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I really like it. I didn't try it yet but it feel like I would enjoy this points system for waking up on time. I noticed that over the summer, when I was excited about my work (and trying to meet deadlines), waking up on time was not an issue. Now that I'm back to going to school, it's easier to snooze/sleep in. Also, it's easier to go to bed at more random times.

What if you could also collect some points by going to bed at approximately the same time every night? Check the accelerometer for movement at the set time (example 8pm) and every fib(n)'th minute after that to make sure the person is sleeping?

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Reinforcing good bedtime habits is a really interesting idea. Even if that can't guarantee a person is sleeping, it can force people to set their phones down for the night which is something at least I could definitely use. Maybe something like if a user moves their phone past a certain time, the star is destroyed. Going to explore the points option and a few others. Thank you for your feedback

I'm glad to hear it. I've built an automated lighting system to encourage good sleep habits [1], which has helped a lot. But I'd still like to do better. Maybe the star is bigger and brighter with good sleep, and ends up a brown dwarf if you don't get enough?

[1] https://github.com/wpietri/sunrise

That's so cool! A lot of people swear by the sunshine alarm clocks and I'm definitely gonna have to try it out one of these days

In my area summertime traffic is rather relaxed without significantly expressed traffic spikes, so journey time is almost independent from departure time. This summer I had liberty to come to work at any (reasonable) time. I spent large part of this summer without an alarm clock (had one safeguard alarm that always fired at work or during commute).

If I wanted to stay late, I could. I just went to bed when I felt sleepy. I would wake up naturally at varying times. Interestingly, I think I had one of the most productive periods, I felt well rested even though my sleeping pattern was greatly messed up. Waking up at 4am for 3 hour trip to work was not torture. had to do the same last week and was literally a zombie.

Furthermore I am one those people who occasionally wake up at night. I could keep laying in bed for those 15 minutes or I can check something (idle miner, bullshit feed) on my phone and crash after 15 minutes. Such options really depend on the person, I guess.

Have you tried getting excited about school? :)

Easier said than done sometimes.

I like school but it's not as exciting as working on a product change that will be used by many many people! I think I would like to keep taking a course per semester and do some learning on my own, even when I work full time.

It made me so that getting on time was easy as well! I love it!

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