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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 camillomiller »

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...

No no, we first need to adopt a technology that consumes more water and energy than a small town to solve a problem we've already solved!

Jokes aside: overengineering issue like this to LEARN a new coding language, hardware setup, platform etc. used to be a great opportunity for skills growth. Now honestly it's hard to justify, if you're using AI to do it. With the added insult that the sycophantic AI will also make you feel like a genius for overthinking a stupid idea.

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 pech0rin »

camillomiller wrote: post #171
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...

No no, we first need to adopt a technology that consumes more water and energy than a small town to solve a problem we've already solved! Jokes aside: overengineering issue like this to LEARN a new coding language, hardware setup, platform etc. used to be a great opportunity for skills growth. Now honestly it's hard to justify, if you're using AI to do it. With the added insult that the sycophantic AI will also make…

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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 #161
DANmode wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, it’s no longer good advice to checks notes consider switching up environment or diet/things you’re ingesting, if you’re generating excess goo known for waste-carrying, and protection from environmental debris... Are you serious ? Feel free to struggle until a peer-reviewed study gives you permission not to, but don’t be surprised if others continue making basic observations and improvements for themselves.

I didn’t refute a link between environmental factors and ear wax production. Nor did I say improving diet isn’t a good thing in general. But changing your diet won’t help with ear wax. And cotton swabs are a bad idea. You seem upset; this is just a discussion on an internet forum. It’s ok for people to have different opinions and share them in a thread :)

You changing YOUR diet may not help your earwax.

Changing mine does - and I can reliably show it - and I’m what was asked about.

Also, cotton-swabs or a tissue aren’t a bad idea (again, anecdotally for me - what was asked about)

unless one has build-up,

and/or the ear opening has become smaller as a protective measure,

ensuring one rifles the gunk in from the walls,

instead of going past it in the center,

and then pulling out and around the walls.

Most have ear-openings too-tight to even know what I’m referring to.

Anyway, not upset, just steadfast that words matter.

and that individuals don’t need the permission of peer-reviewed studies (or you!) to make basic improvements in their lives.

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 burner420042 »

jillesvangurp wrote: post #141
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...

I've been using those for a few years. I also cover my eyes with a sleeping mask in the summer. In this part of the world (Berlin) it gets light around 4am in the summer. About 3-4 hours before I want to wake up. I'm sensitive to light, I sleep longer in the winter.

Same for Seattle! And I got one for the exact same reasons. Once you got used to them, a sleeping mask and earplugs is pure bliss.

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 sebastiennight »

fwipsy wrote: post #153
ro_bit wrote: post #122

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Yeah they just finished their series A funding yesterday. Sorry to hear you missed out

I don't think it will work out. Dwarf fortress got it right. Cats own you, not vice versa.

Which is the infinite money glitch.

You're worth X.

You have 1 cat who owns you, total value X.

Get 10 black market cats for free, now 11 cats own you for a total net worth of 11X.

That's even before considering the compound effect of each cat owning a human worth 11X, which means you can divest from 1 cat for 11X, and still be worth 110*X.

The system basically works like xAI shares. Don't look too close into it.

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 stavros »

pech0rin wrote: post #172
camillomiller wrote: post #171

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No no, we first need to adopt a technology that consumes more water and energy than a small town to solve a problem we've already solved! Jokes aside: overengineering issue like this to LEARN a new coding language, hardware setup, platform etc. used to be a great opportunity for skills growth. Now honestly it's hard to justify, if you're using AI to do it. With the added insult that the sycophantic AI will also make…

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It's especially tiring how apparently datacenters were invented last year. Datacenters were fine when you were using them to encode video for the billionth mindless TikTok short, but AI suddenly made them the scourge of the earth?

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 stavros »

pizzly wrote: post #22

This is really cool. We did a similar thing around 2 years ago but didn't use AI in that case. Just used a phone to record a few nights sleeping. Then a python script. I manually listened for some time in order to find the threshold amplitude (where all sounds would be ignored below and tracked above). Generated a graph that should the spikes of interest. Clicked on the spikes which went to the timestamp in the audio…

One time there was construction/renovation going on one floor below mine. I'm talking sledgehammers, jackhammers, the whole shebang.

For some reason, I've never slept better. Every little noise generally wakes me up (like someone walking in the same room) but the demolition noises kind of numbed me to all audio, apparently.

I also somehow sleep better when I leave a window open, and get some morning sun and noise? Though in that case, loud motorcycles revving will probably wake me up, but random people talking/shouting is fine.

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 fugaziboutit »

gchamonlive wrote: post #102
apt-apt-apt-apt wrote: post #80

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Don't listen to him– he is a cat burglar, and you being deaf at night helps him steal your cats.

Is there such a flourishing black market for subtracted cats that would prompt burglars to steal these pets?

You can't subtract cats, you have to concatenate then truncate.
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