The Story of Microsleep (2012)
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The Story of Microsleep (2012)
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#2If you, like me, were interested in learning more about the physiological phenomenon, perhaps wikipedia will slake your thirst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsleep
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#3I thought this was going to be about polyphasic sleeping.
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#4Spin-wait seem a wasteful solution. It seems to me that some sort of pseudo-cooperative scheduling implemented via some event or semaphore and keeping track of the current used 'quantum' would be better.
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#5I thought this was going to be about polyphasic sleeping.
Same. To anyone who hasn’t gone down the polyphasic sleep rabbit hole, it’s quite the trip.
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#6I thought this was going to be about polyphasic sleeping.
Same. To anyone who hasn’t gone down the polyphasic sleep rabbit hole, it’s quite the trip.
Is that still a thing people do? I thought Lindsay Lohan dragged Steve Pavlina back to the 8th circle of hell when she tattooed his cult symbol on her arm.
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#7Spin-wait seem a wasteful solution. It seems to me that some sort of pseudo-cooperative scheduling implemented via some event or semaphore and keeping track of the current used 'quantum' would be better.
You're right. But sometimes, you can't afford the cost of the context switch.
Re: The Story of Microsleep (2012)
#8If you, like me, were interested in learning more about the physiological phenomenon, perhaps wikipedia will slake your thirst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsleep
I had this happen to me once while driving. One moment, I was totally alert - the next, I was feet away from my car being impaled by the side rail of the highway.
What was so disconcerting is that while I had been operating on less sleep than I should have, I didn’t feel drowsy or tired before this happened. Thankfully I didn’t crash and was able to get a nap and continue my trip.
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#9Spin-wait seem a wasteful solution. It seems to me that some sort of pseudo-cooperative scheduling implemented via some event or semaphore and keeping track of the current used 'quantum' would be better.
You're right. But sometimes, you can't afford the cost of the context switch.
but the proposed solution is literally trying to context switch in a loop
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#10I remember those times in high school, head would dip sitting at desk, then suddenly jerk awake kicking chair in front of me.
Later in college sleep paralysis man those were brutal.