Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than early birds

Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by DaiPlusPlus on Sunday June 14, 2020 @05:33PM (#23521585)

Probably closer to $1000/mo, actually.

But as I said - it literally pays for itself: say my time is worth $100/hr[1] and paid on an IRS 1099 schedule - so it’s a deductible expense. The extra 3-4 hours it gets me ($300-400) is worth the $35 opportunity cost, because that’s $5,000+ extra monthly income - so minus the $1000 as a pre-tax deductible business expense then that’s $4000 I wouldn’t have had otherwise.

Spreadsheets don’t lie!

Even if I was paid on a W-2 basis, I could probably pay for it using pre-tax money from my HSA - though that would sap all of my HSA contributions though.

[1]: Why yes, I do live on the US west-coast.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by treeman79 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:37PM (#23523530)

Have considered hiring someone to sit behind me, just to keep me on task.

Adderal did a great job “teaching” me to stay on task. I do alright without it now, but energy level is just too low.

Diet definitely makes a huge difference. Carbs are evil. Audio books for when I need to do chores.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by redis_mlc on Sunday June 14, 2020 @06:01PM (#23521745)

1) Fascinating.

2) You could probably get a movie deal.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by DaiPlusPlus on Sunday June 14, 2020 @07:02PM (#23522172)

> You could probably get a movie deal

I imagine a film about kind middle-aged ladies bringing coffee to a young, possibly hungover, technology worker who suffocates on his own pillow at night would not make for good entertainment.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by koolba on Sunday June 14, 2020 @07:28PM (#23522353)

Or it’d be a hit. Could probably frame it as a remake of As Good As It Gets: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Good_as_It_Gets

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by rmason on Monday June 15, 2020 @12:05AM (#23523686)

I could see the guy falling for one of the ladies who wake him up. Quirky but it might be a romcom that could work.

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Re:Night owls have more grey matter in their brains than ear... by ponker on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:24PM (#23522964)

I see you’re not a screenwriter. As Good as it Gets, Harold and Maude, etc.

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