Hacker News with Generative AI: Stimulants

Nicotine (gwern.net)
In 201114ya, I became curious about nicotine gum/patches as a possible alternative stimulant to modafinil: its much shorter half-life makes it more useful for evenings or scenarios like needing a quick alert on a long drive.
Stimulants in Germanic communities of the Roman period (degruyter.com)
The authors concluded that the spoon-ended fittings of the ends of the belt may have served as dispensers of stimulants for Germanic warriors to fight Germanic warriors into battle.