u/cam-douglas

Spent 45 minutes trying to name a side project because nothing is available:

So I made yournewhandle - it generates actually pronounceable handles and tells you what’s free across socials.

CoolName1 — taken
CoolNameThatsFree — taken
igiveupwhatsfree? — taken (somehow)

So I made yournewhandle - it generates actually pronounceable handles and tells you what’s free across socials.

Many things like this exist - the design of its naming conventions is purely aesthetic and phonetically appealing...if you're into that...

Free on the site. There’s also an API if you hate yourself and want to automate the disappointment (paid).

yournewhandle.com

Is it a good combo or would it kill the trip?

One would think it would keep you calm and help avoid panic of psychological stress but idk.

Thoughts?

Hi everyone,

I am trying to better understand current terminology and want to make sure I am using words correctly.
Is the word "gay" widely used as an overarching label by everyone in the LGBTQ+ community (including lesbians, bisexuals, and trans individuals)? Or is it generally preferred to isolate the term strictly to homosexual men?

I appreciate any insight or personal perspectives you can share. Thank you!

I've experienced drug induced Psychosis a few years back, and have almost completely recovered (maybe 80% toward completely the same as I was before).

All the medical and psychiatric advice everywhere strongly implies that I'm a vulnerable individual that should never dare touch another hallucinogen in my life and objectively I know this is the appropriate answer.

But subjectively, a part of me feels okay with having had psychosis and feel somewhat more connected to the universe because of it and the episode revealed some profound truths to me that I probably don't need to experience again or should want to.

Has anyone with a history of hallucinatory/perceptual disorders dared to touch DMT despite their history and how did it go?

Disclaimer: You're welcome to tell me not to do it based on this knowledge if you want but I'd rather hear from people that could reveal some insight into what I don't already know which probably skews the accuracy of answers I get and I'm okay with that.

Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.

I haven't bought anything from your company since 2021. I don't remember my password. I don't want to reset my password. I don’t want to go through a 3-step verification process just to tell you to stop clogging my inbox with "We miss you!" emails.

This isn't a security feature, it's a hostage situation.

The problem: 90% of the binaural beats on YouTube or Spotify are completely useless because standard audio streaming compression destroys the exact phase alignment and math required to trigger a true Frequency Following Response (FFR) in the brain.

I wanted a legitimate tool for targeting specific cognitive states, from Infra-Slow Epsilon for deep nervous system recovery to High Gamma for intense processing. So, I built Hertz Labs. It generates all frequencies locally on your device in real-time - meaning absolutely zero compression artifacts.

You can use the engine manually to tweak your exact carrier waves, stereo angles, and phase drift to the decimal point. If you don't want to do the math yourself, I included an automated mode that configures the sequencer loops and fade timings for you based on the target state you want to hit.

Would love for the entrainment geeks in here to test the raw output, look at the oscilloscope, and let me know how it compares to your current setups.

Find it on the Apple Store: Hertz Labs: Binaural Beats

The Core Problem

Right now, verifying anyone or anything online is completely fragmented and weak. If you are meeting someone for a Facebook Marketplace trade, hiring a remote contractor, or even just going on a blind date, you have to manually stitch together clues - jumping between social media profiles, Google searches, and government websites just to guess if they are a real, legitimate human.

Worse, everything we rely on today is based on historical data (like a phone number or a photo) that can be easily faked, leaked, or generated by real-time AI deepfakes. There is currently no frictionless way to know if the person on the other end is real, or if the factual claims they are throwing at you are actually backed by real sources.

What I’m Building (The Solution)

I am building a browser extension/app designed to act as a public trust network that sits between you and the open web. It relies on a simple framework:

1. Verify Who You Are: It completely replaces traditional website usernames and passwords. It lets you use your phone's existing secure biometric hardware (FaceID/Fingerprint) to prove you are a real, legally verified human completely anonymously, throwing a verified "green tick" onto your screen.
2. Verify What You Say & Where It Comes From: If you make a factual claim on your profile or website, an automated AI oracle cross-references your text against live public databases, patent registries, and academic consensus. If it checks out, it embeds an immutable citation next to your text. If it's just an un-backed opinion, it stays unverified.
3. Built-in Safety Net: If you ever lose your credentials or get locked out, it uses a "Help a Friend" loop. Instead of dealing with a corporate helpdesk, your pre-selected trusted contacts (like friends or family) can tap their biometrics to securely authenticate and restore your account.

Why I'm Asking You

I am currently framing this as a browser extension first because it requires zero adoption from the rest of the web. It reads the open internet and overlays these trust metrics directly onto your screen, so you can surf securely without forcing other businesses to adopt the software.

• Does this actually solve a real-world friction point for you when dealing with strangers online?
• Would you trust a system that leaves the data verification to your device’s isolated hardware rather than a central database?
• What features would make you install this on day one?

Would love to hear your thoughts, critiques, or if you think this is a paradigm shift worth pursuing!

Picture this, we're doing the same thing in the future that we already do now. Design extravagant systems that immerse us in a new world just to experience it.

We do this with music, movies, literature, stories we've been telling around a fire for hundreds of thousands of years. It's fundamentally human.

Now who's to say that some arbitrary point in the future, our society is the perfect utopia with god-like control of our environment. Would even this get boring?

If our minds are essentially eternal, wouldn't we just wish, for a second (perhaps 80 or so years could be fun), to forget everything and just live life like a peasant in an artificial world (or earlier snapshot of humanity) from start to finish of our existence without any hints that it was all just a game until we get to the mind blowing ending and sigh of relief when suddenly it all comes back to us now and we remember the eternal past and future etc.

It would be like a drug we can't get enough of...

"Just put me back in for, idk, 500 years as a blue whale lol" would be like a joke we tell our mates who are watching in excitement as we blow a measly few years off an otherwise eternal timeline.

What hints or bugs might exist in this game that it's a game? Perhaps strange inconsistencies, coincidences, dreams, paradoxes, religions, or deja vu that we can't empirically prove and dust it off as "phenomena" because if we could actually prove it, we'd probably end the game "too early" and not get the full experience then blame the game maker for making a bad game.

So it HAS to be convincing.

Maybe at some point in your life you will experience these "easter eggs" of some grand design.

What would they look like to you?

Have a nice day and don't exit till the end for a MIND BLOWING outcome!

P.S. This is my own reflection as have never tried DMT and unfortunately cannot do it so I get to live vicariously through you.

Picture this, we're doing the same thing in the future that we already do now. Design extravagant systems that immerse us in a new world just to experience it.

We do this with music, movies, literature, stories we've been telling around a fire for hundreds of thousands of years. It's fundamentally human.

Now who's to say that some arbitrary point in the future, our society is the perfect utopia with god-like control of our environment. Would even this get boring?

If our minds are essentially eternal, wouldn't we just wish, for a second (perhaps 80 or so years could be fun), to forget everything and just live life like a peasant in an artificial world (or earlier snapshot of humanity) from start to finish of our existence without any hints that it was all just a game until we get to the mind blowing ending and sigh of relief when suddenly it all comes back to us now and we remember the eternal past and future etc.

It would be like a drug we can't get enough of...

"Just put me back in for, idk, 500 years as a blue whale lol" would be like a joke we tell our mates who are watching in excitement as we blow a measly few years off an otherwise eternal timeline.

What hints or bugs might exist in this game that it's a game? Perhaps strange inconsistencies, coincidences, dreams, paradoxes, religions, or deja vu that we can't empirically prove and dust it off as "phenomena" because if we could actually prove it, we'd probably end the game "too early" and not get the full experience then blame the game maker for making a bad game.

So it HAS to be convincing.

Maybe at some point in your life you will experience these "easter eggs" of some grand design.

What would they look like to you?

Have a nice day and don't exit till the end for a MIND BLOWING outcome!

Age: 29
Gender: Male
Height: 176cm
Weight: 100kg
Location: Australia
Smoking status: Regular vaping
Current medications:

• Quetiapine
• Aripiprazole
• Propranolol
• Melatonin

Previous/current medical issues:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• ADHD
• Severe drug-induced psychosis / schizophrenia-spectrum symptoms since 2023
• Insomnia
• Chronic anxiety/panic symptoms

Duration of complaint:
Approximately 3 years, ongoing daily since a psychotic episode in early 2023.

Location of complaint:
Primarily neurological/autonomic/internal bodily sensations throughout the entire body, especially chest/head/cardiovascular awareness.

Main issue:
Since a severe drug-induced psychotic episode in early 2023, I have experienced what I can only describe as extreme interoceptive hypersensitivity and somatic hypervigilance.

I constantly and intensely perceive internal bodily sensations including:

• heartbeat/pulse
• blood flow sensations
• pressure sensations in my head/body
• internal physical sensations associated with anxiety/stress
• general awareness of bodily processes that most people seem able to ignore

It feels like my nervous system is permanently hyper-focused on internal sensations. Even minor bodily changes feel amplified and threatening.

This causes:

• near-constant anxiety/panic
• inability to relax quietly
• major sleep issues/insomnia
• inability to meditate or sit in silence comfortably
• constant internal scanning/checking
• feeling like I’m in a medical emergency despite normal investigations

The symptoms are severe and disabling and have persisted daily for years.

Relevant history:
Before 2023 I had diagnosed depression, anxiety, and ADHD but was functioning relatively normally.

In the years prior to the episode I used LSD, ketamine, MDMA, methylphenidate (Ritalin), and phentermine (Duromine). Initially use was infrequent, but in 2023 my use escalated. Following a combination of ketamine + methylphenidate + phentermine, I entered a severe psychosis and was hospitalized for approximately 3 months.

Since then, despite psychiatric treatment, therapy, and medication trials, these symptoms have remained persistent.

Tests already completed:

• EEG
• ECGs
• Holter monitoring
• Blood tests
• MRI

To my knowledge none identified an acute neurological or cardiac explanation.

I am already under psychiatric care and am not seeking emergency advice or a diagnosis online. I’m mainly trying to understand possible mechanisms/differentials to discuss with my doctors.

Questions:

• Does this symptom cluster resemble any recognized condition/syndrome?
• Can psychosis or stimulant/psychedelic exposure lead to long-term interoceptive/autonomic dysregulation like this?
• Does this sound primarily psychiatric, neurological, autonomic, trauma-related, or something else?
• Are there specific specialists/tests/treatments that may be worth discussing with my doctors?
• Has anyone seen persistent somatic hypervigilance/interoceptive dysfunction this severe before?

No skin issue/photo relevant.

It's one of the only browsers that remembers your windows/tabs/workflow state after computer restarting.

Its app based workstation design is incredibly useful. Has AI integrations per page (predating any other browser).

I love that I can setup profiles with specific pages/bookmarks (others do this too I know) but their workflow feels so intuitive.

I just wish you could minimise tabs into groups or folders and potentially name that group i.e. "work tabs" or "coding project tabs" etc that collapse into a group and expand when selected. Deff feature that it could use if wavebox see's this?

Anyway I know it's not new or super trendy but I've loved it for at least a year or two now and it's updated very regularly with constant new features.