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Re:Ask HN: Which internet/website blocker do you use to stay... by legrande on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @08:43AM (#28048477)
My strategy is having a dedicated hard-drive with a custom OS that I boot into, and this allows me to stay in a specific context (e.g coding) for a number of hours.

Then when I feel like being distracted and doing some mindless scrolling, I boot into another OS that's tailor made for that. Then it's hard to confuse contexts, and you don't mindlessly switch into distraction mode. Sometimes friction is good.

Re:Ask HN: Which internet/website blocker do you use to stay... by a_lifters_life on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @05:46AM (#28059089)
I like this simple yet effective method