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  • dvh1 hour ago
    ERROR&gt; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;phantas.io&#x2F;_next&#x2F;static&#x2F;chunks&#x2F;f60f633011df6d3a.js(5)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;phantas.io&#x2F;_next&#x2F;static&#x2F;chunks&#x2F;f60f633011df6d3a.js(5...</a>: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading &#x27;cancel&#x27;)
    • AphantaZach1 hour ago
      Good catch. That’s an unguarded speechSynthesis call in the cleanup function. likely crashing on browsers that block the Speech API (or in privacy mode).<p>Just pushed a fix to wrap it in a conditional check. It should be live in ~2 minutes. Thanks for the stack trace!
  • aeon_ai1 hour ago
    Any evidence supporting “higher performance”?
    • AphantaZach1 hour ago
      Totally fair question. &quot;Higher performance&quot; is definitely a subjective claim, so I should clarify the mechanism I&#x27;m relying on.<p>The core concept is Photic Driving (the &quot;Frequency Following Response&quot;). There is decent literature (e.g., Herrmann, 2001) showing that the visual cortex effectively synchronizes its firing rate to match high-amplitude external flickers (like a 14Hz strobe).<p>My goal with this tool is to induce Transient Hypofrontality (down-regulation of the prefrontal cortex), which is often associated with &quot;Flow States&quot; (Dietrich, 2003).<p>To be clear: I haven&#x27;t run a clinical trial. I built it to replicate the &quot;Ganzflicker&quot; effects (Reeder, 2021) in a browser environment to help with my own Aphantasia. Subjectively, it helps me clear cognitive noise faster than silence, but I&#x27;m releasing it for free to see if that holds true for others or if it&#x27;s just placebo.