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Re:Ask HN: How do you stop time wasting on the internet? by pshushereba on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @01:01PM (#32485651)
Forgive my ignorance, but what does this do? I'm interested. Would I just add Twitter/Reddit/whatever to the file with an IP of 0.0.0.0 so it throws an error or something?
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Re:Ask HN: How do you stop time wasting on the internet? by valbaca on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @01:10PM (#32485766)
When you go to a website, there's a DNS lookup to find the IP address to use for it. By setting this you can tell your computer "instead of actually going to HackerNews, go to [website] instead"

https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/

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Re:Ask HN: How do you stop time wasting on the internet? by somenameforme on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @01:50PM (#32486304)
I prefer 127.0.0.1. That's a "self" IP that will redirect to your own machine. If you have no web server setup, it'll just give a 404/not found error. If you do have one, then you have some more creative options given you're visiting it as a result of going to site you're trying to wean yourself off of.
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