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turbotim··on The American Healthcare Conundrum
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...
turbotim··on Show HN: Beats, a web-based drum machine
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
turbotim··on Show HN: Beats, a web-based drum machine
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.

turbotim··on Zen-C: Write like a high-level language, run like C
My immediate thought was it looked a lot like Swift
turbotim··on Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter
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
turbotim··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
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)
turbotim··on London's National Gallery buys mysterious altarpiece for $20m
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.”
turbotim··on Business co-founders in tech startups are less valuable than they think
Can you say a bit more here, genuinely curious as to why.