Gabapentin: Tinnitus, Hearing Loss, Ototoxicity (Cause or Treatment?)

Gabapentin is a commonly-used medication for the treatment of neuropathic pain (e.g. peripheral neuropathy), restless leg syndrome, and seizure prevention & management – as well as other conditions like anxiety disorders & substance use disorders (off-label). Although many find gabapentin effective as a treatment for the aforementioned medical conditions, some are concerned about the drug …

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ChatGPT: Oops! Our Systems Are A Bit Busy At the Moment (Error)

Today I attempted to login to ChatGPT and received an error message – and was unable to use the ChatGPT Plus service I’d purchased. OpenAI (ChatGPT) notice: “Oops! Our systems are a bit busy at the moment, please take a break and try again soon.” URL: Chat.OpenAI.com/auth/error?error=RequestTimeout I figured that the platform was probably down …

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NBA MVP (2022-2023) GPT-4 Prediction: Embiid Wins (Jokic More Deserving?)

The NBA regular season is almost over, and as always, the race for MVP (Most Valuable Player) award is heating up in media discussions. With only a few games left as of April 5, 2023 – the competition has narrowed down to 2 front-runners: Joel Embiid (76ers) & Nikola Jokic (Nuggets). Giannis Antetokounmpo also had …

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ChatGPT Limits: Words, Characters, Tokens

You may have read that GPT-4 can handle up to 25,000 words of text in a prompt (as input), however, this is only true for those who are using the “Extended (32K)” version of GPT-4 independently (not within the ChatGPT interface). On ChatGPT – you’ll have no luck getting GPT-4 to accept a 25,000-word prompt… …

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ChatGPT Message Cap (GPT-4 Usage Limit)

GPT-4 has been available for ChatGPT Plus subscribers since March 14, 2023 – and it’s a significant improvement over GPT-3.5 in quality of output (noticeable improvement in reasoning ability & conciseness). Really the 2 most noteworthy drawbacks associated with GPT-4 at present moment are: (1) speed (it’s slothy compared to GPT-3.5) & (2) usage limits …

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