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Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by dikdik » Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 11:57 AM UTC

state wrote: post #3

Perhaps if everyone tagged their breakup moments on their fitbits then fitbit could mass-process the preceding few months / weeks to find a common pattern. You show up a few minutes early to the restaurant and your fitbit can just let you know what's about to happen.

How about an iwatch app that tracks if two people meeting are attracted to each other? Location aware Tindr for your heart beat. There's probably pretty huge potential for fuck-ups if you don't get it right though.

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by animal531 » Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 1:55 PM UTC

Analemma_ wrote: post #23

funkysquid wrote: post #8

This is fascinating (and sad), but it makes me wonder, could police use your fitness tracker as a sort of poor-mans polygraph? i.e. interview a subject normally, and then get a warrant (or not get a warrant) to view the online data and correlate them after the fact? Wikipedia mentions "blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity" as parameters for a polygraph [1], and while fitbit only supports 2/4 righ…

I can sort of see that as a concern, but... why on earth would you wear your Fitbit to a police interview? If I ever got hauled in for questioning by the cops, then guilty or innocent I would definitely not be wearing something that tracks my heart rate! In any case, I don't think this would be admissible evidence. As far as admissible evidence, polygraphs are only just scraping by on the skin of their teeth, and wea…

But perhaps you were wearing it while murdering your neighbour. By itself it should be circumstantial evidence at best, but it could possibly help pointing the police in the right direction.

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 8:55 PM UTC

lectrick wrote: post #119

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #117

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I don't know if this helps, but most people have to try a few different CPAP masks before they find one that's really comfortable for them. This is pretty much the normal usage pattern, and most insurance that covers CPAP at all also cover multiple masks, so I don't know why doctors don't push it more. For the record, there should not be any air hissing out around the edges of your mask. If there is, you either need…

Nasal pillow mask is (relatively) the bomb IMHO. Don't even try anything else, you will be disappointed. Good point about the air filter; I need to get a new one

You might also try being rigorous about regular cleaning, if you don't already. In theory you're supposed to thoroughly clean the hose, mask, and reservoir daily. I'm lucky if I manage it every other month, and it works fine for me, but I don't have any major allergies.

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by lectrick » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 2:07 PM UTC

DenisM wrote: post #126

DenisM wrote: post #112

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Pay cash. You can get a refurb at $600. It's totally worth it. Speaking side-sleeping, I have sewn a sock with a tennis ball to the back of my sleeping tshirt. It worked well, but it's hard to wash. So I bought this contraption: https://www.amazon.com/stream/ref=nav_upnav_mobile_T2_Detail... Side-sleeping is a big deal, but it's even better with a neck pillow.

Better link, I hope. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DTLLYQ6/

Believe it or not, I also snore on my side. sigh

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by zimpenfish » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 2:20 PM UTC

flashman wrote: post #85

junto wrote: post #82

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Dies the Fitbit track stress levels as a metric, or is it just heart rate?

Just heart rate - I believe it's logged at 5-second intervals during rest, and 1-second intervals during physical activity. I'm trying to get Python Fitbit working to download my HR data but am having API issues: http://python-fitbit.readthedocs.org/

I've got https://github.com/magnific0/FitBit.py working (with a minor tweak - the refresh token path is missing a "return", it seems) for downloading my heart rate data. Works great.

https://rjp.is/experiments/heartrate/buckets5.html https://rjp.is/experiments/heartrate/minsum.html

Drop me a note (contacts in profile) if you want a copy before I get around to github'ing the changes.

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by zimpenfish » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 2:35 PM UTC

peterwallhead wrote: post #109

jreed91 wrote: post #35

This just reminds me on how no one has made the killer app for all these sensors. It's just data, no one has shown me how to make myself better from all this data.

https://exist.io is attempting to solve this problem (no interests, just a happy user).

Looks neat - will have to see how it compares against https://gyrosco.pe/

Re: Breakup, as captured by my fitbit

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Post by DenisM » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 5:06 PM UTC

lectrick wrote: post #134

DenisM wrote: post #126

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Better link, I hope. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00DTLLYQ6/

Believe it or not, I also snore on my side. sigh

Of corse. But a better question to ask is if your AHI takes a plunge. If it goes down from 20 to 10 for example you are halfway there to control your apnea.

A good CPAP machine will tell you what your AHI is. Even the S8 does, though you have to get to the system menu (hold down and right arrows for five seconds).