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Re: The NoPhone

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Post by swiley »

earthboundkid wrote: post #74
offtop5 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reading a fantastic book called Digital Minimalism on this very subject. Back when I used social media I noticed I'd be very angry arguing with people I didn't even know. Never meet anyone with a job. Deleted all that crap, moved , and had an amazing partner( she had a JOB) within a month. Life is right here, if your at a coffee shop and you notice someone reading a book that seems interesting ask about it. Works out…

HN is social media.

Yeah and I would have deleted it along with my other accounts if it weren't for the "no procrast" feature too.

Re: The NoPhone

#92

Post by redisman »

bridanp wrote: post #58
silicon2401 wrote: post #9

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breaking the phone habit is imho one of the best things anybody can do these days. Phones often are an all-in-one coping mechanism for other issues: boredom, stress, loneliness, etc. One of the best things I ever did was get off all social media, force myself not to even pick up my phone except to respond to a call or text, and just confront the boredom. After a few minutes of no phone you find yourself actually doin…

It's sounds silly, but the way I've broken the phone addiction is with a watch. I've got it paired as a family member through my wife's phone, and it has a cell plan so the only phone number I have is through the watch. My work requires me to have a mobile "phone" and I get a stipend for having the service, so I'm required to have something. This serves that purpose, but for my mental health, the mindless scrolling a…

What watch? Apple? I like that idea

Re: The NoPhone

#93

Post by briefcomment »

incompatible wrote: post #89
earthboundkid wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN is social media.

I don't think it would qualify, since there's no connection between users' profiles. You can't set up a "friends" list, or any other kind of group.

Regardless of whether it's social media or not, HN is a huge digital waste of time. Try to think of more than 10 posts that really improved your life over the years. Now realize that you probably look at more than 50 HN posts a day. I would spend much less time on HN, but it's an addiction, like most things digital.

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by the_af »

incompatible wrote: post #89
earthboundkid wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN is social media.

I don't think it would qualify, since there's no connection between users' profiles. You can't set up a "friends" list, or any other kind of group.

I must agree with the parent commenter: HN is social media.

Oh, maybe it's not exactly like facebook or Twitter, but it ticks so many other boxes.

I could list many, and argue about them (arguing: another staple of social media), but the most important to me is that HN is effectively a procrastination tool, and it's associated with that mental "fix" of instant gratification.

It's different from facebook in that HN is more heavily moderated and more focused, but other than that, it triggers the same kind of (bad) habits, at least in my case.

Re: The NoPhone

#95

Post by swiley »

briefcomment wrote: post #93
incompatible wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it would qualify, since there's no connection between users' profiles. You can't set up a "friends" list, or any other kind of group.

Regardless of whether it's social media or not, HN is a huge digital waste of time. Try to think of more than 10 posts that really improved your life over the years. Now realize that you probably look at more than 50 HN posts a day. I would spend much less time on HN, but it's an addiction, like most things digital.

I've found a lot of good things on HN. I'd say it's near a net zero as far as time lost vs new things learned goes.

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by XorNot »

offtop5 wrote: post #53
silicon2401 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

breaking the phone habit is imho one of the best things anybody can do these days. Phones often are an all-in-one coping mechanism for other issues: boredom, stress, loneliness, etc. One of the best things I ever did was get off all social media, force myself not to even pick up my phone except to respond to a call or text, and just confront the boredom. After a few minutes of no phone you find yourself actually doin…

Reading a fantastic book called Digital Minimalism on this very subject. Back when I used social media I noticed I'd be very angry arguing with people I didn't even know. Never meet anyone with a job. Deleted all that crap, moved , and had an amazing partner( she had a JOB) within a month. Life is right here, if your at a coffee shop and you notice someone reading a book that seems interesting ask about it. Works out…

Someone reading a book at a coffee shop probably doesn't want to be bothered by someone asking about it.

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by megablast »

swiley wrote: post #90
spicybright wrote: post #72

1. Buy a joke, laugh 2. Put it in a drawer for 10 years 3. Throw it away, eventually into the ocean to add more microplastics as it breaks down. Maybe just laugh of the idea but don't actually buy it.

I thought most of the ocean "plastic" was really paint.

A large amount of it is micro plastics from car tyres.

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by psychomugs »

dan-robertson wrote: post #27
surfsvammel wrote: post #7

This is fun and all, but also incredibly sad. My fiancée previously complained that I was staring at my phone too much (and she was absolutely right). So, I decided to minimise it. Remove all apps and notifications, and kept it in a corner of the kitchen instead of in my pocket. Even though she has not increased her screen time, it is now obvious to me that SHE is staring to much into that screen. We are all phone ju…

One silly trick: put your phone into greyscale mode. Without the colours, a lot of the addictive time sinks are just less exciting.

I wrote an Automator script to do this with my computer and it really helps bolt yourself down to crank out a work sesh. In the context of programming, not having color-coded syntax slows me down enough to think through the work instead of typing away immediately. It's almost a meditative exercise that reminds me of switching from digital cameras to shooting, processing, and scanning black and white film.

Re: The NoPhone

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

swiley wrote: post #90
spicybright wrote: post #72

1. Buy a joke, laugh 2. Put it in a drawer for 10 years 3. Throw it away, eventually into the ocean to add more microplastics as it breaks down. Maybe just laugh of the idea but don't actually buy it.

I thought most of the ocean "plastic" was really paint.

And cosmetics.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/24/micropla...

Re: The NoPhone

#100

Post by aidenn0 »

atommclain wrote: post #68
aidenn0 wrote: post #48

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If that only had enough storage for my music and a fingerprint unlock, I'd get it. Really even just a fingerprint unlock would be enough. I can't stand face unlock.

Check out the Jelly 2 https://www.unihertz.com/jelly-2.html https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/unihertz-jelly-2

That looks amazing... Thanks!
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