Quit ~2.5 years ago after ~15 years as a relatively heavy smoker (pack a day at least).
I'll sometimes swipe a cig towards the end of an evening of a drinking though.
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#92I'm interesting in finding out too. I regard nicotine and caffeine, along with emacs, to be essential for a hacking session. Yet of the people I know, smokers vs. nonsmokers seems to be half-and-half.
You should quit smoking. If you are ready to quit, http://www.smokefree.gov/
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
You smoke coke?
I smoke cigarrettes & drink coke :)
You should quit smoking. If you are ready to quit, http://www.smokefree.gov/
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#94I smoke a lot of weed, but I find that smoking while coding disrupts my working memory, which makes coding difficult. Working memory = the memory you use to keep a lot of stuff in mind at once = "the stack". Having to keep referring to the code to figure out my variable names/whatever, instead of just knowing them off the top of my head, slows me down.
Sounds like reason enough to give it up. If you're a coder anyway.
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#95I smoked about a pack a day from ages 17 to 30 (started out of a combination of peer pressure and curiosity). Tried half-heartedly to quit a few times (N.B. quitting for a girl typically will NOT work). I ended up quitting for good because of a minor health scare (I was lugging some heavy stuff up a LONG hill and wasn't doing such a great job oxygenating...I more or less passed out). I didn't have a terrible time qui…
a side "benefit" of smoking is that it wastes your olfaction pretty badly
I didn't realize that lower manhattan and union square / SOMA in SF both smell like pee until after I quit smoking...
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#96I smoked for 6 years; quit cold turkey on a whim earlier this year. Edit: For those looking to quit, the first 3 weeks are pretty shitty, but after that not so bad. I still get the rare craving and occasional dream about smoking, but that's about it. So far the only noticeable plus for me has been that I don't need to feel like a leper in public since for whatever reason most people are horribly offended by cigarette…
good job. Keep it up.
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#97Quit ~2.5 years ago after ~15 years as a relatively heavy smoker (pack a day at least). I'll sometimes swipe a cig towards the end of an evening of a drinking though.
good job.
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Have you tried Red Bull Cola or Pepsi Throwback?
Red Bull Cola is god awful. It tastes like cough syrup. I couldn't bring myself to drink more than the first even when it was free.
It's more enjoyable once your brain connects the taste with the effects.
On a tangental note, while listening to the BOS/NYY game last night one of the announcers mentioned that Joba Chamberlain goes through 6-8 Red Bulls in the dugout during every game. Nasty if true (they were BOS announcers so who knows).
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Have you tried Red Bull Cola or Pepsi Throwback?
Red Bull Cola is god awful. It tastes like cough syrup. I couldn't bring myself to drink more than the first even when it was free.
I'm a massive red bull addict. I guess it's an acquired taste but I love absolutely everything about it. If they only released a caffeine-free version and hopefully a little less expensive, I'd be buying cases a lot more often
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You're talking about those "e-cigarettes" right? How do they compare to the real deal in your opinion? I've been meaning to try one, but many e-cigarette are costly.
no...what he's talking about is essentially a smoke-less pipe/bong.
That's why I asked. I am well familiar with the ganja vaporizer, but the "e-cigarettes" also act as vaporizer of some weird nicotine chemical replacement for tobacco.