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Original full essay in German: http://www.dobelli.com/de/essays/news-diat-full/
I read this years ago and stopped reading and watching news. Never missed a thing. Important things you will hear one way or another and the rest is just noise. Loud distracting noise.
What do you guys do if you need a short break from work? Between tasks or if I have finished something mentally demanding, I will often skim some news sites or hacker news. Any recommendation what else to do as a quick break between programming tasks?
What do you guys do if you need a short break from work? Between tasks or if I have finished something mentally demanding, I will often skim some news sites or hacker news. Any recommendation what else to do as a quick break between programming tasks?
What do you guys do if you need a short break from work? Between tasks or if I have finished something mentally demanding, I will often skim some news sites or hacker news. Any recommendation what else to do as a quick break between programming tasks?
I prepare a cup of tea and stare out the window.
Ironic, Guardian warns us about news consumption and I donate $5/month to them because next to NPR they are the best news source for me.
Kind of strange, reading that on a news site, pretty much telling you to stop using their site.
One of the reasons I haven't blocked hackernews with /etc/hosts is because of it's noprocrast feature. Most of these sites know they're potentially harmful, the better ones acknowledge it and help their readers avoid the harm.
Haven't watched the news in at least 5 years. Actually I haven't watched TV in the last 5 years even. So I don't have ads bombarding me, or fear and propaganda coming in every day. Highly recommended. You have one life. Make sure it counts as a happy one.
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I prepare a cup of tea and stare out the window.
Yeah I just go outside pretending taking a mental cigarette, And water is better than tea also
Not for my enjoyment. Though by "tea" I mean an infusion, not necessarily tea itself. I actually prefer mint.
“Food, Ivan Arnoldovich, is a subtle thing. One must know how to eat, yet just think – most people don’t know how to eat at all. One must not only know what to eat, but when and how.’ (Philip Philipovich waved his fork meaningfully.) ‘And what to say while you’re eating. Yes, my dear sir. If you care about your digestion, my advice is – don’t talk about bolshevism or medicine at table. And, God forbid – never read So…
I cannot say that everything what we read, or choose to read today is worth reading but there is a good press, which is at times difficult to find, but you will never get to it if you don't filter.