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HN actually has an anti addiction feature, namely noprocrast, in the account settings.

• ekjhgkejhgk 7mo ago
  Huh what does this do?
  • Akronymus 7mo ago
    Locks you out from viewing the site for a specified duration after looking at HN for up to a specified amount of minutes. from the FAQ: In my profile, what is noprocrast? It's a way to help you prevent yourself from spending too much time on HN. If you turn it on you'll only be allowed to visit the site for maxvisit minutes at a time, with gaps of minaway minutes in between. The defaults are 20 and 180, which would let you view the site for 20 minutes at a time, and then not allow you back in for 3 hours.
    • pixel_popping 7mo ago
      Trying by accident this feature is the biggest fear of any serious HN reader.