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Atlas: Manage your database schema as code

https://github.com/ariga/atlas
1•quectophoton•1m ago•0 comments

Geist Pixel

https://vercel.com/blog/introducing-geist-pixel
1•helloplanets•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: MCP to get latest dependency package and tool versions

https://github.com/MShekow/package-version-check-mcp
1•mshekow•12m ago•0 comments

The better you get at something, the harder it becomes to do

https://seekingtrust.substack.com/p/improving-at-writing-made-me-almost
2•FinnLobsien•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: WP Float – Archive WordPress blogs to free static hosting

https://wpfloat.netlify.app/
1•zizoulegrande•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I Hacked My Family's Meal Planning with an App

https://mealjar.app
1•melvinzammit•15m ago•0 comments

Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
1•basilikum•18m ago•0 comments

The Future of Systems

https://novlabs.ai/mission/
2•tekbog•19m ago•1 comments

NASA now allowing astronauts to bring their smartphones on space missions

https://twitter.com/NASAAdmin/status/2019259382962307393
2•gbugniot•23m ago•0 comments

Claude Code Is the Inflection Point

https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/claude-code-is-the-inflection-point
3•throwaw12•25m ago•1 comments

Show HN: MicroClaw – Agentic AI Assistant for Telegram, Built in Rust

https://github.com/microclaw/microclaw
1•everettjf•25m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Omni-BLAS – 4x faster matrix multiplication via Monte Carlo sampling

https://github.com/AleatorAI/OMNI-BLAS
1•LowSpecEng•26m ago•1 comments

The AI-Ready Software Developer: Conclusion – Same Game, Different Dice

https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/the-ai-ready-software-developer-conclusion-same-game...
1•lifeisstillgood•28m ago•0 comments

AI Agent Automates Google Stock Analysis from Financial Reports

https://pardusai.org/view/54c6646b9e273bbe103b76256a91a7f30da624062a8a6eeb16febfe403efd078
1•JasonHEIN•31m ago•0 comments

Voxtral Realtime 4B Pure C Implementation

https://github.com/antirez/voxtral.c
2•andreabat•33m ago•1 comments

I Was Trapped in Chinese Mafia Crypto Slavery [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOcNaWmmn0A
2•mgh2•39m ago•0 comments

U.S. CBP Reported Employee Arrests (FY2020 – FYTD)

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/reported-employee-arrests
1•ludicrousdispla•41m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a free UCP checker – see if AI agents can find your store

https://ucphub.ai/ucp-store-check/
2•vladeta•46m ago•1 comments

Show HN: SVGV – A Real-Time Vector Video Format for Budget Hardware

https://github.com/thealidev/VectorVision-SVGV
1•thealidev•48m ago•0 comments

Study of 150 developers shows AI generated code no harder to maintain long term

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9EbCb5A408
1•lifeisstillgood•48m ago•0 comments

Spotify now requires premium accounts for developer mode API access

https://www.neowin.net/news/spotify-now-requires-premium-accounts-for-developer-mode-api-access/
1•bundie•51m ago•0 comments

When Albert Einstein Moved to Princeton

https://twitter.com/Math_files/status/2020017485815456224
1•keepamovin•52m ago•0 comments

Agents.md as a Dark Signal

https://joshmock.com/post/2026-agents-md-as-a-dark-signal/
2•birdculture•54m ago•0 comments

System time, clocks, and their syncing in macOS

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/05/21/system-time-clocks-and-their-syncing-in-macos/
1•fanf2•56m ago•0 comments

McCLIM and 7GUIs – Part 1: The Counter

https://turtleware.eu/posts/McCLIM-and-7GUIs---Part-1-The-Counter.html
2•ramenbytes•58m ago•0 comments

So whats the next word, then? Almost-no-math intro to transformer models

https://matthias-kainer.de/blog/posts/so-whats-the-next-word-then-/
1•oesimania•1h ago•0 comments

Ed Zitron: The Hater's Guide to Microsoft

https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3me7ibeym2c2n
2•vintagedave•1h ago•1 comments

UK infants ill after drinking contaminated baby formula of Nestle and Danone

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c931rxnwn3lo
1•__natty__•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Android-based audio player for seniors – Homer Audio Player

https://homeraudioplayer.app
3•cinusek•1h ago•2 comments

Starter Template for Ory Kratos

https://github.com/Samuelk0nrad/docker-ory
1•samuel_0xK•1h ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

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

https://dynomight.substack.com/p/money
10•felineflock•9mo ago

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.