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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with SBIR grants and what is the process like?

Ask HN: Has anyone had success with SBIR grants and what is the process like? 4 by lyfeninja | 2 comments on Hacker News. I'm considering applying to a phase I topic that is a pretty good fit for our tech and we should meet all basic requirements (U S. Based, small business, etc.), but I'm unsure if the juice is worth the squeeze. If anyone has any experience applying and going through the process I'd love to hear about it. Things I'm curious about... - how competitive is it? - how detailed should proposals be? - am I guaranteed to hear back? - how long after closing is a decision made? Thanks in advance.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What is the meaning of life? Why are we here?

Ask HN: What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? 4 by chistev | 6 comments on Hacker News.

New ask Hacker News story: UK government built an AI tool to digitise historic planning records

UK government built an AI tool to digitise historic planning records 2 by brokebroadbeat | 0 comments on Hacker News. A few useful links: - https://ift.tt/JxVBqNR - https://ift.tt/udIFeGT - https://ift.tt/YDyTdZV

New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: Musk doesn't "have" a Trillion, he has the leverage

Tell HN: Musk doesn't "have" a Trillion, he has the leverage 4 by ggm | 1 comments on Hacker News. I wish a competent economist could blog that Musk (and the other uber rich) don't have liquid cash to pile up on their yacht the way the graphics imply. Even the act of selling his stake in tesla and X and spacex would alter the value of the holdings, alter the tax income for some nation state, the act of printing the money would in turn demand time and effort, shipping the money would incur costs. Having the effective influence over investment disposition of $1T is amazing but it isn't actually the same thing qualitatively as "one trillion dollars" nor is it just a quantitative function over "1 million dollars". Because it's 1/30th of the entire US economy (around $30t) and so materially alters 3% of the value of the US working capital, and a little over 1% of the entire US stock market at $75t) In order to have the money he'd create a...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What are your best Claude hacks?

Ask HN: What are your best Claude hacks? 3 by akashwadhwani35 | 0 comments on Hacker News. One workflow I like: collecting high-quality research papers on a topic, uploading them to Claude, and turning it into a temporary expert on that domain.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Would you want to know when and how you die?

Ask HN: Would you want to know when and how you die? 3 by JohnDSDev | 4 comments on Hacker News. If you had a time machine, and the only thing you could use it for was to go see yourself in the future die would you use it or not? Why or why not?