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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Posted by
northband on Monday June 22, 2015 @11:55PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I know this is non-tech, but I got a couple extra tix to this weekend's Fare The Well show's in Santa Clara and curious if anyone wants to buy them for cheap.I apologize if this is inappropriate - it's just it will be a good show and close if you're in the bay area.
Posted by
northband on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @01:12PM
from the self-post dept.
We have a where we provide instructional training through the form of videos, web-text modules, and online testing.We are wondering whether we need to collect sales tax? Our company is not in the US and so far we have been collecting sales tax but with the launch of a new service we're wondering if this is needed.So curious - how many people out there are collecting sales tax on your apps?Thanks!
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.
Curious how an article like this makes it to the #1 spot.
Hey that's a cool idea - good luck!
Cool app - good luck mokkol - that's my approach - micro business apps.
Posted by
northband on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @02:44PM
from the show-hn dept.
http://pugrodeo.com
I couldn't help myself. I whipped up a quick web app for sharing pug photos. Those little stinkers circle 3 times and nestle into your heart!
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.
Looks awesome while listening to Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2
Posted by
northband on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @03:19PM
from the ask-hn dept.
We have several hundred GB of files and need to share them across physical locations as well as allow our staffers to access from anywhere.We want something like Adobe Bridge for any files. Also like our own cloud.Can anyone suggestion some tools they've used for this sort of need?
Posted by
northband on Friday September 20, 2013 @10:36AM
from the ask-hn dept.
I'm new in the area and looking to meet up with Rubyists and some Javascript coders to work on some projects. Most importantly I'm looking for 'nice people' ;-)Give me a shout out if you're in the area.
I read about Chris back in '94 or so and was moved. I sold everything I had and decided to head out into the Colorado wilderness.
However, while working and saving for my trip I saw Phish and ended up going on Phish tour '95 instead.
Whether you head into the wilderness or follow your favorite band - IMO life on the road is a great building block for life.
There's hardly a period that goes by where I don't somehow think about my time spent on the road.
(...and I still see Phish every year ;-))
UPDATE: As it turns out they had bad contact info to contact us when the issue first occurred. So in all fairness they did make an attempt to get ahold of us. However, there still is the issue of handling support when you need it. Meaning, there has to be a way to support your users during a time of crisis vs. simple blackout - no matter who's a fault etc...
I agree.
In our case it would be nice to have an account manager. As far as phone support I think the idea itself is comforting, however, it doesn't mean a solution is going to be fixed any quicker.
Regardless of the means - whatever you use has to work. I can't recall what it was but I had some sort of situation where you had to call and leave a message for support (ISP maybe?). The idea seemed ridiculous, but I was assured that it would work. Low and behold, it did - this business promptly returned calls and sorted out support issues. SO despite the weirdness of it, it did in fact work.
Posted by
northband on Monday June 24, 2013 @11:05PM
from the ask-hn dept.
Today our payment processor shut us down w/o much, if any, warning and a very vague reason. To make matters worse, though we made several attempts to contact them we got zero help. I did eventually contact a staffer via Twitter who told me 'someone was looking into it' but that was it. So we spent the day checking email, twitter, and logs looking for some sort of sign that we're back up. ...
Thanks everyone - domain.com/artist is what it will be. Look forward to a Show HN: soon once I get this put up.
Posted by
northband on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @11:55AM
from the ask-hn dept.
I'm putting together a simple web app that profiles artists. I'm curious which is better for search engines - having the artist at the beginning of the domain or after?
Posted by
northband on Friday May 24, 2013 @05:22PM
from the show-hn dept.
http://www.pugrodeo.com/
This is what happens when a programmer gets a pug? I just put this on Heroku - enjoy.
I'm hoping to make a pilgrimage to the Gorge this year. I'm happy to see this article here on Hacker News as Phish has been a central point in my life for going on 20 years.
I completely agree. I think a common misconception is all psychedelics are the same - but last different times. Definitely not the case. They may share common characteristics but definitely have a personality of their own ;-)
Love seeing the rise in interest in psychedelics posts here. I have always had a strong interest in 'entheogens'. Its hard to write about such a subject matter due to their powerful nature. All I can say is early on it was about fun and partying, but over time the lesson I learned was they are powerful tools not to be taken because you have them but instead when you need them. Lately my interest has been in ayahuasca. Seems from what I have read its more of a healing tool.
Very cool - can't wait to use in my app via your API. Nice work fellas.
Nice app - a great alternative to some of the popular hosted services. Great work guys.