Nerds Amalgamated
Nerds Amalgamated
That's Not Canon Productions
Sleep, Oculus Quest 2, Dune Prequel comics & She Hulk TV Series
1 hour 12 minutes Posted Sep 29, 2020 at 12:00 am.
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It's past your bedtime, somewhere. A new paper from UCLA collates all the reasons why we sleep. So if you get in trouble for sleeping at work just tell your boss science told you to.
Facebook is coming to lock down your Oculus Quest 2, but this isn't the only issue with the Quest 2.
House Atreides is being adapted into a graphic novel. Meanwhile, She Hulk is being adapted to TV with the excellent Tatiana Maslany. Professor is very happy about this.
This week Professor went hunting for stars and DJ ate his crewmates.
Why do we need sleep
- https://www.college.ucla.edu/2020/09/18/ucla-led-team-of-scientists-discovers-why-we-need-sleep/
- https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/38/eaba0398
Do not buy the new Oculus Quest 2
- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/09/review-we-do-not-recommend-the-299-oculus-quest-2-as-your-next-vr-system/
Dune Prequel Comics & She Hulk casting News
- https://www.boom-studios.com/archives/dune-house-atreides-1-first-look/
- https://deadline.com/2020/09/she-hulk-tatiana-maslany-marvel-series-1234578701/
Games Played
DJ
– Among Us - https://store.steampowered.com/app/945360/Among_Us/
Rating: 4/5
Professor
- Mario 3D All Stars - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_3D_All-Stars
Rating: 5/5
Other topics discussed
Kung Fu Panda – Oogway’s death
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-3OztBnuaM
Dream (a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not fully understood, although they have been a topic of scientific, philosophical and religious interest throughout recorded history.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream
Nap (a short period of sleep, typically taken during daytime hours as an adjunct to the usual nocturnal sleep period. Naps are most often taken as a response to drowsiness during waking hours.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap
Biphasic and polyphasic sleep (the practice of sleeping during two periods over the course of 24 hours, while polyphasic sleep refers to sleeping multiple times – usually more than two.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biphasic_and_polyphasic_sleep
Siesta in Spain (In modern Spain, the midday nap during the working week has largely been abandoned among the adult working population. According to a 2009 survey, 16.2 percent of Spaniards polled claimed to take a nap "daily", whereas 22 percent did so "sometimes", 3.2 percent "weekends only" and the remainder, 58.6 percent, "never". The share of those who claimed to have a nap daily had diminished by 7 percent compared to a previous poll in 1998.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta#Spain
Sleep debt (the cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep. A large sleep debt may lead to mental or physical fatigue.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_debt
Energy Drink (a type of drink containing stimulant compounds, usually caffeine, which is marketed as providing mental and physical stimulation (marketed as "energy", but distinct from food energy). They may or may not be carbonated and may also contain sugar, other sweeteners, herbal extracts, taurine, and amino acids.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_drink
Man dies in Taiwan after 3-day online gaming binge
- https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/19/world/taiwan-gamer-death/index.html
Fatal Familial Insomnia (Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a rare genetic degenerative brain disorder. It is characterized by an inability to sleep (insomnia) that may be initially mild, but progressively worsens, leading to significant physical and mental deterioration.)
- https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/fatal-familial-insomnia/
Fatal insomnia (a rare disorder that results in trouble sleeping. It is a prion disease of the brain.[2] It is usually caused by a mutation to the gene encoding protein PrPC.)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_insomnia
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