Yeah like sugar vs fat studies, this is profound, not.
No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
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Re: No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
#42Why are there so many of these non-news articles from the nytimes lately? "You don’t want a child prodigy" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20003367 The latest. "The Surprising Benefits of Relentlessly Auditing Your Life" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20009838 More importantly, who keeps boosting it to the frontpage. This isn't news. It's mostly pseudoscientific "self-help" style nonsense. What's the diffe…
> Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it.
Re: No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
#43Why are there so many of these non-news articles from the nytimes lately? "You don’t want a child prodigy" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20003367 The latest. "The Surprising Benefits of Relentlessly Auditing Your Life" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20009838 More importantly, who keeps boosting it to the frontpage. This isn't news. It's mostly pseudoscientific "self-help" style nonsense. What's the diffe…
> Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Since you quoted a rule out of context I'd like to provide the full version for ironic effect:
> Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead.
That last sentence would seem to imply you've broken the rules yourself simply by commenting about another user doing so... Which ironically I'm also now guilty of.
So we're left with two options, mods delete both our comments for violations... Or maybe we relax and hear out the GP comment...
They actually brought up a very good point that I'm sure many of us on HN have noticed in regards to recent NYT articles being quite clickbaity and generally being of a lower journalistic standards.
Re: No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Since you quoted a rule out of context I'd like to provide the full version for ironic effect: > Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. That last sentence would seem to imply you've broken the rules yourself simply by commenting about another user doing so... Which ironically I'm also now guilty…
sctb is a mod. It kind of makes sense that mods are allowed to comment on people breaking rules.
Re: No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
The book, “Why We Sleep” covers this and many other sleep topics at length and in far more depth. It’s fascinating.
It truly is fascinating. I'd recommend anyone to read this, as he also talks about the evolutionary benefits of morning larks versus night owls. It was, perhaps, the most influential book I read last year.
How did it influence you? What are the changes it prompted
you to make?
Re: No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Okay, then I encourage everyone to flag every single paywall article posted. They are off-topic, because you cannot read them. The FAQ rule is ridiculous.
Do remember that doing so will primarily lead to you loosing the ability to flag things for misusing the feature.
How is it misuse if the article is unreadable due to a paywall?
Re: No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do remember that doing so will primarily lead to you loosing the ability to flag things for misusing the feature.
How is it misuse if the article is unreadable due to a paywall?
How is flagging a submission for something site rules and moderators explicitly say is acceptable on HN not misusing the flag feature, which is for things that are not acceptable?
Re: No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is it misuse if the article is unreadable due to a paywall?
How is flagging a submission for something site rules and moderators explicitly say is acceptable on HN not misusing the flag feature, which is for things that are not acceptable?
A pay-walled submission being acceptable on a news site when people likely do not spend a lengthy amount of time and likely do not want a hassle trying to consume information seems like a bad business decision.
Re: No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
It truly is fascinating. I'd recommend anyone to read this, as he also talks about the evolutionary benefits of morning larks versus night owls. It was, perhaps, the most influential book I read last year.
How did it influence you? What are the changes it prompted you to make?
I've started turning 'Do Not Disturb' mode on my phone much earlier, and plugging it into charge (facedown) at the same time. Even with a blue light filter, there was still a lot of exposure that would keep me awake. I try (and often fail, admittedly) to shut off my computer earlier too, but I use f.lux which helps mitigate it some.
I also have changed out my light bulbs and use a lamp at night that doesn't emit as much blue light; I'm even considering getting some of the color changing ones and programming them to change for me throughout the day (as well as come on and turn off at a set time, which could be great).
On top of all that, I try to follow a consistent schedule. It's difficult, but if I've been on it a few days, I notice it when I'm off and am quite miserable.
I still could do more, especially wearing a sleep mask. I've noticed that when I sleep in windowless rooms, I sleep a lot better; the same is true with cool rooms (unfortunately, one of my roommates is always cold and refuses to believe we sleep better cool so our house rarely gets below 72 during the summer, and only that cool at night because I turn it down after he goes to sleep).
But, really, mitigating blue light and understanding the importance of sleep are the two main things it's taught me.
Re: No, Night Owls Aren’t Doomed to Die Early
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
How did it influence you? What are the changes it prompted you to make?
I've started turning 'Do Not Disturb' mode on my phone much earlier, and plugging it into charge (facedown) at the same time. Even with a blue light filter, there was still a lot of exposure that would keep me awake. I try (and often fail, admittedly) to shut off my computer earlier too, but I use f.lux which helps mitigate it some. I also have changed out my light bulbs and use a lamp at night that doesn't emit as m…
Thanks for the response. I just have one remark:
> one of my roommates is always cold and refuses to believe we sleep better cool
I don't think this is universal, although it is often stated as such. I too sleep best when the room is between 24 and 25 degrees Celsius (during the winter, too).