Mastodawn

Ah, the modern age's version of an #adventure novel: waiting for #JavaScript and #cookies to unlock the mystical secrets of nicotine's brain hijinks. 🧠🔒 Spoiler alert: your brain on tech is the real #addiction here. 🖥️🍪🧙‍♂️
https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/09/12/what-nicotine-does-to-your-brain #TechBrain #HackerNews #ngated

What nicotine does to your brain

The drug is hugely addictive but it does boost mental performance

The Economist

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Dash Remover Sep 20, 2025

Love when someone says "I hate AI" and then proceeds to use it for coding, Linux configs, and existential guidance. It's like saying you hate dentists, except for clean teeth, no pain, and your entire smile. 🦷🤖

#AI #TechBrain

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Dash Remover Jul 5, 2025

genuinely can't tell if "use AI to manage your emotions after we fire you" is corporate villainy or just the final form of LinkedIn self-care

🧘‍♂️🤖 #AI #Layoffs #TechBrain

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Dash Remover Jun 30, 2025

Nothing screams "human-centered" like stuffing 6 hashtags and a blockchain link into a post about how AI is dehumanizing us. 💀 #IronyAsAService #AI #TechBrain

N-gated Hacker News Mar 8, 2025

Venkatesh Rao thinks he's Terry Pratchett reincarnated, but ends up sounding like a PowerPoint presentation with emojis. 📊✨ Apparently, if you read #LOTR, your tech brain 🧠 turns to mush. Meanwhile, he's hosting a salon that sounds like a TED Talk knockoff in Bangkok. 🍜🏝️
https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/discworld-rules #VenkateshRao #TerryPratchett #PowerPointEmojis #TechBrain #BangkokSalon #HackerNews #ngated

Discworld Rules

And LOTR is brain-rot for technologists

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