jacek · HackerTrans

18 days agodiscuss

I got it last week and I absolutely love it. There are just a two devices I've got in my life that I think are perfect. This is one of them, other being my Steam Deck. It is so small that I can actually carry it in my pocket all the time and read a few paragraphs whenever I have a minute or two. My scrolling time went down dramatically.

jacek

3 months agodiscuss

I tried it on my Samsung phone. Keeps crashing, "recovery" just deletes everything and you start over from scratch. No session lasted more than 5 minutes.

jacek

6 months agodiscuss

I've been a Kagi user for months now and was really looking forward to testing this. However, I cannot find the download link. The page does not really contain any information on an actual release.

EDIT: I found this in the docs:

> The alpha version of Orion for Linux is currently only available to [Orion+ supporters](../orion-plus/orion-plus.md) and can be downloaded from the [Billing Dashboard](https://kagi.com/settings/billing) under the Orion browser section.

So I still can't test this. Only for Orion+ supporters.

jacek

last yeardiscuss

I love the idea as I listen to a lot of podcasts and an occasional audiobook.

The first impression is not that great. There's nothing natural about the voice. While individual words and phrases sound good, there's still no decent cadence and intonation. Feels flat and robotic.

However, I will definitely experiment some more.

jacek

7 years agodiscuss

I agree. But unlike cannabis, you are most likely to get positive results when you work with a right therapist/guide.

jacek

7 years agodiscuss

It has been proven to significantly reduce depression and anxiety in cancer patients [1]. This has been one of the most famous studies on psychedelics in recent years. However, set (patient's mindset, intentions, psychological preparation) and setting (environment, support of the sitter) have huge impact on the outcome. That's because psychedelics are not a switch that change your brain chemistry forever, they are a tool that allow you to enter, understand and reshuffle your mind.

[1] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269881116675513

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