I too use this Sheldon Brown style but, because my main NYC commute bicycle has quick release front and back, I pop off my front wheel and position it adjacent to the rear one so the u-lock can go around both as well as the the stand (which is more than likely a parking sign post). Takes 5 seconds, saves me carrying a second lock, and no wheels stolen in 15 years of Manhattan and Brooklyn cycling!
That really is funny, something about the phrasing of it. "The process is unforgiving." Like... How much allowance for careless people applying force to glass can you really "design into the process"?
On the (mobile) NYTimes home page it's the 24th story down, and entitled "Officer Attacked During Capitol Riot Died of Multiple Strokes" and redirects to https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/04/19/us/joe-biden-news/ - some sort of political live feed? The Sicknick story is the 6th down in this feed, buried a couple thousand words in. Not exactly the clear and unambiguous retraction I'd expect from a serious newspaper.
Twice on the Pampanito, probably elementary school and 6th grade. I vividly remember watching Down Periscope in a rec room with the rest of my cub scouts group and staying up much past my bedtime. Loved exploring it and hope that this continues.
I had no idea this history! My Bb copy for trumpet must have been from the first year of legitimate production. Always enjoyed reading this handmade comic-sans-y notation and have fond memories of my high school trio playing extended version of Red Clay.
I only have anecdotal evidence. Long time depressive, combination of several SSRI and atypical antidepressants with cyclical efficacy, about 1 decade of varying treatment approaches. One weekend in summer 2016 was the changing point between "old very depressive me" and "new just regular depressive me" - involved intercontinental travel, zero sleep for somewhere 48+ hours, and some socialization and 'partying' in a culture new to me. My first response to feeling this change a couple days later after I had returned to my home country was too look up research on sleep deprivation's use in depression treatment. Was pleasantly surprised when there seems to be some marginal evidence for its efficacy. That being said, staying awake for that long was a misery in itself and I'm not looking to repeat that in the future so I'll stick to the couple pills I take in the morning to tame everything for now.
Do you know anything about long-term consequences of taking melatonin supplements? I remember the results being inconclusive when I looked it up once.
I'm currently trying to get off melatonin and also get to a natural sleep cycle (meaning I won't have an alarm in the morning). But that usually means that I won't be able to fall asleep at night and I'll sleep forever in the morning if nothing external is waking me up. I'm not sure if I should continue or if I should just start taking melatonin again because it helps tremendously.
I haven't found anything that would point to total safety or the opposite. Then again, there are plenty of studies on the dangers of sugar and I still eat a bit of chocolate every day. Same for red meat, plastics touching food, caffeine, beer, being slightly overweight, driving, not using sunscreen regularly, stress, lack of sleep.
Is the risk of taking a small amount of melatonin every day really something to worry about in the bigger picture, if it helps you and has a long history of being used for this purpose without problems?
Like lots of people here I just can't beat my tendencies to stay up late despite massively good sleep hygiene. I end up missing sleep, being cranky and depressive, and generally having a lower quality of life because I just don't feel like going to bed - and when I do make it to bed I ruminate for a long time before falling asleep. If no new information presents itself, I plan on keeping good habits and being on melatonin for the rest of my life.
Sounds reasonable. I'll try it a little bit longer without melatonin, but if the issues with falling asleep persist, I'll probably start taking small amounts of melatonin again. It definitely helped a ton with falling asleep over the past few years, but I'm actually not sure how much of that is placebo.
Melatonin does (reasonably) well against placebo in the time-to-sleep studies I've read. If you want to read up, Gwern has the most accessible collection out there:
I don't have an answer for long-term melatonin unfortunately.
In most folks circadian rhythm is not exactly 24 but slightly more or less. In this case it is helpful to force the sync by getting exposure to sun light (or a source of similar quality) in the morning and religiously cut off exposure to light several hours before going to bed.
Ideally you completely filter out both blue and green wavelength (which trigger the suppression of melatonin) and keep overall levels low.
For more information see shift workers' strategies - they have to change their rhythm on a weekly basis.
It is worth mentioning that lifelong sleep deprivation is linked to different types of dementia in the elderly, so I’m not sure which is worse: persistent sleep problems or nightly hormone supplements.
I should note that I often spend my days working construction and regularly average 3 hours of exercise per day. Doesn't help me that much. Big exception made for the first day spent surfing if I haven't surfed in a while, that knocks me out cold.
It makes sense to me that if we stimulate ourselves through sugar, caffeine, artificial light, information, worry etc that we can benefit from a mild depressive to balance the stimulus. The other option is a monk-like existence that I haven't been able to keep going for more than a few months at a time and wouldn't want to go back to.
I'd ask you to consider that whenever you turn on a lightbulb or a computer screen you're already interfering with your body's agency over this particular chemical. Don't spend 10 hours every day outdoors? You are well out of natural parameters already.
I know that exact feeling. In 2010 I went from pretty crippling depression to a higher-functioning (lol) depression/anhedonia. It involved a nonstop drive from eastern Washington to south Texas. Never thought about it but it might have been the sleep deprivation and adrenaline.
This author has also proposed that the solar system has already been visited:
"‘Oumuamua may be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization."[0]
The rest of the paper covers the possibility that the ‘Oumuamua object was sent unintentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization.
I recommend Dyson's Maker of Patterns[0] autobiography told primarily through his letters to his family throughout his life. Includes great stories about Feynman, Oppenheimer, other heavy-hitters of mid-century physics. The format was surprisingly narrative, makes me wish I wrote as many personal longer-form letters with family and friends.
Also Siobhan Roberts' biography of Conway, Genius at Play[1], told another great story. Low on math content but Conway's personality and the narrators attempts to corral it were quick fun.
Both are recommended. Does anyone have recommendation for a popular-science level book on Graham? I'm only familiar with him from the Numberphile video series.
I recommend Dyson's Maker of Patterns[0] autobiography told primarily through his letters to his family throughout his life. Includes great stories about Feynman, Oppenheimer, other heavy-hitters of mid-century physics. The format was surprisingly narrative, makes me wish I wrote as many personal longer-form letters with family and friends.
Also Siobhan Roberts' biography of Conway, Genius at Play[1], told another great story. Low on math content but Conway's personality and the narrators attempts to corral it were quick fun.
Both are recommended. Does anyone have recommendation for a popular-science level book on Graham? I'm only familiar with him from the Numberphile video series.
