There are other reasons to capture the mic (for example, to display a message to you that you are speaking while muted). Or to test the audio settings prior to unmuting yourself in the meeting.
Imagine writing this entire blog post and being completely wrong about every topic you discuss. This is the most amateur content I've seen make it to the front page, let alone top post.
I stopped drinking for a couple months. It was overall a net downgrade to my life. There is really no downside to caffeine imo once you have a bit of a tolerance, and strong upsides.
Wordle is too easy if you have a text editor and a scrabble word finder. Neither of which I would consider cheating... I think it's a fad unless they change the game up.
It definitely makes you smarter in some ways. For example, getting to the root of stress, processing difficult emotions. It's much easier to get in touch with those feelings when a little bit high. Meditation / yoga is another thing that works better high imo.
Not sure about that, I interviewed with Expensify 10 years ago when they had about 2-3 employees. At the time, David clearly had no idea what he was talking about when it came to code. Remember when he posted that inflammatory blog post about not hiring .NET developers? David was super rude to me.