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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 danaw »

i5heu wrote: post #127
babblingfish wrote: post #39

Hey, OP, consider sleeping with ear plugs. They're scientifically proven to reduce night time awakenings due to audio disturbances. [1] [1] https://academic.oup.com/sleep/advance-article/doi/10.1093/s...

AFAIK there is some inflammation potential if earplugs are used all night everyday. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/advice-wearing-ea...

ime finding the right earplugs is the key. there are lots of options a of diameter, density and material to try out. getting the right one made a big difference for me

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Post by bustermellotron »

jdsnape wrote: post #42
Eric_WVGG wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

plants plants plants. Most of these are dummy easy to care for, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Clean_Air_Study#List_of_p...

Plants are nice…but, from your link: “These results are not applicable to typical buildings, where outdoor-to-indoor air exchange already removes volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at a rate that could only be matched by the placement of 10–1000 plants/m2 of a building's floor space.[2] The results also failed to replicate in future studies”

You could use air scrubbers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_lime

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Post by DANmode »

codazoda wrote: post #11

This reminds me of a weird story... I went to work at a BBB office once. They turned all their computers off at night and every morning they were back on. It was just "normal" for them. I can't even remember what problem I was troubleshooting. At the time I was working on IVR systems. Anwayz, I was working late in their office. Everyone had turned off their computers and went home. At exactly Midnight, every computer…

Motherboards turn on PCs based on observed voltage drop when pressing the PWR switch.

Could also have been “AC power restored” functionality being triggered.

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

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sevg wrote: post #126
DANmode wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Leave the environments that stimulated it. Stop eating the foods that stimulate it. I now have visible production on a tissue or cotton swab once a week or fewer.

There’s no real evidence linking specific foods with ear wax production. Also, for anyone getting reading this, cotton swabs in your ears is a bad idea and usually makes the problem worse (pushes wax in and compacts it).

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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 DANmode »

sevg wrote: post #126
DANmode wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Leave the environments that stimulated it. Stop eating the foods that stimulate it. I now have visible production on a tissue or cotton swab once a week or fewer.

There’s no real evidence linking specific foods with ear wax production. Also, for anyone getting reading this, cotton swabs in your ears is a bad idea and usually makes the problem worse (pushes wax in and compacts it).

> There’s no real evidence linking specific foods with ear wax production.

That’s not what’s being discussed.

They asked what I did.

This is anecdata.

and anecdotally:

I no longer make enough wax to see in a month.

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 kuerbel »

i5heu wrote: post #127
babblingfish wrote: post #39

Hey, OP, consider sleeping with ear plugs. They're scientifically proven to reduce night time awakenings due to audio disturbances. [1] [1] https://academic.oup.com/sleep/advance-article/doi/10.1093/s...

AFAIK there is some inflammation potential if earplugs are used all night everyday. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/advice-wearing-ea...

That's bad, because I suffer from pulse-synchronous tinnitus and they help. Can't find a cause though, on some days it's gone completely.

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Post by AlexCoventry »

i5heu wrote: post #127
babblingfish wrote: post #39

Hey, OP, consider sleeping with ear plugs. They're scientifically proven to reduce night time awakenings due to audio disturbances. [1] [1] https://academic.oup.com/sleep/advance-article/doi/10.1093/s...

AFAIK there is some inflammation potential if earplugs are used all night everyday. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/advice-wearing-ea...

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

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Post by elliotto »

showmypost wrote: post #52
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…

The levels I have at night indeed are unhealthy, I’m still trying to find the best way to tackle this challenge.. Most wakeups are from noise (I can see it in the data) but high CO2 levels can also make me a lighter sleeper. Not sure where you’re based but in Europe the priority is mostly on heat isolation, so air movement suffers. The US is better in that regard. There was a big thread on that topic on X the other w…

Hi, Co2 levels like that are severely high and will cause you to have a lot of issues. I had some issues with poor ventilation and headaches in my apartment, and my solution was to run the bathroom fan all the time - this gave me enough ventilation to feel much better. You're basically suffocating at 3000 ppm.

It's important to measure this somehow - I do this with a $100 Co2 sensor and display I got off amazon, but you seem to already have these sensors available.

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 sevg »

DANmode wrote: post #135
sevg wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s no real evidence linking specific foods with ear wax production. Also, for anyone getting reading this, cotton swabs in your ears is a bad idea and usually makes the problem worse (pushes wax in and compacts it).

> There’s no real evidence linking specific foods with ear wax production. That’s not what’s being discussed. They asked what I did. This is anecdata. and anecdotally: I no longer make enough wax to see in a month .

You’re free to share your anecdata.

But you also shouldn’t be surprised if someone challenges the implications or merits of your anecdata, for the benefit of others that might take it as good advice.

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