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The Toad Medicine Boom Was Built on a Myth

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/what-is-5-meo-dmt-the-god-molecule-and-the-perils-of-psychedelics Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49139541 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Why Your $300 Freelance Project Might Pay Less Than $20 an Hour

A freelance project can look profitable and still underpay you. Suppose a client offers $300 for “a quick dashboard.” You estimate eight hours, so the job appears to pay $37.50 per hour. That sounds reasonable - until the real work begins. There is a kickoff call, a messy data export, two revision rounds, payment processing, project administration, and one unexpected request that feels too small to reject. The job takes thirteen hours. After a payment fee and a tax reserve, the cash you can actu

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RoR: Arbitrary file read and RCE in Active Storage

Article URL: https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2026-66066-possible-arbitrary-file-read-and-remote-code-execution-in-active-storage-variant-processing/91432 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49139513 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Symbio self fine-tuning AI loop

It trains based off the mistakes it made with the solution you gave OR what it got. Thank you for reading Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49139461 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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