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You know what would make my life really distraction-free? Ban Hacker News on every device I have access to for a prolonged period :)
by blutoot 12y ago
You know what would make my life really distraction-free? Ban Hacker News on every device I have access to for a prolonged period :)
- corv 12y agoI haven't found HN to be a particularly bad offender. The front page doesn't change quickly enough to require excessive attention.
- ljosa 12y agoThat doesn't mean that you can't switch to it between every line of code and hit reload, just in case there is something new.
- afro88 12y agoMy issue lies with the content weight on hacker news - a lot of posts require 3 mins+ to read and grok, potentially explore related concepts/sites, and maybe even try out a product. I'd say about 50% of the posts on HN interest me enough to warrant this kind of attention. Then of course you have to read the comments ;) This can eat away a serious amount of time! It also doesn't help that this time can be labelled as "productive" in my mind (as opposed to Facebook etc), when in reality there are more productive things to be doing in these moments.
- Gracana 12y agoHN does have the cryptic 'noprocrast/minaway/maxaway' settings in your profile that can help with this. I haven't tried them yet, though maybe I should.
- lutusp 12y agoYour plan seems not to be working. :)
- gurkendoktor 12y agoLife is good with noprocrast=yes and minaway=1000 in your profile. I can read HN exactly once a day. :)