I have a cron job to do this on my computer.
Like Do-Not-Disturb mode but instead Do-Not-Distract where airplane mode automatically turns on and prevents your outgoing TCP/IP other than stackoverflow and Wikipedia
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Do you really? That's hardcore.
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Yup. Rewrites /etc/hosts to block access to fb/twitter/etc during work hours. Can override with sudo so I run it every 5 min to keep myself from doing that.
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Ohhh that second part is the crucial part. Beautiful.
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I am quite proud of it.
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Silence-of-the-LANs mode
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I am quite capable of being distracted by Wikipedia thank you very much
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I often get pretty distracted on stackoverflow...
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The key is to block “Hot Network Questions”. I wrote a local Chrome extension for that once
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Yep! You can set up a CSS rule in ad blockers like uBlock to hide those sidebars.
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I think there's a browser plugin that does that?
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There is. It’s called StayFocusd and you can add blacklists and whitelists
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+1 for StayFocusd. I use the nuclear option on it way too many times.
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Brilliant idea!
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I use Freedom app for this. It is wonderful. Though having it do that via a button with a plane on it would be ideal.
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I use http://SelfControlApp.com for this, but wish it were enforced at the router level so I couldn’t go on my phone either. Like I’m doing right now
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Router level or, I guess, neural level.
@charliestigler@stevelambert Any plans for a brain implant? In the meantime, do you have any suggestions for Self Control-like tools for smartphones?
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I use a firewall to block myself from distracting websites on my computer. Except here I am, on Twitter, on my phone. Need more firewalls!
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Freedom app/extension
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