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Are you trying to stop sound getting in or getting out? In the first case some decent earplugs should be sufficient.
No, they are not. Imagine some construction work with heavy drilling outside your bedroom window.
It's bad because you are isolated. You need to get grounded in order to sleep properly: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15650465/ Big fluffy beds way off the floor are bad. It's interesting to note that the above finds it most effective for women. The below is most effective for men. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10105021/ It shouldn't actually matter your sex. To add, buddhist monks must sleep on the…
is it just me or does that second link resemble pseudoscience?
> Alcoves were hygienically problematic, as the straw was sometimes only rarely changed, ventilation was poor and food supplies were often stored under the alcoves in farmhouses. To combat tuberculosis, the Baupolizei [government institution in germany responsible for building codes] took action against alcoves from the end of the 19th century. In the Free State of Oldenburg, the health insurance companies paid 100 Reichsmark per removed alcove in 1926.
Source: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkoven_(Bettnische)
I would assume that in other european countries the situation was similar.
When I was young and had a bunk bed it was pretty normal to box the lower bunk in with sheets, cushions from the couch — whatever — just to make it into a cave-like thing. Suddenly I want something like this again.
We called that, among other things, "making a fort." Do today's helicopter kids not do that?
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It's most likely false, considering the rate of malnourishment before the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions.
There’s some nuance/caveats, but here’s a study showing humans lost height during the switch from hunting/gathering to agriculture: https://modernfarmer.com/2022/04/farming-made-our-ancestors-...
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Some issue with bringing this design into today: - air quality (especially if closed off), less air volume means the air gets bad faster - air humidity, raises faster through sweat in a cupboard setup, for the same reason the inner tent of good tents tends to be made of a fabric which allows air humidity to go out of the inner tent (I think, haven't bought a tent forever) - fungus mainly due to the higher humidity/re…
A good ducted ERV could solve all those problems
I would love this. I've never understood why humans waste square footage on large bedrooms. Seriously, I could sleep in a closet and be perfectly happy.
Some issue with bringing this design into today: - air quality (especially if closed off), less air volume means the air gets bad faster - air humidity, raises faster through sweat in a cupboard setup, for the same reason the inner tent of good tents tends to be made of a fabric which allows air humidity to go out of the inner tent (I think, haven't bought a tent forever) - fungus mainly due to the higher humidity/re…