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Other than amphetamines and caffiene, what would these 'half of tech'be on?
by germinalphrase 10y ago
Other than amphetamines and caffiene, what would these 'half of tech'be on?
- fdsfsaa 10y agoModafinil and nicotine. Cocaine too, I imagine, although that's more a sales guy thing.
- fizixer 10y agonicotine through pill, not smoking a cigarette?
- fdsfsaa 10y agoNicotine 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.
- germinalphrase 10y agoAre people not concerned about nicotine dependence?
- evo_9 10y agoBeen 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.
- Govannon 10y agoAs it turns out, Adderall is amphetamine.
- sp332 10y agoL-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 https://nootrobox.com/full-stack
- blacksmith_tb 10y agoSome of us consume our l-theanine in tea, which also contains caffeine (and some other friendly phytochemicals).
- germinalphrase 10y agoDo you favor a particular kind of tea?
- iopq 10y agoThere's also Noopept, which is another stimulant