I'm gonna need somebody to increase the amount of hours in a day

[vivalarevolución]

Listen guys, I'm getting tired of having to deal with this whole 24-hour per day limit placed on ourselves.  I cannot spend as much time on Geekhack as I would like to, while making time for the other things I like to do with life.  I would be happy if somebody could help me doing one or more of the following:

1)  Extend the length of each day.
2)  Reduce the amount of hours that I need to sleep to feel full of energy.
3)  Reduce the typical American requirement of working 40 hours/week to be a full-time employee and qualify for health insurance.  30 hours/week with the option of working 3,4, or 5 days/week sounds fine to me.
       3a)  Change the health care bureaucracy so it does not bankrupt us if we have a flesh wound and make pricing more transparent.  I do not know the price of any health care activity unless I explicitly ask.
       3b)  Unlink health care with full-time employment.
4)  Help me become financially independent so I do not have to rely on someone else to pay me anymore.

[fohat.digs]

Good idea. Keep your amphetamine intake at a reasonable level.

[vivalarevolución]

Also, I know about Obamacare.

[Signature]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

[azhdar]

get an underpayed immigrant

[vivalarevolución]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

[azhdar]

In France we get paid aswell for being unemployed .
I once was losing money by working , the salary for 8 hours a day wasn't enough to cover what France gave me for jerking it at home .

Not the greatest way to encourage you working .

[Signature]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

[paicrai]

done, mother****er. if they dont believe you tell em p-boy did it

[vivalarevolución]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

You all can't work out a deal to sip some of that Norwegian North Sea oil for a discounted price?  Where is the international cooperation?

Also, I love taxes!  I'm moving to Sweden.  Applying for my visa right now.

[tp4tissue]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

[azhdar]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

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to visit gurlz , also it's hard to bring them home from bars on a bike

[vivalarevolución]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

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to visit gurlz , also it's hard to bring them home from bars on a bike

Find ones that are not so judgmental and appreciate a thrifty man.

[tp4tissue]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

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to visit gurlz , also it's hard to bring them home from bars on a bike

motorcycle  70 mph on the cheap ninja

probably get 60 with 2 people

[azhdar]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

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to visit gurlz , also it's hard to bring them home from bars on a bike

motorcycle  70 mph on the cheap ninja

probably get 60 with 2 people

motorbike still need gas é_č , I was speaking of manual bike , how do you american call a "regular" bike with no motor ?

[tp4tissue]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

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to visit gurlz , also it's hard to bring them home from bars on a bike

motorcycle  70 mph on the cheap ninja

probably get 60 with 2 people

motorbike still need gas é_č , I was speaking of manual bike , how do you american call a "regular" bike with no motor ?

bicycle, LOL...

Typically girls @ bars are fine with motorbikes, and think they're cool.

[intelli78]

The way to do this is to hire an assistant/employee.

[The_Beast]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

Show Image

to visit gurlz , also it's hard to bring them home from bars on a bike

motorcycle  70 mph on the cheap ninja

probably get 60 with 2 people

motorbike still need gas é_č , I was speaking of manual bike , how do you american call a "regular" bike with no motor ?

bicycle, LOL...

Typically girls @ bars are fine with motorbikes, and think they're cool.

How would you know? Don't you spend  25/8 inside away from people?

[tp4tissue]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

Show Image

to visit gurlz , also it's hard to bring them home from bars on a bike

motorcycle  70 mph on the cheap ninja

probably get 60 with 2 people

motorbike still need gas é_č , I was speaking of manual bike , how do you american call a "regular" bike with no motor ?

bicycle, LOL...

Typically girls @ bars are fine with motorbikes, and think they're cool.

How would you know? Don't you spend  25/8 inside away from people?

I still get out from time to time.. but there was a -time- prior to Tp4's complete adoption of the hermit crab lifestyle..

[azhdar]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

Show Image

to visit gurlz , also it's hard to bring them home from bars on a bike

motorcycle  70 mph on the cheap ninja

probably get 60 with 2 people

motorbike still need gas é_č , I was speaking of manual bike , how do you american call a "regular" bike with no motor ?

bicycle, LOL...

Typically girls @ bars are fine with motorbikes, and think they're cool.

How would you know? Don't you spend  25/8 inside away from people?

I still get out from time to time.. but there was a -time- prior to Tp4's complete adoption of the hermit crab lifestyle..

let's keep on quoting , so it stay readable /ö\

bicycle was the word I was looking for , you were usefull for once tp4

[iri]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

better come to the UK, low taxes and healthcare good enough.

oh, wait... he loves taxes. Sweden then.

[Signature]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

better come to the UK, low taxes and healthcare good enough.

oh, wait... he loves taxes. Sweden then.

Strange world...

[vivalarevolución]

The way to do this is to hire an assistant/employee.

This may not be a bad idea.  I could hire someone part-time, I think.  A high school or college student that needs the cash.

I really am tired of grocery stores and I have considered just getting all my food delivered, coupled with a monthly trip to Costco.

[Oobly]

Done... There are now 30 hours in a day.

Unfortunately there are only 48 minutes in an hour, though.

[paicrai]

you can hire an assassin to kill time

[fohat.digs]

Did any of you read "The Midnighters" by Scott Westerfeld?

[vivalarevolución]

Done... There are now 30 hours in a day.

Unfortunately there are only 48 minutes in an hour, though.

You sick b*st*rd.

Did any of you read "The Midnighters" by Scott Westerfeld?

No.  Please elaborate.

[azhdar]

Have you read about Polyphasic sleep ?

[fohat.digs]

elaborate

A very small percentage of people live through an extra hour at midnight each night.

The rest of the world is frozen and does not move, but dark and arcane forces and creatures have an hour to move around and do "stuff".

Usually found in the "young adult" section it is a very fun read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnighters_trilogy

[paicrai]

elaborate

A very small percentage of people live through an extra hour at midnight each night.

The rest of the world is frozen and does not move, but dark and arcane forces and creatures have an hour to move around and do "stuff".

Usually found in the "young adult" section it is a very fun read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnighters_trilogy

sounds nice

[vivalarevolución]

Have you read about Polyphasic sleep ?

Is that the Da Vinci cycles?  Sleeping for shorter periods throughout the day rather than one long period?  I tried that in college.  Lasted a week.

I have recently discovered that I do not need the 8-9 hours per day that I thought I needed.  I made some small adjustments in habits and attitude, and I can get by with 6-7 hours these days.  How this affects my long-term health, I am not sure.  TBD.

[tp4tissue]

Have you read about Polyphasic sleep ?

Is that the Da Vinci cycles?  Sleeping for shorter periods throughout the day rather than one long period?  I tried that in college.  Lasted a week.

I have recently discovered that I do not need the 8-9 hours per day that I thought I needed.  I made some small adjustments in habits and attitude, and I can get by with 6-7 hours these days.  How this affects my long-term health, I am not sure.  TBD.

There is actually high comorbidity associated with people who NEEED 8-9 hours..

This will obviously vary depending on activity level... but.. overall.. healthy adults is 6-7 hours..

if you feel like you NEEEEED 8-9 emphasis on NEED...  chances are,  you're sick !

[paicrai]

Have you read about Polyphasic sleep ?

Is that the Da Vinci cycles?  Sleeping for shorter periods throughout the day rather than one long period?  I tried that in college.  Lasted a week.

I have recently discovered that I do not need the 8-9 hours per day that I thought I needed.  I made some small adjustments in habits and attitude, and I can get by with 6-7 hours these days.  How this affects my long-term health, I am not sure.  TBD.

what, 30 minute übernaps every 1-2 hours? i've heard that totally works and extends your time awake in total by ****ing ages

[azhdar]

Polyphasic sleep seems great when read but very hard to set up , and apparently not great for the body .

I have also problem sleeping , i sleep 5 hours max a night , and end up tired always .
The only time I sleep well is when drunk , and since I never have hangover or headaches , it was great for about a month .
But after drinking all nights become expensive , grocery lady judges you when your cart is only alcohol .

So less now , but always sleepy u_u

[microsoft windows]

Come to Sweden, we pay people to be unemployed

A lot of people in the United States admire the social safety nets of the Scandinavian countries?  Why should I not?

Well you dont pay 66% of your income in taxes. Also a gallon of gas is around 8$

they got internet ... just stay home.. who cares how much gas costs..

Show Image

to visit gurlz , also it's hard to bring them home from bars on a bike

motorcycle  70 mph on the cheap ninja

probably get 60 with 2 people

motorbike still need gas é_č , I was speaking of manual bike , how do you american call a "regular" bike with no motor ?

bicycle, LOL...

Typically girls @ bars are fine with motorbikes, and think they're cool.

How would you know? Don't you spend  25/8 inside away from people?

I still get out from time to time.. but there was a -time- prior to Tp4's complete adoption of the hermit crab lifestyle..

let's keep on quoting , so it stay readable /ö\

bicycle was the word I was looking for , you were usefull for once tp4

YOU CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOURS IN THE DAY THAT IT TAKES FOR INTERNET EXPLORER TO LOAD IF YOU GET WINDOWS 98.

[fohat.digs]

The only time I sleep well is when drunk

When I drink I can usually go to sleep easily enough, but, depending on how much I drank, I often wake up in the middle of the night feeling bad and not being able to go back to sleep.

[Lain1911]

I can give you an hour on November the 2nd. All I got for ya.

[azhdar]

The only time I sleep well is when drunk

When I drink I can usually go to sleep easily enough, but, depending on how much I drank, I often wake up in the middle of the night feeling bad and not being able to go back to sleep.

Alcohol is so effective on me sleeping , I can do shots of alcohol+ energy drink , like jagger bombs and fall asleep right away .

[taylordcraig]

Have you read about Polyphasic sleep ?

Is that the Da Vinci cycles?  Sleeping for shorter periods throughout the day rather than one long period?  I tried that in college.  Lasted a week.

I have recently discovered that I do not need the 8-9 hours per day that I thought I needed.  I made some small adjustments in habits and attitude, and I can get by with 6-7 hours these days.  How this affects my long-term health, I am not sure.  TBD.

what, 30 minute übernaps every 1-2 hours? i've heard that totally works and extends your time awake in total by ****ing ages

Did this working graveyards at a pizza joint. I was unable to keep productive during my waking hours. I always felt over tired. I probably wasn't eating enough/healthy enough.

Polyphasic sleep seems great when read but very hard to set up , and apparently not great for the body .

I have also problem sleeping , i sleep 5 hours max a night , and end up tired always .
The only time I sleep well is when drunk , and since I never have hangover or headaches , it was great for about a month .
But after drinking all nights become expensive , grocery lady judges you when your cart is only alcohol .

So less now , but always sleepy u_u

I used to drink every night, doesn't help me sleep but doesn't stop it.
Tried marijuana for a while, but eventually it didn't help much either.
Now I just stay up until I'm about to pass out and hope I can make it to my bed.

[vivalarevolución]

Have you read about Polyphasic sleep ?

Is that the Da Vinci cycles?  Sleeping for shorter periods throughout the day rather than one long period?  I tried that in college.  Lasted a week.

I have recently discovered that I do not need the 8-9 hours per day that I thought I needed.  I made some small adjustments in habits and attitude, and I can get by with 6-7 hours these days.  How this affects my long-term health, I am not sure.  TBD.

There is actually high comorbidity associated with people who NEEED 8-9 hours..

This will obviously vary depending on activity level... but.. overall.. healthy adults is 6-7 hours..

if you feel like you NEEEEED 8-9 emphasis on NEED...  chances are,  you're sick !

The amount of sleep that I felt like I need throughout life has varied, but I have realized that I need less when I find others that are intellectually stimulating and I have meaning in the lives of others and others have meaning in my life.  As cheesy as that sounds.  That is a roundabout way of saying that surrounding oneself with admirable friends with a shared sense of purpose and a good woman gives me energy.  Biology at work, boys and girls.  Also, keyboards are great.

Also, polyphasic sleep seems incompatible with the 9-5 working lifestyle.  Hard to implement.

[taylordcraig]

Have you read about Polyphasic sleep ?

Is that the Da Vinci cycles?  Sleeping for shorter periods throughout the day rather than one long period?  I tried that in college.  Lasted a week.

I have recently discovered that I do not need the 8-9 hours per day that I thought I needed.  I made some small adjustments in habits and attitude, and I can get by with 6-7 hours these days.  How this affects my long-term health, I am not sure.  TBD.

There is actually high comorbidity associated with people who NEEED 8-9 hours..

This will obviously vary depending on activity level... but.. overall.. healthy adults is 6-7 hours..

if you feel like you NEEEEED 8-9 emphasis on NEED...  chances are,  you're sick !

The amount of sleep that I felt like I need throughout life has varied, but I have realized that I need less when I find others that are intellectually stimulating and I have meaning in the lives of others and others have meaning in my life.  As cheesy as that sounds.  That is a roundabout way of saying that surrounding oneself with admirable friends with a shared sense of purpose and a good woman gives me energy.  Biology at work, boys and girls.  Also, keyboards are great.

Also, polyphasic sleep seems incompatible with the 9-5 working lifestyle.  Hard to implement.

I've met people in my life that make me feel energized. I love the people that make me feel that way.
And yes, polyphasic sleep is not for 9-5 lifestyle. It requires the ability to have an uninterrupted 30 minutes in the middle of your day. It works great when working from home or as a stay at home parent.

[sunshine]

Listen guys, I'm getting tired of having to deal with this whole 24-hour per day limit placed on ourselves.  I cannot spend as much time on Geekhack as I would like to, while making time for the other things I like to do with life.  I would be happy if somebody could help me doing one or more of the following:

1)  Extend the length of each day.
2)  Reduce the amount of hours that I need to sleep to feel full of energy.
3)  Reduce the typical American requirement of working 40 hours/week to be a full-time employee and qualify for health insurance.  30 hours/week with the option of working 3,4, or 5 days/week sounds fine to me.
       3a)  Change the health care bureaucracy so it does not bankrupt us if we have a flesh wound and make pricing more transparent.  I do not know the price of any health care activity unless I explicitly ask.
       3b)  Unlink health care with full-time employment.
4)  Help me become financially independent so I do not have to rely on someone else to pay me anymore.

sound nice,cool

[jacobolus]

There is actually high comorbidity associated with people who NEEED 8-9 hours..

This will obviously vary depending on activity level... but.. overall.. healthy adults is 6-7 hours..

if you feel like you NEEEEED 8-9 emphasis on NEED...  chances are,  you're sick !

This is straight-up false. A few people can live on 6–7 hours of sleep per night, but for most adults it causes dramatic performance degradation on all sorts of mental and physical tasks (not to mention weakening the immune system and causing various other health problems); several people I know get very cranky when they haven’t had enough sleep; I speculate that either the body compensates for lack of sleep by pumping up the level of cortisol/etc. or else the systems that regulate those hormones stop working as well.

From what I can tell reading some papers here and there, we really don’t have a very solid understanding of how sleep works or just what precise human needs are though; it would be nice if there was more comprehensive serious research on this topic (and on nutrition, etc.). From what I gather, the median adult needs about 8 hours of sleep per night, and needing 9 hours per night is also quite common.

If you do nothing but lie in bed all day staring at the wall, you can probably do with a bit less sleep, but if you’re at all using your brain, sleep is very important.

Here, have a couple articles aimed at the general public:
https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=72890
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/11/up-all-night-2?currentPage=all

[jacobolus]

I’ve known about 4–5 people who tried polyphasic sleep at some point. (A couple of them for like 6 months.) Every single one of them was basically exhausted all the time. Seemed like a really dumb idea to me.

[vivalarevolución]

So many things affect the quality of our sleep.  Diet, exercise, if you were staring at a screen right before bed, your emotional state.  The amount and quality of sleep are two different things.

[tbc]

I’ve known about 4–5 people who tried polyphasic sleep at some point. (A couple of them for like 6 months.) Every single one of them was basically exhausted all the time. Seemed like a really dumb idea to me.

there's a few variants.  the 30min one is dumb as ****.

that's not even enough time for your body to reset your digestive system, much less your actual memory and cognitive centers.

another one uses an 1.5hr sleep phase.  which is much more reasonable.  but still a joke at the end of the day.  people are simply too fat and their organs are worndown.  highlevel athletes, test pilots, and astronauts are probly the only groups that could pull this off - peopl that are trained to have a high sense of body awareness and could realize something is wrong and adjust accordingly (ever heard of women that didn't realize they were pregnant?)



but basically, if someone says they can do it properly.  they're lying.

EDIT:

although if you're already as dumb as ****, i suppose a lack of sleep wouldn't make you more stupid...

[noisyturtle]

If anything, I wish there were less hours in the day. I get everything done in the first 4hrs after waking up, and the rest of the day is nothing but wasted time. It's excruciating.

[demik]

If anything, I wish there were less hours in the day. I get everything done in the first 4hrs after waking up, and the rest of the day is nothing but wasted time. It's excruciating.

4 hrs of weed? god damn son

[ComradeSniper]

another one uses an 1.5hr sleep phase.

I did something similar to this for about 4 months; one 3 hour core sleep and 3 20min naps throughout the day. The first two weeks were hell and I pretty much was a zombie the whole time. After I adapted to it I felt really good considering that I was only getting 4 hours of sleep per day, but nowhere near as good as with a 7-8hr block of sleep. And if I missed a single nap, the rest of the day was pretty much ****ed, and I couldn't make the nap up lest I risk throwing off the entire schedule.

It was certainly interesting but doing it for a long amount of time just isn't plausible.

[noisyturtle]

If anything, I wish there were less hours in the day. I get everything done in the first 4hrs after waking up, and the rest of the day is nothing but wasted time. It's excruciating.

4 hrs of weed? god damn son

4hrs of work, 12hrs of weed. It gets old fast though.