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How I hacked my sleep

15 points by malditojavi 13y ago

cesario 13y ago
An interesting presentation from Alex Koppel is available online on the subject: video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jQRuSjVeu0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jQRuSjVeu0 slidedeck: http://fr.slideshare.net/koppel/sleep-rulu-presentation http://fr.slideshare.net/koppel/sleep-rulu-presentation HTH.
JetSpiegel 13y ago
1. Use the word "hacked" incorrectly in the title 2. Write a one-phrase blog post 3. Submit to Hacker News 4. ...
- yann_ck 13y ago
  1. do not understand a joke 2. Comment on HN to tell that to the world 3. Think the poster is the blog owner
  - passwert 13y ago
    1. Author must be a very funny guy. 2. Commenting is part of the HN concept. 3. Author is super smart too.
    - malditojavi 13y ago
      Wow HN. So much sleep. Very zzz.
blueskin_ 13y ago
Go to bed at 4am, wake up at 12pm. I like this system.
- stcredzero 13y ago
  If you don't control light in your bedroom or correctly use a quality blindfold, research shows you could still be trashing your sleep related hormones. From 6 to 12, you have a lot of daylight to block, and just a little bit is enough to mess with you. Also, your body was designed for a year-round average of 12 hours of reduced light. I've considered a similar schedule. Lots of potential drawbacks to it.
tehwalrus 13y ago
This is what my Basis band keeps telling me to do; it's surprisingly difficult (especially so over the holidays). If you're going to do this, you need your significant other to agree that it's important and join in, which probably means (for owlish programmers living with larkish partners) picking a regular sleep schedule that comes completely unnaturally to you. :(
stcredzero 13y ago
Light is important. As little as 0.5 lux shining under your Door could be enough to suppress your pituitary from releasing hormones, if it is otherwise dark in your room and the duration is longer than an hour. You actually have a whole other set of receptors that aren't involved in vision but instead signal your pituitary. Also, getting light during the day is part of this signaling as well. The strongest reaction is from 470nm light, but there is some effect from ~500nm to ~450nm. (To me, 470nm light looks like the really deep blue sky on a perfectly cloudless day.) Don't just depend on f.lux! You're probably still shining the wrong kind of light directly into your eyes. I put on blue blocking glasses an hour after sundown, but it's just best to limit your screen use at night. (There's a pair of $8 Uvex safety goggles that do a good job with blue light. They still let in a little green, however.)
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styluss 13y ago
My supposed hack is using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.sweetlygeek.sleepytime https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.sweetlygeek... to calculate the best time to wake up.

15 points by malditojavi 13y ago

An interesting presentation from Alex Koppel is available online on the subject: video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jQRuSjVeu0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jQRuSjVeu0 slidedeck: http://fr.slideshare.net/koppel/sleep-rulu-presentation http://fr.slideshare.net/koppel/sleep-rulu-presentation HTH.

JetSpiegel 13y ago

1. Use the word "hacked" incorrectly in the title 2. Write a one-phrase blog post 3. Submit to Hacker News 4. ...

yann_ck 13y ago
1. do not understand a joke 2. Comment on HN to tell that to the world 3. Think the poster is the blog owner
- passwert 13y ago
  1. Author must be a very funny guy. 2. Commenting is part of the HN concept. 3. Author is super smart too.
  - malditojavi 13y ago
    Wow HN. So much sleep. Very zzz.

blueskin_ 13y ago

Go to bed at 4am, wake up at 12pm. I like this system.

stcredzero 13y ago
If you don't control light in your bedroom or correctly use a quality blindfold, research shows you could still be trashing your sleep related hormones. From 6 to 12, you have a lot of daylight to block, and just a little bit is enough to mess with you. Also, your body was designed for a year-round average of 12 hours of reduced light. I've considered a similar schedule. Lots of potential drawbacks to it.

tehwalrus 13y ago

This is what my Basis band keeps telling me to do; it's surprisingly difficult (especially so over the holidays). If you're going to do this, you need your significant other to agree that it's important and join in, which probably means (for owlish programmers living with larkish partners) picking a regular sleep schedule that comes completely unnaturally to you. :(

stcredzero 13y ago

Light is important. As little as 0.5 lux shining under your Door could be enough to suppress your pituitary from releasing hormones, if it is otherwise dark in your room and the duration is longer than an hour. You actually have a whole other set of receptors that aren't involved in vision but instead signal your pituitary. Also, getting light during the day is part of this signaling as well. The strongest reaction is from 470nm light, but there is some effect from ~500nm to ~450nm. (To me, 470nm light looks like the really deep blue sky on a perfectly cloudless day.) Don't just depend on f.lux! You're probably still shining the wrong kind of light directly into your eyes. I put on blue blocking glasses an hour after sundown, but it's just best to limit your screen use at night. (There's a pair of $8 Uvex safety goggles that do a good job with blue light. They still let in a little green, however.)

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styluss 13y ago

My supposed hack is using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.sweetlygeek.sleepytime https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.sweetlygeek... to calculate the best time to wake up.