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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
