Poll: How late do you stay up? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

#31

Post by lucasvo » Thu, Aug 21, 2008, 11:06 PM UTC

alnayyir wrote: post #24

DarkShikari wrote: post #5

I generally stay up until about midnight; despite being a bit of a night owl I still find that I get tired quickly unless I grab some caffeine. One hacker I know, however, doesn't fit this list at all; he has a ~24-36 hour day (the second derivative of the length of his day is limited to about an hour, however). This means he might be sleeping in the middle of the day for everyone else.

I have a 30-36 hour long day, and the only way I was able to rein it in and get to where I could sleep normally (I have a sucky non-programming related job that demands I be conscious from M-F 9-5) was to completely change my diet to a more hunter-gatherer style diet and start exercising after work. On the plus side, i am now the strongest person at my workplace, which amuses me greatly. (Two guys will work together…

How did you manage that, how many times per day do you sleep?

How did you change your diet? I like the side-effects :)

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

#32

Post by lucasvo » Thu, Aug 21, 2008, 11:13 PM UTC

honeyman wrote: post #9

4am is a good quiet and calm time - no distracting noise, no noises, moving cars, speaking people...

No distraction is nice. I wonder though what impressions my customers have if they get emails from me at 5am...

My problem with going to bed at 4am-6am is that it's usually quite hard to get a good midnight snack. At least where I live and going into the kitchen is no option because I'd wake up my whole family. I usually end up eating a powerbar or cereal which probably isn't the best.

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

#33

Post by michaelneale » Thu, Aug 21, 2008, 11:42 PM UTC

where is 23:00? Having kids kind of keeps you regular.

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

#34

Post by Raphael » Thu, Aug 21, 2008, 11:49 PM UTC

pkrumins wrote: post #25

Not enough options! I stay up till 8am, sometimes 10am. Other days 1pm! I live around the clock :) Best schedule for a hacker.

Meh, the bell curve has spoken.

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

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Post by catone » Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 12:19 AM UTC

I am very often up until 4am or so... but I'm not a hacker -- I'm a blogger.

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

#36

Post by cperciva » Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 12:20 AM UTC

I had to vote for 'none of the above', since I often stay awake until 26:00 -- I find that if I work 18 hours and sleep 8 hours out of every 26 hours, I can get far more work done.

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

#37

Post by ajkirwin » Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 12:22 AM UTC

I voted for 06:00.

But then, I don't get up until 2pm, because my partner works the late shift (Because it's quieter!).

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

#38

Post by a-priori » Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 12:25 AM UTC

I'm actually in the process of reducing the amount of sleep I get. For most my life, I've lived by an 8-9 hours/night schedule. This summer, however, I took a behavioural neuroscience course and one of the things I've learnt is that most people can reduce their sleep down to 4.5-5.5 hours with only minor side effects.

After starting this experiment about 2 weeks ago, I'm down to 6.5 hours now with no side effects. So far so good.

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

#39

Post by burp » Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 12:43 AM UTC

Depends i'd say 2:00

Re: Poll: How late do you stay up?

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Post by antiismist » Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 12:45 AM UTC

a-priori wrote: post #38

I'm actually in the process of reducing the amount of sleep I get. For most my life, I've lived by an 8-9 hours/night schedule. This summer, however, I took a behavioural neuroscience course and one of the things I've learnt is that most people can reduce their sleep down to 4.5-5.5 hours with only minor side effects. After starting this experiment about 2 weeks ago, I'm down to 6.5 hours now with no side effects. So…

Can you share a link or describe this a bit?