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1shooner • yesterday at 5:26 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

If you're looking to put the brakes on that, I've used LeechBlock to add a 5-second timer to opening a new HN window (along with other block schedules). The timer even fails if it loses focus, so it really helps slow you down.

https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/

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embedding-shape • yesterday at 6:53 PM

    echo '127.0.0.1 news.ycombinator.com' | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
Does the trick as well :) For bonus points (and so you can't workaround it with your phone), do it on your router/switch instead.

You'll still open new tabs and go to HN, but you'll be reminded quickly, and every day can be downtime day \o/ (for you, personally)

squeefers • yesterday at 5:57 PM

so youve got the willpower to do something about it but not enough to just stop doing it?

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