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This. It used to be closer to the former, but today it seems like all my "friends" are just raging about the latest ragefest. I am not envious of being overtake

by trevyn 10y ago

This. It used to be closer to the former, but today it seems like all my "friends" are just raging about the latest ragefest. I am not envious of being overtaken by these emotions. :-)

brightball 10y ago
That's actually why I deleted my account. The constant anger about everything was just unnecessary in my life.
- deleted 10y ago
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- feocco 10y ago
  This comment thread hits the nail on the head for why I deactivated my social media. But I haven't found a good alternative "productive" time waster for when my mind needs a short break.
  - deleted 10y ago
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  - rocqua 10y ago
    It's hacker news for me.
  - nihonde 10y ago
    I like to waste time on YouTube and Wikipedia. They're good idle browsing for autodidacts.
    - feocco 10y ago
      TIL I'm an autodidact and that I have a very similar tastes to nihonde :P
    - trevyn 10y ago
      What's your process for finding good autodidactical content on YouTube? (I am building something very related to this space; I'm super curious about people's "workflows" for this.)
      - rangibaby 9y ago
        How to (whatever) Works for me :-)
  - majewsky 10y ago
    "When my mind needs a short break" sounds like you should give meditation a shot.
    - wutbrodo 10y ago
      Yea, but for a lot of people who are just starting to get better at practicing mindfulness, it's not a 100% solution yet and you end up doing things like FB anyway, just more rarely. (I know that was the case for me at least)
      - feocco 10y ago
        I actually hadn't heard the term mindfulness. I think meditation is something I'll need to give a serious try with that in mind. I can see the possible benefits. You're right on the latter part. But as of late I've gone to the extreme and deactivated all but Snapchat for social media. As well as using Cold Turkey and editing my hosts file's to keep me away from certain sites.
  - rublev 10y ago
    I force myself to bounce between reading a book and working, the computer is mostly a tool to get work done / research things quickly now for me. It's super boring in the immediate but rewarding once you put the work in which is a stark contrast to constantly coding -> compiling and filling up that instant gratification meter.
  - 5thaccount 10y ago
    > But I haven't found a good alternative "productive" time waster for when my mind needs a short break. Hacker News? I mean, you posted this right here!
    - taneq 10y ago
      I spend more time on HN than on FB by a fair margin now. I probably need to start reigning it in... :P
      - FridgeSeal 10y ago
        Luckily, HN has a handy no-proscrastination feature! :)
        magic_beans 10y ago
        Tell me more about this!
        doubleplusgood 10y ago
        Copied & pasted from an old HN post: There are three new fields in your profile, noprocrast, maxvisit, and minaway. (You can edit your profile by clicking on your username.) Noprocrast is turned off by default. If you turn it on by setting it to "yes," you'll only be allowed to visit the site for maxvisit minutes at a time, with gaps of minaway minutes in between. The defaults are 20 and 180, which would let you view the site for 20 minutes at a time, and then not allow you back in for 3 hours. You can override noprocrast if you want, in which case your visit clock starts over at zero.
  - mathperson 10y ago
    A nice book!

by trevyn 10y ago

This. It used to be closer to the former, but today it seems like all my "friends" are just raging about the latest ragefest. I am not envious of being overtaken by these emotions. :-)

brightball 10y ago

That's actually why I deleted my account. The constant anger about everything was just unnecessary in my life.

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feocco 10y ago
This comment thread hits the nail on the head for why I deactivated my social media. But I haven't found a good alternative "productive" time waster for when my mind needs a short break.
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- rocqua 10y ago
  It's hacker news for me.
- nihonde 10y ago
  I like to waste time on YouTube and Wikipedia. They're good idle browsing for autodidacts.
  - feocco 10y ago
    TIL I'm an autodidact and that I have a very similar tastes to nihonde :P
  - trevyn 10y ago
    What's your process for finding good autodidactical content on YouTube? (I am building something very related to this space; I'm super curious about people's "workflows" for this.)
    - rangibaby 9y ago
      How to (whatever) Works for me :-)
- majewsky 10y ago
  "When my mind needs a short break" sounds like you should give meditation a shot.
  - wutbrodo 10y ago
    Yea, but for a lot of people who are just starting to get better at practicing mindfulness, it's not a 100% solution yet and you end up doing things like FB anyway, just more rarely. (I know that was the case for me at least)
    - feocco 10y ago
      I actually hadn't heard the term mindfulness. I think meditation is something I'll need to give a serious try with that in mind. I can see the possible benefits. You're right on the latter part. But as of late I've gone to the extreme and deactivated all but Snapchat for social media. As well as using Cold Turkey and editing my hosts file's to keep me away from certain sites.
- rublev 10y ago
  I force myself to bounce between reading a book and working, the computer is mostly a tool to get work done / research things quickly now for me. It's super boring in the immediate but rewarding once you put the work in which is a stark contrast to constantly coding -> compiling and filling up that instant gratification meter.
- 5thaccount 10y ago
  > But I haven't found a good alternative "productive" time waster for when my mind needs a short break. Hacker News? I mean, you posted this right here!
  - taneq 10y ago
    I spend more time on HN than on FB by a fair margin now. I probably need to start reigning it in... :P
    - FridgeSeal 10y ago
      Luckily, HN has a handy no-proscrastination feature! :)
      - magic_beans 10y ago
        Tell me more about this!
        doubleplusgood 10y ago
        Copied & pasted from an old HN post: There are three new fields in your profile, noprocrast, maxvisit, and minaway. (You can edit your profile by clicking on your username.) Noprocrast is turned off by default. If you turn it on by setting it to "yes," you'll only be allowed to visit the site for maxvisit minutes at a time, with gaps of minaway minutes in between. The defaults are 20 and 180, which would let you view the site for 20 minutes at a time, and then not allow you back in for 3 hours. You can override noprocrast if you want, in which case your visit clock starts over at zero.
- mathperson 10y ago
  A nice book!