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Re:People don't work as much as they say by drran on Saturday January 29, 2022 @09:50AM (#30126696)
8 hours of sleep can undo less than 4 hours of problem-solving activity. Our large brains are already consuming too much body resources.

I have CO2 monitor, which I use to estimate is my brain working or not: when I'm working, CO2 level raises quickly above 1000ppm, so I need to ventilate my room often; when I'm idling, e.g. by playing a simple game, CO2 level is at about 740-790ppm without ventilation for whole day.

When I'm returning from work, I see at CO2 monitor that my head is still working. Yes, I'm able to «work» sustainable 4h per day only, but «work related activity» consumes my brain for whole day.

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Re:People don't work as much as they say by potions on Saturday January 29, 2022 @01:07PM (#30128700)
wow. is this room particularly small?

Does this track w/ respiration rate or heart rate?

I've never thought about this - it seems like it would be hard to measure w/o a more intense face mask vo2 max testing type setup.

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