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It would be great if they could improve upon it.

I find nicotine to be an underperforming chemical, despite its popularity. A bit more of a cognitive kick would be nice. Know what I mean?

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I get what you mean, but "more addictive stimulant with a stronger cognitive kick" is one of those product requirements that starts to sound less appealing the longer you think about it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Acacia_species_known_t...

Yes but I'm just looking to be a little more focused on tedious tasks, not hang out with the machine elves.

Interesting that some acacia produce nicotine and dmt..

Your talking about cocaine right?

Modafinil? Ritalin? The latter is great for tedious tasks.

“1 hour, full power” is the dream. Something where I could get those last things done in the evening without disrupting my sleep.

Chemically possible? Why not?

Lots of drugs will get you where you’re looking to go.

Going to bed and waking up an hour earlier,

working immediately upon wakefulness,

will keep you there.

"The star that burns twice as bright lasts half as long, Roy."

It's also great for totally messing up your brain chemistry and your reward wiring. Wouldn't touch it myself.

I'm sure if you did it once or twice a year it'd be fine but let's be real, anyone who's willing to take it in the first place (outside of having a genuine medical reason like narcolepsy/ADHD) will want to take it a lot more than that.

Besides, in the long run - measured over weeks or months - these absolutely will not give you a productivity boost anyway comparable to sorting out your sleep/exercise/diet/mental health.

ADHD stimulants promised a lot in terms of motivation -- but only made me do the thing I already wanted to do instead of work... more.

So instead of plugging away on house work or chores or my employer's boring work, I was building compilers and databases from scratch at 3am, unable to sleep.

And then I checked my blood pressure. Oops.

Also seemed directly implicated in a loved one of mine acquiring an eating disorder.

1/10 would not recommend.

Sad! It mush have been something amphetamine-based. Ritalin, from experience, makes me visibly grumpy, because everything is wrong! Everything should be properly fixed! The desk should be cleaned. The code should be reviewed, bugs fixed, tests expanded and enhanced. That ticket is annoyingly obvious, it should be done in 10 minutes, dammit. Well, more like an hour, but now it's fixed for real. The chair squeaks, it's insufferable, where are my hex bits? Etc, etc.

It wears out quickly enough though, maybe in 3 hours.

Yeah, no, I trialed both vyvanse (amphetamine) and concerta (ritalin-ish). Both stimulants, and basically the same downsides to both.

I know there's at least one nicotine analogue that's been sold. Pretty sure it's carcinogenic, but maybe there are some other options.

This isn’t how drug discovery works at all.

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