Shining an 850nm LED on My Forehead

Hacker News new | comments | show | ask | jobs | submit login I haven’t found near infrared radiation referenced in the article - I’m using near infrared as a brain hack, by shining a cheap 850nm LED light on my forehead. This has, over the last 2 years, enabled me to code for weeks on end, for 12+ hours a day, with only minor cognitive decline. It’s not something I really want to do, but sometimes it’s useful. Before I started the near infrared routine (~5 minutes every other day), 5-6 hours of coding per day was all I could do - eating coding for 8? No, I noticed serious cognitive and emotional decline, and might need to do less the following day. Not anymore - nowadays I can be productive whenever I wake, with little side effects. Near infrared radiation is safe (thousands of studies demonstrated only very mild side effects), and is even used to treat Alzheimer’s. I have no idea why its beneficial effects are not more widely known - for some people, it’s life changing. Sidenote: 850nm light works way better for me than 830nm. shining a cheap 850nm LED light on my forehead over the last 2 years. life changing. this is the most hacker news post i have ever seen that doesnt involve Rust This is the funniest post I’ve ever read on this website Either it’s entirely the placebo effect, or it’s somehow actually does something and you’re cooking your brain to wage slave even harder

A Hacker News screenshot shows a commenter claiming that shining an inexpensive 850nm near-infrared LED on his forehead lets him code for weeks at a time with minimal cognitive decline. The absurdly earnest biohacking claim is amplified by the robotic lamp aimed at a glasses-wearing brain-headed figure. The joke is that this is presented as the ultimate Hacker News post: extreme self-experimentation, productivity obsession, and a joke about Rust and wage slavery.

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