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I wonder how well this would keep me/someone from accidentally hyperfocusing-from experience, a 10 minute repeating timer helps somewhat, but I have always been

I wonder how well this would keep me/someone from accidentally hyperfocusing-from experience, a 10 minute repeating timer helps somewhat, but I have always been curious about a random length timer instead.

nippoo 2y ago
Is hyperfocus a state you want to avoid? In my experience I spend most of my time (as a developer) hoping/trying to induce hyperfocus as that's when I get most productive work done...
- chmod775 2y ago
  Same here. I go further and mute all notifications/my phone to avoid distractions.
- positus 2y ago
  I fairly regularly hyperfocus on something that isn't the thing I should really be hyperfocusing on and end up spending hours fleshing out a less-than-supremely valuable idea without meaning to. Hyperfocus in the wrong direction can be a real problem!
- dialup_sounds 2y ago
  Some people struggle more with directing their attention than maintaining it.
- RockRobotRock 2y ago
  That's the blessing and the curse of ADHD/autism. It's easy to get hyperfocused, but it's not always on something productive.
fmbb 2y ago
Just try it! I’ve used bash like this many times before: while sleep 600 do say “hey!” sleep $(( $RANDOM % 300 )) done
INTPenis 2y ago
I have a friend who has a pomodoro integrated DE. So whenever he does anything there is a colored line around the screen that slowly shrinks while it counts down. And when it reaches the end I think his screen shuts off or something, not sure what he set it to do. But it's following the famous pomodoro technique.
- tomcam 2y ago
  > So whenever he does anything there is a colored line around the screen that slowly shrinks while it counts down. That might literally drive me crazy. Watching with dread as the line disappeared would disrupt my work completely. Eventually I’d just lose it like a character in a Poe story.
  - cpeterso 2y ago
    I use a Pomodoro timer browser extension. It’s a small toolbar icon that shows a minute countdown, so it’s not too distracting (until it’s supposed to be).
    - tomcam 2y ago
      That makes much more sense to me.
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chatmasta 2y ago
If you're on a Mac, you can try enabling the system setting to "announce the time," if you like being startled by a robotic voice on the hour.

nippoo 2y ago

Is hyperfocus a state you want to avoid? In my experience I spend most of my time (as a developer) hoping/trying to induce hyperfocus as that's when I get most productive work done...

chmod775 2y ago
Same here. I go further and mute all notifications/my phone to avoid distractions.
positus 2y ago
I fairly regularly hyperfocus on something that isn't the thing I should really be hyperfocusing on and end up spending hours fleshing out a less-than-supremely valuable idea without meaning to. Hyperfocus in the wrong direction can be a real problem!
dialup_sounds 2y ago
Some people struggle more with directing their attention than maintaining it.
RockRobotRock 2y ago
That's the blessing and the curse of ADHD/autism. It's easy to get hyperfocused, but it's not always on something productive.

fmbb 2y ago

Just try it! I’ve used bash like this many times before: while sleep 600 do say “hey!” sleep $(( $RANDOM % 300 )) done

INTPenis 2y ago

I have a friend who has a pomodoro integrated DE. So whenever he does anything there is a colored line around the screen that slowly shrinks while it counts down. And when it reaches the end I think his screen shuts off or something, not sure what he set it to do. But it's following the famous pomodoro technique.

tomcam 2y ago
> So whenever he does anything there is a colored line around the screen that slowly shrinks while it counts down. That might literally drive me crazy. Watching with dread as the line disappeared would disrupt my work completely. Eventually I’d just lose it like a character in a Poe story.
- cpeterso 2y ago
  I use a Pomodoro timer browser extension. It’s a small toolbar icon that shows a minute countdown, so it’s not too distracting (until it’s supposed to be).
  - tomcam 2y ago
    That makes much more sense to me.
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chatmasta 2y ago

If you're on a Mac, you can try enabling the system setting to "announce the time," if you like being startled by a robotic voice on the hour.