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Any app that guarantees I will not snooze nor ignore it (as in my brain simply gets used to the alarm and I won't even have a chance waking up with it if I want

by caio1982 9y ago

Any app that guarantees I will not snooze nor ignore it (as in my brain simply gets used to the alarm and I won't even have a chance waking up with it if I want to)? It might cost $5.000 USD, I'll buy it.

diggan 9y ago
How about one of these, requires you to solve a puzzle to turn off. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathe-alarm-clock/id823532916?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathe-alarm-clock/id82353291... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wroclawstudio.puzzlealarmclock&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wroclawstu... Otherwise I also remember some friends back in the days having an alarm clock that shoots away a thing in the other corner of the room, requires you to fetch it to disable the alarm.
- rocketsloth 9y ago
  this app has quite a few dismissal methods designed to do similar things to all these examples, like having to scan a QR code (which is optimally taped to your bathroom mirror to force you to get out of bed), having to solve a brain teaser based around the Stroop Test, and having to shake your phone several times to shut the alarm off
- caio1982 9y ago
  I tried that one for iOS and it requires you to enable the alarm every night manually (which often I just forgot to) and I COULD solve some of them without even remembering I did later :-( My current setup is an alarm clock with an actual bell that is noisy as fsck. Yes, an old school alarm clock :-(
  - vlasev 9y ago
    Balance the alarm clock on the edge of a tin pot, so that when it goes off, it will just fall inside and make a bunch more noise.
rocketsloth 9y ago
I definitely can't guarantee you won't snooze cause the app is only a tool to help, but with some effort on a users part and settings like qr dismissal along with an annoying, loud ringtone like "digital style", this app can help fight the urge by annoying you out of bed and rewarding you for dismissing the alarm correctly.
- caio1982 9y ago
  I know it might sound stupid but something that actually works is drink a lot of water few minutes before going to bed. When I do that the alarm clock always work. Make the app remind people of drinking water when it's about bed time :-)
  - rocketsloth 9y ago
    is this so that you have to go to the bathroom in the morning so badly that you wake up naturally?
    - caio1982 9y ago
      I don't feel this urge at all, I just wake up smoothly and then after 5min or so "oh I could go to the toilet, okay". I guess it's been a known trick for centuries, at least I've read somewhere it was a pretty popular strategy among indigenous folks. But hey who am I to say, I cannot even wake up with an alarm clock!
      - rocketsloth 9y ago
        What an innovative technique hahaha!
Cthulhu_ 9y ago
How about an app that shuts down your computers and TV's at 10 PM sharp? The snoozing and inability to wake up probably has to do more with the amount of sleep you get than any failings of an alarm.
- rocketsloth 9y ago
  I agree that screens likely play a big role in messing up a lot of bedtime routines. I have a few ideas for updates in the near future to combat this issue, but I don't think I know how to shut off computers and TVs from an app yet and after a quick stack overflow search it doesn't look like anyone there does either
  - kroltan 9y ago
    You would need a daemon running on said systems, and communicate via network (local / wifi, for better privacy?) The daemon would just listen to the network and shutdown the system when requested to.
    - Drdrdrq 9y ago
      Or you could have a smart plug for TV (ZigBee, ZWave and similar).
- clydethefrog 9y ago
  My router has an option to turn itself off after a specific time for "power saving". Since so much happens by an internet connection nowadays it basically has the same effect.

diggan 9y ago

How about one of these, requires you to solve a puzzle to turn off. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathe-alarm-clock/id823532916?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathe-alarm-clock/id82353291... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wroclawstudio.puzzlealarmclock&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wroclawstu... Otherwise I also remember some friends back in the days having an alarm clock that shoots away a thing in the other corner of the room, requires you to fetch it to disable the alarm.

rocketsloth 9y ago
this app has quite a few dismissal methods designed to do similar things to all these examples, like having to scan a QR code (which is optimally taped to your bathroom mirror to force you to get out of bed), having to solve a brain teaser based around the Stroop Test, and having to shake your phone several times to shut the alarm off
caio1982 9y ago
I tried that one for iOS and it requires you to enable the alarm every night manually (which often I just forgot to) and I COULD solve some of them without even remembering I did later :-( My current setup is an alarm clock with an actual bell that is noisy as fsck. Yes, an old school alarm clock :-(
- vlasev 9y ago
  Balance the alarm clock on the edge of a tin pot, so that when it goes off, it will just fall inside and make a bunch more noise.

rocketsloth 9y ago

I definitely can't guarantee you won't snooze cause the app is only a tool to help, but with some effort on a users part and settings like qr dismissal along with an annoying, loud ringtone like "digital style", this app can help fight the urge by annoying you out of bed and rewarding you for dismissing the alarm correctly.

caio1982 9y ago
I know it might sound stupid but something that actually works is drink a lot of water few minutes before going to bed. When I do that the alarm clock always work. Make the app remind people of drinking water when it's about bed time :-)
- rocketsloth 9y ago
  is this so that you have to go to the bathroom in the morning so badly that you wake up naturally?
  - caio1982 9y ago
    I don't feel this urge at all, I just wake up smoothly and then after 5min or so "oh I could go to the toilet, okay". I guess it's been a known trick for centuries, at least I've read somewhere it was a pretty popular strategy among indigenous folks. But hey who am I to say, I cannot even wake up with an alarm clock!
    - rocketsloth 9y ago
      What an innovative technique hahaha!

Cthulhu_ 9y ago

How about an app that shuts down your computers and TV's at 10 PM sharp? The snoozing and inability to wake up probably has to do more with the amount of sleep you get than any failings of an alarm.

rocketsloth 9y ago
I agree that screens likely play a big role in messing up a lot of bedtime routines. I have a few ideas for updates in the near future to combat this issue, but I don't think I know how to shut off computers and TVs from an app yet and after a quick stack overflow search it doesn't look like anyone there does either
- kroltan 9y ago
  You would need a daemon running on said systems, and communicate via network (local / wifi, for better privacy?) The daemon would just listen to the network and shutdown the system when requested to.
  - Drdrdrq 9y ago
    Or you could have a smart plug for TV (ZigBee, ZWave and similar).
clydethefrog 9y ago
My router has an option to turn itself off after a specific time for "power saving". Since so much happens by an internet connection nowadays it basically has the same effect.