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Are you using Firefox with DNS-over-https?
Didn't work on Firefox, chrome or edge. I haven't enabled DNS over https specifically, just stock install
Firefox at least has DNS over https enabled by default.
Noprocrast (2010)
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Re: Noprocrast (2010)
#72I've been trying various "noprocrast" approaches over the years, including /etc/hosts and HN's own noprocrast settings. The one that finally worked for me was disabling distractions directly on the router - it covers all my computers, as well as my phone. I set it so that distracting sites are disabled during work hours (Monday-Friday, 08:00 - 18:00). More details about implementation: http://jacek.zlydach.pl/blog/20…
You could still change to LTE on your phone. Just sayin...
Re: Noprocrast (2010)
#73Run this on a Raspberry Pi in combination with DNSmasq, and point your routers DNS to Raspberry. Then you have a universal solution for all your devices at home, and that works for Chrome+Firefox. Most routers can have 2x different WiFi SSID with different DNS-settings, so you don’t get complains from your loved ones.
Re: Noprocrast (2010)
#74 echo `date`
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#75Anything requiring sudo or su is not enough: too easy to just take the habit to type the password very fast. What I've found that works is using the command "lockout" with some weird modification of the sudoers file in order to allow only certain commands with sudo (or other commands with only certain arguments not matching forbidden patterns).
Another approach is to block the websites in your router settings and to make that password very long, assuming you don't need to access it as often as sudo.
Re: Noprocrast (2010)
#76Hacker News also has a noprocrast feature that’s designed to keep you away from the site for a while if you’ve been using the site for too long. It’s a little buggy with how it does detection, though, so I have it turned off.
I don't think it's buggy, but it's probably too simple . From my observation, it just starts the counter on any HTTP request (with appropriate session data in it, of course). This means if you have HN open on a mobile phone and/or you have lots of tabs, there may be spurious reloads happening even when you're not looking at the page - all of which will start the noprocrast timer.
Yep. I had mine at like 30m and then 120m block and so if I accidentally loaded it like you said I would be like "oh crap this is my chance!" and load every single story I could into tabs before it would block me. Mobile is a great example but also when Chrome has a tab but it isn't loaded in memory anymore.
It did work, but it had some counter intuitive failures too.
Re: Noprocrast (2010)
#77Can someone please help me with how to achieve the same thing on windows that works on any browser ? I tried some DNS blocking programs and can't get anything to work properly.
Re: Noprocrast (2010)
#78I don’t know if the OP is even on Facebook, but I it noteworthy that it’s not on their list of sample blocked sites. I don’t find FB to be addictive either, unlike a lot of people. Usually when I check it, I find myself a quick skim of notifications and the newsfeed to be sufficient, really just a minute or two a day. It runs counter to the popular narrative of Facebook addiction. Anyone else feel that way? I wonder…
I've just deleted my reddit account because I found none of the communities I am interested in bearable anymore. But somehow Facebook keeps being the main source of interesting information for me.
I've unsubbed from most people and keep my friend list extremely slim (less than 200 people over ~10y of usage, with extensive pruning). Its basically a news aggregator for me, and additionally a way to connect with the communities I am involved in (which are niche (home) brewing groups). The groups are surprisingly untoxic but that's entirely down to the awesome moderators and the scientifically minded people they manage to attract.
I think the usage of mostly real names also helps knowing the people better than just some random nickname and knowing where (if even) they work.
Re: Noprocrast (2010)
#79I've tried various versions of Noprocrast as a chrome and safari extensions.
I feel like that it falls into the category of that it will be 50/50 that it will work for you or not.
For me I would eventually circumvent the whole thing anyways. You may also want to think about why you are procrastinating? Then figure out how to alleviate that.