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Show HN: Bitcoin wallet on NXP SE050 secure element, Tor-only open source

https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/sigil-web
1•sickthecat•22s ago•0 comments

White House Explores Opening Antitrust Probe on Homebuilders

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1•petethomas•38s ago•0 comments

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Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 5

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1•goto1•7m ago•0 comments

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The essential Reinhold Niebuhr: selected essays and addresses

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5•tempodox•19m ago•1 comments

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US moves to deport 5-year-old detained in Minnesota

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3•petethomas•30m ago•1 comments

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CoreWeave's $30B Bet on GPU Market Infrastructure

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Open in hackernews

EU prohibited paying for plasma – shortage met by buying plasma from US

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Comments

mcv•9mo ago
Good article. Good, clear way of thinking about this. I have some different thoughts, though.

For one, most organs can't even be donated during life. Paying people for them is useless, because they're dead. But an approach that has always appealed to me, is to give people who are registered as donor preference when they need a transplant. And that means people unwilling to donate their organs when they die, are also less likely to receive one.

Children should be exempt from this of course; they can't make these decisions yet and should always get preference, but I've always wondered why someone who doesn't want to donate their organs, should have a right to receive an organ.

It feels more just that people willing to help others, should also be first in line to receive help. It's a practical application of the Golden Rule. And this system would also mean that rich people are just as likely to register as donors as poor people, without any money needing to be involved.

Blood and kidneys are different of course, because they can be donated while you're still alive. I personally struggle to imagine donating my own kidney while I still need it. What if something happens to my other kidney? So people who have donated a kidney should absolutely be first in line to receive one should their remaining kidney give out.

As for blood, paying for it makes sense to me. You don't cripple yourself long term, you're not giving anything up permanently. Lots of work is less healthy than donating blood. Paying people for backbreaking work that will likely cost them their health is grosser than paying them for blood donations. And if poor people are more likely to make use of this, I have no problem with giving poor people an extra way to make money.

Although we should definitely ensure sufficient living standards for everybody so nobody would sell body parts out of desperation. That is still the grossest thing.

explodes•9mo ago
I agree on all points.

Just wondering, how long one has to declare themselves a donor before being able to receive priority. Too soon and one could game it for when they need an organ. Too late, and well, too late. Also waiting for an organ can take many months which adds to the puzzle.

mcv•9mo ago
Yeah, that's absolutely the tricky part. I think it makes sense to prioritize also by how long someone has been a registered donor, but then you've got to make sure not to disadvantage young adults. Maybe you build up priority over a period of 5 years?

There's probably a dozen other factors that you should also take into account, and that I'm sure doctors are already taking into account (like life expectancy, quality of life, compatibility, etc). But I see those as implementation details that can be worked out by the experts.