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On my desktop I just have 0.0.0.0 news.ycombinator.com (etc) in /etc/hosts That forces me to use either the media PC or my laptop if I want to access HN/twitte
by noir_lord 6y ago
On my desktop I just have 0.0.0.0 news.ycombinator.com (etc) in /etc/hosts
That forces me to use either the media PC or my laptop if I want to access HN/twitter/reddit.
It works because it puts a breaker in the "I'm a bit bored, I wonder who is wrong on the internet today" loop.
- mhaberl 6y agoHow does this help? Won't you just comment out the entry in hosts file if you want to visit HN?
- coldtea 6y agoNo, because of the extra guilt. It's not about what's technically impossible to break out of, it's about the psychology.
- sbmthakur 6y agoThe time taken to do that is often enough to remind one of their don't get distracted resolution.
- frank2 6y agoEspecially if it says "don't get distracted" or "too much information too fast is toxic" in a comment right above the line blocking HN.
- cyberbanjo 6y agoIt's just to slow the automatic response. One extra step can be enough to go from automatic to task-evaluation.