northband

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Dev by trade for almost 2 decades now. Currently using Rails for the last 5 years - love it. I'm partial to Rails but into all languages - whatever is best for the job.
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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
This is crazy to see this on Hacker News because I have a TX81Z sitting next to me on my rack. I've been using it for a few weeks now and love it for, obviously for Lately Bass, but also other tones I use in arps.
Comment · 4 years ago
My family keeps our own compostable straws in the car. We typically don't ask for straws, lids, bags, etc. There are cases where you may forget, or can't avoid it, but overall it has decreased our yearly plastic use.
Comment · 9 years ago
In a good environment and state of mind good clean acid can freak you out initially but after you peak you have this longer period of a zen like state where it seems you have endless energy and concentration.

That is why I'm interested in microdoses because if it can reproduce that zen period vs. the initial freak out period then it could potentially be very beneficial.

Comment · 9 years ago
I don't doubt that it is unique for being active at such low levels. But the issue I was mentioning is ensuring that it is indeed real LSD and not some similar drug.

Currently there are variations of LSD that are becoming popular because of their legal stance. LSD is illegal but variations of it may not be - thus in some cases may be being passed off as LSD.

Even when there was lots of LSD around there was always the weird variations that just weren't very clean.

Often "family acid" was rated as the best. But the problem is every Tom, Dick, and Harry would swing their crappy acid as "family acid".

Most often you could determine good acid by the artwork on the print. Such as Alex Gray Jesus blotter, Alice and the Looking Glass, Flying Pyramids, etc.

So my point is - I just hope that what we're hearing as LSD is in fact good clean LSD.

Comment · 9 years ago
So this kind of article is excellent and I really am excited about how entheogen can potentially heal productivity to depression.

I have been very interested in this concept and approach as I know several people who could benefit from this - myself included.

Psychedelics are tools and are not to be taken lightly. As much as an advocate as I am for them I also agree that they're not for everyone.

Finally being able to have access to testing and experimentation we may discover even more capabilities.

However, what drives me crazy is how are we supposed to get the medicine? Especially in the case of LSD I am concerned of purity and risk of finding it.

It's a lot different now than it was in the 80's - at least here in the midwest. We no longer have the Grateful Dead and/or "family" providing clean sources. To make matters worse it's most likely the > 40 year olds crowd who would be interested in this but who is going to sell a 'mom or dad looking person' a hit of acid? Hanging out in the concert lot isn't what it used to be ;-).

Perhaps in places like Marin County there still is some availability. I hope so and I hope it once agains paints it's way across the country/world.

Comment · 12 years ago
Comment · 12 years ago
Curious if you've heard of http://phoenixtears.ca/ I don't know if it works for everyone but I can vouch that it does for some.
Comment · 12 years ago
Curious how an article like this makes it to the #1 spot.
Comment · 12 years ago
Hey that's a cool idea - good luck!
Comment · 12 years ago
Cool app - good luck mokkol - that's my approach - micro business apps.
Comment · 13 years ago
There is something going on with pugs. Since getting one we've discovered some sort of cult following - in which we've become victim. For instance, one night I couldn't help myself so I hacked up a quick app - pugrodeo.com for posting pug photos.

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