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> who regularly works in the early morning?

> For a hacker, it is much more plausible to work in the afternoon and late at night

c/hacker/younger person

The "hacker" stereotype is certainly stale, but subbing "young person" (and implying not "old person") is equally silly.

I'm 41 and have been awake before 7am maybe 20 times in the past 10 years. Half the reason I still put up with computers is because it's one of the few professions where I can work a 11-7pm schedule most days and still excel.

There are morning people and night people. You are what you are, no judgements, but it isn't something you grow in/out of, nor should be expected to.

> There are morning people and night people. You are what you are, no judgements, but it isn't something you grow in/out of, nor should be expected to.

Oh, my sweet summer child.

Talk to me again in another decade or so.

I'm in my mid fifties. I rarely start work before 2pm. My colleagues regularly receive emails from me sent after 1am.

Are you saying I will grow out of this and become a lark? Or are you saying I will eventually conform, oh wise one?

I'm saying that changing sleep patterns and waking up earlier is a very common effect of aging.

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/aging-and-sleep/why-do-older...

YMMV but the idea that you can't grow in/out of sleep patterns is empirically false, and I know this from personal experience.

For most of my life, I didn't need glasses for reading... until I suddenly did. Bodies change.

I knew most of the stuff in that article. If I wake up at 5am on full alert, mind racing, I read for a couple of hours and then go back to sleep when it's possible. I know that I can't function well on less than 7 hours, so I don't try.

The article seems to be taking about people on the verge of entering "the facility", on their slow slide into dementia, who are making do despite not getting enough sleep. I'll get back to you when I hit 70.

> The article seems to be taking about people on the verge of entering "the facility", on their slow slide into dementia

I don't know how in the world you got that from the article, but no.

> c/hacker/younger person

What is this syntax? I know s/a/b/ for sed substitution but not such a thing starting with c

> What is this syntax? I know s/a/b/ for sed substitution but not such a thing starting with c

It's the syntax for sed substitution for someone who mistypes, is dyslexic or does not have an excellent memory.

No, stereotypes aside, hackers who code diligently tend to wrap their "actual work" schedule around their external obligations, and while the morning is generally filled with distractions like dealing with "morning people", after lunch (an on into the evening) there are generally far fewer interruptions. I can honestly get much more done with an uninterrupted four hours than I can in the entire eight office hours of random phone calls and emails coming in, and I am no longer a "young person", and I'll do some stuff at night just because I know it'll take half the time if I'm not interrupted and I've had a few hours to at least intermittently mull it over. If you're having peaceful mornings, I envy you.

> stereotypes aside, hackers

If we're putting stereotypes aside, wouldn't we also put aside the word "hackers"?

In the xz case, the term may be accurate, but we don't know the identity of the culprit(s) and have no empirical basis for even speculating about the work schedules of such people.

> If you're having peaceful mornings, I envy you.

Well, I don't work in an office. I work alone. Like a stereotypical "hacker".

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