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A comment on Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Programming seems harder. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Prog... by issa on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @11:59AM (#34327822)
Our metabolism doesn't change in the technical sense, but in the popular sense of the word "metabolism" people absolutely slow down. At 20, missing a night's sleep wasn't even that big a deal. At 50 it is essentially impossible. I don't know what the underlying mechanisms are, but that's what people mean when they (incorrectly, it seems) say "metabolism".
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Re:Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Prog... by anaisbetts on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @12:48PM (#34328595)
Sleep quality pretty steadily declines with age - your 8 hours of sleep simply count for less than it used to, and you're actually consistently operating on decreased sleep
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Re:Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Prog... by issa on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @12:55PM (#34328721)
And that's even without factoring in children!
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