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Re:My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll by sodality2 on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:12PM (#30582617)
A small push button attached to a Raspberry Pi. It runs a bash script that sends the network request to my AdGuard Home server, adding a list of domains to the blocklist. After two hours, it undoes the changes.

I usually review the DNS requests in the two hours after, to look for other time-suckers, and have since added every single non-productivity-related website to the blocklist. Apparently I compulsively check the weather dozens of times whenever I can't access my normal procrastination sites.

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Re:My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll by codazoda on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:19PM (#30582656)
Do you have more info about the button and how that works? I’d love to read about it.

I’ve built a simple slot machine and loaded it with a raspberry pi. Now I’m building some rudimentary slot software for it, but I also need to wire up the buttons to the GPIO pins.

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Re:My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll by sodality2 on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:21PM (#30582672)
Here's one guide I found: https://raspberrypihq.com/use-a-push-button-with-raspberry-p...
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Re:My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll by megablast on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:35PM (#30582755)
A raspberry pi just for a button??
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Re:My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll by dylan604 on Sunday March 06, 2022 @08:38PM (#30583230)
If it was sitting in drawer not doing anything and now it is doing this, then it's still better than being in the drawer.

Plus, what else that is small form factor and can execute ssh scripts when triggered by a smashable button are there?

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Re:My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll by piceas on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:32AM (#30585460)
I leave the pi on in the drawer to control/use IKEA tradfri buttons via their gateway.

A giant plush enter key allows for smashing as needed.

https://flyingtiger.com/products/enter-key-3015609

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Re:My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll by tyre on Sunday March 06, 2022 @08:48PM (#30583299)
Reminds me of this Dash buttons Amazon was pushing a while back.
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Re:My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll by dylan604 on Sunday March 06, 2022 @10:19PM (#30583874)
I've seen some people have actually repurposed those useless things to something actually useful. I never did stop to read up on how/what they did to repurpose, just filed it away as one of those things that could/might be interesting to look into when my long list of other interesting things gets low.
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