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56 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 07 March 2013 04:33AM

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Comment author: beoShaffer 07 March 2013 07:53:09PM *  12 points [-]

Building off of an earlier comment. Setting alarm(s) for anything you need to at/by a specific time increases the chance you will actually do them, while decreasing the amount of time you spend worrying about doing them. Corollary, this can make your watch/alarm clock/smartphone a single point of failure for a huge chunk of you life, so take good care of it and/or have a back up.

ETA: "worrying about"

Comment author: RomeoStevens 08 March 2013 12:54:14AM 7 points [-]

This reminds me that I need a better alarm app so I don't have an ugh field about setting alarms.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 08 March 2013 07:36:49PM 1 point [-]

. Corollary, this can make your watch/alarm clock/smartphone a single point of failure for a huge chunk of you life,

Agreed, random anecdote: I once slept for literally 16 hours after my phone died overnight.

Comment author: wedrifid 09 March 2013 02:05:39AM 10 points [-]

Agreed, random anecdote: I once slept for literally 16 hours after my phone died overnight.

That suggests rather strongly that the sleep pattern you typically force on yourself isn't healthy!