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solitus··on Ask HN: How do you navigate Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Magnesium Byglycinate + Zinc
solitus··on As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick
Can you provide sources for "moderate THC in teenagers makes them permanently less intelligent".

This study implies that it's not really true: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1516648113#sec-5

solitus··on As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick
Was a stoner from age 15 to 25 (first joint at 12-13), I started smoking less and less at 25 and have recently just totally stopped in my early 30s (I might take a puff here and there once in while socially, but even then). Most of my friends were also stoners, some still are. I cannot stress this enough, if you get high EVERY day or EVERY other day from 15 to 25 it really does something to your motivation in life.

I still struggle with motivational problems (ADHDish issues), but I think I've been lucky. I have friends that will probably never achieve anything meaningful in life and that is despite having had access to the best education available (private schools), parents that were MORE than okay, welp being privileged you know... Now some of them cannot stand normalcy (i.e.: working).

There is a world of difference between starting weed when you're 25 and smoking a little bit VS getting HIGH almost everyday from 13-15 onwards.

When we were young we convinced ourselves that weed was not dangerous at all...fools.

I'm about to be a dad, I'll make sure my kids know what's up.

solitus··on I'm an addict
I agree, sometimes I feel like I should become an electrician. When I have to do manual work, I do manual work. When I have to code...it can go in many directions.
solitus··on I'm an addict
Replace the word "religion" by "communal life philosophy" and perhaps you'll start understanding its actual value.

I've been reading Stoic philosophers for some time now and it has helped me a lot. Christianity seems to take a lot from them and adds a mythical spin.

I think the biggest issue with religion stems from the fact that many people fail to understand religious texts are not factual they are metaphorical. Unfortunately, throughout history (and still today) this misunderstanding has been used and led to an incalculable number of heinous crimes.

solitus··on A whole website in a single JavaScript file
I'd love an example where the user updates some piece of data. The update should be displayed right away to the user and in a DB.
solitus··on The “agencies of one” storm is coming
Yeah I'm not sure I would want to offer unlimited hours to multiple clients.
solitus··on Why don’t we just open the windows? Covid-19 prevention lost in translation
Where do you live?
solitus··on Firefox is the 45th result when searching for “Firefox” on Windows Store
Who the fuck uses the Windows Store?
solitus··on Memory leaks are crippling my M1 MacBook Pro
My hot reload JS dev server crashes on my M1 16GB between 1 to 7 times a week. This has never happened on my Windows 10 desktop machine (16GB too) with the same code base. My M1 is still ~15% faster though.
solitus··on Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the government says it is
There are maximum prices on a few items like milk in Canada (at least in Quebec).

Note: the regulation targets “basic” milk, not pimped out milk with omega-3, 19g proteins, without lactose etc.

solitus··on The Single-Page-App Morality Play
What was horrible about it if u were able to be productive in a day?
solitus··on Bitcoin: Who owns it, who mines it, who’s breaking the law
Good to know, thanks for the link!
solitus··on Bitcoin: Who owns it, who mines it, who’s breaking the law
Is 3% really "small"?
solitus··on Amazon Is Lobbying the US Government to Make Pot Legal
"had to take a break"

more like: "wanted to get high on a nice day out"

solitus··on If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?
The 3 months hiatus sounds like a luxury for most yes, but 35 hours a week is standard in many developed country...
solitus··on If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?
"J'fais dla poudre, pour travailler plus, pour faire plus d'argent, pour faire plus de poudre, pour travailler plus, pour faire plus d'argent..."

Classic Punk song from Vulgaires Machins (Québec band), translates to: "I do coke, to work more, to make more money, to do more coke, to work more, to make more money..."

solitus··on If You’re So Successful, Why Are You Still Working 70 Hours a Week?
Out of curiosity what do you do?
solitus··on Big Tech Is Coming to Small-Town America, but at What Cost?
I disagree, these contractors do the exact same job as some Google employees. They are directly part of "big tech", if they weren't there FAANG companies would grind to a halt.
solitus··on GitHub Copilot
Honestly, the only reason I'm still doing work in front of a computer is that it pays well. I'm really starting to think I should have followed my gut instincts when I was 17 and go to trade school to become an electrician or a carpenter...
solitus··on JWT should not be your default for sessions
Your front-end probably does not need to know about the signature which is the part you leave in an HTTP only cookie.
solitus··on JWT should not be your default for sessions
Localstorage is prone to XSS.

You can split the JWT to have parts stored in cookie and another in localstorage. Stich the two together on the server.

solitus··on They want us to be compliant, not secure
Had auditors actually surprised that I wanted to fix the issues they’d found, they were under the impression we were going to shelve the report.
solitus··on Regular cannabis use were associated with poorer cognitive performance
No. It would be like saying: one person ate kale all day while the other ate red cabbage.
solitus··on An Ecology of Mind: A daughter's portrait of Gregory Bateson
Unless humans remain for millions of years, nature has the upper hand. Hence humans should get with nature's program, not the other way around.

Disclaimer: I am for technological advancements, I'm not saying we should stop and go live in caves. I merely think we should try to connect with nature at a deeper level; we'd probably all be happier for it.

solitus··on OpenCore bootloader – open-sourced Apple UEFI drivers, enabling Hackintosh
I'm looking at doing the same thing. I've been struggling with my PC all week. Second time this year, usually the only good avenue for a fix is to format and re-install Windows... I've had enough. My Macbook Pro 2015 has been doing just fine for 5 years and is currently doing great with a new battery. So I'm almost officially a console guy now QQ, guess I'm getting too old for this sh!t.
solitus··on Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe Covid-19
It is.
solitus··on A fight against Amazon becomes a state matter in Quebec
The amount of Quebec bashing on this thread (and hacker news in general) ironically highlights the reason why Quebec has been so protective and defensive of its culture; get bashed and put down enough and obviously you'll turn a little bitter towards your bullies.
solitus··on A fight against Amazon becomes a state matter in Quebec
Quebec can generate a ton of power on its own though...I doubt Quebec will be in "real" trouble by then. Also you are talking 20 years from now mate...
solitus··on Ask HN: What change in your programming technique has been most transformative?
+1 from me. Every time I revisit code that I wrote cleverly I roll my eyes at myself. What was I trying to prove, now I have to put more effort in understanding my "cleverness" instead of quickly going through the change I have to implement.
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