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Poll: Turn off News.YC a few hours a day?

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Re: Poll: Turn off News.YC a few hours a day?

#71
Sure, and let's also mandate the exclusive use of Java to save us from ourselves. No, really, I mean this is going one step too far in terms of taking away responsibility from individuals.

And don't forget that for those of us who haven't yet started a startup, procrastination can be inspiration.

Re: Poll: Turn off News.YC a few hours a day?

#72
post #62

Couldn't hurt to try it for a week or two. What's there to lose?

Everyone outside the US loses access at normal hours.

That's true but what's worse is that "normal" is going to be defined not by each of us individually, but by someone higher up who knows what's best for us.

Re: Poll: Turn off News.YC a few hours a day?

#78
This is the most moronic thing I have heard on yc (today).

Why don't you hire us a babysitter too? Is this a website for you to get useful information and networking, or your own little kindergarden, where you have to manage other peoples time? Does having millions of dollars not give you enough opportunities to control other peoples lives?

Hire a hooker and leave us out of your creepy desire to control other people and what they do with there time. I can manage my own time.

Re: Poll: Turn off News.YC a few hours a day?

#79
post #8

What about an option to disallow override on noprocrast? I find it a very useful feature, but sometimes I click override when I know I should probably be working. A way to effectively ban myself by removing the override option (by choice) would be effective for those of us worried about YC being a time-sink. You could log out of your account if it was that important, but it seems like putting another barrier in-place…

The problem with the override option is that it is a weak barrier. It takes a split second to click it and after two or three times it becomes a habit to override.

A good solution would force the user to become acutely aware of what he is about to do and give him time to regain enough discipline to stop.

Perhaps it would help if the user were forced to watch a video about procrastination or answer a series of relevant or time consuming questions before proceeding to override noprocrast.

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