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Why? What does it matter for a random video game visualization?
I recommend getting a door sweep. Although my cat got pissed we installed it and started meowing in protest! Luckily that only lasted a few days
Pretty sure most rational western people (on here at least) are the first to acknowledge all the bad things going on in their countries… and most of the comments I’ve read in this thread seem rather supportive of corruption crackdowns? Idk what prompted this rant tbh.
I’m no cannabis fan myself, but the above study you posted is heaviest use and includes schizophrenia, which a man in his 40s is not going to spontaneously develop (even with heavy use).

But of course using cannabis that promotes delusions with something that actively facilitates delusions is a bad combo

Re:My Astrophotography in the Movie Project Hail Mary on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @10:46AM (#47518033)
Uncle Buck is on your list of objectively bad movies?!?!?
Re:FrameBook on Sunday March 08, 2026 @04:48PM (#47301288)
The plastic by the trackpad would turn pink as well from my sweaty hands. Good times.
Re:C++26 Reflection loves QRangeModel on Saturday January 24, 2026 @09:53PM (#46750234)
Most users would not need to use it. But it is invaluable for library/framework authors (like qt).
Re:Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor on Saturday January 17, 2026 @12:37AM (#46655605)
I’ve been a big fan of the big dell curved displays. The U4025QW has been a solid single monitor
Hopefully people don’t see articles like this (for depression) and think the results are the same for anxiety disorders.
Re:C++26 Reflections adventures and compile time UML on Sunday August 03, 2025 @12:23AM (#44774064)
I know the trading firm I work at will be making heavy use of reflection the second it lands… we had a literal party when it made it into the standard.
I actually felt bad for the poor bot :(
Re:Carbon is not a programming language (sort of) on Sunday February 09, 2025 @12:44AM (#42988757)
Oh thanks! That’s really depressing though, I feel like my whole world view has been shattered lmao
Re:Carbon is not a programming language (sort of) on Saturday February 08, 2025 @07:55PM (#42987552)
You mentioned that std::unique_ptr had a runtime cost (versus a raw pointer). I had always assumed the compiler would optimize any of that away (if you have the default deleter). Could you explain what you meant?
Re:Ask HN: Tips for Interview Preparations with ADHD? on Monday January 27, 2025 @12:16AM (#42837669)
Maybe not ADHD specific, but getting a prescription for Propranolol was _the_ biggest game changer for me (for the day-of). It is a beta blocker, commonly prescribed for stage fright (it numbs the flight or fight response/reduces physical symptoms of anxiety).

I only mention it because it can help balance out an ADHD stimulant (and anxiety is commonly co-morbid with ADHD).

Ben Finegold!
Re:Qt and C++ Trivial Relocation (Part 1) on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @10:20PM (#40293741)
It is slowly making its way through the standards committee. https://github.com/cplusplus/papers/issues/43

The author has a fork of clang and gcc with some pretty impressive speedups, so I’m hopeful! https://lists.isocpp.org/sg14/2024/04/1127.php

Re:VSCode Drops Ubuntu 18.04 Support on Sunday February 04, 2024 @11:05PM (#39257171)
I just helped a coworker get his remote vscode working on RHEL7. If you compile glibc from source and install it in some local directory, you can run patchelf —set-interpreter —set-path on ~/.vscode-server/bin/*/node and write to a special “skip requirements file”

touch /tmp/vscode-skip-server-requirements-check

patchelf --set-interpreter /opt/glibc/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --set-rpath /opt/glibc/lib:/opt/glibc/lib64 ~/.vscode-server/bin/*/node Warning: you’ll need gmake and all the gnu tools for building, make sure to ../configure with —disable-werror

Re:Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout? on Sunday November 26, 2023 @01:17PM (#38423643)
+1. I’m grateful because I knew it was in my mental health’s best interest to stop endlessly scrolling /r/all, but I needed a push.
Re:Fastest Branchless Binary Search on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:19AM (#37088384)
It looks like the unpredictable attribute now influences the cmov conversion pass (as of June 1st, so probably in clang 17/18)

https://reviews.llvm.org/D118118

Re:Enjoy Alcohol, Without the Hangover on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:22AM (#36921139)
I love the idea of the nasal naltrexone. Naltrexone has been known for years to reduce the number of drinks consumed (by blocking opioid receptors).

I wish we could figure out a better system for accessing medications like this — like perhaps allowing pharmacists to prescribe low risk medicines in more states.

Re:Hstr: Bash and zsh shell history suggest box on Thursday December 01, 2022 @10:42PM (#33826484)
Well I‘ve never heard of it and just downloaded it. So Thanks OP.
Amazon shutting a 1000 person campus sounds at least mention worthy…
It’s not 12x60 but rather: $60B in Jan $30B in Feb $0 in March.

So $90 billion total.

Re:FDA approves new ADHD drug for children on Monday April 05, 2021 @09:29PM (#26706986)
I found this very informative: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7473988/

It seems to increase 5-HT by 500% (as well as NE and dopamine) in the prefrontal cortex. This hopefully makes it more effective than the other pure NRIs that have been used for ADHD.

The fact that it has less of a cardiovascular impact than a classical NRI or stimulant is neat as well.

Re:Bitcoin as a Battery on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:33PM (#26611683)
I wish I could give this comment HackerNews Gold.
This is literally just a REPL for Go. Are you saying that Go is "off" because the compiled language doesn't include an interactive mode by default? By that logic, there is also something "off" about Rust...
Re:Generate your own sounds with NSynth on Saturday June 24, 2017 @10:59PM (#14628391)
Apple missed a golden objective-c opportunity here.