[Balin] No, a hickory daiquiri would taste terrible

[Balin]

Ryan wakes up each morning at 7:30, so why does he have an alarm set for 4:30 a.m.?

[WiZ]

Does the alarm wake him up? Does he set the alarm for himself? Is it in the same room as he? Is it somewhere far away? Is anyone else involved?

Does the alarm set for 4:30 somehow actually wake him up at 7:30? Are time zones involved? Does he take 3 hours to wake up to an alarm (I have been sanctioned by a prior employer due to suffering from this)?

Does the set alarm accomplish anything other than making a loud noise? Does it vibrate, move, generate light, or anything similar to any meaningful effect?

Are mice relevant? Doctors?

[trebor]

Is the alarm one that is unrelated to awaking?

[Balin]

Does the alarm wake him up? Yes Does he set the alarm for himself? No Is it in the same room as he? Yes Is it somewhere far away? No Is anyone else involved? Yes

Does the alarm set for 4:30 somehow actually wake him up at 7:30? No Are time zones involved? No Does he take 3 hours to wake up to an alarm (I have been sanctioned by a prior employer due to suffering from this)? Yikes! (But no.)

Does the set alarm accomplish anything other than making a loud noise? No Does it vibrate, move, generate light, or anything similar to any meaningful effect? No

Are mice relevant? Doctors? Neither

Is the alarm one that is unrelated to awaking? No

[GalFisk]

Does the alarm wake someone else up? Wake him up do that he can wake someone else up? Wake him up so that he can do something related to someone else? Does someone else sleep in the same room? Does he have only one alarm clock? Does he wake up to an alarm at 7:30? Is the clock relevantly a mechanical one where an alarm can't be set more than 12 hours in advance?

[LemonCurry]

Is he still in bed when he wakes up at 7:30?

[trebor]

Does he have a relevant child? Partner? Roommate? Is Ryan and HAM?

[Balin]

Does the alarm wake someone else up? Yes Wake him up so that he can wake someone else up? No Wake him up so that he can do something related to someone else? No Does someone else sleep in the same room? Yes Does he have only one alarm clock? Yes Does he wake up to an alarm at 7:30? Yes Is the clock relevantly a mechanical one where an alarm can't be set more than 12 hours in advance? No, assume either a digital clock or a phone

Is he still in bed when he wakes up at 7:30? Yes

Does he have a relevant child? Partner? Roommate? This
Is Ryan and HAM? Yes, but no one's gender matters in this puzzle

[Doriana]

Does his roommate wake up at 4:30? get up at 4:30? do something relevant at 4:30? Does his roommate also set an alarm for 4:30?

Does his roommate come home at 4:30? And Ryan sets the alarm so that he can open the door for him?

[Balin]

Does his roommate wake up at 4:30? Yes (but may mislead) get up at 4:30? Yes do something relevant at 4:30? Yes Does his roommate also set an alarm for 4:30? No

Does his roommate come home at 4:30? And Ryan sets the alarm so that he can open the door for him? Clever guess, but No

[LemonCurry]

Does the roommate need help in waking up? In getting up? Any impairments or disabilities relevant?

[trebor]

Is the roommate a HA? If so, gender relevant? Is the roommate a pet that needs to be let out?

[Balin]

Does the roommate need help in waking up? In getting up? Any impairments or disabilities relevant? No to all

Is the roommate a HA? Yes If so, gender relevant? No Is the roommate a pet that needs to be let out? No (but I like this guess)

[Earnest]

His roommate does not put the alarm because he knows that Ryan will? If Ryan did not put the alarm at 4.30 a.m. would the roommate wake up as well on time? Does the roommate suffer from relevant diseases? Had Ryan not a roommate, would he set the 4.30 a.m. alarm as well? Does the roommate wake up and set the alarm to 7.30 a.m. so that Ryan can wake up later? Is it a matter of comfortability? Did they decide together to put two alarms? Do they move the alarm (which is a clock? A phone?) from a place to another during the night? Is the aim to avoid to wake each other up? Is the 4.30 alarm set off? If so by Ryan? By the roommate? Relevant?

To be sure...can we assume that Ryan goes to bed at 11 p.m. the nights before setting the alarm and that he has a regular sleep? (On the contrary he could experiment polyphasic sleep and put the alarm to have his 3 hours sleep before waking up)? Again...he does not need to take pills/medicines or whatsoever right? Is the tone of the alarm relevant? The theme?

[Balin]

His roommate does not put the alarm because he knows that Ryan will? Yes
If Ryan did not put the alarm at 4.30 a.m. would the roommate wake up as well on time? Yope
Does the roommate suffer from relevant diseases? No
Had Ryan not a roommate, would he set the 4.30 a.m. alarm as well? No
Does the roommate wake up and set the alarm to 7.30 a.m. so that Ryan can wake up later? No
Is it a matter of comfortability? No
Did they decide together to put two alarms? No Do they move the alarm (which is a clock? A phone? Could be either) from a place to another during the night? No Is the aim to avoid to wake each other up? No
Is the 4.30 alarm set off? Do you mean that someone sets the alarm, or that someone turns it off after it sounds? If so by Ryan? This, to both possibilities By the roommate? Relevant? Yes

To be sure...can we assume that Ryan goes to bed at 11 p.m. the nights before setting the alarm and that he has a regular sleep? Yes, although his sleep is interrupted by the 4:30 alarm (On the contrary he could experiment polyphasic sleep and put the alarm to have his 3 hours sleep before waking up)? No
Again...he does not need to take pills/medicines or whatsoever right? Correct
Is the tone of the alarm relevant? No The theme? No

[GalFisk]

Does Ryan want to wake up at 04:30? Have to wake up at 04:30? Does he trust his roommate? Distrust his roommate? Does he do this to help his roommate? Hinder him? Would he do this if he didn't have a roommate?

[Balin]

Does Ryan want to wake up at 04:30? No Have to wake up at 04:30? No
Does he trust his roommate? Distrust his roommate? This, good q
Does he do this to help his roommate? Hinder him? This Would he do this if he didn't have a roommate? No

[GalFisk]

Does he not want the roommate to be awake while he is asleep? Does he think his roommate might: steal? Rob? Kill? Shirk a responsibility? Not get up? Use drugs? Take photos or video? Destroy? Forget? Leave a mess? Not lock the door when leaving? Is the distrust general? Specific?

[trebor]

Does Ryan suspect that his roommate will forget to lock the door? Forget to put the garbage out? Forget something else?

Does Ryan simply want to hinder his roommate’s quest for a good sleep? Does he want to sabotage something the roommate will be doing later in the day?

Does Ryan set the 4:30 alarm every day? Is it a one-time occurrence?

[Enjay]

If Ryan didn't set the alarm for 4:30, would the roommate set one instead? Would that somehow be more disturbing to Ryan? Eg if the roommate has a tendency to keep snoozing his alarm, so Ryan sets one himself to force the roommate out of bed?

Is Ryan's primary aim to improve his own sleep? Worsen the roommate's sleep? Avoid the roommate doing something bad to Ryan?

[Balin]

Does he not want the roommate to be awake while he is asleep? No
Does he think his roommate might: steal? Rob? Kill? Shirk a responsibility? Not get up? Use drugs? Take photos or video? Destroy? Forget? Leave a mess? Not lock the door when leaving? None of these
Is the distrust general? Specific? The latter

Does Ryan suspect that his roommate will forget to lock the door? Forget to put the garbage out? Forget something else? No to all

Does Ryan simply want to hinder his roommate’s quest for a good sleep? No Does he want to sabotage something the roommate will be doing later in the day? Noish/Yope

Does Ryan set the 4:30 alarm every day? Yes Is it a one-time occurrence? No

If Ryan didn't set the alarm for 4:30, would the roommate set one instead? No, good q Would that somehow be more disturbing to Ryan? No Eg if the roommate has a tendency to keep snoozing his alarm, so Ryan sets one himself to force the roommate out of bed? No, but this is wiggling onto the right track

Is Ryan's primary aim to improve his own sleep? No, but his aim is to benefit himself Worsen the roommate's sleep? No Avoid the roommate doing something bad to Ryan? Yes (although this doesn't fall near the extreme on the scale of badness)

[GalFisk]

If Ryan didn't set the alarm, would the roommate wake up later? Does Ryan want the roommate to be on time for work, so he can pay his share of the rent? Does Ryan wake up before his roommate? At the same time? Relevant? Doe the roommate do the bad thing on purpose? Out of neglect? Malice? Stupidity? Does the roommate snore a lot? Sleepwalk? Raid the fridge?

[Balin]

If Ryan didn't set the alarm, would the roommate wake up later? Yes Does Ryan want the roommate to be on time for work, so he can pay his share of the rent? No
Does Ryan wake up before his roommate? At the same time? Depending on what you mean, at the same time or after Relevant? Yes
Doe the roommate do the bad thing on purpose? Yes Out of neglect? Malice? Selfishness; I wouldn't put it as far as malice Stupidity?
Does the roommate snore a lot? Sleepwalk? Raid the fridge? None of these

[Doriana]

Showering relevant? Does the roommate use up all of the hot water? And Ryan wants him to shower early so that the water will have been re-heated by the time Ryan gets up?

[Balin]

Showering relevant? Does the roommate use up all of the hot water? And Ryan wants him to shower early so that the water will have been re-heated by the time Ryan gets up? That is absolutely, thoroughly correct. Fantastic leap!

****SPOILER****

Ryan wakes up at 7:30, and his roommate has been getting up with his alarm and stealing the shower, using up the hot water. To stop this, Ryan has been setting another alarm earlier and earlier. When the first (4:30) alarm goes off, the roommate goes straight for the shower while Ryan turns it off and goes back to sleep.

[Doriana]

Nice puzzle! I wish I could say my leap was not at all related to my personal experience of living with roommates, but been there, done that (the water part, not the alarm part...).

[LemonCurry]

I like the term "Pavlovian Alarm" in the link