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I know folks who consume food to relieve stress. When I was at MIT, I would do the same with international news until discovering http://selfcontrolapp.com/ htt

I know folks who consume food to relieve stress. When I was at MIT, I would do the same with international news until discovering http://selfcontrolapp.com/ http://selfcontrolapp.com/, which was the reason I switched from Linux to OS X.

autoreleasepool 12y ago
But that App just adds redirects to your /etc/hosts file... Its pretty easy to replicate that behavior on Linux. I like OS X as much as the next guy, but that particular feature isn't really unique.
- unfamiliar 12y ago
  My problem is I have so little self control I just end up editing the hosts file. I need something with the same functionality that I don't know how it works so I can't circumvent it.
  - nathan_f77 12y ago
    I just tried out SelfControl.app, and it's actually really effective! If you edit /etc/hosts while it's running, it replaces the entries immediately. And somehow I couldn't get any blocked websites to load even after quitting the app and then editing /etc/hosts. I'm not sure how it's doing it, but to be honest, it would be far less effective if I figured it out! EDIT: I couldn't help myself :/ Turns out that it also adds some ipfw rules: http://www.joshuakehn.com/2010/10/25/Defeating-SelfControl.html http://www.joshuakehn.com/2010/10/25/Defeating-SelfControl.h...
    - afarrell 12y ago
      Why tell us that?! :( Why did I start this thread?
  - saboot 12y ago
    Same here, heck I'll usually just fire up a virtual machine and browse within it. I haven't done too much research but I imagine the best option is a filter that runs on the router and locks itself down for a time period.
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givan 12y ago
There's also a Linux version https://github.com/SelfControlApp/selfcontrol/wiki/FAQ https://github.com/SelfControlApp/selfcontrol/wiki/FAQ
Buetol 12y ago
I've just switched the LeechBlock Firefox extension because you can delay the page loading (thus making you think why you went there in the first place).
- wpietri 12y ago
  Yes! A 10-second delay is enough to make me think, "Do I really want to spend time on this?" But not enough to make me circumvent the filter. I also really like its lockdown mode, so that I can say, "For the next 2 hours, no distractions."
- thameera 12y ago
  I've been using Morphine for Chrome[1] for some time. It sorta gamifies the whole thing. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/morphine/fbnpehpbojenlldmfcopeajkichnnjpo https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/morphine/fbnpehpbo...
virmundi 12y ago
I made a similar Chrome plugin. It would allow you to go to a site, but would ask you if you're sure you need to see it.

autoreleasepool 12y ago

But that App just adds redirects to your /etc/hosts file... Its pretty easy to replicate that behavior on Linux. I like OS X as much as the next guy, but that particular feature isn't really unique.

unfamiliar 12y ago
My problem is I have so little self control I just end up editing the hosts file. I need something with the same functionality that I don't know how it works so I can't circumvent it.
- nathan_f77 12y ago
  I just tried out SelfControl.app, and it's actually really effective! If you edit /etc/hosts while it's running, it replaces the entries immediately. And somehow I couldn't get any blocked websites to load even after quitting the app and then editing /etc/hosts. I'm not sure how it's doing it, but to be honest, it would be far less effective if I figured it out! EDIT: I couldn't help myself :/ Turns out that it also adds some ipfw rules: http://www.joshuakehn.com/2010/10/25/Defeating-SelfControl.html http://www.joshuakehn.com/2010/10/25/Defeating-SelfControl.h...
  - afarrell 12y ago
    Why tell us that?! :( Why did I start this thread?
- saboot 12y ago
  Same here, heck I'll usually just fire up a virtual machine and browse within it. I haven't done too much research but I imagine the best option is a filter that runs on the router and locks itself down for a time period.
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givan 12y ago

There's also a Linux version https://github.com/SelfControlApp/selfcontrol/wiki/FAQ https://github.com/SelfControlApp/selfcontrol/wiki/FAQ

Buetol 12y ago

I've just switched the LeechBlock Firefox extension because you can delay the page loading (thus making you think why you went there in the first place).

wpietri 12y ago
Yes! A 10-second delay is enough to make me think, "Do I really want to spend time on this?" But not enough to make me circumvent the filter. I also really like its lockdown mode, so that I can say, "For the next 2 hours, no distractions."
thameera 12y ago
I've been using Morphine for Chrome[1] for some time. It sorta gamifies the whole thing. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/morphine/fbnpehpbojenlldmfcopeajkichnnjpo https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/morphine/fbnpehpbo...

virmundi 12y ago

I made a similar Chrome plugin. It would allow you to go to a site, but would ask you if you're sure you need to see it.