Does anyone else feel like this is an attempt at a poisoned chalice?

If the opposition does well in the mid-terms they have an utter shitshow to clean up, but if that doesn’t happen they get to pull out their own splinter and claim a victory.

I’m really hopeful the rest of the world continues to strengthen trade and cooperation in the absence of US leadership and stability.

The XR mechanism is shit compared how vyvanse and concerts manage theirs.

If you’re a slow metaboliser you end up getting a big overlap around 3hours in which can be quite unpleasant, hence the non XR compound

If I take the lowest dose concerta I will not sleep that night no matter how early i take it. This was pretty devestating when I was younger and not mature enough to realize what was going on. Parents were obsessed with ADD medication at the time. I think vyvanse or xr adderall would be a similar nightmare for me.

Interesting.

I had similar issues with XR methylphenidate and Dex, but concerta and vyvanse were find if I took them first thing.

I suspect a bit insignificant amount of people are slow metabolisers and are having a shit run with stimulants as a result

Yes. Never tried the others. stratera - weird side effects quit immediately. ritalin is good. concerta also good... too good. Havent tried it in years Id only guess if anything Im slower if older.

spoiler alert He will infact get away with this.

He might.

But… Russia isn't the only place causing oligarchs to have quote marks around the word "accident", it's simply a state that's bad at the coverup.

I don't know at what point his private jet suffers a mysterious decompression, or his drugs are tainted with a lethal agent, or whatever, and it's possible his conversations with Russia have included such threats already. But eventually, playing with all this fire, worldwide, burns are inevitable.

There's a reason former US presidents get secret service protection for life, and they're term-limited.

This would all still be the case even if he was just making the kind of waves most of the west likes, rather than… not even just this, also encouraging a civil war in a nuclear armed state.

I’m in favour of consequences but that’s fairness bias at work, he’s gotten away with so much for so long, its likely it will keep happening and he will live a long life in absolute luxury.

If he wanted a long life of luxury, he could've stopped at the first billion.

The risk tolerance that was necessary but not sufficient for him to get rich… I suspect he will keep gambling until the luck runs out.

Cool. Confer.to for anyone who wants to skip the article.

I've been using duck.ai by duckduckgo which I really like for basic, search engine but better stuff, I hope he pulls this off as well as he did signal, less so all the CIA stuff if that's real.

Not off to a great start, only way to set-up and account is to sign in with google.

Absolute shite.

These behavioural and cultural trends didn't all randomly and spontaneously develop in certain groups the world over, these are the long and short tail outcomes of commodification of education, experience, and attention.

It's not just young people and men, it's a whole of society disruption, but sure buy old mates book of humble brags.

I got an invite a few weeks ago, it’s basically just reddit I guess..

Top post has ~300 upvotes and ~100 comments.

I also signed up for a MySpace account, I’m also not sure what that is now.

In fact, I don’t even really know what HN is, I just like that there’s no in-jokes or pictures.

Who’s we, what’re they thinking, and how is it wrong?

I fundamentally agree with the angle of the author(s).

The drug rat thing is a red herring that keeps being used as an anchor to analogise complex and varied behaviours.

The disease model is absolute dogshit, but, it creates the perfect environment for medicalisation and treatment.

And now you have a market.

Nobody needs an explainer on how markets can deviate to create feedback loops, likewise nobody wants to hear that despite plenty of organisations/operations doing great work there are others creating immense harm, misery, and wealth.

My main point is I don’t get the collective we, because the average person has little interaction with models of addiction, I’d argue that most people would struggle to define it, and then the nuance between addiction colloquially (I’m addicted to matcha lattes) vs addiction medically (I’m addicted to opioids) creates even more problems.

No solutions here, just thoughts.

10 isn’t that bad, particularly the iot version.

On that note, I've heard the LTSC version of Windows 11 isn't as horrible.

Since it’s pretty hard to acquire legally the assumption is that MAS is being used, I’d probably go for 10 iot with updates till 2032.

11 LTSC is heaps better than consumer editions but it’s still shite.

The second anticheat embraces Linux windows is deadskies.

The problem is do we want Linux to get all those stuffs like kernel anti cheat?

Said similar thing to the ladybird browser a while ago — I’d prefer it NOT support some features.

I’m all for it, the work steam is doing has done more for Linux uptake than anything else in the last decade or two, I’m nearly at the point where I don’t need windows, even for work.

You can buy very cheap emulation boxes/handhelds from AliExpress pre-configured that will happily run everything up to PS1/n64, people have different opinions on this as they come bundled with roms and bios.

The value proposition of spending 50 bucks and having a plug and play device vs hours of time setting something up is a no brainer for me.

The real problem is that kids already have expectations around technology so are less likely to enjoy/find novel some of the really retro games.

Also, when you get a device that has 10k ROMs bundled curation/signal to noise becomes an issue.

Definitely worth doing but maybe make a plan for what games to play through and adjust expectations that interest will probably only spark around nes/snes onwards.

Edit: Quick browse seems to indicate the Kinhank brand devices are the way to go.

I know I’m not alone in enjoying the rituals and habits around coffee, whether I’m making it, or grabbing a colleague and going for a walk.

Caffeine doesn’t hit the same way nicotine does, but then both are inferior to dexamphet/methylphenidate/modafinil/etc.

I wouldn’t stake my fortune on trying to get something like this off the ground, especially when most convenience stores (barely) sell caffeinated gum.

I would try adding some L-theanine to your caffeine though, 2:1 theanine to caff.

That delivers some of the best bang for buck boost without sucking on pouches or abusing pharmaceuticals, but even then, being non habit forming sometimes I won’t bother rebuying.

Hope I haven’t spoiled anything, best of luck on your product development journey.

Thanks, this is a fair take. Definitley thought about this, caffeine won't ever replace nic.

But as someone who grew up gen z seeing nicotine use everywhere (Zyn, vapes, etc.) and the zombies it could make people, that Palantir/WSJ piece just said to me "this is becoming normalized at work" and I wanted to see if a more controlled alternative would resonate with anyone else.