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Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by germinalphrase on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:03PM (#13494795)
Other than amphetamines and caffiene, what would these 'half of tech'be on?
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by sp332 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:35PM (#13495035)
L-theanine is popular, I take it in a pill but Soylent added it to their coffee product. (Edit: NOS energy drinks also include L-theanine.) Others I've seen around include Bacopa monnieri, choline, Rhodiola rosea. More examples here https://nootrobox.com/full-stack
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by blacksmith_tb on Thursday January 26, 2017 @04:31PM (#13495414)
Some of us consume our l-theanine in tea, which also contains caffeine (and some other friendly phytochemicals).
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by germinalphrase on Thursday January 26, 2017 @06:55PM (#13496555)
Do you favor a particular kind of tea?
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by evo_9 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:18PM (#13494906)
Been a few years but I ran into a coder that bragged to me about working 14 hours straight - regularly - on Adderall. This was during an interview, yeah I passed on that job for some reason.
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by Govannon on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:23PM (#13494950)
As it turns out, Adderall is amphetamine.
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by fdsfsaa on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:05PM (#13494806)
Modafinil and nicotine. Cocaine too, I imagine, although that's more a sales guy thing.
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by fizixer on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:27PM (#13494976)
nicotine through pill, not smoking a cigarette?
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by fdsfsaa on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:37PM (#13495046)
Nicotine is best administrated through gum or a transdermal patch. I haven't heard of many people using it in pill form. Nicotine alone is similar to smoking a cigarette, but not identical: cigarettes also contain MAOI inhibitors which have synergistic effects with nicotine.
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by nv-vn on Thursday January 26, 2017 @05:21PM (#13495814)
Just a minor correction, MAOI = MAO inhibitors. MAOI inhibitors is redundant.
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by eutectic on Friday January 27, 2017 @05:41AM (#13498959)
Lozenges are also available.

It's interesting to note that apparently nicotine is not addictive without the MOAIs from tobacco smoke.

Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by germinalphrase on Thursday January 26, 2017 @09:37PM (#13497280)
Are people not concerned about nicotine dependence?
Re:New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess by iopq on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:41PM (#13495072)
There's also Noopept, which is another stimulant