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I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night

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Re: I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night

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Post by petesergeant »

zfnmxt wrote: post #181
card_zero wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Foam: cheap, scratchy, ineffective. This one will give you abrasions sometimes. Silicone: expensive, effective, fussy. Wax: cheap, effective, disposable. (Needs warming up, slight drawback.)

I have like 20 brands of foam earplugs in my drawer, 5 different pairs of custom silicone airplugs, unusual earplugs from Kickstarter like [1], and so on. What I'm saying is I know my way around the earplug block. Here's what I'd write for your categories: Foam: The most effective, by far. I suspect many people wear them incorrectly and do not insert them far enough. You can use lube (they make special ear lube for s…

> they make special ear lube

huh, potentially a game-changer. Thank you!

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Post by baq »

fud101 wrote: post #94

This is another dumb AI project idea which i would have done at some point too if I didn't know better. It's one of those things where doctors will just go ahead with the fix even if they haven't evaluated the exact diagnosis, since the fix will probably be the same regardless. The human mind wants certainty though so I get it, but the fix doesn't need to be preceded by a pinpointing of the exact cause.

god forbid a person wants to understand and have fun doing that

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

Mashimo wrote: post #150
jillesvangurp wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using those for a few years. I also cover my eyes with a sleeping mask in the summer. In this part of the world (Berlin) it gets light around 4am in the summer. About 3-4 hours before I want to wake up. I'm sensitive to light, I sleep longer in the winter.

Or as an alternative I use blackout curtains. Once I also had automatic blackout blinds, they would slowly roll up before my my alarm rings. All controlled by home assistant, which can read the phono alarm time. Waking up slowly by light is nice :)

Heavy / blackout curtains are great for noise insulation / echoes / reverb / heat management, too. But there's often some leakage above and below, so a combination of blackout curtains, blinds, and / or outdoor blinds is likely the best option. But that's three separate investments and may not be possible if you rent.

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Post by ssgodderidge »

lloeki wrote: post #185
ssgodderidge wrote: post #59

Hey OP, would love to know more about your thoughts on Garmin you reference at the bottom? Why would they be any better/worse than Coros? > *= I do not like Garmin, I think they're a fraudulent company systematically breaching consumer rights and I'm looking for alternatives. Already converted multiple people to Coros.

Came to see if someone commented on that. I have generally seen Garmin as one of the good ones on several criteria: - when hit by ransomware, disclosed publicly, bit on the data loss and told them to fsck off - devices can very much operate without any account, app, or cloud connection (of course you don't get the more advanced "Connect" features) - plug it in and you have rw access to .FIT files over MTP - same mech…

Yeah I totally agree with this list. In contrast, Coros had a pretty nonchalant response to their security issues last year. Attackers could:

> Hijacking the vicitim’s COROS account and accessing all data

> – Eavesdropping sensitive data, e.g. notifications

> – Manipulating the device configuration

> – Factory resetting the device

> – Crashing the device

> – Interrupting a running activity and forcing the recorded data to be lost [0]

The security firm disclosed the vulnerability to Coros in Mar 2025. They planned to fix it by the end of 2025, and didn’t address it until the security firm publicly released the finding.

[0]:https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/06/coros-confirms-substanti...

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Post by darkwater »

cyanydeez wrote: post #6

hint: your watch is probably lying to you and you're following a normal bifurcated sleep pattern. AI is melting your real world understanding: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/biphasic-sle...

Intrigued by your comment and being someone that have a broken sleeping pattern due to both me being a nervous person and having went through raising 2 kids, I went to the linked article hoping to learn something new about my pattern. And it turns out it's just about talking the habit of "siesta" - so having a short sleep period during daytime - and NOT about wake up in the middle of the night naturally.

So, I find totally inappropriate the snarky comment about OP and AI melting anything.

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Post by raffael_de »

saaaaaam wrote: post #165
AlexCoventry wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using them for decades without issue, FWIW.

You are either a scientific anomaly or a single data point. Or both.

Well, then I am another anomaly and data point. I'm using ear plugs for 30 years at least 95% of nights. Never ever had an ear infection.

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Post by raffael_de »

zfnmxt wrote: post #181
card_zero wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Foam: cheap, scratchy, ineffective. This one will give you abrasions sometimes. Silicone: expensive, effective, fussy. Wax: cheap, effective, disposable. (Needs warming up, slight drawback.)

I have like 20 brands of foam earplugs in my drawer, 5 different pairs of custom silicone airplugs, unusual earplugs from Kickstarter like [1], and so on. What I'm saying is I know my way around the earplug block. Here's what I'd write for your categories: Foam: The most effective, by far. I suspect many people wear them incorrectly and do not insert them far enough. You can use lube (they make special ear lube for s…

I have the same experience with foam being best at noise blocking. The brand makes a big difference. 3M ear plugs are terrible. Best brand is Oropax.

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Post by khafra »

corgihamlet wrote: post #198
khafra wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about your rouladen? Articulated steel blinds block quite a lot of light, don't they?

You mean "Rollläden", Rouladen are the rolled meat things.

Are you sure they're not the same thing? I'm quite certain I've heard people talk about "beef curtains."

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Post by mft_ »

nevi-me wrote: post #17

That CO2 concentration looks unhealthy, I wonder to what extent it's affecting your sleep quality (as opposed to waking you up). > Measure before you fix In my case, I got a few IKEA CO2 sensors, and after leaving them in the bedrooms for a few days, we found that leaving an outside window slightly open + the bedroom door open, kept the CO2 levels below 600PPM at night. We're 1000ft/300m away from a motorway, but for…

I was a bit surprised at the level of those readings.

Anecdotally, we have an air monitor gadget and the highest I've ever seen (small home office, fairly well-sealed, winter, me working there all day with no ventilation) was around 1100-1200 PPM. I get that two people in a small sealed bedroom could push it higher, but 3350 PPM?!

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