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You could be right, but it's not like a large software project instantly falls apart if people leave. It'll keep running for a while but cracks will start to develop and nobody will be around to patch them up.
Aha. And what if someone is there, from the remaining 20%, to patch them up?
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I want to believe this but I can't find a source, can you share where you've read this?
I suspect it's sarcasm: > PayPal had an automatic github-algorithm [...] before they managed to coup him as CEO Musk stepped down as CEO of PayPal in 2000, predating not just Github, but git itself by 5 years.
Unfortunately, my dopamine seeking monkey brain would just open another browser and successfully procrastinate if the only thing stopping me were a chrome extension. That's why I use selfcontrol: https://selfcontrolapp.com/
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Probably "productive" distractions, since you can do them a lot more before feeling bad and going back to work. Especially if you can silently get into the "fun" territory. I've actually had this with HN in the last days; I've ditched Reddit for HN because it contained a lot more worthwile content and valuable discussions [0], but with the Twitter shitshow I've come to enjoy a lot of snarky, unproductive discussions…
> I've ditched Reddit for HN because it contained a lot more worthwile content I found that at least for myself, this was just a lie I kept telling myself. HN contains almost zero actionable content, and I've not been an epsilon better off for reading it. I come to see it as infotainment.
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Good news! Your computer is ready for Windows 11! And how about a nice game of Solitude Candy Smackers (TM)? Have you tried the new Microsoft Edge web browser? It's not a browser, it's a WOWser!
> It's not a browser, it's a WOWser! I just died a little inside; well done :D
edit: Rock Melt, anno pre-2012, perhaps 2010.
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Probably "productive" distractions, since you can do them a lot more before feeling bad and going back to work. Especially if you can silently get into the "fun" territory. I've actually had this with HN in the last days; I've ditched Reddit for HN because it contained a lot more worthwile content and valuable discussions [0], but with the Twitter shitshow I've come to enjoy a lot of snarky, unproductive discussions…
> I've ditched Reddit for HN because it contained a lot more worthwile content I found that at least for myself, this was just a lie I kept telling myself. HN contains almost zero actionable content, and I've not been an epsilon better off for reading it. I come to see it as infotainment.