I work in technical production and fabrication for a sports marketing agency. We build unique consumer experiences for our major sportswear client. I look to HN for ideas and inspiration that I can use to fill the gap from ideas to implementation. For example gamification of a shoe try on experience, to show the consumer the performance of the product. HN is my go to for a way to pass meetings. Always interested in collaborating if anyone has any ideas in this domain.
I'm sure they could, but that makes attacks only slightly more difficult.
It's fairly trivial to look at common key blanks and visually identify the bitting (the "combination" of cut heights necessary to move the tumblers in the lock to the shear line). Sometimes the key has the bitting stamped right on it, numerically, too.
I take noopept 20mg daily sublingually or orally, and occasionally modafinil.
Modafinil works really well for me (300/400mg keeping me awake and FOCUSED but not buzzing/twitchy) but worked poorly for my brother (no noticeable effect at similar dosage).
Since taking noopept I have noticed more of a willingness and now desire to learn, something which was an issue in my past. It also seems to help me work for prolonged periods of time without getting burnt out. (anecdotal, could well be placebo effect but it works for me!) Feel free to ask me anything.
It is vastly different from country to country. Check your country's laws first! check sites like http://www.longecity.org/forum/ or reddit's /r/nootropics for reliable suppliers.
I take 1.5g of piracetam in the morning with a choline supplement. When I remember to, I take another 750mg around lunch to keep blood levels up. The half life of piracetam is reported to be around 4 hrs. It is one of those things that you don't realize is there until you notice that you've been focused and on task for hours without drifting off. It has also helped me expand my ability to hold larger object models in my head while coding. Also, it staves off that thing where you lose track of a word or thing you've been trying to remember. Great stuff.
For particularly taxing times, I have a bottle of oxiracetam that I use in conjunction with the piracetam. It reminds me of the heightened focus I used to get when I had prescriptions for Ritalin/Adderall growing up, yet without all of the nasty side effects. It was great a couple of hours before an exam during my masters program, or in the mornings right after my daughter was born.
I tried pramiracetam once. I got nothing but a bad headache from that.
I have a few samples of noopept around somewhere, but I don't think I've been brave enough to try them yet after the pramiracetam disaster.
Oh, and I've recently added 200mg of huperzine A to my morning regimen. Not sure how much it helps. Seems to be a decent replacement on the weekends when I don't want to take the full cocktail.
I took around 2g piracetam daily for a few weeks back in '09. I remember a general improvement in my mental visualization ability, dream recall and that's about it. There is no change in consciousness nor alertness (a theme I was curious about when I dabbled in the substance).
I stopped taking that because obtaining it OTC where I live is kind of hit and miss. The drug requires a prescription (generally to treat degenerative conditions common in the elderly) and some pharmacists are more hardline in that respect.
In hindsight, given it's a relatively recent compound and there's so little research on it, I guess it's for the best. I wonder if my "experiments" can have a negative impact in my health, especially my mental health; I hope the estimates regarding the safety of piracetam turn out to be correct.
In hindsight, given it's a relatively recent compound and there's so little research on it,
Piracetam is actually well-researched [1], it's been out since the early seventies. It's the most researched of all of the nootropics, AFAIK. I'm unaware of any studies that resulted in health damage from piracetam, but would, of course, love to read any if there are.
I take Nootropil, 3200mg daily to help combat hypoxia damage from a bad habit I picked up about 20 years ago (smoking =). I can't say there are any noticeable effects of doing so that I wouldn't call placebo effects.
I used to take a much larger, and more structured regimen, and found it very difficult to keep everything balanced, some things increased the consumption of ACH so much that I had to start taking choline supplements, but if I screwed up my timing/doses, I'd hit nasty lows from too much choline intake. I gave up on it, as the only noticeable difference I had from the regimen was a more difficult job of timing, having to have a lot of pills around, etc.
I stick with nootropil due to its well-established safety, and minimal impact on overall chemical balance.
If you are diagnosed by a doctor with a hypoxia-related condition, I would presume you are self-treating with piracetam, because I don't think it would have a great positive impact, unless your condition would be quite severe.
I suggest looking into pentoxifylline (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentoxifylline) and then re-evaluating your situation with a doctor and whether it would be ok for you to try it. I think you'd see more results with it rather than racetams, maybe except for levetiracetam, which would also require a prescription.
Also, pentoxifylline should probably be almost as cheap as generic piracetam; levetiracetam, even generic, is not however.
Do not take any of these Rx meds on your own, without consulting with a professional.
I know people generally hate going to the doctor, but in some cases they do help :) Think about all the advantages taking only 1 pill for your condition could have, instead of a whole stack, not to mention the financial savings.
I take piracetam for protection from hypoxia, vs. reversing a condition which causes hypoxia, as the condition is self-induced =) I've been tapering off as my habit draws back, but for nearly two decades I smoked on average 30 cigarettes per day. The CO load from smoking at that level was having effects on my memory which were noticeably reduced over time after that level of piracetam. For a period where my smoking was much reduced (nearly quit), I pulled back to 1600mg per day.
I'm not keen on other drugs, as piracetam has been the only one out of the lot I've taken that didn't have other serious side-effects which created problems for me. Pentoxifylline is contra-indicated with other parts of my health profile, you could say.. =)
I took glycine, semaks (Met-Glu-His-Phe-Pro-Gly-Pro), piracetam for about several months, and, finally phenylpiracetam (it's called phenotropil in Russia) some time ago.
I've notice entirely no effect from any of this drugs with except of phenylpiracetam.
While I've used phenylpiracetam, I've noticed some effects: 1) I've got more physical endurance (I'm engaging in sports a lot) just from one doze of it; 2) My overall alertness arises; 3) My visual perception became more clear and vivid; 4) I was able to maintain focus for extended periods of time; 5) It was easy to wakeup and harder to sleep down earlier (my brain was like "so much ideas, need to think it all").
When I stop taking phenylpiracetam all of these effects gone away.
I take L-theanine in combination with caffeine. The difference is noticeable - caffeine normally makes me feel kind of shaky and jittery and L-theanine takes the "edge" off of it.
I take, daily, 100mg Caffeine, 200mg of L-Theanine (as Suntheanine), and 500mg of Rhodiola Rosea (3.6% rosavin 18mg, 0.9% salidrosides 4.5mg).
This is a fairly effective regimen, for me, for combating fatigue and maintaining focus. I simply keep a bottle of Suntheanine and another of Rhodiola Rosea at my desk and eat them with my morning water or tea. I haven't done any rigorous testing to prove to myself that these things are helping, but I am certainly convinced that they do.
I used to take piracetam 800 mg daily, apparently a low dose. I now take noopept, 20 mg daily.
I notice the texture of things more, and I constantly have a need to look at everything in my vicinity. It's not distracting however, and really helps with technical tasks.
