I like the idea in theory, but, if I hired someone to help me stay on task from craigslist they (probably) wouldn't undertand various programming tasks I was working on... so most likely they would not be able to stay on task at keeping me to stay on task ;)
How I Hired Someone On Craigslist And Quadrupled My Productivity
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#12... and may be you don't call her a slapper in your blog posts or she may slap you for real. I would. She should...
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#13>Want a bicycle, but you’d rather not buy stolen bikes from the corner of Market and 7th? To Craigslist we go. Ironic, since Craigslist is infested with stolen bike listings :(.
It's been my experience that it is a lot easier to ask for a paper trail on craigslist from prospective sellers than it is on the street from some boiler-room type operation.
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#14Henry Moore used to live over his studio. Whenever the noise of his chisel stopped, his wife would call down and ask why he had stopped working.
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#15Henry Moore used to live over his studio. Whenever the noise of his chisel stopped, his wife would call down and ask why he had stopped working.
Economically speaking, I'm fairly certain finding a wife is more expensive than a $8/hr freelancer though.
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#16As a productivity system, this is idiotic. As a blog post that serves as link-bait, it is GENIUS. ...which is to say, I think it excelled at the REAL goal. ;-)
It still irks me that people can tout off success as though it's guaranteed for small experiments such as this without even considering elements such as the Hawthorne effect - 'changed behaviour during the course of a study may be related to the special social situation and social treatment they received'
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#17Henry Moore used to live over his studio. Whenever the noise of his chisel stopped, his wife would call down and ask why he had stopped working.
Economically speaking, I'm fairly certain finding a wife is more expensive than a $8/hr freelancer though.
Depends on what else you're getting out of the arrangement.
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#18Okay... maybe I should hire someone to do the same when I go on HN and post comments like this one ;o).
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#19The $0/hour is to redirect your most popular slack sites in (e.g. Facebook) using /etc/hosts. You can redirect them to localhost, or to something you personally find annoying. :P
It's easier to convince yourself to disable that than to face the pressure of others.
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#20Henry Moore used to live over his studio. Whenever the noise of his chisel stopped, his wife would call down and ask why he had stopped working.