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Comment on Erased .bashrc with a faulty pipe by hatten

hatten — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:38:59 +0000

Right now I’m backing up things with an ugly ssh-mount alias. I’ll have a look at rsync and sync with server and netbook someday.

Comment on Erased .bashrc with a faulty pipe by Crouse

Crouse — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:04:11 +0000

I just use RCS, or my bu alias that …. backups up whatever I tell it to. bu .bashrc would push a copy to ~/Backups/.bashrc-1214200-1234
I put my bashrc under rcs control, but occasionally just do a bu in order to have a “saved state, at a point in time”

Comment on Summary for Everyman by hatten

hatten — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:15:35 +0000

Why the hell would i go 60 hours without sleep? I’m not stupid!
You’re definitely overreacting, I like taking a break from what i am doing every few hours to relax.

Comment on Summary for Everyman by karol

karol — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:10:21 +0000

> Scared and suicidal? You gotta be joking me, if you knew me irl you would know how cheerful and crazy I am
Wanna stay that way? Don’t go more than 60 hours w/o sleep (I mean *absolutelly no sleep* – no naps, nothing).
What will happen if you do? Halucinations, mild psychosis, quite a bit of stress.

Some people (*cough* me included *cough*) found naps hard to pull off so they thought they can go w/o sleep and then take a long, nourishing rest (core sleep). Pattern “60 waking hours + 12 hours of sleep” seems fine – you get a fresh start after 3 days (72 hours).
If you’re not into coffee you probably can’t go w/o sleep more than 20 hours, so the above situation is not likely

Pleasant dreams

Comment on Summary for Everyman by hatten

hatten — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:57:03 +0000

No problem with you being late
I’m as drugfree as you can be, no alcohole, caffein or anything. So careful with drugs am i definitely, with sleep, it may or may not be good for my health to sleep like i do, but the positive effects it brings to take a pause from everything and nap, like reducing stress, is in my meaning winning over the negatives.
I get more time, but about as much productive hours, but i feel a lot calmer knowing i have time to do everything. Yeah, I’m kinda alone in the night, but after going polyphasic I’ve actually got more social with my family, ~20 hours at the comp is a little much, so nowadays i leave my cave every now and then, compared to before when i didn’t. Scared and suicidal? You gotta be joking me, if you knew me irl you would know how cheerful and crazy I am
I haven’t really adapted to polyphasic, due to me not being very strict, but eventhough I can do everything i would do normally, and when talking to my monophasic friends i sometimes realize that i sleep better than they do, some nights i sleep more than them!

PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRTTTYYY!!!!! (In front of the computer, real parties got too loud music and lots of strangers)

Comment on Summary for Everyman by karol

karol — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:53:28 +0000

I know I’m a bit late to the party (i.e. this blog of yours) but here goes.
You should be careful w/ polyphasic sleep, drugs etc., esp. at your age. You shouldn’t confuse more waking hours w/ higher productivity.
You most likely will be alone when you’re awake in the middle of the night, what will you do then? Meditate, think deeply, undisturbed by the usual activities that happen around? Or maybe play games or watch porn? Chat with some friends from the other side of the globe? Feel scared and suicidal?
Sleeping less than 5hrs/day is overkill for almost everybody. I believe you will be at a net loss when doing sth like that for a prolonged period of time.
Can you function normally w/ 4hrs core sleep + 2 30 mins. naps? Can you solve puzzles, write code (logical thinking), play sports (reflex, agility), talk to other people or are you part time hyperactive, agitated and part time in a gawd-I’m-sooo-tired zombie-like fashion?

One more thing: many people say they could do polyphasic sleep and other weird sh*t when they were in their late teens/early twenties, but they find it very hard to pull off once they’re in the 25+ group. So maybe it’s the best time to get the most of your body. Just remember: party hard, but party safe.

Comment on Erased .bashrc with a faulty pipe by Hunner

Hunner — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:58:55 +0000

git init, add .bashrc and other config files, and push to github. I got tired of syncronizing my configs between ~15 homedirs with an awkward script and now I just git pull.

Comment on Slept 10 hours. by Kristina

Kristina — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:57:19 +0000

Interesting to read!

Comment on Overslept! by hatten

hatten — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:36:50 +0000

I remember reading that, i can not decide what will be eaten every meal as i live by my parents, but i can certainly eat less. I will try that.

Comment on Overslept! by procyon

procyon — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:32:08 +0000

Do you do this while having the same diet? Try to eat more lightly.