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A comment on Stop Checking Email So Often (2015). Parent comment

Re:Stop Checking Email So Often (2015) by richardwhiuk on Friday January 27, 2017 @12:06AM (#13497852)
Why bother installing it then?
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Re:Stop Checking Email So Often (2015) by stronglikedan on Friday January 27, 2017 @12:12AM (#13497890)
Parent probably means the web version (if there is one - I don't use Slack), judging from the mention of the hosts file. I've had to do things like that, due to my personal lack of self control.
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Re:Stop Checking Email So Often (2015) by general_ai on Friday January 27, 2017 @12:36AM (#13497982)
Exactly. I also ban FB, Reddit, and much of the other bullshit at work (and on work laptop). HN is not banned (yet), since SNR is not zero here.
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Re:Stop Checking Email So Often (2015) by rootlocus on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:08AM (#13498615)
> FB, Reddit, and much of the other bullshit

If they're bullshit, how come you lack the discipline to abstain from checking them?

> HN is not banned (yet), since SNR is not zero here.

I might be misjudging, but you make it sound as if you're pretentious about the content you consume when actually you're placing external constraints trying to prevent yourself from consuming bullshit. In that case, more discipline would be the healthier solution.

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