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mopinko

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15. they can be done at home.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 10:08 AM

Dec 2021

simpler test, docs dont like to do it because it isnt 'standardized conditions'.
i always thought testing in the real world would be more useful. things like snoring spouses and bed hogging pets dont show up in the sleep center.

you'd be able to get up tho. lotsa wires, but they're all bundled. they're used to that stuff.

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