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by mindgam3 8y ago
I've also experienced this. Intense dreams are a common withdrawal symptom, apparently.
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by mindgam3 8y ago
I’ve also experienced anxiety dreams at various times going back to early childhood. If you can get over the unpleasantness, they’re nothing to be afraid of. In fact they’re usually useful indications from your subconscious about things tha
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by mindgam3 8y ago
Speaking from personal experience (several years of nearly daily use with “off” periods of a few months) - the loss of sharpness was indeed a bit more nebulous but definitely real. On the plus side, I recently discovered low THC, high CBD s
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by mindgam3 8y ago
For those seeking the anti-anxiety benefits of a daily dose of high grade medicinal cannabis without the cognitive impairment associated with THC (notably impairment of short term memory, which is crucial for maintaining flow state while do
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by mindgam3 8y ago
This dispute isn't about my grief, despite your manipulative comments, nor does it have anything to do with Poe's law. It's about you pushing buttons by making insensitive and disrespectful comments, then continuing to feign
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by mindgam3 8y ago
Wait, now you’re claiming that your original post was satire? Perhaps you should clarify that to the multiple people who have responded with comments in earnest. Regarding your claimed motive to cast a negative light on the victimizers, uhh
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by mindgam3 8y ago
“Judging by how many people in this comment thread identify with the traits described in the article, it probably just shows that those traits are pretty ordinary” Or it could point to the fact that the traits that make an effective “hacker
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by mindgam3 8y ago
Yet another article with misleading information about “psychopathy” (“sociopathy”, “antisocial personality disorder”, etc). The fundamental pattern these terms are all trying to address is the same: antisocial behavior, or a consistent patt
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by mindgam3 8y ago
See, your attitude is exactly what is wrong with Silicon Valley culture. You’re joking about technology to give people social bliss seizures for profit, hahaha hilarious. Meanwhile millions of people are actually dying from addiction, and n
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by mindgam3 8y ago
Cute, but your analogy is somewhat flawed as fentanyl is like heroin on steroids. (As long as we’re mixing metaphors...) What the world really needs is the naloxone of social networks.
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by mindgam3 8y ago
Not disagreeing that this predated Facebook. But the problem is that Facebook took this known vulnerability in human psychology and exploited it to the absolute max. The product has been meticulously engineered to push all your social accep
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Is it time to remove Zuckerberg from (his) office?(techcrunch.com)
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by mindgam3 8y ago
100% agree. It’s not like it’s impossible to enforce social norms on the internet. But you have to bake it into the product from the beginning. One of the huge fails here is that early Facebook was actually a nice and civil place to be. I’m
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by mindgam3 8y ago
The general idea of a Dark Score is not a bad concept; you can think of psychopathy as a spectrum from "a bit of an asshole" to "serial killer". But as someone who takes psychology seriously, and who grew up in a family
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by mindgam3 8y ago
I see. In hindsight my comment about “100%” anonymity was misguided. My original intuition was that a cash-bitcoin payment had to be at least “more” anonymous than the alternative of a credit card, but now I’m not so sure. Presumably tracin
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by mindgam3 8y ago
Forgive my ignorance, I’m new to bitcoin. If I buy bitcoin with cash at an ATM, how could a transaction be traced back to me?
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by mindgam3 8y ago
Some VPS providers allow you to pay with bitcoin. In theory this means you could stay 100% anonymous.
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by mindgam3 8y ago
I live with complex PTSD and CBD has been a godsend. For those looking for a flower (to smoke, not tincture) with high CBD and very low THC (reduce anxiety without the high, very conducive to deep focus work) I recently discovered a strain
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by mindgam3 8y ago
> I guess what upsets me is that I feel like to be successful I have to be less myself. I think you might feel this too based on what you said Actually, my point was the exact opposite. The "awkward me" isn't the real me.
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by mindgam3 8y ago
You sound like a fairly self aware person. I’m curious - have you considered practicing social skills like making occasional eye contact, etc? Speaking as someone with enough “issues” (ability to concentrate deeply, socialization issues, aw
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by mindgam3 8y ago
You seem to be making a common mistake about Buddhist detachment. It may be helpful to refer to a simplified version of Buddhism's 4 Noble Truths: 1. Suffering exists. 2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires. 3. Suffering ceases
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by mindgam3 8y ago
Nihilism is not at all aligned with Buddhism. This is a common misperception due to a misunderstanding of so-called emptiness practice. The point of emptiness teachings (that nothing has inherent meaning in and of itself) isn’t that everyth
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by mindgam3 8y ago
Zimbardo is a disgrace. There are legitimate results in the field of psychology, but the Stanford Prison Experiment is not one of them. All it ever proved was that Zimbardo's ethics was highly compromised. In the final paragraph, he cl
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by mindgam3 8y ago
The Subtle Body by Stephanie Syman. Great read.
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by mindgam3 8y ago
More than any specific modality, what I got from the book was confirmation that the way to heal developmental trauma is to create a safe space and then to engage with it. As opposed to seek to hide it or cover it up pharmaceutically as reco
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by mindgam3 8y ago
+1 for The Body Keeps the Score. One of the most useful books on overcoming trauma I've ever read. The idea of Developmental Trauma Disorder is so much more constructive than other models. So many of the things we call "diseases&q
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by mindgam3 8y ago
I wonder how this will affect the founders' reputation.
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Google says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans(theverge.com)
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Facebook to Reorganize After Scrutiny Over Data Privacy(nytimes.com)
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Accused of spying, Kaspersky Lab will show its code and operations to outsiders(theintercept.com)
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