Get-shit-done - Easy way to stop distractions

Post by robinduckett » Wed, May 04, 2011, 3:18 PM UTC

Post by calloc » Wed, May 04, 2011, 3:19 PM UTC

JacobAldridge wrote: post #15

Nowhere near as broad-ranging, but I'll make the note for HN users not aware of it - if HN is your sole (main?) distraction, you can use the noprocrast feature on your user page. Change to Yes, add a max time you allow yourself to visit HN and then the min time you want to be forced to be away. As I say, nowhere near as broadly applicable or useful as the OP, but worth noting especially if (like me) HN is your distra…

Post by rch » Wed, May 04, 2011, 3:35 PM UTC

Post by yogsototh » Wed, May 04, 2011, 3:41 PM UTC

rbxbx wrote: post #19

Sorry to be the guy decrying PHP, but the only arguments I've found in it's favor are it's ubiquity and being sometimes "the right tool for the job" if you're quickly hacking together a dynamic webpage. Surely a simple cli app isn't the right job for this tool. Now, all that said, it _does_ work, and blahblahblah.

    #!/usr/bin/env zsh

    (($#&2
    blacklist=(
            reddit.com
            ycombinator.com
            slashdot.com
            )

    hostfile=/etc/host

    if [[ $1 = "play" ]]; then
        if [[ ! -e $hostfile.orig ]]; then
            cp $hostfile{,.orig}
        else
            print -- "You're already playin" >&2
            exit 1
        fi
        cp $hostfile{.orig,}
        for elem in $blacklist; do
            print -- "127.0.0.1\t$elem" >> /etc/host
            print -- "127.0.0.1\twww.$elem" >> /etc/host
        done
    fi

    if [[ $1 = "work" ]]; then
        cp $hostfile{.orig,}
        \rm $hostfile.orig
    fi

    /etc/init.d/networking restart

Post by yahtzee » Wed, May 04, 2011, 3:43 PM UTC