Noprocrast (2010) • Hacker News Board

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#11

Post by saagarjha » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:01 PM UTC

Hacker News also has a noprocrast feature that’s designed to keep you away from the site for a while if you’ve been using the site for too long. It’s a little buggy with how it does detection, though, so I have it turned off.

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#12

Post by saagarjha » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:02 PM UTC

thom wrote: post #9

I have found few things as effective as shutting down my X server and just working in Emacs in the console. Obviously less useful if you're doing web stuff (although NetSurf exists).

Do you not have to search for things online usually?

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#13

Post by elektor » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:02 PM UTC

vsskanth wrote: post #5

Can someone please help me with how to achieve the same thing on windows that works on any browser ? I tried some DNS blocking programs and can't get anything to work properly.

You can install NextDNS and use their blacklist feature to block distracting websites.

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#14

Post by oefrha » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:07 PM UTC

saagarjha wrote: post #12

thom wrote: post #9

I have found few things as effective as shutting down my X server and just working in Emacs in the console. Obviously less useful if you're doing web stuff (although NetSurf exists).

Do you not have to search for things online usually?

M-x eww.

(Then you discover M-x eww https://news.ycombinator.com, back to square one.)

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#15

Post by ChankeyPathak » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:07 PM UTC

vsskanth wrote: post #5

Can someone please help me with how to achieve the same thing on windows that works on any browser ? I tried some DNS blocking programs and can't get anything to work properly.

I liked ColdTurkey software back when I was using Windows.

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#16

Post by notRobot » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:08 PM UTC

elektor wrote: post #13

vsskanth wrote: post #5

Can someone please help me with how to achieve the same thing on windows that works on any browser ? I tried some DNS blocking programs and can't get anything to work properly.

You can install NextDNS and use their blacklist feature to block distracting websites.

Seconded. This works really well.

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#17

Post by thom » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:11 PM UTC

oefrha wrote: post #14

saagarjha wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you not have to search for things online usually?

M-x eww. (Then you discover M-x eww https://news.ycombinator.com , back to square one.)

It's painful enough that I don't use it for social stuff, but most programming documentation (and Stack Overflow etc) renders well enough that it's functional when you need it.

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#18

Post by pandatigox » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:15 PM UTC

There are also the apps, Self Control available for MacOS[1] and Cold Turkey[2], which is an universal app.

[1]: https://selfcontrolapp.com/ [2]: http://getcoldturkey.com/

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#19

Post by CodeWriter23 » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:16 PM UTC

SelfControl is a free hosts file based blocker with some added features that prevent you from undoing your own blocks until the specified time period has elapsed.

https://selfcontrolapp.com/

Re: Noprocrast (2010)

#20

Post by ISL » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 4:17 PM UTC

Thanks for the catalyst to re-enable my /etc/hosts approach to simplifying my life.

I'm surprised to see that adding:

  127.0.0.1 youtube.com www.youtube.com

to /etc/hosts doesn't seem to block youtube, but every other line I added blocked/routed as expected. Is there something special about youtube and chromium?