I have not yet gotten my attention back. Did this piece ever get to the point?
the author's advice boils down to "timebox your internet access, and especially avoid mindless internet use in the morning"
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#102Keep in mind that this is not mainly a technological problem, it's a problem caused by technology; which means that technological solutions will only go so far.
I've spent several months in similar or more extreme forms [0] of isolation, and I'd recommend anyone to consider trying it out just to get a taste of what's possible.
These days I don't even carry a smartphone anymore, as I've found the sum of it's effects to be negative.
[0] https://www.yogameditation.com/retreats/the-3-month-sadhana-...
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#103What stuck out for me was the bit about farmers in Myanmar playing Clash of Clans. This is something I noticed when I was in South Korea for work a few years ago, everyone was constantly playing CoC and similar games. Of course these are very different countries, but I wonder if there's a cultural factor at play that makes these games popular in East Asia? I live in a developing country but I never see people playing games on public transportation, usually people browse Facebook or Instagram or whatever.
As for the rest of the article, `echo "0.0.0.0 twitter.com" >> /etc/hosts` works for me.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
I love the idea, will have to try it out. Not so thrilled about yet another service that wants to collect a monthly rent, but maybe the free tier will suite my needs
Ha no worries. I've tried to find a good balance with the free tier. It's actually a bit more generous than what the copy on the marketing site says so I'll go ahead and update that today. Would love to hear any feedback that you have.
I will be trying this out later! One of the first thoughts I had was creating a middle tier, you have a big gap between what the free tier and $8 tier offers. Assuming it works well for me, I could see myself going for something in the $1.99-$3.99 range that offers 5-10 newspapers, 1 delivery per day, 10-20 articles/delivery, etc. Congrats on receiving the HN hug of death!
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#105I built this service to help deal with this problem: https://omreader.co It allows you to read blogs (RSS feeds) and email newsletters on your Kindle. I originally started working on this to help me read financial news without needing my phone which I find to be a really distracting environment. I would find myself mindlessly opening up and scrolling through reddit or HN and in my experience, repeatedly doing that ha…
I launched something similar in 2014 - a few years too early, I guess: https://betalist.com/startups/thedailycrunch Good luck with your service :) officially supporting apps on the Kindle would open up a very interesting (if niche) market - I'd love to see "the slow web" become a thing.
Thanks! That looks really nice. Yeah there's a surprising amount of challenges in creating a service like this that targets the Kindle. If you end up signing up, let me know and I'll add some some special access flags to your account.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s not a “quick fix” but meditation really does help build focus, attention, and awareness. If that sounds like it would be impossibly hard, you can definitely start small with something like 10 breaths where you really just pay attention to breathing in and out, and then gradually work up to longer stretches. I find that meditation has a spillover effect into my life — I’m less likely to be tempted by junk food, l…
Interesting... I've read that but perhaps chose not to believe it. Would you mind sharing how often you meditate and for how long?
A- make a mental or physical note of your busy mind, how busy?
B- put on noise cancelling headphones if you have them. Otherwise sit someplace without visual noise in your cone of vision.
C- breathe in for 5, hold for 5, exhale for 5, wait 5, repeat 4x
D- note if you get pleasant feelings in your head, above eye level, tingles. This may be a physical manifestation of stress being relieved.
E- review your busy mind, are thoughts holding more strongly?
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#107Keep in mind that this is not mainly a technological problem, it's a problem caused by technology; which means that technological solutions will only go so far. I've spent several months in similar or more extreme forms [0] of isolation, and I'd recommend anyone to consider trying it out just to get a taste of what's possible. These days I don't even carry a smartphone anymore, as I've found the sum of it's effects t…
> These days I don't even carry a smartphone anymore, as I've found the sum of its effects to be negative.
I'm pretty close to this point myself. The big thing that keeps me from just ditching the phone entirely is Google Maps. I guess I could just chuck the thing in a drawer until I need to use it to go someplace.
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#109I built this service to help deal with this problem: https://omreader.co It allows you to read blogs (RSS feeds) and email newsletters on your Kindle. I originally started working on this to help me read financial news without needing my phone which I find to be a really distracting environment. I would find myself mindlessly opening up and scrolling through reddit or HN and in my experience, repeatedly doing that ha…
I launched something similar in 2014 - a few years too early, I guess: https://betalist.com/startups/thedailycrunch Good luck with your service :) officially supporting apps on the Kindle would open up a very interesting (if niche) market - I'd love to see "the slow web" become a thing.
"The slow web" is already there :) It's also called "write a paper letter to a friend".
It's amazing how much more satisfying reading an article can be, if you got it as a slightly crumbled paper printout mailed to you by a trusted friend, who is awaiting your thoughtful comments on it in the upcoming weeks.
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#110What stuck out for me was the bit about farmers in Myanmar playing Clash of Clans. This is something I noticed when I was in South Korea for work a few years ago, everyone was constantly playing CoC and similar games. Of course these are very different countries, but I wonder if there's a cultural factor at play that makes these games popular in East Asia? I live in a developing country but I never see people playing…
Families I know in India 10-ish years ago used to be against the whole technology wave and were concerned with the effects of electronics. Now that they have gotten their hands on smartphones and other devices: oh man they will put the American stereotype of being obsessed with the screen to shame. 24/7 Whatsapp, Instagram, and mobile games. They will come to the same realization as we are though. Just a matter of time.