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Hello productivity
contents of /etc/hosts, ready to :w right after I submit this:
127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com
127.0.0.1 reddit.com
127.0.0.1 www.reddit.com
127.0.0.1 techmeme.com
127.0.0.1 www.techmeme.com
127.0.0.1 slashdot.org
127.0.0.1 www.slashdot.org
127.0.0.1 theregister.co.uk
127.0.0.1 www.theregister.co.uk
127.0.0.1 news.bbc.co.uk
of course, undoing it is trivial as well, but seeing 'unable to connect' will hopefully take me off auto-pilot and remind me there are better ways to spend my time. See you around YC
- dpritchett 17y agoI have found pomodoros [1] to be more helpful than hiding hosts. It's easy for me to focus on putting 25 minutes into a task. It's not easy for me to just stop using my browser for anything other than dev/test work. [1] http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
- pgr 17y agoFor when you get back from your self imposed exile: In future, try using 66.135.33.106 (from: http://www.marco.org/244246945 http://www.marco.org/244246945) More user friendly.