https://drewisdope.com/Research, notes and ideas.en-UShttps://drewisdope.com/best-phenibut-source-top-vendors-buy-online/https://drewisdope.com/best-phenibut-source-top-vendors-buy-online/Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:56:23 GMTPhenibut is a drug that I’ve read about for years but never got around to trying. My general impression of phenibut is that it’s similar to benzodiazepines in its mechanism of action – but slightly safer and less likely to cause addiction/dependence. I’ve read about people in the “biohacking” communities using phenibut to manage stress & anxiety – https://drewisdope.com/best-anxiety-medications/https://drewisdope.com/best-anxiety-medications/Sat, 29 Apr 2023 01:45:34 GMTAs of 2019, approximately 301 million people globally were living with an anxiety disorder (including 58 million pediatrics) – making them the most common mental health problem. (R) Anxiety disorders are thought to be caused by a combination of environmental variables (social, activity level, diet, stressors, medication/substance use, trauma, etc.)https://drewisdope.com/best-antidepressants/https://drewisdope.com/best-antidepressants/Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:21:31 GMTIn 2020, it was estimated that ~9.2% of Americans (around 1 in 10) aged 12+ experienced a major depressive episode within the past year (most common in 18-25 year olds at 17.2% followed by adolescents at 16.9%). (R) Some people effectively manage depression with a combination of behavior & lifestyle modifications (e.g. healthy diet; circadian optimhttps://drewisdope.com/best-sleep-medications/https://drewisdope.com/best-sleep-medications/Fri, 21 Apr 2023 22:56:53 GMTApproximately 10% of the adult population suffers from insomnia, another 20% experiences occasional insomnia symptoms, and it has a 40% persistence rate over a 5-year period. (R) Some effectively manage insomnia with behavioral & lifestyle changes (exercise, zero stimulants, same sleep/wake times, etc.), temperature adjustments (cooler room), cognihttps://drewisdope.com/nhl-playoffs-2023-gpt-4-predictions/https://drewisdope.com/nhl-playoffs-2023-gpt-4-predictions/Tue, 18 Apr 2023 20:17:42 GMTThe 2023 NHL Playoffs starts today and I’ll be making predictions and have GPT-4 make its own set of predictions for fun – as a comparison. There’s a lot of luck involved in determining the outcome of playoff hockey series… obviously picking the Boston Bruins to win the 2023 Stanley Cup is the logical thing to do. That’s what GPT-4 picked – and thahttps://drewisdope.com/nba-playoffs-2023-gpt-4-predictions/https://drewisdope.com/nba-playoffs-2023-gpt-4-predictions/Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:45:34 GMTThe NBA playoffs are here and I filled out a bracket – then had GPT-4 fill out a bracket just for fun to determine whether I’ll get beaten by the AI. I asked GPT-4 to make predictions for every matchup in the NBA playoffs throughout the finals – and gave it whatever information it requested to help make these predictions. A couple weeks ago I also https://drewisdope.com/gabapentin-tinnitus-hearing-loss/https://drewisdope.com/gabapentin-tinnitus-hearing-loss/Tue, 11 Apr 2023 20:58:11 GMTGabapentin 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 condhttps://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-oops-our-systems-are-a-bit-busy-at-the-moment-error/https://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-oops-our-systems-are-a-bit-busy-at-the-moment-error/Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:12:19 GMTToday 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 or hhttps://drewisdope.com/nba-mvp-2022-2023-prediction-embiid-vs-jokic/https://drewisdope.com/nba-mvp-2022-2023-prediction-embiid-vs-jokic/Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:46:46 GMTThe 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 a dominant season and is probably https://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-limits-words-characters-tokens/https://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-limits-words-characters-tokens/Tue, 04 Apr 2023 19:30:46 GMTYou 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… ChatGPT won’t even accept prompts 10-foldhttps://drewisdope.com/gpt-4-predicts-ncaa-mens-basketball-championship-uconn-vs-sdsu-2023/https://drewisdope.com/gpt-4-predicts-ncaa-mens-basketball-championship-uconn-vs-sdsu-2023/Mon, 03 Apr 2023 19:33:32 GMTFor fun, I used GPT-4 to fill out a 2023 March Madness Bracket (NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament) – and compared it to my own. Result? Both my bracket and the GPT-4 bracket had the same total number of games predicted correctly (33 total), but it beat me in total points 48 vs. 44 (only because Gonzaga beat UCLA). I don’t follow college basketball chttps://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-message-cap/https://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-message-cap/Sat, 01 Apr 2023 20:05:35 GMTGPT-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 limhttps://drewisdope.com/elon-musk-calls-to-pause-advanced-ai-experiments-gpt-4/https://drewisdope.com/elon-musk-calls-to-pause-advanced-ai-experiments-gpt-4/Thu, 30 Mar 2023 18:43:37 GMTElon Musk (CEO of Tesla & Twitter) and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak signed an open letter published by the non-profit Future of Life Institute which calls to “Pause Giant AI Experiments.” (R) Why? The Future of Life Institute and many others believe that AI labs are locked in an “out-of-control race” to create and deploy machine learning systems thttps://drewisdope.com/lamar-jackson-2023-next-team-odds-colts-current-favorites/https://drewisdope.com/lamar-jackson-2023-next-team-odds-colts-current-favorites/Tue, 28 Mar 2023 22:15:10 GMTI’ve written in-depth about the Lamar Jackson offseason situation. Basically Lamar Jackson is unhappy with the contract offers he’s received from the Baltimore Ravens, and the Ravens think his contract demands are too steep – so there’s a standoff. Jackson allegedly wants the highest “fully guaranteed” money of any quarterback and a long-term contrhttps://drewisdope.com/gpt-4-2023-march-madness-bracket-predictions-mens-basketball/https://drewisdope.com/gpt-4-2023-march-madness-bracket-predictions-mens-basketball/Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:21:24 GMTOut of curiosity, I wanted to test how GPT-4 would perform in predicting the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament (March Madness) compared to my own picks. I don’t watch much college basketball throughout the season, but read that there was substantial parity this year (perhaps more than most years). The differential in talent and/or consisthttps://drewisdope.com/gabapentin-withdrawal/https://drewisdope.com/gabapentin-withdrawal/Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:35:09 GMTGabapentin is a medication primarily used to treat nerve pain (neuropathic pain) and seizures – but it’s sometimes prescribed off-label for anxiety, insomnia, substance use disorder, alcohol withdrawal, and bipolar disorder. Although gabapentin can be a therapeutic and effective medication, not everyone needs it forever and/or can tolerate it – suchttps://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-5-release-date/https://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-5-release-date/Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:57:06 GMTChatGPT launched publicly on November 30, 2022 and acquired 1 million users in just 5 days, making it the fastest-growing tech in history. (R) ChatGPT is well-liked for various reasons: efficiency (quick answers without visiting websites), personalization (responses tailored to user based on past interactions), novelty & FOMO (everyone wants to tryhttps://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-not-working-at-capacity-error-message/https://drewisdope.com/chatgpt-not-working-at-capacity-error-message/Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:29:57 GMTI’ve become addicted to using ChatGPT as an efficient way to solve website-related issues – including speed optimization, fixing unexpected errors, and implementing customizations. When visiting the Chat.OpenAI.com website today, nothing was loading – there was a tiny loading gear icon spinning at the top of my existing chat. When I entered my querhttps://drewisdope.com/aaron-rodgers-jets-packers-trade-leverage/https://drewisdope.com/aaron-rodgers-jets-packers-trade-leverage/Sun, 19 Mar 2023 17:05:53 GMTIn an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” (March 15, 2023), Aaron Rodgers dropped a bombshell announcement that he intends to play for the New York Jets this coming NFL season. (R) This announcement was expected given the fact that: (1) Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy made it clear that he wanted to move on from Aaron Rodgers & (2) the NY Jhttps://drewisdope.com/lamar-jackson-vs-ravens-contract-analysis-2023/https://drewisdope.com/lamar-jackson-vs-ravens-contract-analysis-2023/Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:22:31 GMTLamar Jackson is undoubtedly one of the top QBs in the NFL as of 2023. If he’s: (A) healthy & (B) on your team – you have a chance to win more games than most teams, make a playoff run, and contend for a Super Bowl; most wouldn’t dispute this. As of late, everyone and their mama is debating whether the Baltimore Ravens should back up the Brinks tru