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How can you be so concerned about Russia and the Ukraine, two countries privileged enough to own weapons of war, when there are children dying of starvation in Africa?
Ask HN: How do you get work done while there is a war in Europe?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you get work done while there is a war in Europe?
#22I don't glue myself to the news. What's the point? Do you really need minute by minute updates of every operation or event? What actionable difference will it make?
You’ve clearly never worked nor lived somewhere high on the list of places a hostile would want to destroy. When I worked in a very tall building (tallest for thousands of miles) I would keep an eye towards the news “just in case”. Right now any such place is probably on high alert regardless of whether it would seem an obvious target to randos on the internet.
Re: Ask HN: How do you get work done while there is a war in Europe?
#23I am not in Europe, but American, and this war does affect me, since we are the largest member of NATO, but also the first target of Russian aggression in this weird neo-Soviet era if Russia decides to deploy nukes (a low, but non-zero, chance). I give the news 15 minutes of my time every day. Even when events like this happen, 15 minutes. I, nor you, can meaningfully change the course of events; even if we could, ne…
> I give the news 15 minutes of my time every day. Even when events like this happen, 15 minutes.
I'll try that. Do you use pure self control for that? A timer?
Re: Ask HN: How do you get work done while there is a war in Europe?
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How can you be so concerned about Russia and the Ukraine, two countries privileged enough to own weapons of war, when there are children dying of starvation in Africa?
My ask HN was specifically about the current war. I myself (and I guess many more) care very much about other causes but this is not about that.
Re: Ask HN: How do you get work done while there is a war in Europe?
#25It's not easy, doubly so for Ukrainians like me. I've decided to take hours-long breaks from touching my phone or using my browser for anything but work. I like to take impromptu 5 minute breaks while working if I'm stuck or frustrated with something. Have to end that and become more disciplined, otherwise the news and the sadness and the fury just consumes me. Thursday and Friday were write-offs, I'm determined to m…
> Thursday and Friday were write-offs, I'm determined to make today different.
I feel very much the same and I wish you well.
Re: Ask HN: How do you get work done while there is a war in Europe?
#26Turn off all news and twitter during work hours.
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It reads like someone genuinely looking for answers, they're not trying to grab attention or make it seem like they're suffering as those in Ukraine are. It's a fairly natural reaction to be shocked enough by the war that it bleeds into other parts one's life, and I don't think we should mock anyone who's asking for help in good faith.
Re: Ask HN: How do you get work done while there is a war in Europe?
#28Stop amusing yourself with stuff that you don’t actually enjoy. That’s all following Twitter “news” is. Entertainment.
The point is, I am not doing it for my amusement - it's something else. More like a need/urge to stay in the loop. I had the same sensation when Covid hit in 2020.
Re: Ask HN: How do you get work done while there is a war in Europe?
#29It is rational to ignore information about things we cannot affect.
Your energy is much better used in other ways.
Re: Ask HN: How do you get work done while there is a war in Europe?
#30I don't glue myself to the news. What's the point? Do you really need minute by minute updates of every operation or event? What actionable difference will it make?
You’ve clearly never worked nor lived somewhere high on the list of places a hostile would want to destroy. When I worked in a very tall building (tallest for thousands of miles) I would keep an eye towards the news “just in case”. Right now any such place is probably on high alert regardless of whether it would seem an obvious target to randos on the internet.
If the OP is in Ukraine, it's a different story. They didn't say so, and it's unlikely. If they're in, for example, the United States, they do not need to be on high alert at the moment.