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Save me from myself

5 points by jmathes 17y ago

Hackers, I need your help. I've become addicted to a silly flash game (http://elementsthegame.com), and I need a way to make it impossible for me to play it while I'm at work. Difficulty: my work machine is running Fedora 11.

mbrubeck 17y ago
sudo sh -c "echo 127.0.0.1 elementsthegame.com >>/etc/hosts"
- mbrubeck 17y ago
  If your browser supports GreaseMonkey, I've also had good results with Stealth Kiwi (more flexible than the /etc/hosts solution): http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8616 http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8616
- jmathes 17y ago
  Good enough. At least now I have to modify my hosts file to play that game, which makes it inconvenient
dkersten 17y ago
unplug your work machine
jason_slack 17y ago
echo "I am WASTING my work day!" | elm -s "Wasting My Day!" your_boss@your_work.com
- jmathes 17y ago
  Who should I email if I don't have a boss?
  - jason_slack 17y ago
    echo "I dont love you!" | elm -s "I dont LOVE you!" your_significant_other@your_domain.com
anonjon 17y ago
When I absolutely need to get a piece of code or documentation done right now, I disconnect my computer from the Internet. It is a lot easier to activate hack-mode if you aren't updating your IM status, checking twitter, checking proggit, checking HN, checking email, etc. Once I'm in hack-mode, however, it doesn't really matter if I'm are connected to the Internet (or if a bomb went off, for that matter). I think, however, that getting addicted to a silly flash game might be more of a symptom than the root cause (lack of motivation). For more motivation, I might get started writing a piece of code that is interesting to me (to warm up), then transition from it into the code that I actually have to write. Another thing to look at is physiological causes, make sure you have proper blood sugar level (I'm personally a chronic "I forgot to eat, again..." type of person, and that really hurts your ability to do anything). Also, exercising regularly will increase the amount of energy that you have during the day. When you have energy, you feel like getting stuff done.

Save me from myself

5 points by jmathes 17y ago

mbrubeck 17y ago

sudo sh -c "echo 127.0.0.1 elementsthegame.com >>/etc/hosts"

mbrubeck 17y ago
If your browser supports GreaseMonkey, I've also had good results with Stealth Kiwi (more flexible than the /etc/hosts solution): http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8616 http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8616
jmathes 17y ago
Good enough. At least now I have to modify my hosts file to play that game, which makes it inconvenient

dkersten 17y ago

unplug your work machine

jason_slack 17y ago

echo "I am WASTING my work day!" | elm -s "Wasting My Day!" your_boss@your_work.com

jmathes 17y ago
Who should I email if I don't have a boss?
- jason_slack 17y ago
  echo "I dont love you!" | elm -s "I dont LOVE you!" your_significant_other@your_domain.com

anonjon 17y ago

When I absolutely need to get a piece of code or documentation done right now, I disconnect my computer from the Internet. It is a lot easier to activate hack-mode if you aren't updating your IM status, checking twitter, checking proggit, checking HN, checking email, etc. Once I'm in hack-mode, however, it doesn't really matter if I'm are connected to the Internet (or if a bomb went off, for that matter). I think, however, that getting addicted to a silly flash game might be more of a symptom than the root cause (lack of motivation). For more motivation, I might get started writing a piece of code that is interesting to me (to warm up), then transition from it into the code that I actually have to write. Another thing to look at is physiological causes, make sure you have proper blood sugar level (I'm personally a chronic "I forgot to eat, again..." type of person, and that really hurts your ability to do anything). Also, exercising regularly will increase the amount of energy that you have during the day. When you have energy, you feel like getting stuff done.