throwy555's comments

On: Ask and Show HN: Ever coded for love? Willing to share?

[throwy555]

I made a simple, single-page site with some ASCII art [0]. But because the page is entirely stored in the URL it will exist as long as one of us keeps the link [1]. It wasn't overly difficult, but she appreciated the gesture!

[0]: https://git.io/JJ1Ta

[1]: https://github.com/jstrieb/urlpages

On: Ask HN: Should I keep using stimulants?

[throwy555]

I take a daily multivitamin and eat very healthy by most college-student standards.

[ddorian43 → throwy555]

See the amount of mg each vitamin has on the multi and compare to a minimum daily. Say D3 you may want 5000ug/day, while the multivitamin has 100ug/day.

Do you train ? It fixes your head too. Something that you like or run/swim/box/kickbox/muaythai(no headshots)

[gaspoweredcat → ddorian43]

i tend to disagree with this, i hear people say that exercise is helpful for cognitive enhancement but i found doing any significant amount of exercise leaves me drained and i find my mental performance slips

[ddorian43 → gaspoweredcat]

Exercise after work. Or do light one before work. But you need it. Or before sleeping so the day is closed.

On: Ask HN: Should I keep using stimulants?

[throwy555]

I am basically taking the bare minimum for being a "full-time" student. I don't particularly blame the university or its policies, I am just struggling academically more than I have in the past.

Plus, my own time-management issues sometimes result in a need to cram, which is helped by study-aids.

[AnimalMuppet → throwy555]

Then it sounds like the real answer is to work on consistently better time management.

On: Ask HN: Should I keep using stimulants?

[throwy555]

I am in the process of doing so -- I have appointments, and am waiting.

I just wanted to hear about the experiences of others who may have been in my position: overworked college students in STEM fields