Hmm, i thought your body builds tolerance to LSD very quickly. I've seen people at music festivals take twice as much the next day to get the same effect.
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You may be right. But I see it from a different angle. I don't see this as using drugs to get through the day. I see it as trying to get something for nothing. It feels like a very Silicon Valley attitude to want to discover a free lunch; some sort of bonus optimization. I would probably most expect this to come from Silicon Valley, Wall Street, professional sports, etc. Anywhere that fosters an attitude of seeking s…
It's not trying to get "something for nothing", it's trying to tune your brain/body to the workload you actually perform by altering the way signals propagate. Tuning low-level settings to optimize the stack for the workload expected is standard engineering practice. Heck, we even do it in hardware: deciding if we want higher single-thread performance or higher throughput for a given heat envelope.
It sounds you practice micro dosing? You speak nearly in a vernacular about it
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#73It's hard for me to imagine getting any meaningful programming work done on even a low dose of acid.
One look at my computer and I go "I sure waste a lot of my life on this thing. I'm going to go outside."
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#74What I wonder is whether the stuff on the street is really LSD. There's a lot of counterfeit material floating around, and (as far as I know) no testing kits that can detect the real thing. I'd be very wary -- especially at larger doses.
LSD is usually LSD because it is way more potent per unit volume than any other recreational drug. It's also cheap per dose. In terms of not knowing what you are getting it's much more common to find stuff like 'mdma' actually containing LSD. It's true it can be hard to know the dose. I'd also be very wary more because LSD can cause harm than it possibly being something else.
As an aside here's a dosage guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/2hg6io/different_dosag...
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#75Hmm, i thought your body builds tolerance to LSD very quickly. I've seen people at music festivals take twice as much the next day to get the same effect.
It does. You're supposed to microdose every 4 days to avoid tolerance buildup.
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#76I would strongly encourage anyone looking for new perceptions that aid in concentration and/or creativity to first really try, and properly try, and without giving up too soon, the art of meditation. It's cheaper, safer, longer-lasting, and most certainly a higher-quality experience once properly learned.
I'll second that. There is nothing that will change your life more than developing a daily meditation practice. My mindfulness practice helps me to achieve direct insights in software engineering, though that's not the reason I do it. I do it for the insights into my own psyche, and for my mental health. It just happens to be the case that quieting the chatter in you mind will help you step out unproductive thought p…
Does meditation quiet the mental chatter only while meditating, or do you find it has a calming effect in general throughout the day? (Did you perhaps alter other aspects of your life as well to contribute to that, such as reducing exposure to the news? Something else I am considering.)
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I cannot agree with this enough. I have a very very very rigid morning routine that includes deep breathing and internal listening. I started doing this when DigitalOcean began to scale and my Dr. prescribed Fluoxetine, I learned about meditation for concentration and creativity. Not only was I able to manage my stress better and curb my adderall usage, but I also became more focused and sharper. Edit: I've tried all…
Can you suggest where one can start learning "how" to meditate?
There are also meditation classes given all over the place. Try a web search for "meditation" and your geographical location, and you're bound to find something. You can also look at physical bulletin boards in libraries and coffee shops. Those often have fliers for some meditation centers or courses. You can also look for meditation-related meetups on meetup.com or on craigslist. Finally, you can try asking around at your local religious establishment. Though it's mostly associated in popular consciousness to the Eastern religions, meditation has played important roles in all the major religions.
One thing to keep in mind is that there are lots and lots of different approaches to meditation. An approach that has been mostly de-religionized called "mindfulness meditation" has been very popular in the West in recent years, but there are many, many other methods too. Unfortunately, I know of no one comprehensive guide to all the different types. The information tends to be scattered all over the place.
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You're comparing apples to oranges though.
If that's so then I'd say apples (LSD) and oranges (meditation) are both fruits of inner discovery and empowerment. Meditation is a much more sustainable, healthy solution, though
You really should try both though.
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#80It's hard for me to imagine getting any meaningful programming work done on even a low dose of acid. One look at my computer and I go "I sure waste a lot of my life on this thing. I'm going to go outside."
I'm pretty sure I'd just fall down a YouTube hole and never recover.