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Post by parennoob »

sneak wrote: post #99
Inufu wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If f.lux doesn't work properly, give redshift a try. Does the exact same thing and works perfectly for me.

If Ubuntu doesn't work properly, give OSX a try. Does the exact same thing and works perfectly for me.

Snarky as this is, I'm sorry to say that it's probably correct. I've never had to have any configuration or other problems with f.lux on OSX, it just works there. On Ubuntu, it just doesn't work. :)

(Ubuntu user since 2004, OSX since about last year)

Re: Sleep: Everything You Need to Know

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Post by chollida1 »

avenger123 wrote: post #53
chollida1 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Who lifts daily? I lift 5 times a week, with another day of cardio and I'm in my mid 30's. My life is pretty good. > Don't do that, bud. Based on what information? Many popular lifting schedules call for 5 days on and 2 off per week. I think your projecting your own personal experiences here.

I'm thinking of starting this up myself. Lifting weights has definite health benefits. Do you go to a gym or have a home gym? What kind of program are you following? I'm thinking of half hour max early morning, rotating between major body parts.

I go to a gym that's 24 hours.

I see alot of comments for starting strength. It's popular if you go to reddit/r/fitness. I don't really happen to like it that much if your starting out on your own. If you have a partner I think its a great work out.

In my opinion, if you're working out at home I'd just buy 2 kettlebells and work out with those instead.

As for my work out it's always anchored by one of the big 3 lifts( squat, deadlift, and bench, though I never do barbell bench anymore I use dumbells).

I then follow up with one of planks, dips and pull ups, followed by 20 minutes of streching and cardio.

Re: Sleep: Everything You Need to Know

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Post by wglb »

hmottestad wrote: post #148
SeanDav wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surely F.lux is fairly pointless unless the only source of light in your room is your computer monitor? I would imagine that any windows or external lighting is going to have a far greater effect than F.lux. I tried F.lux a while ago when it was recommended in a previous HN post but for me the only difference it seemed to have, was to make my computer monitor more difficult to read by making it too dim.

Actually. Staring at a screen until midnight, the screen is a major light source. Also for me, my desk lamp automagically dims from 11 to 1pm, just to make me feel a little more sleepy.

Do you mean 11pm to 1 am?

Re: Sleep: Everything You Need to Know

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Post by lucian1900 »

adito wrote: post #87
drostie wrote: post #29

One tip which I didn't see: set an alarm for going to bed , not waking up . You should be able to wake naturally, but artificial lighting changes your perception of when you should go to sleep, shifting you from a naturally 23-hour circadian rhythm to a 25-hour one. So just set an alarm for 11pm, and when you hear it, immediately stop what you're doing, save any open documents, turn the TV or computer off. The next 3…

someone suggest the opposite[1]: If you sleep set hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough. If it’s taking you more than five minutes to fall asleep each night, you aren’t sleepy enough. You’re wasting time lying in bed awake and not being asleep. Another problem is that you’re assuming you need the same number of hours of sleep every night, which is a false assumption. Your sleep needs vary fr…

I've stayed in bed and not fallen asleep until it got light again outside. I am almost never sleepy, it is very annoying.

This advice only works for some people.

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Post by lucian1900 »

obviouslygreen wrote: post #12

I really wonder how much sleep people lose worrying about their sleep habits. Trying to micromanage everything from your sleep schedule to your work schedule to your calorie intake to your fat intake to your social media intake to your exposure to cell phone radiation results in being even more stressed out than you would be if you weren't attempting to keep track of eighty different pseudoscientific lifestyle prescr…

If you have trouble falling asleep all the time, it is a problem that must be solved. The "go to sleep" step simply doesn't work for me much of the time. If I did nothing at all to try to sleep, I would stay awake for days, then sleep out of exhaustion (which has happened in the past).

Re: Sleep: Everything You Need to Know

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Post by ctdonath »

NuZZ wrote: post #128
ctdonath wrote: post #127

What of being woken several times each night? I have two kids and two dogs and a wife; between them all I'm woken at least twice.

According to an article I saw on HN a week ago, apparently, evidence shows we evolved to naturally wake up once each night about half way through, for around an hour. Of course, we went to sleep when it became dark and woke with the sun. Something that isn't conducive with todays lifestyle. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5542453

I've seen the "first sleep" references too. That's not what I'm talking about. Waking up naturally for a half hour in a pleasant relaxed state is one thing. Having the dog bark "let me out or I'm peeing on the carpet" and having to run downstairs, having the other dog jump on me at random intervals, having two kids separately get me up for a half hour each fussing about whatever, and having m'lady decide she must check her email at oh-dark-thirty, well, that's quite something else.

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Post by encoderer »

superuser2 wrote: post #76
drostie wrote: post #29

One tip which I didn't see: set an alarm for going to bed , not waking up . You should be able to wake naturally, but artificial lighting changes your perception of when you should go to sleep, shifting you from a naturally 23-hour circadian rhythm to a 25-hour one. So just set an alarm for 11pm, and when you hear it, immediately stop what you're doing, save any open documents, turn the TV or computer off. The next 3…

You're clearly not a student :). I'd love to choose when to go to bed, but that's not really compatible with a workload challenging enough to appease admissions counselors.

Just curious: Do you think your workload will decrease in the future, or that the workloads of the highly paid professionals here are less than what's required from you in school?

Don't expect life to get easier. More rewarding, IMO, but not easier.

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Post by qwertyboy »

maroun wrote: post #4
treeface wrote: post #2

This post seems like one big, long unsubstantiated bunch of app spam for "zeo". I don't think scientists understand the "fact retention" mechanism as well as OP claims, for instance. It's fairly clear that sleep is important, but there's a lot of unsourced information here that's presented as fact.

Thanks for your feedback! I worked for Zeo a year ago, however they've since shut down so I have no affiliation to them. I'll be sure to go in add the relevant sources.

Actually, I'd love to read those sources, since - I have to admit - I read it the same way. At first it felt like total pseudo-science, and then I saw the app and "realized" that this has to be app-spam. So please, if you have actual scientific sources (mostly for the distinct functions of different phases of sleep), do share.

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Post by throw7 »

One of things that helps me is a sleeping cap. Mine is just a thin lightweight hat. I surmise this helps in the same way the article suggests to wear socks to keep your extremities warm. The only thing is, I hate wearing socks to bed, instead I wear the cap! :)

I also like to think the act of putting on my sleeping cap is also a nice subconscious cue that it's sleep time.

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Post by ChikkaChiChi »

If you want to use a screen at night and you don't want to mess with your sleep cycle, make sure you have a device with an AMOLED screen that has the ability to run a profile that uses red pixels only.

Samsung Android devices like the Note and the Galaxy S3 have AMOLED. On the Play Store, there is a free app called Galactic Night that will let you run the device in red only. Add on another free app called Screen Filter, and suddenly you have a device with perfect lighting that allows you to keep your night vision and let your eyes rest while you drift off to sleep. CyanogenMod used to have this feature; not sure if it still does.

Backlit LCD screens (even ones that use Flux or Red profiles) won't work because even the black pixels are backlit. I've tried using a jailbroken iPad with Color Profiles and it's just not the same.

Finally, you can use an e-reader but I recommend a light source you can add a red gel to. This will have the same effect.

Source: I've been reading on a screen before bed since the days of the Palm III. Also, I used to develop film in a real darkroom.

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