To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout!

Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy". But IMO it's better to actually see a picture of the timber roof while scrolling rather than having to click through to the article.

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Lex: "It just feels like we are in the same room. This is really the most incredible thing I've ever seen".

This change of attention is also affecting movie studios like Disney

For example, I type "draw 3 small blue dots, then make the middle one grow bigger and become red", then I click 'Create' and it produces the animation.

Seems like a simple project. Has anyone created such a website?

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(a) registering for sales tax in each jurisdiction;

(b) calculating the tax amount for each jurisdiction;

(c) submitting tax returns for each jurisdiction;

(d) paying tax to each jurisdiction.

Isn't there a 3rd party platform that can do this for a small commission? I'm thinking of a website where I enter my UAE company details, grant it read-only access to my Stripe and PayPal accounts, then the website does all of (a) to (d) above?

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After a year see which group has the safest record. Simple.

> If advertisers were getting results from their X ads, or possibly If you posted data that showed that ads on this platform were effective and produced results, you would be in an entirely different position.

> If your ads produce results, businesses would tell you they understand how difficult it is to completely eliminate hate on the platform.

> If they don't produce results, there is no reason for a big company to fuck around and find out that their ads showed up next to a hateful post.

> I can't tell you how many times I get Cheech ,(or is it Chong?) ads for CBD gummies. Shit I would never buy. ..

> On other platforms ads sometimes are eerily relevant to my interests.

> That never occurs on this platform

When asked if he ever advertised on X:

> Multiple of my portfolio companies have. And I always ask them to check. Without exception, all have said it doesn't give the same returns as other platforms

https://x.com/mcuban/status/1727400271364669756

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Step 2: Announce a credible space mission to mine a gold asteroid

Step 3: After the price of gold tanks, sell the put options

Step 4: Cancel the space mission

Step 5: Profit!

How long until this business plan works and millions of people’s life savings are wiped out?

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Waymo cars are safer, cleaner and cheaper than Uber, which has never made an operating profit and has abandoned its self-driving development.

Uber is stalled on the railway tracks while the freight train of self-driving tech hurtles towards it. How is it still worth $76 billion?

Two weeks? That’s a pretty slow response to an existential threat

— Arnold Schwarzenegger