__on Noisy appliances: How loud is your house?

Something might be done by me. To your car. ;)

ketamine__on Improving ventilation will help curb SARS-CoV-2

Hopefully the labs doing gain of function research in the US will increase their bio security levels as well.

https://www.thestreet.com/latest-news/the-next-pandemic-coul...

ketamine__on Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety features

Radar and Lidar would make the car safer than if a human was driving?

ketamine__on 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning

This is pretty awesome.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/19/ford-f-150-lightning-elect...

> “If your F-150 Lightning is plugged in when your outage occurs, Intelligent Backup Power will automatically kick in to power your home,” said Ryan O’Gorman, Ford’s energy services lead, in a video briefing prior to the reveal. “When power is restored, the truck automatically reverts to charging its battery.”

ketamine__on 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning

But how long does it take you to get it? Most people can walk into a dealership and buy a new car instantly.

ketamine__on Show HN: Ninjabot – A fast cryptocurrency bot implemented in Go

There is the risk of impermanent loss with providing liquidity and the risk of the underlying asset. Thinking this is anything like a bank account is a big mistake.

ketamine__on Show HN: Ninjabot – A fast cryptocurrency bot implemented in Go

The elephant in the room with DeFi is always the underlying asset. It’s like being your own bank (but only if your bank vaporizes your balance every so often).

ketamine__on Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?

Bragi Dash. Although not made anymore they have onboard storage so you don't have to run with a phone.

* Not the best product

* Slow transfer speeds (oh well)

* Waterproof

I'm actually loathe to post this. I know some of you might start buying what is left of the supply.

ketamine__on Ask HN: Favorite purchases of last two years?

Ear plugs are really important for being a nomad and traveling. You never know how noisy a place might be and the noise level could actually change during your stay. I typically bring 30. But more is always better.

ketamine__on Cryptography experts trash NFTs on first day of RSA Conference

I thought this comment was a joke at first. What's wrong with creators getting royalties? Is there proof that artists are too wealthy (in general)?

ketamine__on Tesla on 'autopilot' crashes into deputy's vehicle in Washington state

> I wonder how he will react this time.

Not with compassion.

ketamine__on Italian towns will pay you to work remotely

Is there a special visa for this? Or this won't work for Americans on the Schengen visa?

ketamine__on Herdwicks: The 'smiley' sheep that shaped the Lake District

Great story!

ketamine__on Elon Musk Suggests Tesla May Have Dumped Bitcoin Holdings

https://pomp.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-bitcoin-when-el...

> Let us first cover the elephant in the room: the Elon dump. Firstly, there were 19,259 BTC moved onto exchanges before Elon’s tweet and ensuing price dump. I do not think this is coincidence and was likely someone with insider information.

Regulations may not apply but it would be interesting if Musk told one of his rich friends before posting the tweet. That could look bad for him if something like that was discovered.

ketamine__on Elon Musk Suggests Tesla May Have Dumped Bitcoin Holdings

Did Elon issue a warning to the public? Did he tell them not to buy? Did he post a tweet agreeing with Munger and telling people to stay away?

He fed the fire because it helped raise his public persona. I think he does have responsibility.

ketamine__on Elon Musk Suggests Tesla May Have Dumped Bitcoin Holdings

There's a cult of personality around him.

ketamine__on Elon Musk Suggests Tesla May Have Dumped Bitcoin Holdings

You could easily say this about the stock market. Imagine if Buffett came out and said in advance he was going to sell all his Coke stock.

ketamine__on Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin

A lot more transactions on BSC.

https://bscscan.com/chart/tx

ketamine__on Berkshire Hathaway’s stock price is too high for Nasdaq computers

Yeah, real difficult. Like AGI.

ketamine__on Berkshire Hathaway’s stock price is too high for Nasdaq computers

Right, no senior programmers understand how to size integers. We need institutional knowledge for that.

ketamine__on Why I Work on Ads

Jeff is defending shareholders and not ads as a revenue model. Without shareholders Google would be free to pursue alternate strategies. Not as profitable but better for the user.

ketamine__on Blizzard has lost almost 29% of its overall active playerbase in three years

How do you lose revenue as a gaming biz during a pandemic? Kotick needs to lean in and build out WOW.

ketamine__on Berkshire Hathaway’s stock price is too high for Nasdaq computers

You can't predict when it will happen or how it will happen. Not quite the same as this problem Nasdaq is facing.