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7 years ago I joined HN and it's been extremely helpful at keeping my finger on the pulse of tech. I have learned about new tech/libraries/languages/etc here on

7 years ago I joined HN and it's been extremely helpful at keeping my finger on the pulse of tech. I have learned about new tech/libraries/languages/etc here on HN and been able to take what I've learned and use it for work and personal projects. Can HN be a procrastinators dream of a time-sink? Absolutely, if I had a dollar for every time I closed an HN tab and then pressed "Command+T" then "n" then "Enter" to pull up HN again I'd be rich. I need to cut down on some of that time spent on HN but overall it's been a net positive.

yesenadam 8y ago
But that's what noprocrast is for! It works great. I find HN very addictive too, but the hours spent are of decreasing value after the first, I guess. My settings - after 60 minutes on here, I can't come back for 6 hours. The first time I tried it, it felt very strange, but worked immediately - I didn't come back on for months actually. If only something like that was available for the other addictive things in life!