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Switched from cigarettes to JUUL after 10 years of smoking.

I agree on the coughing, but from a straight-up nicotine delivery standpoint, cigarettes seem more pronounced for me.

I smoked for ten years and recently switched to vaping. I don't believe it is necessarily healthier or less addictive, but I do think it might be easier on the lungs and vocal cords (I sing), even though not vaping or smoking at all is clearly the best option.

So, I have tried patches before, and I got relentlessly addicted to them. I wore them for something like two years. I have ADHD and take stimulant medication for it, and stimulants are pretty famous for causing tobacco users to smoke a lot more.

After I got used to the e-cigarettes/vaping, I don't want to go back. I decline offers from friends for real cigarettes when out drinking at bars/etc., and I have had a pack of cigarettes in my house for about 6 weeks now without smoking a single one. The taste and smell just isn't good anymore now that I'm off the "analogs".

It's hard to know how much nicotine I'm ingesting, though. Smoking real cigarettes now gives me a strong nicotine buzz that I don't get from vaping, like that infamous light-headed feeling beginner smokers get. I suspect this is due to vaping delivery being less efficient and more gradually throughout the day, but you would think it would be easier to compare, say, a JUUL to a standard cigarette.

The other problem I've had with my JUUL is leaking. The last few pods I have vaped, have all leaked considerable amounts of liquid - sometimes on my lips, sometimes on the sides of the pod and into the chamber. I'm not sure if this is an issue with my device or QC. I clean the device regularly with a Q-Tip. Obviously, leaked liquid is not ingested or vaped, so that's lost nicotine and can't be counted. The same applies to any liquid left in a JUUL pod when it is thrown away. I've started throwing away pods before they are completely empty, because its not working as well. Air bubbles are also a problem and lead to poor performance.

Just my experience, I'm sure I'll get harassed for this since I'm discussing vape usage, but addictions are addictions, and not everyone wants to quit.

A truly horrible environment for anyone with anything resembling ADHD. And probably those without difficulty concentrating as well.

I’m sure that depends on company culture. What you describe in a way sounds like big company culture. I am curious how this works in mostly-remote companies.

I think it’s a good idea to list versions at the top of the articles.

Not anymore, I don’t believe.

There are certain artists who are fantastic, but I guess it’s not easy to be objective with something g like music. What one person likes another hates. As for support, production quality alone is huge. Nearly everything I listened to today has sooo many vocal layers. Comparing a song I’m writing in the kitchen and recording on voice memos to a singer with his voice layered 4, 8, 12 times perhaps multiple background singers (very subtle) or heavily effected with vocoders/etc... of course your recording sounds like an average voice over mediocre instrumentation. The pros don’t sound polished on voice memos either, which is why you never hear of any pros releasing them.

I’m right there with you, in a very sad way.

I do not understand the "ly"-suffixed app name trend.

Google Domains is cheap, and has a simple, fast interface (lightyears easier to use than GoDaddy, for example). No idea on if there are many missing features. Surely they have integrated it with APIs by now so you could programmatically add domain names, if needed.