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Sense – Wake up when it's right for you

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Re: Sense – Wake up when it's right for you

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Post by Brakenshire »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #60
DougWebb wrote: post #5

So, a WiFi-attached device sitting in my bedroom with a high-sensitivity microphone, a proximity detector, and unknown software? I think I'll pass, even though the product seems cool and useful otherwise. Sure, I've got my cellphone in my bedroom at night and it's got the mic, network connection, and unknown software. But I figure there's a much better chance of someone discovering that Google or Sprint has installed…

This is completely ridiculous. Nobody is going to be building a backdoor into a product only a handful of people use when there are products that millions of people use that are just as easy to backdoor. If the NSA, CIA, a foreign government, competitors, your own company, your mother, etc. wanted to listen to you and other people en masse, they're going to be backdooring a piece of software which is used by more peo…

To my mind, the device certainly isn't some sort of serious, imminent threat, but I am sceptical because it raises philosophical objections about the direction of travel.

Re: Sense – Wake up when it's right for you

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Post by philbarr »

contingencies wrote: post #16
philbarr wrote: post #3

What affects my sleep isn't me setting my alarm for the wrong time, it's my 13 week old baby. I'm sure I've seen a few things like this in the past. I wonder if they could adopt it for use as a baby monitor? We do currently have a sleep monitor but that just sets off an alarm if she hasn't moved in 20 seconds (or I pick her up and forget to turn the damn thing off, grrrr). I could see this being a really useful baby…

Haha, 3 weeks here! I feel your pain. Work output on complex abstract thinking tasks has descended to terrible. It's not just the sleep, either. It's constant interruption when you do get going...

Ouch! 3 weeks was hard! Believe me I'm much happier now at 13 weeks than I was at 3.

They tell you it gets easier but it really does, honest!

I work from home so it's a constant thing. We also have a Golden Retriever who likes to run in and jump around and see what's going on when the screaming gets going just to add a little extra stress to the situation :)

Wouldn't change it, though. I know that's a cliche but it is true.

Re: Sense – Wake up when it's right for you

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Post by acrooks »

david_shaw wrote: post #56

From the landing page: >>> We all have a natural sleep cycle, but a normal alarm will wake you regardless. Sense’s Smart Alarm, knows the right time to wake you, so you will feel alert and refreshed. This is the part I like best. I wrote a web application ( http://sleepyti.me ) designed to let people calculate their own "optimized bed times" based on when they need to get up -- in other words, doing what Sense claims…

Hi David, first of all, thank you very much for creating sleepyti.me - I use it almost every night when setting an alarm.

Have you ever considered a responsive view of it so you can select your parameters more easily on a phone without having to zoom in?

Re: Sense – Wake up when it's right for you

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Post by philbarr »

hoopism wrote: post #40
philbarr wrote: post #3

What affects my sleep isn't me setting my alarm for the wrong time, it's my 13 week old baby. I'm sure I've seen a few things like this in the past. I wonder if they could adopt it for use as a baby monitor? We do currently have a sleep monitor but that just sets off an alarm if she hasn't moved in 20 seconds (or I pick her up and forget to turn the damn thing off, grrrr). I could see this being a really useful baby…

Been there recently. Have you seen this? http://mimobaby.com/ I ultimately decided more monitoring (we have audio/video/nest) was not going to help us. But still thought this product was cool.

That is a cool product, but on reflection I think you're right with the monitoring. I'm not a huge fan of the monitoring system we have now, but my wife won't live without it. We even have her room only two meters away from our bedroom, but we still have an audio monitor on and turned up.

Like, 'cos when she starts crying I need to hear it in stereo ;)

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Post by pyrocat »

david_shaw wrote: post #56

From the landing page: >>> We all have a natural sleep cycle, but a normal alarm will wake you regardless. Sense’s Smart Alarm, knows the right time to wake you, so you will feel alert and refreshed. This is the part I like best. I wrote a web application ( http://sleepyti.me ) designed to let people calculate their own "optimized bed times" based on when they need to get up -- in other words, doing what Sense claims…

Oh, you made sleepyti.me? Thank you, it's a very useful website!

Re: Sense – Wake up when it's right for you

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Post by aaronem »

mbillie1 wrote: post #65
njharman wrote: post #48

The body works amazingly well when taken care of and listened too. Really. Instead of hyper tracking every aspect of your life [and making assumptions based on that data] Just exercise, eat well, no caffeine, minimal sugar/food after dark, get 10+min of sun around noon, go to sleep when tired. All of which is almost impossible for 90% of people who are forced into regimented, high stress, excessive work lives.

This is, sadly, advice which gets ignored by an overwhelming number of people in our industry. I know so many otherwise smart folks who buy a FitBit and track their caloric intake only to then drive (not go outside and walk) 2 blocks to get lunch at McDonalds or someplace similar. You don't need a product/app to live a healthy lifestyle... most likely if you are trying to solve a health/lifestyle problem by purchasin…

> most likely if you are trying to solve a health/lifestyle problem by purchasing something, that is just symptomatic of yet another unhealthy aspect of your lifestyle

Tell that to the thirty pounds I've lost, over the last couple months, by dint of using a Basis band to track calories out, and logging what I eat to do the same for calories in.

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Post by lpsz »

arjunnarayan wrote: post #64
njharman wrote: post #48

The body works amazingly well when taken care of and listened too. Really. Instead of hyper tracking every aspect of your life [and making assumptions based on that data] Just exercise, eat well, no caffeine, minimal sugar/food after dark, get 10+min of sun around noon, go to sleep when tired. All of which is almost impossible for 90% of people who are forced into regimented, high stress, excessive work lives.

I'd add in that you should avoid computer screens (or use some software like f.lux on the maximum dark setting) after the sun goes down. I'd also recommend watching your alcohol consumption in the evening as that significantly disrupts your sleep cycle.

No kidding -- I routinely code late into the night. Each time, I can't fall asleep if I didn't have f.lux on a fairly "yellow" setting.

I (a) wish that something like that was built into iOS and (b) feel bad for people who don't know f.lux exists (or RedShift, for Linux folks.)

Re: Sense – Wake up when it's right for you

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Post by bnejad »

philbarr wrote: post #70
bnejad wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right on, similar to what I was thinking but I'm curious if that's actually feasible.

That's right, it's sensitive enough to pick up when she's breathing. Babies can get sleep apnea which is ok as long as it lasts no longer than 15 seconds. Longer than that and you've got problems and you need to get there straight away.

Gotcha, thanks for the explanation.
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