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I don't know about you, but my anxiety-habits are a beast. If I overtly stop myself from doing something, then I can very easily undo it. The trick is to stop t

by jtrip 7y ago

I don't know about you, but my anxiety-habits are a beast. If I overtly stop myself from doing something, then I can very easily undo it. The trick is to stop the habit from triggering. My trigger for HN is stress and I can't stop it, other than the proxy delay method the author mentions. If I block myslef, then I can un-block myself. In youtube, I have multiple habits. I've curtailed the most egregious ones using the steps above. Haven't yet got one like that for HN. Real easy to type news.ycobinator.com in the address bar.

JadeNB 7y ago
> If I block myslef, then I can un-block myself. Only beforehand. In the moment, when you're jonesing for your fix, HN won't let you in to undo the noprocrastination election (at least, that's how it used to be)—and that's good.
- netsharc 7y ago
  There's always incognito mode.. or another browser on your device.
- Kaiyou 7y ago
  I can figure out how to unblock Youtube videos unavailable in my region, I can probably figure out how to access this site again.
  - JadeNB 7y ago
    Probably, but since Youtube wants you to access their site and imposes region-based restrictions only as necessitated by content providers, I suspect they make it less hard to get around region-based blocks than they might.
- jtrip 7y ago
  I think using the incognito method works? I wont bother with that though, i'd just pick up my phone. I suppose it depends on what you're here for. I just come for the links and discussions.
oh_sigh 7y ago
> Real easy to type news.ycobinator.com in the address bar. Not that easy I guess!
- kibwen 7y ago
  Quick, someone purchase ycobinator.com and make it redirect to the real site only with a 3-25 second delay!
hinkley 7y ago
Reminds me of a thread I saw the other day about coping with procrastination. One person said something to the effect: “Self-inflicted deadlines don’t work because I know the person who set them and he’s full of shit.”
buzzy_hacker 7y ago
If you use macOS check out https://selfcontrolapp.com/ https://selfcontrolapp.com/ It's quite hard to unblock once started

by jtrip 7y ago

JadeNB 7y ago

> If I block myslef, then I can un-block myself. Only beforehand. In the moment, when you're jonesing for your fix, HN won't let you in to undo the noprocrastination election (at least, that's how it used to be)—and that's good.

netsharc 7y ago
There's always incognito mode.. or another browser on your device.
Kaiyou 7y ago
I can figure out how to unblock Youtube videos unavailable in my region, I can probably figure out how to access this site again.
- JadeNB 7y ago
  Probably, but since Youtube wants you to access their site and imposes region-based restrictions only as necessitated by content providers, I suspect they make it less hard to get around region-based blocks than they might.
jtrip 7y ago
I think using the incognito method works? I wont bother with that though, i'd just pick up my phone. I suppose it depends on what you're here for. I just come for the links and discussions.

oh_sigh 7y ago

> Real easy to type news.ycobinator.com in the address bar. Not that easy I guess!

kibwen 7y ago
Quick, someone purchase ycobinator.com and make it redirect to the real site only with a 3-25 second delay!

hinkley 7y ago

Reminds me of a thread I saw the other day about coping with procrastination. One person said something to the effect: “Self-inflicted deadlines don’t work because I know the person who set them and he’s full of shit.”

buzzy_hacker 7y ago

If you use macOS check out https://selfcontrolapp.com/ https://selfcontrolapp.com/ It's quite hard to unblock once started