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New comment by demiters in "The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe"

demiters — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:33:16 +0000

And even Mac is doing well with games, most of my library runs natively. Baldurs Gate 3 runs better on the newer Apple chips than my somewhat aging gaming PC.

New comment by demiters in "How many video games include a marriage proposal? At least one"

demiters — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:52:35 +0000

Don't see it mentioned yet - the guy behind the fantastic YouTube channel CodeParade created a beautiful little game, custom engine and everything, all just to propose to his girlfriend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EF91O2wMX0

New comment by demiters in "Universe expansion may be slowing, not accelerating, study suggests"

demiters — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:01:37 +0000

Time to get some crunch insurance?

New comment by demiters in "My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4"

demiters — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:06:59 +0000

M2 here also, still flies for cross platform mobile development. The 250GB storage space is a bit tight without external storage but my dev environment is lean and purges caches every day so I manage easily.

New comment by demiters in "Fight Chat Control"

demiters — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 21:30:53 +0000

Ah, that makes sense.

New comment by demiters in "Fight Chat Control"

demiters — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:55:06 +0000

That's not only asinine but also poorly worded. How is this getting approved?

New comment by demiters in "A.I. researchers are negotiating $250M pay packages"

demiters — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 07:22:18 +0000

Before an imminent recession you might want to focus on funds that primarily cover sectors that enjoy steady demand even during crisis, like utilities, consumer staples, healthcare, maybe some hedge against inflation like precious metals. I would avoid tech and luxuries and would definitely avoid crypto also. There is no historical data to show how it would perform during a serious recession (Bitcoin was basically born during the last one) but I doubt it would be pretty.

New comment by demiters in "Psilocybin decreases depression and anxiety in cancer patients (2016)"

demiters — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:38:33 +0000

Is it even possible to solve the issue of there being no convincing placebo? Would a different hallucinogen like 4-HO-MET work, where the visual experience component is similar, but the visceral effect on consciousness and thought patterns is less pronounced, almost sober like?

New comment by demiters in "Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface"

demiters — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:29:52 +0000

I can only speak for my own circle that I know about where test kits are the norm. Anecdata isn't ideal but it does seem to be valuable as long as the reader considers both positive and negative reports equally and understands the risks rather than just yoloing. I still consider Erowid a great harm reduction resource, TripSit wiki is also fantastic, and I very much support the approach taken by the Subjective Effect Index website.

New comment by demiters in "Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface"

demiters — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:21:40 +0000

You're right. I'm all for across-the-board decriminalisation btw. But I don't really know where a responsible balance would be for psychedelic availability, my intuition is we shouldn't be aiming at OTC disposable DMT vapes etc.

New comment by demiters in "Bill Atkinson's psychedelic user interface"

demiters — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:11:26 +0000

Not a big fan of the ongoing productisation of transcendental, possibly brain-scrambling experiences. Keeping them somewhat less accessible tends to filter out people who don't do their homework to understand the substance and who consider it just another novel experience to try on a whim, which increases the risk of negative outcomes.