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Comment author: ChristianKl 28 July 2014 10:07:02PM 0 points [-]

Based on my experience the couple times I stayed awake for more than 24 hours in a row, I think it's very unlikely to be quadratic, at least for large N.

So you are saying you did spent something like 36 hours awake in a row without negative side effects?

Comment author: Lumifer 29 July 2014 12:40:11AM 3 points [-]

So you are saying you did spent something like 36 hours awake in a row without negative side effects?

I've spent more than 36 hours without sleep and while there are side effects, the point is that when you finally get to sleep, how much you sleep isn't a quadratic function of of how many hours you were awake.

Comment author: ChristianKl 29 July 2014 09:01:46AM 0 points [-]

I'm taking about stable schedules that don't have negative side effects.

How much you sleep and how much sleep would be good for you are also two distinct issues.

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