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Re:I Got My Attention Back (2017) by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday July 06, 2020 @09:46AM (#23747791)
> On your laptop (assuming you use Mac or Linux) add social media and other frequently visited non-productivity related sites to your /etc/hosts file.

NT has a hosts file, they just stuck it somewhere in system32.

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Re:I Got My Attention Back (2017) by rideontime on Monday July 06, 2020 @09:59AM (#23747903)
c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Had to stick reddit and hackernews in there on my work PC long ago.

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Re:I Got My Attention Back (2017) by asdfman123 on Monday July 06, 2020 @10:48AM (#23748479)
I tried that but I'm such an addict I changed it back.

A better solution for me is a chrome extension that blocks it for 20 minutes at a time. Long enough to make decent progress and get started on work, but no so long that I resent it and give up.

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