shit_stabber's comments

On: Sleep is essential – researchers are trying to work out why

[shit_stabber]

Relevant to this, people with a genetic mutation that adversely affects sleep end up developing dementia and dying early:

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25001-fatal-f...

[waterhouse → shit_stabber]

If you look carefully, what happens there is prions screwing up your brain, and insomnia seems like more of a consequence than a cause.

> The cause of death for people diagnosed with fatal familial insomnia is damage to the brain and nervous system. This damage, caused by prion proteins accumulating in the thalamus, creates symptoms of insomnia and mental deterioration.

[api → shit_stabber]

I've wondered if anyone's ever looked at inducing long periods of sleep as an early dementia mitigation.

[airstrike → api]

I hereby volunteer for this study

[roman_soldier → api]

I already do that, I need 8 hours of sleep a day..and 10 at night.

On: Emulating an iPhone in QEMU

[shit_stabber]

No mention of network connectivity - I suppose they aren't emulating the wifi or celluar modem chipsets? Wondering how they might connect this emulated device to the Internet, perhaps ethernet over USB or something like that?

[dmitrygr → shit_stabber]

iOS supports usb Ethernet.