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A Survey of Programmers' Cannabis Usage, Perception, and Motivation

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Re: A Survey of Programmers' Cannabis Usage, Perception, and Motivation

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WalterBright wrote: post #201
thewarrior wrote: post #177

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“ Colleagues worried that Erdős might have become addicted. In 1979, he accepted a $500 bet from his friend Ronald Graham. Graham challenged Erdős to abstain from speed for 30 days. Erdős met the challenge, but his output sank dramatically. Erdős felt the progress of mathematics had been held up by a stupid wager. In an article by Paul Hoffman published in November 1987, Atlantic Monthly profiled Erdős and discussed…

I'm sure any addicted person would perform very poorly when undergoing 30 days of withdrawal. I know when I withdraw from caffeine, the next few days are hopelessly unproductive.

Sure but what if I decided to ban you from using caffeine and throw you in jail because it’s addictive ?

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WalterBright wrote: post #202
thewarrior wrote: post #183

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And that generation was a powerhouse of business, innovation and culture. Counter culture laid the foundation for what we now call Silicon Valley.

Yeah, but that doesn't mean they were high when they were working.

Well actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Dormouse_Said

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dave_sid wrote: post #217
neveradmitmyid wrote: post #135

I've been a heavy, 1 oz. of Indica a week smoker for decades, while being an extremely productive lead and principal software engineer on dozens of highly visible tech products. I am part of a heavy smoking, high tech collective of startup and career research individuals from companies people use everyday. I start my day with a combination of THC and caffeine, which folds into a deep work and research focus lasting t…

Sounds more like an idea you have for a movie than reality

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Post by ModernMech »

mrtksn wrote: post #190
SauciestGNU wrote: post #164

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That was more true prior to legalization. Now with edibles and cartridges and vaporizers you might never know if the person you're talking to is zooted to Mars or not.

It's not right to assume that it's legalised everywhere.

Even if it’s not legalized everywhere, I can 100% guarantee you that edibles and vapes are available for purchase in your local community. There isn’t even a question about that.

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Post by 0xdeadb00f »

crate_barre wrote: post #212
3a2d29 wrote: post #205

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Just out of curiosity, why THC + caffeine? I am a regular coffee drinker, but never smoked at the same time. Is it the caffeine gives you focus, but the THC removes the jitters and antsy-ness that goes along with it?

These people are heavy smokers that probably developed a functional habit (they sort of need the hit to feel normal). You won’t magically get the benefits being espoused, if that’s what you’re thinking.

Very much this. If you're looking at it from a pure productivity standpoint and want to try it out, and aren't a regular toker - don't - because you'll just get really baked. :P

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Post by ses1984 »

LouisSayers wrote: post #216
ses1984 wrote: post #18

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During the day I just kind of loaf around, answer questions on slack, practice music, work out, etc. Late at night is the only time I can get any deep work done.

Why not block out a couple hours during the day where people can't interrupt? This was brought up many times in my last workplace and we found that we could cancel lots of meetings and magically the days became much more free. I also never put slack on my phone, and use the snooze functionality. Usually you can make the time if you really want to.

Why would I do this? What I’m doing works for me.

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Post by 0xdeadb00f »

flatiron wrote: post #15

I got my three kids desks for christmas. Put them down to bed for the night and smoke a little weed. I was shocked how I couldn’t follow ikea desk instructions. Got frustrated and decided to try again sober. I was super shocked the next day how easy it was to follow when sober.

Sometimes smoking completely makes me suck at programming. I can't get my thoughts into the text editor as code. Other times I work just as well as I would have sober.

Most of the time getting high is a good way to get ideas for what personal project to work on next.

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Post by FPGAhacker »

mahogany wrote: post #109
stareblinkstare wrote: post #93

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> not funding drug lords. I avoid illegal drugs for this reason. I hate to break it to you... [Edit: it's best if I expand this comment. The people who currently sell "legal" weed whitewashed illegal operations and coordinated it with lawmakers to put them at the top. Chinese, oddly enough, play a big part at this, since we're on an anti-China bend right now it might be useful to know. This whole legal drug thing...…

Can you expand on this a bit more? I've never heard about this. Are you saying when I go down to my local dispensary that it's owned by China? Or that the local bud is not actually local?

It all depends. I knew a grower in Oregon. They got into growing to provide for chronic pain sufferers (frequently fibromyalgia) since it is more difficult to get prescription pain medication in the US than marijuana.

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Post by w0de0 »

crate_barre wrote: post #212
3a2d29 wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just out of curiosity, why THC + caffeine? I am a regular coffee drinker, but never smoked at the same time. Is it the caffeine gives you focus, but the THC removes the jitters and antsy-ness that goes along with it?

These people are heavy smokers that probably developed a functional habit (they sort of need the hit to feel normal). You won’t magically get the benefits being espoused, if that’s what you’re thinking.

Of course you're right - but drugs usually do deliver the benefits espoused (if often at a Faustian price). Your two statements are a shade oxymoronic.

Addictive habits form suddenly, but not immediately. Every drug requires a period of optional, regular, and increasing use before dependency develops. (Some, like nicotine, can have rapid dependency onset. Others take 6 or more months of intermittent use before withdrawal threatens).

This non-dependent yet regular use is usually driven by genuine (subjective) benefit to the user - euphoria or focus, amnesia or nescience, etc.

This is the essence of the word "drug": if inactive we say supplement, snake oil, homeopathic, etc.

Pharmacology _is_ somewhat magic - absurdly improbable in a way reality, and human endeavor, often is (see: organ transplants, the bioengineered mutant grass known as maize/corn).

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Post by say_it_as_it_is »

stareblinkstare wrote: post #163
mahogany wrote: post #109

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Can you expand on this a bit more? I've never heard about this. Are you saying when I go down to my local dispensary that it's owned by China? Or that the local bud is not actually local?

A large portion of the grow ops are owned by Chinese groups. This is "common knowledge" in circles where people want to grow weed as a business, at scale, and scope out their competitors. This is their competition. The small local growers are not a competition anymore than your mom and pop business is competition to Amazon. People find this surprising, but they've never stopped to ask themselves where did all that we…

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