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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by markus_zhang on Friday August 29, 2025 @07:25PM (#45070527)
I get it man. It’s really tough. How old is your kid? Mine is a 5 years old boy and he doesn’t seem to need a lot of sleep but a huge amount of companionship which really bugs me out.

In theory, it’s better to sleep early, get up around 5 and get 2 hours of quality time, but man he sometimes gets up around 6:15 and earlier, and I found it difficult to get good sleep anyway, so I tried to switch to 2 hours of night time, but he wants to sleep with me for 30 mins around 9pm before going to my wife’s bed, and I usually fell sleep sooner than he did…

Girls are much easier to raise. They sleep earlier and don’t fight too much, as far as I heard from friends.

Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by WD-42 on Friday August 29, 2025 @07:43PM (#45070621)
I actually have some ideas about this kind of situation, drop me a line, email in my profile!
Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by IshKebab on Saturday August 30, 2025 @02:49AM (#45072450)
> They sleep earlier and don’t fight too much, as far as I heard from friends.

Definitely depends on the specific children!

Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by markus_zhang on Saturday August 30, 2025 @01:19PM (#45076357)
I guess so. But the sample size is over 10, although not statistically significant but definitely something.
Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by osullivj on Saturday August 30, 2025 @04:38AM (#45072996)
I'm now a post kids greybeard; two nats, two steps, both flavours. Yes, girls under 10 are easier than boys. That flips on you in the teen years!
Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by markus_zhang on Saturday August 30, 2025 @01:18PM (#45076346)
That sounds scary…I don’t know how to communicate with teenage boys. I had a lot of quarrels with my parents back then.