Re:Ask HN: Addicted to HN
by stoney on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @10:40PM
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There's the no procrast settings, or alternatively there is your hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts on windows). I added the following line to mine:
127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com
That means that if I open a browser and try to come here I get nothing. If I really want to visit here I need to open up the hosts file and comment out that line, which is slightly painful because you have to get administrator privileges to edit it. I find that the extra effort involved is enough to stop the mindless "I'm bored, I know, I'll check HN" kind of time wasting and make me realise I should be doing something productive.
127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com
That means that if I open a browser and try to come here I get nothing. If I really want to visit here I need to open up the hosts file and comment out that line, which is slightly painful because you have to get administrator privileges to edit it. I find that the extra effort involved is enough to stop the mindless "I'm bored, I know, I'll check HN" kind of time wasting and make me realise I should be doing something productive.