But normal. The cloud of thoughts gone, I am able to make myself do anything with one thought, I have energy, the aches are gone, the tinnitus is gone, I don't second guess, I don't overthink. I just am and I do. It's amazing. This is what people like Bezos and Musk must be like lol

Amphetamine probably feels like this, too, although many say it's actually quite distinct. The price, (un)availability, very short duration and the comedown are big negatives, sadly.

But yeah, comparing it to caffeine... nah. Can't comment on IV, but I can compare it to insufflated caffeine. It has some similarities, but the important parts are missing. Or maybe I'm just desensitized to caffeine. At least I'm a good fake coke detector lol

I like them, they provide privacy from people and cameras, while also increasing protection from many viruses and bacteria (provided you don't take it off to scratch your nose).

Common cold and the flu has gotten way less common since 2020. Freaking amazing, since the symptoms can literally incapacitate me for a week or two. I hate the cold and flu.

In fact, that's the best way to do it. Get a good bike and modify it into an electric. You get much better customization and quality for the price.

But that's not for everyone. Perhaps someone with access to funding can start a chain of conversion shops... but honestly, Swapfiets is cheaper.

Yes, socketed CPU on a laptop! The HP equivalent to the M4400, Elitebook 8530w, even had a slotted GPU (MXM slot), which you could upgrade, wow! I loved doing that kind of upgrade with older workstations.

Sadly, Haswell is the last chip that was socketed on laptops. Anything newer and you get a pre-soldered chip that you can't upgrade.

They can be overclocked substantially, partly thanks to FIVR (VRMs on-die, Haswell exclusive, very hot - literally), often outperforming Skylake and even newer chips lol

Only solution nowadays if you want a laptop is to get one of the rare ones using a desktop CPU. They're surprisingly not as huge as you'd imagine, about the same as the article's Elitebook. Still, a pain in the ass.

Amazon warehouses are staffed with immigrants in Europe. And they would simply not be able to do anything IT related.

It might seem easy for us, but it's not. We're talking about people who can't reinstall Windows. They won't be doing manual unit testing anytime soon, or ever, nevermind anything more complicated.

German companies love keeping it local. Things like manual app testing are advertised as Minijobs, but very few are applying. And of course, they complain about a lack of workers. So outsourcing can make sense beyond saving every penny.

I should know, I'm from a country where IT is "booming"... Most of it is tedious boring work that was outsourced by western companies because no one there wants to do it, plus it's cheaper than even creating some automated processes.

Still, that's a pessimistic way to look at it. It's a good thing, and it can grow into something better.

I printed about 50 graphs+text pages on new cartridges, now one's low the rest are about half.

WTF.

Walnut trees are used on roadsides, they're perfect for it, zero maintenance, keeps the soil from moving/sliding and kills weeds. Random people just harvest them if they want to.

The store prices on them make no sense. Just like bananas :D

On that note, walnuts are so expensive, meanwhile they grow literally everywhere around here with no special care or anything.

They'll catch up eventually. See how some politicians are already starting to call on mining bans.

They can easily fully ban it and enforce it. Let's say, put mining on the same level as growing weed or making heroin.

Your super first kind of decentralized money is now fucked.

No SSRIs worked, I'm simply immune to that shit. It makes me feel worse, even more suicidal than usual, even if taken long term. And withdrawals ain't pretty.

So, enter gabapentin and pregabalin. Which no doctors would prescribe as they're for those with epilepsy or something and I'm just a fucking idiot in their eyes.

No matter, I can buy it freely right now.

Both of them work on voltage gated calcium channels, something I do not fully understand.

But I do understand they work, and they work well. As long as I take either, I'm chill, content and even creative.

Doesn't help with attention/focus, but at least it works for the anxiety and depression.

Apparently they're prescription only because a small percentage of people reported euphoric feelings. Damn narcs lol.

Yes, when initially taken in high enough dosages, both gabapentin and pregabalin gave me very euphoric feelings, insane waves of energy, somewhat between alcohol and cannabis, really nice.

However that subsided after several months and now it's only the quiet chill feeling.

Withdrawal is fast, if you taper down over a week there are no effects. If you quit cold turkey, it's a few nights of nightmares or insomnia. Overall, really not bad compared to anything else.

So yeah, they work, they work well and I wish doctors actually put their brains to use and made them more readily available.

Just make them OTC because few people can put up with the regular begging they have to do for life changing medication.

I forgot how many windings it has, I think around 300 on the input side and 40 on the output.

Wiring it was a major pain in the ass, as the core is round, a closed circle.

And it draws too much current when idle, which means I have not used enough wire on the input side or the core is too small, fuck knows, I was 14 when I made it.

It does weld well, especially on DC through 4 huge diodes I also found in some scrap.

Sorry for my English, I'm drunk and tired.

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I'd imagine Facebook or any other big company would've been able to get their hands on them.

Or are they waiting for the next generation of headsets to use them?

By specs, those seem great. Resolution is one of the most important things in VR goggles.

God fucking damn, every time I think about it I want to die. In fact, I want to die any time.

You know how much this shit ruined my life? No, you don't.

And no one will help. "Doctors". Useless garbage.