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Quitting/Taking a long break from cannabis, and my sleep has been awful for the last week and a bit. What do you folks like to do to get ready for bed? (self.casualconversation)

submitted 2 days ago by Cracks_InTheWalls to c/[email protected]

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Been through this before, so I know it gets better eventually, but what do you folks generally do to optimize beddy-bye time? To the insomniacs, what are some things you do in the wee hours/early morning for a relaxing start to your day?

This morning's choice is checking out the music of Casiopea - saw them mentioned in a meme here recently, then later on saw one of my favourite gig spaces has a great local fusion jazz band doing a show covering them at the end of the month. Very chill, feels like menu music of a mid-90s Japanese 3D game in a very good way, lol. Funny how these things happen sometimes, kinda like seeing the car model you just bought everywhere on the road shortly after purchase.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I’m not trying to be pedantic, but your use of the word daemon caught my eye, and being a curious person, I looked up daemon vs. demon. Since you mentioned writing, I figured you’d be interested in the results. In short, most of the time they’re interchangeable alternate spellings, but in mythological or religious contexts, daemons are actually helpful spirits of dead people or lesser deities. TIL! https://english.stackexchange.com/a/39269

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You did very well to check and to share the info back with us. Thx.

I should have known better than to use the word 'daemon', knowing its etymology and knowing what I meant to say. My poor choice of spelling was mainly caused both by my lacking English (and by me taking a lazy shortcut in my head), and by me not reaching for the Webster or the Collins dictionaries that constantly sit on my desk at arm's reach, for that very purpose, right next to my French dictionaries. I'm really too lazy.

[–] Eeyore_Syndrome 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

For Linux 🐧 nerd related context, see also:

Linux background process daemon.