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Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults

https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/46/Supplement_1/A34/7181621
26•bohaska•4h ago

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gwern•30m ago
Hard to discuss this with only a short abstract. They don't even give a dose or formulation of the melatonin, and details like "We found no significant differences between the melatonin and sleep groups on any of our sleep measures." raise more questions than they answer.
Uptrenda•16m ago
will you be my guardian angel, senpai?
mutagen•23m ago
This thesis appears to be related or the underlying research:

https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/51312

Indicates 2mg and 5mg were given along with the placebo. While these are common dosages available in the US, these are higher dosages than recommended by at least some sleep experts. The thesis doesn't seem to differentiate between the dosages when evaluating cognitive processes.

Now I want to evaluate my sleep stack against morning cognition.

My server is a phone now

https://seg6.space/posts/phone-server/
200•seg6•6h ago•81 comments

"The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years." (2011)

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102•jggonz•5h ago•39 comments

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97•jmusall•6h ago•13 comments

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116•adletbalzhanov•6h ago•70 comments

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https://www.fastmail.com/blog/fastmail-offers-eu-data-region/
356•groomlake•13h ago•178 comments

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25•bkudria•3h ago•5 comments

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34•davidbarker•6d ago•3 comments

Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults

https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/46/Supplement_1/A34/7181621
27•bohaska•4h ago•4 comments

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https://specification.website/spec/foundations/for-sale-dns/
373•shaunpud•15h ago•137 comments

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112•MarcoDewey•9h ago•26 comments

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87•hakkikonu•3d ago•34 comments

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18•WaitWaitWha•1h ago•1 comments

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35•hyperific•3d ago•7 comments

TheoremDB · A public workspace for machine mathematics

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36•fagnerbrack•6d ago•5 comments

Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection

https://daringfireball.net/2026/08/retraction_app_store_rejection_of_the_week
61•minimaxir•1h ago•5 comments

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157•electricant•15h ago•30 comments

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41•cwwc•3h ago•19 comments

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Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength

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252•ilamont•1d ago•183 comments

ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style

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34•Eloissssss•3h ago•16 comments

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55•surprisetalk•4d ago•3 comments

Message your other Claude Code sessions

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cross-session-messaging
94•mfiguiere•13h ago•39 comments

Can Intel finally beat ARM on performance per Watt?

https://hackaday.com/2026/08/08/want-energy-efficiency-dude-youre-getting-a-dell/
182•gumby•13h ago•141 comments