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New comment by martinwright in "An open-source stethoscope that costs between $2.5 and $5 to produce"

martinwright — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:47:47 +0000

Really eye-opening to my western-brain that agreed with higher comments simply comparing the process with ordering a unit off Alibaba and having it delivered. Truth is, there's often a million other parameters that could come up and make a project like this really useful & practical to someone.

New comment by martinwright in "Where things stand with the Department of War"

martinwright — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 02:13:54 +0000

Your logic here is sound, sure. But don't tell me you can be so naive as to believe that the U.S. military is a defensive mechanism

New comment by martinwright in "Pentagon formally labels Anthropic supply-chain risk"

martinwright — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:28:40 +0000

Part of me wonders if it was a plan to squeeze between Anthropic & big gov contracts