How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep • Hacker News Board

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by anigbrowl » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:34 PM UTC

saghm wrote: post #35

brewdad wrote: post #19

My wife and I came to the realization that the Europeans are onto something with the twin size duvets on full size beds after visiting last summer. Fortunately, neither of us snores much but she prefers to sleep with far less covers than I do. What used to be a constant battle of covers being tossed aside only to fail at reclaiming them later in the night now allows each of us to determine our own sleep temperature m…

OT, but I'm now super conflicted about whether the correct quantifier for covers is "less" or "fewer". I think I agree with you that "less" is more correct, but my inner pedantry can't shake the feeling that it sounds weird.

Fewer countable things, less stuff.

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by dankohn1 » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:34 PM UTC

Anyone recall that back in 2011, the default setting for your Fitbit data was public and it was set to be indexed by Google, leading to some rather embarrassing search results.

https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/03/sexual-activity-tracked-by...

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by sowbug » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:35 PM UTC

Or the FitBit is confused by the second person, counting both person's movements as the wearer's movements.

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by toomuchtodo » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:36 PM UTC

atemerev wrote: post #39

toomuchtodo wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Once your child makes it to a year, it's less "gates of hell" and more "mildy soul crushing".

Mildly? I still wonder how anybody could voluntarily opt for a second one. Thank God for the hardwired unconditional love for one's own children (I have heard that occasionally it doesn't work — poor souls). And still, I never even remotely expected anything like what has happened.

"Mildy" for the HN crowd :)

I too was unprepared for the level of hell a child brings. But, unconditional love and all that jazz.

For sure though, one is enough for one lifetime. My cousin is on his fourth; no idea why he hates himself so much.

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by ci5er » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:36 PM UTC

codingdave wrote: post #2

Welcome to the little-discussed world of adult sleeping arrangements, where many couples secretly don't sleep next to each other. We don't talk about it much because those who do sleep next to each other think that our relationships must be horribly broken, and we don't feel the need to justify our choices, or get into details of the logistics of our intimate lives. But talked about or not, it is true -- many more co…

What about a king size bed? With dual twin size coverings? I'm not judging - but sleeping in the other room or on the other bed seems to defeat the point of being together, no?

I was married for a long while - and I miss it. That said - she only weighed 95 pounds, so maybe not having to deal with king-kong in my bed helped.

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by sdfhbdf » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:36 PM UTC

fiatjaf wrote: post #13

majewsky wrote: post #7

Looks like hug of death: > Error establishing a database connection Does someone have an archive link? (Or an explanation why rendering this article requires a database connection, for that matter.)

Because it is using Wordpress or some other useless PHP-based CMS.

They're not useless when you don't have time to program your own CMS. Wordpress is good for blogs. It takes no time to set up, is crazy customizable and widely supported. Writing your own solution in whatever nodejs-react wonderland would take much more time than is necessary.

A good alternative would be to use github pages.

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by anigbrowl » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:36 PM UTC

If she sees this your problem may well fix itself :)

I do agree about the merits of a large bed though. With a wife and two huge dogs things get a little crowded but since I've been an insomniac since childhood this is merely a new version of an old problem.

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by saghm » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:42 PM UTC

anigbrowl wrote: post #41

saghm wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OT, but I'm now super conflicted about whether the correct quantifier for covers is "less" or "fewer". I think I agree with you that "less" is more correct, but my inner pedantry can't shake the feeling that it sounds weird.

Fewer countable things, less stuff.

Right, I think that the word "covers" just feels like a typical plural noun even though it isn't.

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by seshagiric » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:46 PM UTC

The title takes the cake for click bait :)

I think the interesting part is as the relationship matures, there is no emotional pull down in not sleeping close to each other and couple happily sleep a little far but on the same bed.

Re: How Sharing a Bed Changed My Sleep

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Post by ryanwaggoner » Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:47 PM UTC

tvelichkov wrote: post #25

Lol, you have no idea whats coming for you when you have a baby.

In terms of sleep disruption, yes. But not necessarily in terms of disruption in your bed. Even though it's all the rage, you don't have to co-sleep. We didn't, and our daughter slept through the night once she was 5 months and has always been an amazing sleeper (12 hours per night like clockwork).