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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by thinbeige on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @10:40AM (#14752876)
I so much agree wih your post. All your advice is right and should help but there is one thing I am wondering:

Why are you on Hacker News?

Reading and in particular commenting which is an instant gratification activity (quick post, many likes paired with non-stop checking of the thread).

Is this not against your advice or is it the end of the work day in your time zone?

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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by codingdave on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @11:05AM (#14753136)
I don't feel HN is about instant gratification at all. I come here to see more about what is going on in the tech community. For me, it is about awareness of what is going on, reflection and analysis of where I currently fit and where else I may want to go.

If you are constantly non-stop checking for responses and your scores, that doesn't match what I do. I tend to comment, then come back a couple days later, and see what discussion ensued.

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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by kerbalspacepro on Thursday July 13, 2017 @01:55PM (#14763516)
HackerNews doesn't have a message notification system, right? You have to purposefully look at your older comments to see what transpired? That's probably one of the saving graces of this community.
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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by ethbro on Thursday July 13, 2017 @08:20PM (#14766476)
Absolutely agreed. @dang, please never implement a notification system.
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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by nul_byte on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @11:00AM (#14753082)
He reached enlightenment and so has returned to samsara to guide the rest of us.
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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by ash663 on Monday July 17, 2017 @03:57AM (#14786482)
Only to reflect back on this at a later day and head to the river.
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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by gregorymichael on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @10:59AM (#14753067)
May be that he doesn't follow his own best practices every day. Got to be careful that we don't let that undercut the usefulness of the advice.
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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by EADGBE on Friday July 14, 2017 @11:56AM (#14770771)
"Do as I say; not as I do"
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