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Impact of a Night of Sleep Deprivation on Novice Developers’ Performance (2018)

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Post by nyxtom »

dakics wrote: post #26

I've bought recently one of those cheap wrist bands. One of the most important features for me was ability to measure sleep quality in terms of "daily hours of deep sleep," whatever that scientifically means. Over the course of several months, I've been able to identify things which affect my sleep quality: * eating late: bad * drinking late: one beer... not really that bad * answering work emails until midnight: REA…

I’ve found that it boils down to either excess energy not burned off, or not enough calories to slow the mind down yet. So if my mind is racing a bit I get up, eat something small and light on the stomach like a banana or cereal in the dark without tv or the phone. I use some of this time to meditate as well.

Also getting enough sun or vitamin d helps. Trying to burn off as much energy before my mind has a chance to race before the end of the evening.

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Post by dragonwriter »

dsfyu404ed wrote: post #113
chasd00 wrote: post #21

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i use to think this way too. When i was HS living out in the countryside of North Texas the father of a friend of mine would take me hunting and target shooting a lot. He said he did an experiment once where he shot 3 groups of 5 shots then measured his precision and accuracy. Next, he drank a beer (i know, not the wisest thing to do) then repeated the shooting exercise. He did this for a few iterations and his concl…

But your body doesn't absorb the alcohol instantly. Those test results make no sense from a medical standpoint. There should be a lag between drinking and the performance hit.

> But your body doesn't absorb the alcohol instantly

Yes, it does. I mean, it takes time to fully absorb it, but alcohol begins entering the bloodstream immediately when reaching the stomach, it is not digested.

Rapidity of effect will vary by a lot of personal and other factors.

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Post by lobotryas »

jdironman wrote: post #31
dakics wrote: post #26

I've bought recently one of those cheap wrist bands. One of the most important features for me was ability to measure sleep quality in terms of "daily hours of deep sleep," whatever that scientifically means. Over the course of several months, I've been able to identify things which affect my sleep quality: * eating late: bad * drinking late: one beer... not really that bad * answering work emails until midnight: REA…

What is the brand of the device? I am interested in getting one. I'm struggling today after little sleep, but I would also like insight on how much deep sleep I am getting.

You don’t even have to get a device to get started. A cheap (but useful) app like Sleep Cycle will give you lots of info to start noticing patterns.

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Post by dragonwriter »

fao_ wrote: post #79
Merrill wrote: post #73

With the 996 system (9 am to 9 pm, 6 days per week), this would leave very little time for anything but working and sleeping. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/996_working_hour_system https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/business/jack-ma-996-china/in...

In most of the civilized world, including the PRC, that system is outright illegal.

Being on-paper illegal, however, doesn't mean that it's not common and de facto accepted.

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Post by beenBoutIT »

loco5niner wrote: post #103
blotter_paper wrote: post #97

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I would rather roll the dice on a one-off suffocation than subject a young mammal to a separate sleeping cage in the darkness of night, personally. What other mammals make their young sleep not in a pile ?

> I would rather roll the dice on a one-off suffocation than... WHAT!? No way. SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) is a real danger and not something to be dismissed lightly. http://www.idph.state.il.us/sids/sids_factsheet.htm

The acronym SIDS really does a disservice to parents by obfuscating the fact that babies die as a result of being accidentally asphyxiated by a sleeping parent. How many lives could be saved by an acronym like 'Accidental Parental Baby Asphyxiation' that raises awareness of what's going on and how to prevent it?

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Post by illirik »

heymijo wrote: post #62
Ntrails wrote: post #59

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> Except, sleep isn't a debt because the loss can't be repaid. sort of ? The impact of missed sleep has a half life. A single night of 4 hours sleep, followed by a year of normal nights sleep will lead to a me that is indistinguishable from the me that slept 8 hours that same night. I'm all for sleeping properly, but lets not suggest that it is the end of the world any time someone doesn't get their standard n hours

Sure. And please note, I'm not prescribing or suggesting anything about the end of the world regarding a single missed night of sleep. I am commenting about the world of ignorance I had regarding sleep prior to a very recent education. If you or other people reading this are unaware of the depth of what sleep research has learned in the past 15 or so years I will point you to this six hour conversation that Dr. Matth…

I don't want to be dismissive, but is there a good TLDR on this, preferably in written form, or any other resources you'd recommend? I'd love to catch up on the science, but listening to six hours of podcast might cut into my sleep!

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Post by [deleted] »

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #115
ben_w wrote: post #109

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Most other species grow their own pants, which remain permanently attached. Effectively. :)

With the exception of sheep, at which point we must ask - what other species steals another species pants?

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Post by DanBC »

dragonwriter wrote: post #118
frosted-flakes wrote: post #83

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Isn't the risk of accidentally suffocating the baby quite high when co-sleeping? I think I'd prefer a bed-side crib.

> Isn't the risk of accidentally suffocating the baby quite high when co-sleeping? No, it's on average quite low , but notably higher than not cosleeping, and the consequences are severe so many people generally prefer (and the medical community generally recommends) to avoid the risk, at least as a regular practice. IIRC, there is some reason to believe that the on average risk is misleadingly high for many concrete…

The risk of death with cosleeping is always higher than not cosleeping. It's even higher if either parent drinks or smokes.

Of course, these are public health interpretations of the data which are applied across a population. Individual parents need to do their own risk / benefit analysis.

Also, people sometimes mean different things by the term "cosleeping". In this thread it seems to be mostly people talking about parents and the child sleeping in a bed, but some people include parent and child sleeping on a sofa or in a chair. This (couch or chair cosleeping) is riskier than bed cosleeping.

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Post by beenBoutIT »

blotter_paper wrote: post #107
loco5niner wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I would rather roll the dice on a one-off suffocation than... WHAT!? No way. SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) is a real danger and not something to be dismissed lightly. http://www.idph.state.il.us/sids/sids_factsheet.htm

I'm not trolling, nor do I feel I'm dismissing it lightly. I'd rather take a relatively minor risk of death than knowingly inflict whatever psychological trauma comes from forcing an infant to sleep alone. I think the horror of this is seriously downplayed by our society. It's relatively safe to leave a baby in a box now, but this hasn't been the case for our deep evolutionary past. If you're a baby being left in a b…

IIRC, the official advice is same room, separate beds. Rules out accidental suffocation and allows the child to hear and see the mom.

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Post by dragonwriter »

DanBC wrote: post #128
dragonwriter wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Isn't the risk of accidentally suffocating the baby quite high when co-sleeping? No, it's on average quite low , but notably higher than not cosleeping, and the consequences are severe so many people generally prefer (and the medical community generally recommends) to avoid the risk, at least as a regular practice. IIRC, there is some reason to believe that the on average risk is misleadingly high for many concrete…

The risk of death with cosleeping is always higher than not cosleeping. It's even higher if either parent drinks or smokes. Of course, these are public health interpretations of the data which are applied across a population. Individual parents need to do their own risk / benefit analysis. Also, people sometimes mean different things by the term "cosleeping". In this thread it seems to be mostly people talking about…

> The risk of death with cosleeping is always higher than not cosleeping

Yes, that's my understanding, but I wasn't clear; I've corrected the comment to clarify.

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