Hacker News: vwoolf

New comment by vwoolf in "Ask HN: How do you find quality blogs these days?"

vwoolf — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:13:26 +0000

I follow marginal revolution, astral codex ten, rob k henderson, and a number of others who put out links roundups. Those links roundups are very good and useful.

A number of useful blogs show up on HN as well.

For American Brands Worried About China, Is India the Future?

vwoolf — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:11:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/business/india-us-manufacturing.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40800954

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Costco of Housing is Costco? The retailer's plan to use CA housing laws

vwoolf — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:12:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.urbanproxima.com/p/the-costco-of-housing-iscostco

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40686048

Points: 70

# Comments: 62

The Leopold Model: Analysis and Reactions

vwoolf — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:01:36 +0000

Article URL: https://thezvi.substack.com/p/the-leopold-model-analysis-and-reactions

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40683198

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by vwoolf in "How Important Are Book Reviews for Success on KDP and How to Get Them?"

vwoolf — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 05:14:14 +0000

Very and pay for them.

The Constitutional Case Against Exclusionary Zoning

vwoolf — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 05:13:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/constitutional-case-against-exclusionary-zoning/678659/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40666173

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by vwoolf in "Mitch McConnell: We Cannot Repeat the Mistakes of the 1930s"

vwoolf — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:01:37 +0000

https://archive.ph/Xgf9R

Mitch McConnell: We Cannot Repeat the Mistakes of the 1930s

vwoolf — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:01:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/opinion/mcconnell-military-spending-d-day.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40598247

Points: 14

# Comments: 23

The City That Can't? Saving San Francisco Will Take More Than Winning Elections

vwoolf — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:00:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ryanpuzycki.com/p/the-city-that-cant

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40598241

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Back to What We're Good At – Getting Britain Building Again

vwoolf — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 14:05:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.britainremade.co.uk/plan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40584948

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Africa needs malaria vaccines as soon as possible

vwoolf — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:35:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.slowboring.com/p/africa-needs-malaria-vaccines-as

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40575069

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by vwoolf in "Psychedelics are challenging the standard of randomized controlled trials"

vwoolf — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:31:22 +0000

And also the argument that people have demons in them: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-the-others-with....

I read some of the guy's book. It's a trip.

If those external entities were real, we wouldn't need to wait for science, some shaman would just go to the spirit realm and get told about bacteria.

A great point.