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thobiasse
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Comment #29792764
Apart from my parents who are healthy and can take care of themselves we are in the same boat :)
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Comment #29792741
> Also, efficiency is not everything. We are not computers that can just chug away on tasks infinitely. Any non trivial work, you won't be able to finish in one sitting. Some inter…
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Comment #29769164
Thanks for the detailed explanation! > Getting it off your chest is priority #1 seems right to me.
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Comment #29769022
Thanks thinking back I can see situations where I was half paying attention to the other. May I ask how you keep track of your context? Strategies, tools (digital or not) ?
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Comment #29768982
Very nice analogies, thanks! => Write down stuff in todos and delete them if they stay for too long without any progress
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Comment #29768957
Even if I think the same, for you the rest of the day is really "lost" meaning you'd rather work on/do the stuff you were doing between 4:30 - 8 AM all day?
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Comment #29768939
Your totally right, kids are often a great source of distraction event though they are wonderful! "Sadly" waking up at 5AM every morning will take time (even when sleeping) away fr…
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Comment #29768910
No offense taken! Thanks for your input. My question was not related solely to my work, in fact I enjoy my work quite a lot. It is more that in my life (and I assume almost everybo…
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Comment #29768852
Thanks a lot for the explanations and also for the technical details! Implementing visual cues with people who interrupt you often seems very effective.
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Comment #29768817
I'll suggest the creation of a rage room tomorrow in my company!
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Comment #29768803
Thanks! I'll keep in mind to write down more. Also you are right about the fact that for some tasks/projects "finished" is not a real state.
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Comment #29768727
Thank you! The problem is more being interrupted than distracted. I like the the 5-10 seconds unload time. Like some others said, it will help me write down where I was!
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Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?
Part of my bad mood often comes from the fact that I have something in my head which prevents me from focusing on the present. It can be a personal project I'm working on, work rel…
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Ask HN: Who is paying for servers/bandwidth used to build Docker images
Just wondering with containers being on the rise as well as continuous testing/integration apps such as CircleCi, Jenkins, GitHub Actions,... When someone uses apt install curl to …
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Comment #21310249
I love the APL333 font! Thanks mate!