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My 16-month theanine self-experiment

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817 points dynm | 2 comments | 09 Mar 25 03:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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brcmthrowaway ◴[09 Mar 25 04:27 UTC] No.43306226[source]▶
What does gwern or guzey think of this? I only trust them
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MichaelDickens ◴[09 Mar 25 05:02 UTC] No.43306424[source]▶
How did you determine that they were trustworthy? Whatever process you used to evaluate their trustworthiness, use the same process on this article, and then decide whether you trust this article.
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1. postpawl ◴[09 Mar 25 06:21 UTC] No.43306728[source]▶
This article seems not bad, but I’m skeptical of the Dynomight author because he previously downplayed the recent rise in homelessness as just returning to 2011 levels. Newer data from late 2024 shows homelessness actually surged 18% to a record high, driven by housing costs, migration, and ending pandemic support - so his earlier analysis missed important trends.
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2. dynm ◴[10 Mar 25 15:51 UTC] No.43321864[source]▶
That post (https://dynomight.net/homeless/) uses HUD's counts from January 2023. There's a long delay with these—the counts are done each year in January but usually only published in December. The January 2024 counts are now available and do indeed show much higher levels: A total of 771k on Jan 2024 as opposed to 653k in Jan 2023 or 582k in 2022. But that post was done in July 2024, when that data wasn't available yet. (And was, I hope, clear that it was using the Jan 2023 counts.)