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Ask PG: How many of us frequently override our noprocrast settings?

6 points by jkush 19y ago

I try very hard to not click that override button but my mouse seems to have a mind of its own. Anyone else have the same problem?

paulgb 19y ago
I probably click it about 50% of the time, and the other half is split about 50/50 between actually getting back to what I should be doing and finding another way to procrastinate. So it is about 25% effective, which is better than nothing.
DanielBMarkham 19y ago
Not me. I've been meaning to turn on that noprocast option, but never really got around to it. Seems like now my indecision is paying off! Lameness as virtue! (evil laugh)
cstejerean 19y ago
Hmm, you can try using a Greasemonkey script to disable the override button, and then another Firefox plug in to disable disabling Greasemonkey, and a Kernel Level Rootkit to prevent you from disabling the Firefox plug in, a random BIOS password to prevent you booting from a CD device and a padlock on the physical box to prevent you from disabling the BIOS password. Seriously, the nonprocrast has worked out well for me. I need to tweak the timings a bit. I wish there was a gradual setting though, so the longer you used it continually the longer the lock-out period was. One way around the nonprocrast settings that doesn't make me feel as guilty though is pulling up the list of newest submissions and leaving it open. You can then click on the titles to read the off-site articles without triggering the lockout (but you can't read comments).
rams 19y ago
I do, but it's been coming down ... so, it's turned out to be a pretty useful feature actually.
donal 19y ago
I just clicked it... :) I've resorted to using the rss feed to screen what seems like it would be worth wasting time on. It has helped, but today I'm in a terrible meeting and so I don't feel like I'm wasting too much time.
pistoriusp 19y ago
I've done it a few times, but mostly in the evenings when I'm feeling lonely.

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Ask PG: How many of us frequently override our noprocrast settings?

6 points by jkush 19y ago

I try very hard to not click that override button but my mouse seems to have a mind of its own. Anyone else have the same problem?

paulgb 19y ago
I probably click it about 50% of the time, and the other half is split about 50/50 between actually getting back to what I should be doing and finding another way to procrastinate. So it is about 25% effective, which is better than nothing.
DanielBMarkham 19y ago
Not me. I've been meaning to turn on that noprocast option, but never really got around to it. Seems like now my indecision is paying off! Lameness as virtue! (evil laugh)
cstejerean 19y ago
Hmm, you can try using a Greasemonkey script to disable the override button, and then another Firefox plug in to disable disabling Greasemonkey, and a Kernel Level Rootkit to prevent you from disabling the Firefox plug in, a random BIOS password to prevent you booting from a CD device and a padlock on the physical box to prevent you from disabling the BIOS password. Seriously, the nonprocrast has worked out well for me. I need to tweak the timings a bit. I wish there was a gradual setting though, so the longer you used it continually the longer the lock-out period was. One way around the nonprocrast settings that doesn't make me feel as guilty though is pulling up the list of newest submissions and leaving it open. You can then click on the titles to read the off-site articles without triggering the lockout (but you can't read comments).
rams 19y ago
I do, but it's been coming down ... so, it's turned out to be a pretty useful feature actually.
donal 19y ago
I just clicked it... :) I've resorted to using the rss feed to screen what seems like it would be worth wasting time on. It has helped, but today I'm in a terrible meeting and so I don't feel like I'm wasting too much time.
pistoriusp 19y ago
I've done it a few times, but mostly in the evenings when I'm feeling lonely.