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http://selfcontrolapp.com/ http://selfcontrolapp.com/ Works well. It cannot be turned off and you can set it for a specific amount of time. You choose the webs

http://selfcontrolapp.com/ http://selfcontrolapp.com/ Works well. It cannot be turned off and you can set it for a specific amount of time. You choose the websites you would like to block. Your phone is obviously a weak point, but it's a start.

austenallred 12y ago
Thank you! I severely limit what's on my phone - no social apps, for example, and it's enough of a pain that I don't browse the Internet on it much. So I've mostly solved that problem.
Jonovono 12y ago
lol you know, unless were on HN where people know about the hosts file :P I kid. It still works, although I use rescuetime now and it's pretty useful seeing how much time you waste on certain things. Costs money though.
groby_b 12y ago
"Offtime" does a reasonable job for Android.
probably_wrong 12y ago
> It cannot be turned off and you can set it for a specific amount of time I almost stopped using the app due to the lack of an off button, after my boss asked for some data and I could not get it on time because the website was not on my whitelist. Luckily, there is a way of turning it off. If you don't want to know it skip the rest of this comment, and otherwise here it is, in case someone needs it: the app uses the local time, so by changing your computer's time forward you can end the block earlier.
- kazagistar 12y ago
  No way to disable things is a dealbreaker for me. It should be possible (if slightly annoying) to disable restrictions, but it should only ever be temporarily disabled.
  - Houshalter 12y ago
    A chrome extension I use called stay focus has an option to require typing a long document exactly in order to disable it. Unfortunately it's trivial for even a mildly technical person to figure out how to get around it, so it's become useless for self control.
    - kngspook 12y ago
      > it's trivial for even a mildly technical person to figure out how to get around it Copy & paste?
      - ehsanu1 12y ago
        No, it counts keystrokes too, so that doesn't work. I haven't tried to get past it myself, but really all I'd do to sidestep it is go to incognito, or use one of my other browsers.
      - Houshalter 12y ago
        I mean the extension itself is very easy to bypass. Just right click on it and remove it or disable it. You can also go into incognito, or a different user, different browser, etc.
- kowdermeister 12y ago
  For me it's the opposite. Having a loophole to turn it off is a dealbreaker for me.
johnmw 12y ago
Thanks. Also, if people haven't seen this yet, you can easily click on your HN username and set noprocrast: yes.

austenallred 12y ago

Thank you! I severely limit what's on my phone - no social apps, for example, and it's enough of a pain that I don't browse the Internet on it much. So I've mostly solved that problem.

Jonovono 12y ago

lol you know, unless were on HN where people know about the hosts file :P I kid. It still works, although I use rescuetime now and it's pretty useful seeing how much time you waste on certain things. Costs money though.

groby_b 12y ago

"Offtime" does a reasonable job for Android.

probably_wrong 12y ago

> It cannot be turned off and you can set it for a specific amount of time I almost stopped using the app due to the lack of an off button, after my boss asked for some data and I could not get it on time because the website was not on my whitelist. Luckily, there is a way of turning it off. If you don't want to know it skip the rest of this comment, and otherwise here it is, in case someone needs it: the app uses the local time, so by changing your computer's time forward you can end the block earlier.

kazagistar 12y ago
No way to disable things is a dealbreaker for me. It should be possible (if slightly annoying) to disable restrictions, but it should only ever be temporarily disabled.
- Houshalter 12y ago
  A chrome extension I use called stay focus has an option to require typing a long document exactly in order to disable it. Unfortunately it's trivial for even a mildly technical person to figure out how to get around it, so it's become useless for self control.
  - kngspook 12y ago
    > it's trivial for even a mildly technical person to figure out how to get around it Copy & paste?
    - ehsanu1 12y ago
      No, it counts keystrokes too, so that doesn't work. I haven't tried to get past it myself, but really all I'd do to sidestep it is go to incognito, or use one of my other browsers.
    - Houshalter 12y ago
      I mean the extension itself is very easy to bypass. Just right click on it and remove it or disable it. You can also go into incognito, or a different user, different browser, etc.
kowdermeister 12y ago
For me it's the opposite. Having a loophole to turn it off is a dealbreaker for me.

johnmw 12y ago

Thanks. Also, if people haven't seen this yet, you can easily click on your HN username and set noprocrast: yes.