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iamiam

47 karma · joined April 20, 2017

Engineer by day. Engineer by night. Engineer by morning. Workaholic into coding.
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iamiam··on America’s First Amphetamine Epidemic 1929–1971 (2008)
I think that's a great practice and not uncommon.
iamiam··on America’s First Amphetamine Epidemic 1929–1971 (2008)
You should have started with just 5mg. 30mg is a lot for an initial dosage.

Great that an alternative seems to be working for you though.

iamiam··on Confessions of a Book Pirate (2010)
Yes, Safari is a good deal...they also have a nice trial period which requires a simple signup/no payment.
iamiam··on Confessions of a Book Pirate (2010)
Thanks Dang for posting the links -- interesting!
iamiam··on Confessions of a Book Pirate (2010)
I agree in terms of the economics of it for many readers at least. I buy a lot of books. I would buy a lot more e-books I think if prices were reasonable i.e sub $5, vs. usually being as much a print copy. I also gift many books. I recently downloaded 200+ books via b-ok.org...most of which I certainly wouldn't have bought and probably half of which I won't open for years if ever. Two months later, though, a couple of the books I enjoyed that I've ordered new copies to be sent as gifts as friends.

I would be a good candidate for something like Kindle Unlimited, but most of the books I'm interested in aren't available there. At least half the books I downloaded (many academic as well as poetry and other books) are not available on Kindle Unlimited.

Subscription music aggregators seem to have a pretty decently comprehensive offering in a way that the book, news, and movie aggregators don't.

It would be a little weird, but if there was an app where I could read any book but every 20th page or so was some full page ad...I could live with that (as long as it wasn't a video or something). Not sure if that kind of a model could work in terms of the economics for writers -- but it's of course working for news mostly and for some film sites like Tubi and Pluto.

iamiam··on Adderall Tolerance
One other thought. Check the manufacturer of your Adderall. The "potency" can vary significantly between different manufacturers.
iamiam··on Adderall Tolerance
Not sure...so just throwing out ideas here. Perhaps try meditation for 20 minutes or so a day and twice daily exercise to help too. Maybe go off the Adderall for a week or two...try to step up the meditation/exercise (maybe coffee too)...then try the Adderall again? Or take it less frequently, like 4 days a week?
iamiam··on Chrome Won
I also use Epic -- Epic is a great Chrome alternative...it takes a little getting used to, but it's fast & private.
iamiam··on Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation
skiplagged.com is really cool too.
iamiam··on Calculus Made Easy (1914) [pdf]
So many of these old textbooks are much clearer than ones of today. And they're no-nonsense, "What one fool can learn, another can learn."