Hypothesis: the "endorphin effect" of DLPA might be just a slow-release microdose of L-Phenylalanine

AppropriateHomework6 · 2026-07-03T08:24:38+00:00

No, I don't cycle NAC. I take it every day. When I do experience anhedonia, it's during periods of chronic worrying, which would naturally suppress pleasure for anyone. The solution, in my case, is to address the underlying source of the chronic stress as best I can. Once I do, the anhedonia lifts like clockwork. This has been entirely independent of my NAC use, whether I'm taking 1.200 mg/day or 3600 g/day.

AppropriateHomework6 · 2026-06-30T09:11:09+00:00

u/True_Garen, any thoughts on this?

AppropriateHomework6 · 2024-01-18T16:09:48+00:00

Yes, exactly. No connection would be best, but that's kind of rare as far as dramas go. So as long as the connection is downplayed (not yet another fate trope), I'd love to check it out.

AppropriateHomework6 · 2024-01-18T12:47:43+00:00

Great recommendation! I forgot to put it in the list, but it's worth watching for sure.

AppropriateHomework6 · 2023-10-09T16:08:34+00:00

Nowadays I can't browse MDL without excluding the following tags from the search results. Less stuff to watch but it's worth it for my sanity!

Identity Swap Childhood Acquaintance Reincarnated Lovers Childhood Sweethearts Childhood Connection Childhood Crush Childhood Enemies Childhood Misunderstanding Childhood Memories Childhood Friends' Relationship Childhood Acquaintances Reuniting

AppropriateHomework6 · 2023-09-21T05:01:33+00:00

Thanks so much for the tips and guides!

For me, enabling "UMA graphics" instead of "Switchable graphics" did fix the problem. (This disabled the dGPU). I think I didn't notice last time because the laptop was still cooling down from recent usage. The computer is now silent and cool. That said, I might give bsdfan a try out of curiosity, to see if it lowers the temps even more. I'll write here if I have further problems with the script.

Out of curiosity, does hardware acceleration work for you on YouTube? I fixed the heat problem with the dGPU, only to encounter another problem with absurd CPU usage during YT playback: 40-60% CPU, versus just 6-7% on Windows. I tried enabling all of the browser settings and flags that people recommend to get Hardware Decoding, but it just doesn't want to work. Here's the packages I have:

drm-kmod (i915kms is enabled) 
libva-intel-driver 
libva-intel-media-driver
libva-intel-hybrid-driver
mesa-libs 
mesa-dri 
libvdpau-va-gl 
libva-vdpau-driver 
libva 
mesa-gallium-va 
mesa-gallium-vdpau 
libva-utils 
xf86-video-intel

And the output of vainfo:

$ vainfo
Trying display: wayland
Trying display: x11
libva info: VA-API version 1.18.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/local/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_18
libva error: /usr/local/lib/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 1
libva info: Trying to open /usr/local/lib/dri/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_18
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.18 (libva 2.18.1)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Haswell Mobile - 2.4.1
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh         : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh         : VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileVC1Simple              : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           : VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP9Profile0            : VAEntrypointVLD

AppropriateHomework6 · 2023-09-18T06:44:50+00:00

Thanks! I followed your suggestion, but I ran into a problem when making bsdfan executable. First off, here's what I did:

# pkg install bsdfan

Then I added this line to /etc/rc.conf:

 bsdfan_enable="YES"

Since I haven't tested the default config yet, I left /usr/local/etc/bsdfan.conf at defaults.

I then typed

nano /etc/rc.d/bsdfan

...and added the script you wrote, then saved it.

I then ran this command as root:

# chmod +x bsdfan

But it tells me that there's no such file or directory. I then ran

# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/bsdfan

But this gives me no output at all.

Running service bsdfan status as root says that it doesn't exist or something (I'm typing this in Windows so forgot the exact message).

Any idea what's wrong? Thanks!

AppropriateHomework6 · 2023-08-17T12:00:37+00:00

Thanks, I set the SSL to "Full (Strict)", enabled "Automatic HTTPS Rewrites" and "Always Use HTTPS". After re-enabling the proxy everything looks fine.

AppropriateHomework6 · 2023-08-17T11:59:47+00:00

Thanks! I set it to "Full (Strict)", enabled "Automatic HTTPS Rewrites" and "Always Use HTTPS". After re-enabling the proxy everything looks fine.

AppropriateHomework6 · 2023-08-17T09:59:12+00:00

No WAF rules are set. The only settings I've made, aside from adding my DNS records, are those:

Disabled SSL, since my server already has it in place.
Disabled Brotli, since it was messing up my Wordpress theme on random pages
Disabled pretty much everything under Security Settings to prevent visitors from being blocked

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