> a candidate treatment at such an incredibly embryonic stage being voted to the top spot of hacker news, to me, suggests our HN audience has significant room f

> a candidate treatment at such an incredibly embryonic stage being voted to the top spot of hacker news, to me, suggests our HN audience has significant room for improvement It's a super hot topic right now because these shops have suddenly popped up all over the country - including in cannabis prohibition states - and some of them must be making a good amount of money for there to be so many. Business minded people are acutely interested in where this thing is going long term, so any data at all is seized upon, no matter how dubious. This, of course, makes comments like yours even more important and appreciated.