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This wouldn't work for me - my to-do list only grows bigger, not smaller :-) Anyway, I've had a lot of success with Cold Turkey for blocking distracting websit

• mtmail 8y ago
  Just adding the direct URL https://getcoldturkey.com/ https://getcoldturkey.com/ MacOS/Windows (not affiliated either, first time I see it)
• 121789 8y ago
  Yep, Cold turkey is great. I use Freedom for IOS for similar functionality.
  • yitianjian 8y ago
    Freedom's been removed from the iOS App Store, unfortunately :(
    • 121789 8y ago
      Whoa, must be recent. Do you know of any alternatives?
      • utefan001 8y ago
        My iOS app studycity may provide what you are looking for. If not, we might be able to modify it to provide some of the features freedom did.
        • 121789 8y ago
          I'm pretty certain that Freedom (and many other ad-blocking apps) got banned because they were using a VPN for uses other than a strict VPN. Your app uses a VPN for access control, right? Why do you think it won't be banned? EDIT: I don't want that to sound hostile at all...genuinely curious
          • utefan001 8y ago
            Fair question. There are a number of differences between apps like Freedom and StudyCity. We are aware of the recent VPN rules. StudyCity simply needs a gate to direct the student / child to take a couple of minutes to earn points on Khan Academy or another supported site. The gate can be implemented in many ways. At the moment, this is all the detail I can provide.
• aantix 8y ago
  Cold Turkey is great. After starting a session, I tried all of the basic stuff like looking through the /etc/hosts file or unloading the plist. None of it seemed to disable it, so I have been less distracted ever since.
• 13of40 8y ago
  What do you do when you're building?
  • dotancohen 8y ago
    SSH into a remote server and read HN using w3m. Gotta go, compiler throwing errors...