News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Any piece of hardware that was more of game changer than you expected?.

Re:Ask HN: Any piece of hardware that was more of game chang... by radu_floricica on Sunday February 06, 2022 @02:50PM (#30236266)
Oura ring. Stopped having to guess how much fuel I got for the day. My subjective feeling has a shit correlation with how productive I really am, but the stats from the ring are pretty spot on. I have chronic insomnia so it might help me more than others, but I take quite a lot of decisions based on it. Over 7 hours measured sleep is a good day, 6-7 is standard, 5-6 means modafinil for the day (which turns it into a very productive day), under 5 hours I just chill without any expectations. I also up or lower my meds based on multi-day trends.

It's coping and not a cure, but it's very high quality coping. And I couldn't do it without something to measure sleep - bad nights often have me wake up wired, and 9 hours in bed don't mean much without knowing how much of that I tossed and turned, which I don't always remember.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Any piece of hardware that was more of game chang... by sodkmfkwegw on Sunday February 06, 2022 @08:26PM (#30239018)
It sucks that the company screwed over their loyal customers by forcing future updates of the ring behind a subscription service. I was about to pull the trigger on the 2, and they announced the three the next day with the subscription service so I ended up never buying one.
[ Parent | on HN ]