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I'm sure OpenAI is just interested in the greater good of mankind!

Just a heads-up, your blog post has a broken link for

> As for the security of the device, I’ve verified things with functional tests like this

Otherwise great project!


I know jack about hardware and had to Google ESP32, but as another SRE I've built many fun things with Raspberry Pis. How hard is the hardware part to get your head around?

I look forward to never hearing about this ever again.


Yeah that'll be a pass for me.


> Some people who are balding chose to take finasteride but it's unrelated to the procedure itself.

Couldn't that be the pills Wayne took?


It's possible, but finasteride doesn't cause weight gain or muscle loss. In fact, it slightly increases free testosterone due to less of it being converted to DHT. He probably just got older and became less active.


Excess testosterone can be converted to estrogen.


Yes, finasteride can cause a very slight estrogen increase (~15%) but nothing like bodybuilders who inject anabolic steroids for example (3x-5x+ increase). It's similar to the estrogen bump from gaining 10-15 pounds of fat. In any case, it doesn't cause weight gain or muscle loss.


Bro, side effects include breast cancer and psychosis.


Everything has horrific side effects - as per your two examples.

What really matters is the prevalence...


How long ago is this? I literally just had one done, believed what you just wrote, and then came across this video randomly yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL7J2Mqbhrc

I think the finasteride side effects sound too much for me to handle.


The side effects of finasteride are wildly overstated, millions of people take it without any issue, myself included


> I think the finasteride side effects sound too much for me to handle.

That's the bit that puts me off. I don't mind my baldness - it doesn't impact me in any way. I wouldn't mind being able to have hair again to style it, but not at the expense of the potential side effects of fin.

I'll just continue to enjoy not having to style my hair every morning, and saving on extortionate barber bills nowadays.


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