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appsonify··on Sub-Acute Effects of Psilocybin on Empathy, Creative Thinking
just saw his lecture....fascinating stuff....I believe him
appsonify··on Is Elon Musk trying to commit ‘suicide by SEC’ by taunting the agency?
I drove the Ford Fiesta before, the small size made it easy to park and fun to drive.
appsonify··on Sub-Acute Effects of Psilocybin on Empathy, Creative Thinking
I tried Psilocybin on two different occasions and two very different trips. The first being pleasant, the second being my last.

The first time I took it, I was outside. The very first thing I notice is just how vivid the green leaves swaying in the wind were. How calm, serene, peaceful. Then I started seeing the walls, "breathe". I've never been able to feel such inner peace before. In this moment, I realized, I have so much potential. We all do, yet it's our own doubts, and the internalized opinion of others or vanity metrics hindered our progress. I've found "spiritualism". I started playing Gran Turismo and realized how effortless I've been able to drive around the Nordschliefe. Normally I'd crash but I was putting no effort yet I was playing at a level that surpassed my normal everyday skill. Then I started joining meetups. Like groups that I never thought I'd join. I was suddenly interested in women's rights, I got interested in Hinduism.

The next day, the inner peace continued to linger. However, after a few months, I was back to my old self.

So this econd time, I upped the dose (bad idea). This time I stayed in my room (another bad idea). Instead of the inner peace, I was in a state of panic. There were some scary visuals like the Eye of Providence, I could feel the presence of some extra-terrestrial intelligence, looking at me, judging me with those unchanging Eye on the US dollar bill.

I headed downstairs and the visuals just got stranger. I close my eyes and see complex geometrics, and reopen them to see math formulas everywhere. I was getting even more panicky and I head to lie down.

Then I experienced what is called "Ego Death". I felt like I was dead. No identity, no awareness. It was awful, I longed for anything, any sort of order and structure I had in my normal reality. I was thinking "yup I fucked up. I poisoned myself. good god."

During the ego death, the only certainty I felt was Math. Math is the language of both this universe and the fabric of our universe. We are made out of math. The gut feelings we get, the emotions, thoughts, they were ultimately mathematical manifestations. This was the intuition I was feeling, a spiritual plane where Everything is Everything while being Nothing. The ubiquity and the ephemeral nature of both our life, and the universe.

There is a positive story out of this. I came out of the ego death, and I was sooooo thankful that there was something in this reality instead of nothing. The trip was not over, and I started seeing this bright pulsating object that looked like a symbol of sorts....kinda like a lightning symbol appear right above between the eye brows of the people I looked at!

I am not a religious person and have not come into contact with any Hinduism materials but when I looked up the Hindu symbol for the Third Eye, I almost fell out of my chair-it was the same. I never even heard or seen the Third eye before, and I was just reading other people's trips and there were people who saw the exact same thing....

After the trip was over, the next morning, I woke feeling light. It felt like I sat in a sauna but instead of sweating out chemical toxins, my spirit felt like it was cleansed. I did make some positive life changes....but ended up right back where I was.

It seems like you need to keep taking psilocybin to see the benefits but after that trip, I'd rather not open that door anymore. It was frightening more than it was awakening but perhaps because the possibility that our material reality that the Western civilization claims is be-all and end-all is not only incorrect but immature-civilizations and cultures that existed longer all have gone through such stages, and eventually gave way to spirituality at some point.

appsonify··on U.S. Wage Growth Is 'Higher Than We Think,' Fed Researchers Say
US is doing just fine. It's countries like China that is now facing a combination of subprime mortgage of sorts, except it is not limited to only residential real estate but entire state owned corporations which can no longer just be bailed out as before.
appsonify··on Is Elon Musk trying to commit ‘suicide by SEC’ by taunting the agency?
You mean those small Japanese Kei cars? They are really cute.
appsonify··on Is Elon Musk trying to commit ‘suicide by SEC’ by taunting the agency?
ah I was not aware that Porsche did that, is there example of this? I'm a petrolhead myself.
appsonify··on We Need Chrome No More
Chrome is poised to comletely monopolize the browser share market.

You can't fault them either for doing this, this is just what pubic companies do, maximize returns for shareholders and monopolies are the hen that lays golden eggs.

This article will not be seen beyond HN. The fact is the vast majority of Chrome users don't care that other browser exists, and don't want it as long as it is convenient for them (to keep using a familiar platform thats worked well).

Anyways, this is just my two cents. I just don't see myself using Firefox anymore, it's no longer deserving of my attention because I am not concerned about Google's goals, we get a lot of shit for free from Google, and we gave up our privacy. Whether this is beneficial or not is up for debate.

appsonify··on FTC Brings First Case Challenging Fake Paid Reviews on an Indie Retail Website
I no longer have amazon prime-had an awful experience with getting shit shipped, and come to think of it most were cheap alibaba electronics with markup.

but when I need some cables or other mundane things, it's convenient, although I don't really need it ASAP TMR like with Prime. I found that it puts a lot of pressure on the couriers and it just ruins the experience for everybody involved.

The end of this quarter for Amazon will disappoint.

appsonify··on Is Elon Musk trying to commit ‘suicide by SEC’ by taunting the agency?
I agree, that Musk is hiding something, one that would seriously hamper his reputation. I think it might have to do something with the Solar City acquisition.

He doesn't want to admit he fucked up and failed because it would cast doubt on all his other half-baked ideas.

Tesla will definitely feel the pressure from other car manufacturers, but so far it has nothing much to worry about as the only really viable game changer as of now is the Hyundai Kona Electric. The new Audi e-tron was promising but ruined it with using electric mirrors which require your eyes to focus on far objects and near objects unlike a normal mirror, and heavy steel frame, which pretty much negates any excellent regen (due to heavy weight).

The Jaguar i-Pace is also a good alternative, but I feel like Hyundai's Kona E is an unbeatable value. Forget Chevy Bolt & Nissan Leaf....garbage.

The model 3 is seriously bad....did you see the interior? it's empty....its completely void apart from the giant tablet thing....the price is it's killing point.....now that there are are viable alternatives.

appsonify··on Are Mail-Order Meal Kits Doomed?
Long time ago I wouldn't have minded. But cooking itself is an enjoyable process....and those are the people these guys are targteting....

it's not a sustainable model because once you realize you have a measuring spoon and the right beakers, its just following directions, sort of like a series of linux commands you would normally copy & paste

appsonify··on FTC Brings First Case Challenging Fake Paid Reviews on an Indie Retail Website
There's an obvious problem with the way we are trying to gauge with a 5 star rating system from the Middle Ages.

But what would you use instead?

appsonify··on Why Standing Desks Are Overrated
Oh man...these type of overreaching opinions is bound to be controversial.

I bought a standing desk because my ass hurts from sitting down too long and I don't have a lot of flesh down there. I have to use a cushion and eventually that also puts pressure on my back and my ass still hurts.

So I bought a manually operated standing desk on Amazon.ca in order to not hurt my ass from sitting down too long.

Also not good for your prostate health to be sitting down for hours at a time.

But please convince me why I shouldn't stop the pain in the ass.

appsonify··on First Look at the Rift, Shipping Q1 2016
how far away will tactile simulation gloves come into market?

imagine gripping in-game items, being able to control them as you would with real objects. squeeze to fill the glove pressing back, feel cold/warmth, feel textiles.

Combined with increasingly photorealistic games + VR...we are at the mouth of uncanny valley...it's going to be a very interesting decade.

Maybe we live in a future where people completely abandon their real world life in favor of a virtual one while the appratus in the real world just keeps you alive, very much like Matrix...

appsonify··on Tarsnap performance issues in late March, most of April
Oh wow. Yes! Now I remember it was Graham. I was his student around then. Saw your photo on twitter and looked exactly like him! Hahaha. How is Graham?

My mind is just completely blown right now.

appsonify··on Tarsnap performance issues in late March, most of April
what the fu....Colin Percival used to be my cello teacher 12 years ago....and he is running tarsnap. My mind is blown.
appsonify··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2015)

    SEEKING WORK

    Location: Vancouver, BC

    Remote: Yes

    Willing to relocate: Yes

    Technologies: Flask, nginx, uwsgi, python, LAMP, jQuery.

    CV: http://appsonify.com

    Email: john at appsonify
appsonify··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2015)

    Location: Vancouver, BC

    Remote: Yes

    Willing to relocate: Yes

    Technologies: Flask, nginx, uwsgi, python, LAMP, jQuery.

    CV: http://appsonify.com

    Email: john at appsonify
appsonify··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2015)

    seeking work remotely (based in vancouver, bc)
    http://appsonify.com
    john AT appsonify.com
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