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The problem with hn is that it's likely to get past your primary defenses and justify itself by telling you the information provided is useful and relevant. Als
by aswanson 10y ago
The problem with hn is that it's likely to get past your primary defenses and justify itself by telling you the information provided is useful and relevant. Also, the conversations are likely to engage you at a higher level and the many of the arguments require laying out your case like a legal team to be taken seriously.
- enraged_camel 10y agoIt is useful and relevant. However, just because something is good for you doesn't mean it can't be used as a distraction from another task.
- themoat 10y agoAbsolutely. There are lots of good, interesting, and useful things to spend time on, but that doesn't mean they are always the right use of my time right now.
- aswanson 10y agoNo argument here, hence my constaclicking.
- m_fayer 10y agoThat's exactly the problem. If I'm in "work mode" I'm after the thrill of tackling a meaty challenge. Then I don't procrastinate. But when I'm dealing with some tedious dependency hell/build glitches/other slow boring BS, I go looking for my intellectual thrill and before I know it, hello HN.