Roman Hauksson
@roman.technology
CS undergrad at UT Dallas. Into software engineering, Effective Altruism, machine learning, weightlifting, personal knowledge management, and analytic philosophy.
https://roman.technology
https://roman.technology
Nutricost got back to me – their 100mg caffeine pills are in size 1 capsules.
September 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Nutricost got back to me – their 100mg caffeine pills are in size 1 capsules.
I ordered empty capsules from Nutricost instead, to try to match my caffeine pills (which are also from Nutricost). Unfortunately, it doesn't say anywhere what size the caffeine capsules are, so the empties I ordered are too big (size 0). They also weigh less.
September 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I ordered empty capsules from Nutricost instead, to try to match my caffeine pills (which are also from Nutricost). Unfortunately, it doesn't say anywhere what size the caffeine capsules are, so the empties I ordered are too big (size 0). They also weigh less.
Side note: placebo pills on Amazon are super expensive for some reason. "Zeebo Imagine" capsules are $0.55 per! Compare this with L-theanine pills from Nutricost – presumably, the same thing but with a supplement instead of just filler – which are $0.08 per.
September 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Side note: placebo pills on Amazon are super expensive for some reason. "Zeebo Imagine" capsules are $0.55 per! Compare this with L-theanine pills from Nutricost – presumably, the same thing but with a supplement instead of just filler – which are $0.08 per.
I'll also record at least one objective measure like reaction time, as well as sleep quality the following night. Pretty sure I'll do a Bayesian t-test, but haven't looked into it and not very familiar with stats. Consider this post a super informal preregistration.
September 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I'll also record at least one objective measure like reaction time, as well as sleep quality the following night. Pretty sure I'll do a Bayesian t-test, but haven't looked into it and not very familiar with stats. Consider this post a super informal preregistration.
seems true, but timeliness is a good virtue to cultivate, and hard deadlines are a good feedback loop to encourage that
December 7, 2024 at 6:30 AM
seems true, but timeliness is a good virtue to cultivate, and hard deadlines are a good feedback loop to encourage that
Domestic frontier AI governance doesn’t seem to matter so much if we can’t prevent an AI arms race between countries!
December 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Domestic frontier AI governance doesn’t seem to matter so much if we can’t prevent an AI arms race between countries!
Interesting phenomenon. I found this paper investigating it in more detail:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
November 29, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Interesting phenomenon. I found this paper investigating it in more detail:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
I heard from the grapevine that Peter Wildeford joined
November 24, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I heard from the grapevine that Peter Wildeford joined
I enjoyed this episode a lot, really expanded my theory of mind
November 23, 2024 at 5:34 AM
I enjoyed this episode a lot, really expanded my theory of mind
Ofc! It’s a great service
November 22, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Ofc! It’s a great service
❌ Strategically timed donations
✅ Strategically timed bangers
✅ Strategically timed bangers
November 22, 2024 at 4:13 PM
❌ Strategically timed donations
✅ Strategically timed bangers
✅ Strategically timed bangers
Ofc! It’s one of my favorite posts.
November 22, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Ofc! It’s one of my favorite posts.
Great writeup:
meaningness.com/sad-light-le...
meaningness.com/sad-light-le...
YOU NEED MORE LUX | Meaningness
Seriously bright indoor lights for seasonal affective disorder, or just the winter blahs
meaningness.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Great writeup:
meaningness.com/sad-light-le...
meaningness.com/sad-light-le...
Maybe silly question: using a custom domain as my handle doesn’t prevent this, right?
November 21, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Maybe silly question: using a custom domain as my handle doesn’t prevent this, right?