Have met people who scoff at the idea of "regular sleep at regular hours" , and those who are zealously disciplined about it.
Also curious, about the proportion of "night-persons" vs "day-persons" on HN.
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#3Assuming average sleep quality, I feel that I need 6 hours if I'm going to be productive for a full day. I can do that for a 5 day period (e.g. Mon-Fri) but I'm going to need to get at least 8 hours the next day (e.g. Sat) to pay back some of the sleep debt.
Oddly, my sense of alertness during the day has less to do with the sleep I've gotten and more to do with whether I was able to shower, brush my teeth/hair and get properly dressed. Sleep has more to do with how long I can keep going before I crash, but if I can put myself together I feel I can operate at 100% efficiency until that point.
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#4P.S: Those who liked this question- please comment! :(
I think sleep and mindfulness / productivity are influenced by long term patterns more than just day to day. If I get a good 7-8 hours of sleep for a while, but only 4-5 one night, I'm usually ok, but a week of 5-6 hours takes its toll.
There's also a lot of individual variation, though.
Also, It's not unusual for posts on the new page to fly by without many comments, particularly depending on time of day. (I'm a bit disappointed that nobody has noticed this one (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1834864).)
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#58 usually.
I hate the whole idea of sleeping, seems very wasteful to spend 1/3 of life sleeping.
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#66 or 7. I'd love to sleep less than that, but i'm worried it might damage my health.
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#7I normally can't sleep more than 6 hours a night. Typically I get 4-5 hours of sleep, usually not continuous, between midnight and 6 am.
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#8I think I need an average of about 8-9. I can get by on 7 during the week if I make up for it in the weekend. If I really have to, I can survive for a few days on 5, but my body will punish me for it afterwards!
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#98.5 minimum. I cannot write good code without it.
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#108 usually. I hate the whole idea of sleeping, seems very wasteful to spend 1/3 of life sleeping.
Why waste it? It's a perfectly valid state of consciousness. Look into dreaming techniques such as lucid dreaming. You might find creative solutions to problems or new ideas to integrate into your waking life.