[HN Gopher] Productivity Blocker
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       Productivity Blocker
        
       Author : JohnHendrix
       Score  : 598 points
       Date   : 2022-12-17 16:14 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.productivityblocker.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.productivityblocker.com)
        
       | auggierose wrote:
       | I've found just using ScreenTime on macOS during the time where I
       | need to get stuff done is very useful. It is a bit hidden,
       | because you have to enable "Limit Adult Websites", but then you
       | can configure sites you want to block. My list is:
       | 
       | ycombinator.com
       | 
       | guardian.co.uk
       | 
       | theguardian.com
       | 
       | nytimes.com
       | 
       | spiegel.de
       | 
       | Works wonders! It really helps for these little breaks where you
       | automatically go to a site subconsciously. And none of these
       | sites are useful for what I do, except HN sometimes to look up
       | information and pointers about technical topics.
        
         | mattmanser wrote:
         | Looks like you didn't actually look at the link :)
        
           | auggierose wrote:
           | I actually did. Clicked on it once, looked at it for about 3
           | seconds, decided it would be a waste of my time to check it
           | out more.
        
             | nunodonato wrote:
             | Which means you didn't actually understand what it was
             | about, which was the point of the comment ;)
        
               | auggierose wrote:
               | I don't disagree. Understanding things takes time, and
               | most things are not worth understanding them.
        
               | gnrl wrote:
               | And then you feel it's not a waste of time to write a
               | comment on an article you took 3sec to understand and
               | skip?
        
               | jdhdjdbdjdbd wrote:
               | u stoopid
        
               | KomoD wrote:
               | Spent more time writing these pointless comments
        
           | auggierose wrote:
           | > The greatest trick that javascript ever pulled was to
           | convince the latest generation of programmers that it was
           | fast...
           | 
           | By the way, JavaScript IS quite fast. I ported some code from
           | Swift to Typescript recently, and its runtime went down from
           | 15 seconds to 2 seconds. It wasn't a 1-1 port because I
           | improved things, so it is not a fair comparison, but I was
           | very positively surprised.
        
             | mattmanser wrote:
             | > It wasn't a 1-1 port because I improved things
             | 
             | Hmm, I think we found the reason....
        
       | gnarbarian wrote:
       | this basically a federal job simulator
        
       | oliwary wrote:
       | Brilliant, I feel like many could benefit from this on the
       | weekends.
       | 
       | In the same vein, "Do nothing" by self-help Singh:
       | https://youtu.be/8An2SxNFvmU
        
       | redbar0n wrote:
       | This will save Christmas.
        
       | braingenious wrote:
       | Love the idea of TEDx somehow being productive in a professional
       | sense.
        
       | kellyharsh wrote:
        
       | glotchimo wrote:
       | Something like this might actually be useful for the all-too-
       | common productive procrastination breaks. Stuck on a hard
       | problem? Better clean my desk. Waiting for a build? Better clean
       | my files. Lacking momentum? Better check LinkedIn (it's
       | professional so it's okay). I wonder which type of "break" kills
       | more productivity, "fun" distraction or "productive" distraction.
       | Anyone else?
        
         | p1necone wrote:
         | I'm similar, but replace the answer to all of those questions
         | with "make a coffee".
         | 
         | I feel sorry for my kidneys.
        
         | lofatdairy wrote:
         | There's probably an argument to be made that at least those
         | tasks might help push you out of a rut if you've spent hours
         | banging your head against a wall. God knows cleaning my desk is
         | probably a better use of my time right now than commenting yet
         | again on HN.
        
           | p1necone wrote:
           | When I'm working on a hard problem and I identify that I
           | actually do need to stop and just think about it more
           | indirectly I find going for a walk to be pretty useful.
        
           | glotchimo wrote:
           | Yeah I've certainly heard that doing something small can help
           | get the engine going, but anecdotally, it totally goes both
           | ways. I've had afternoons where I clean something or what
           | have you and get right back to it and others where I clean
           | something and end up changing the capitalization of symbols
           | for no reason.
        
         | sharkweek wrote:
         | > Better check LinkedIn (it's professional so it's okay)
         | 
         | I don't have social media on my work computer except LinkedIn.
         | I can't tell you how many times a day I quickly open a new tab
         | and head to LinkedIn (where I'm not even that personally
         | active, mind you) to just get a quick hit of a distraction.
        
           | mbappe123 wrote:
           | LinkedIn and other medias are not at all distracting, if your
           | job is on those platforms. Or you get your traffic through
           | those platforms.
        
           | gnicholas wrote:
           | Yeah I moved the LinkedIn app to the front page of my home
           | screen when I went to a conference a couple months ago. I
           | check it much more when it's right there. Thanks to your
           | comment, I'm going to move it back to where it was before,
           | buried in a folder on the fourth page.
        
         | samstave wrote:
         | Reddit may be the all time king in productivity blockers...
        
         | Sebb767 wrote:
         | Probably "productive" distractions, since you can do them a lot
         | more before feeling bad and going back to work. Especially if
         | you can silently get into the "fun" territory.
         | 
         | I've actually had this with HN in the last days; I've ditched
         | Reddit for HN because it contained a lot more worthwile content
         | and valuable discussions [0], but with the Twitter shitshow
         | I've come to enjoy a lot of snarky, unproductive discussions
         | again. Maybe it's time to enable noprocast.
         | 
         | [0] Actually, it was mostly ideological reasons, but having HN
         | as a "drop-in" replacement/upgrade helped a lot.
        
           | kettleballroll wrote:
           | > I've ditched Reddit for HN because it contained a lot more
           | worthwile content
           | 
           | I found that at least for myself, this was just a lie I kept
           | telling myself. HN contains almost zero actionable content,
           | and I've not been an epsilon better off for reading it. I
           | come to see it as infotainment.
        
             | electrondood wrote:
             | HN comments are less sarcastic, cynical, info-free than
             | Reddit comments.
        
             | rjh29 wrote:
             | Some HNers believe the site is superior to Reddit, if you
             | compare it to the smaller and high quality subs, there
             | isn't any difference.
        
               | [deleted]
        
             | asddubs wrote:
             | there's been a few times where I read something that I was
             | really glad I found out about through here, and probably
             | wouldn't have found out otherwise. But yeah, easily >99% of
             | it is just passing time
        
             | antihero wrote:
             | I've discovered a bunch of neat libraries and projects
             | through it.
        
             | tracker1 wrote:
             | It varies... I'll often see mention of interesting/useful
             | tools/sites/applications mentioned in more technical
             | discussion. I don't always find these things immediately
             | useful, but often even a year later if I can remember
             | enough to search and find what I was looking for. Sometimes
             | just knowing something exists in extremely useful.
        
             | eastbound wrote:
             | HN was my MBA back in 2010-2013, that's where I learnt how
             | to create a working startup. There were blogs like
             | Kalzumeus or Joel On Software, people were still debating
             | technical or business issues about startups.
             | 
             | Now it's more a news aggregator. It's my fault too, I don't
             | blog about the company I've created, and people can learn
             | how to create proper startups in many places.
        
             | VLM wrote:
             | HN is great for discovery but 90%+ of the comments have
             | declined to ChatGPT levels.
        
             | Bedon292 wrote:
             | For me the benefit is honestly just less content. There is
             | only so much that makes it to the front page here and the
             | lack of infinite scroll means I rarely see beyond it. It
             | helps me waste a lot less time. But reddit was also a real
             | problem for me. Way too many hours each day and I had to
             | quit it.
        
           | philippejara wrote:
           | "oh I need to structurally modify these 20 lines, might as
           | well craft a regex to do it"
           | 
           | 30 minutes later... well got to keep my regex skills up to
           | date else i'll lose them
        
           | mrcartmeneses wrote:
           | I made a resolution to just close my eyes instead of going on
           | Reddit/HN. Went well for about 20 mins...
        
           | LAC-Tech wrote:
           | Yeah, HN is such a double edged sword. Great technical
           | discussions as well as time sucking passive aggressive
           | discussions about "divisive social issues", which I cannot
           | help but click.
           | 
           | Wrote this script today, that just stops me seeing
           | submissions from sites I know won't have good technical
           | discussions. Might be useful for others.
           | const boringDomains = ["twitter.com", "newyorker.com",
           | "nytimes.com"]
           | Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(".titleline > a"))
           | .filter(elem => boringDomains.some(domain =>
           | elem.href.includes(domain)))             .map(elem =>
           | elem.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement)
           | .flatMap(elem => [                 elem,
           | elem.nextElementSibling,
           | elem.nextElementSibling.nextElementSibling]             )
           | .forEach(elem => elem.remove())
        
           | tracker1 wrote:
           | Have to admit, the change to Twitter in terms of personality
           | the past few months has been as fun as Twitter around a
           | decade ago... I mean, a lot more snark, memes and generally
           | fun. Not perfect, but definitely more entertaining than when
           | people were getting banned for parody accounts.
        
           | Cthulhu_ wrote:
           | > Probably "productive" distractions, since you can do them a
           | lot more before feeling bad and going back to work.
           | Especially if you can silently get into the "fun" territory.
           | 
           | I feel like this is the case for a lot of productivity tools;
           | every once in a while I find myself browsing the status-quo
           | of the next generation of todo apps that have had far too
           | much design work spent on their website for what it does. 9
           | times out of 10 it's a grift to sell a $15 / month
           | subscription for syncing across devices and its added value
           | is tiny compared to just using a text editor, lol.
        
           | [deleted]
        
         | vidarh wrote:
         | Whenever I feel too tired to focus on something "productive" is
         | when I clean the house, because most of my productive work
         | involves thinking and most of the tidying/cleaning is a set of
         | repetitive tasks that I can do on "autopilot" and so ironically
         | I find it easier to carry them out when I'm too tired to get
         | caught up thinking about software projects.
         | 
         | But the tricky part is remembering to nudge myself into
         | _starting_ tidying etc..
        
         | noduerme wrote:
         | The kind where you start reading code you wrote more than 3
         | years ago and obsessively changing it...
        
           | barthelomew wrote:
           | Yes ofcourse, that side project I haven't touched for 3 years
           | now obviously needs a full rewrite in the new
           | language/framework I've been learning.
        
       | silasdavis wrote:
       | Since using productivity blocker I've consistently done less than
       | I used to before. Can't recommend it enough is enough.
        
       | qvrjuec wrote:
       | Unfortunately, my dopamine seeking monkey brain would just open
       | another browser and successfully procrastinate if the only thing
       | stopping me were a chrome extension. That's why I use
       | selfcontrol: https://selfcontrolapp.com/
        
         | paco3346 wrote:
         | This is the opposite- it's for blocking access to productive
         | sites thereby helping you procrastinate.
        
       | INTPenis wrote:
       | We used to do this in the firewall at my first job. Every weekend
       | the founder of the company would get drunk and login to servers
       | and mess things up. So every weekend it was my job as the junior
       | to go into our FreeBSD firewall and uncomment or update an ipfw
       | line that blocked his IP-address.
        
         | samwillis wrote:
         | I assume you are really talking about your current job at
         | Twitter...
        
           | raspberry1337 wrote:
           | I don't think so, considering how Twitter is somehow running
           | _better_ with 80 percent of personnel removed
        
             | rjh29 wrote:
             | You could be right, but it's not like a large software
             | project instantly falls apart if people leave. It'll keep
             | running for a while but cracks will start to develop and
             | nobody will be around to patch them up.
        
               | raspberry1337 wrote:
               | Aha. And what if someone is there, from the remaining
               | 20%, to patch them up?
        
               | rjh29 wrote:
               | Those people are going to have to work a lot of overtime
               | I guess? We'll see :)
        
             | distcs wrote:
             | > I don't think so, considering how Twitter is somehow
             | running better with 80 percent of personnel removed reply
             | 
             | I believe you are getting downvoted (and now flagged and
             | removed from the thread) for not substantiating your
             | comment. HN does not seem to like single-line comments that
             | do not provide info.
             | 
             | But I have to ask. Do you have any info or stats that shows
             | that Twitter is really running _better_? By what metrics is
             | it running better? Honest question.
        
             | alwayseasy wrote:
             | A drop of 75%-80% in revenue doesn't seem like its anyone's
             | definition of "running better".
        
           | mrzool wrote:
           | Bold of you to assume Elon Musk would be able to use ssh.
        
           | kramerger wrote:
           | I know you are joking but Tesla had an entire team devoted to
           | making sure Elon does not fuck up important things.
           | 
           | I believe it is well documented that critical personnel were
           | hidden when he was visiting the factories to avoid getting
           | them rage-fired
        
             | brezelgoring wrote:
             | I want to believe this but I can't find a source, can you
             | share where you've read this?
        
               | kramerger wrote:
               | These stories came from a former Tesla manager. But if
               | you want a reputable source:
               | 
               | https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-life-inside-
               | giga...
        
               | brezelgoring wrote:
               | Thank you, that was a nice read.
               | 
               | Good day to you, kramerger.
        
               | moduspol wrote:
               | > I want to believe this but I can't find a source
               | 
               | "Claims about Elon Musk since the Twitter takeover" in a
               | nutshell.
        
               | anonporridge wrote:
               | "In war, truth is the first casualty."
        
             | raspberry1337 wrote:
        
               | culanuchachamim wrote:
               | I love how it looks that who wrote this got inspired more
               | and more while writing this.
               | 
               | He starts with things that you say: Wow, amazing, but
               | totally logical.
               | 
               | The he continues with things that you say: Wow, no waaay,
               | Musk is really that crazy?
               | 
               | And by the end (the slave/master) you realize it's
               | sarcasm.
               | 
               | But hilarious!
        
               | [deleted]
        
               | benstrumental wrote:
               | I want to believe this but I can't find a source, can you
               | share where you've read this?
        
               | adwn wrote:
               | I suspect it's sarcasm:
               | 
               | > _PayPal had an automatic github-algorithm [...] before
               | they managed to coup him as CEO_
               | 
               | Musk stepped down as CEO of PayPal in 2000, predating not
               | just Github, but git itself by 5 years.
        
               | r3to wrote:
               | Musk has never been CEO of PayPal
        
               | gadders wrote:
               | It's satire.
        
               | davemp wrote:
               | It's a shitpost, which really doesn't belong on HN.
        
               | fernandotakai wrote:
               | a bit meta, but it feels like since musk bought twitter,
               | there have been too many shitposts/unfounded rumors about
               | him that do not belong here.
        
               | ddevault wrote:
               | Fun is occasionally permitted on HN. This thread is about
               | a joke add-on in the first place, you know.
        
             | [deleted]
        
         | retSava wrote:
         | Sure it wasn't a weird grazing ritual? A cron script would've
         | replaced you doing that, more efficiently and reliably.
         | 
         | When I did military service abroad, the new chefs rotating down
         | was put on "sandwich alert" in which anyone on camp signal
         | centers could call in the middle of the night, requesting a
         | nice sandwich delivered. It was all fun and games, they were
         | shortly let in on the thing and we all laughed at it
         | afterwards. No-one abused it.
        
           | INTPenis wrote:
           | Naw, I used to party with the founder. It got wild.
           | 
           | The problem back then in 2004-2005 was that his DSL could
           | give him a new IP lease anytime so it couldn't really be
           | automated away without having a dyndns script running on his
           | computer, which would never work.
        
           | deelly wrote:
           | > No-one abused it.
           | 
           | Honest question: how can you be 100% sure?
        
             | retSava wrote:
             | Well I can't really, just hearsay. We were just a battalion
             | and most were out on diverse smaller camps or manning
             | checkpoints and the like, so we weren't that many that even
             | could abuse it. And, it's a kind of abuse in essence
             | really, so we can probably reverse my statement.
        
       | xupybd wrote:
       | I've been using Freedom for this for some time. I would recommend
       | using these tools.
       | 
       | When you site down and want to get something done you just block
       | out a few hours where you can't access the sites that distract
       | you. It is really good for focus. I thought I could do this with
       | will power alone but these sorts of tools really do help.
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | mark_l_watson wrote:
         | I agree, I have been using https://freedom.io for a few years
         | and like it. I also enjoy their podcasts.
        
           | lanamo wrote:
           | the URL is https://freedom.to
        
             | mark_l_watson wrote:
             | thanks!
        
         | fergie wrote:
         | I think you missed the point.
        
           | xupybd wrote:
           | I see that now, thanks!
        
         | gautamdivgi wrote:
         | Does freedom allow you to block apps? I have it and it works
         | nicely for safari and my Mac. I haven't been successful in
         | trying to have it block apps. Maybe because I have an ancient
         | iPhone.
        
           | occamschainsaw wrote:
           | It allows you to install a vpn on iOS that blocks traffic to
           | domains on your blocklist, effectively blocking apps (unless
           | you download things offline like YouTube videos or Podcasts).
        
             | rockbruno wrote:
             | Apple added official app blocking APIs in iOS 16, so you
             | don't need to use someone's sketchy VPN anymore. Burnout
             | Buddy is an app that uses this.
             | 
             | (disclaimer: self-promotion, I made it)
        
       | Sebb767 wrote:
       | I'm somewhat disappointed that there is no Firefox version.
       | However, given that the author most likely uses his extension, I
       | can see what might have happened.
        
         | jonas-w wrote:
         | I always thought firefox and chrome share a standard where you
         | could build one extension and use them on both platforms?
        
           | pinusc wrote:
           | AFAIK WebExtensions APIs are mostly compatible but the
           | developer still has to do some setup to make them work on
           | both
        
           | Terretta wrote:
           | Here's a discussion of doing that for V2:
           | 
           | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-
           | ons/Web...
           | 
           | To your point, the Orion _webkit-based_ browser for MacOS
           | supports both:
           | 
           | https://browser.kagi.com/
           | 
           | AFAIK, the only webkit browser to do so.
        
         | coffee_cup wrote:
         | There's leechblock
        
           | culi wrote:
           | I use leechblock. It's pretty great. It's extremely feature
           | rich. The UI is a little ugly but "ugly" in the style that a
           | hackernewser would likely appreciate.
           | 
           | My only complaint is the way it does this thing when you're
           | out of time and it redirects you (either to their block page
           | or a custom page you set up). Not sure how it does it but the
           | original url you tried to reach doesn't get saved in your
           | history. If I try to manually disable the extension it'll
           | also automatically close the page with the leechblock message
           | so it's gone forever. Kind of annoying if it's a link I'd
           | like to revisit after work
           | 
           | Other than it's pretty neat
        
       | tomxor wrote:
       | I love that Slack is the first icon on the list :D it's kind of
       | true though, It's probably the worst offender.
        
         | Kiro wrote:
         | Worst offender as in making you the most productive? I'm pretty
         | sure that's not the case. I'm not even sure it qualifies to be
         | on the list. If anything it's a distraction making you less
         | productive.
        
           | tomxor wrote:
           | I agree. I somehow inverted the purpose of this plugin in my
           | head. Feels weird to be upvoted because people disagree with
           | you.
        
       | djmips wrote:
       | "first Chrome extension for blocking any website that makes you
       | productive. "
        
       | dncosta wrote:
       | Reddit still takes the crown - cross browser and no extensions
       | needed.
        
       | r-spaghetti wrote:
       | Who needs a productivity blocker if you have Microsoft Windows?
        
         | retSava wrote:
         | Good news! Your computer is ready for Windows 11! And how about
         | a nice game of Solitude Candy Smackers (TM)? Have you tried the
         | new Microsoft Edge web browser? It's not a browser, it's a
         | WOWser!
        
           | spkm wrote:
           | "Got it!"
        
           | Terretta wrote:
           | Narrator: It's still Chrome.
        
           | zidad wrote:
           | ...And then let me bother you with the lated MSNBS celebrity
           | nonsense in your start menu when you're trying to find an
           | application
        
           | Cthulhu_ wrote:
           | > It's not a browser, it's a WOWser!
           | 
           | I just died a little inside; well done :D
        
             | retSava wrote:
             | Actually, it's real. I started getting spam emails from
             | some new browser vendor, a contact of mine apparently had
             | shared their contacts with them. They used that line, "it's
             | a WOWser".
             | 
             | edit: Rock Melt, anno pre-2012, perhaps 2010.
        
           | throwaway019254 wrote:
           | Honestly, I'm not even sure if this is a parody or not.
        
             | brailsafe wrote:
             | I got mid 90s (80s?) Steve Ballmer vibes
        
       | YetAnotherNick wrote:
       | I think they need to redirect those sites to HN for maximum
       | effect.
        
       | donatj wrote:
       | I always end up on GitHub opening tiny PRs when I'm trying to
       | relax.
        
       | CAPSLOCKSSTUCK wrote:
       | Love the reviews.
        
       | flimflamm wrote:
       | I want an unproductivity blocker
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | thenerdhead wrote:
       | This better keep me off GitHub, my leisure time is at risk here!
        
       | guzik wrote:
       | I thought it has something in common with the Spotify.
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | ninjin-carh wrote:
       | I have found Leechblock useful in Firefox - it allows blocking or
       | a delay before showing a page with a reminder this is a time
       | waster site.... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-
       | US/firefox/addon/leechblock-ng...
        
         | taauji wrote:
         | Leechblock is incredibly helpful and has saved my innumerable
         | amount of unproductive hours. It is highly customisable.
        
         | artemonster wrote:
         | I love this addon!
        
       | Lapsa wrote:
       | yeah, whatever. did chuckle at "wish it worked on Safari"
       | though...
        
       | TapWaterBandit wrote:
       | Heidegger would approve.
        
       | dopidopHN wrote:
       | Looks like a "fun" one but in all seriousness: self-control2 do
       | the same thing except you have to feed it the list of blocked
       | website.
       | 
       | Then technically it's harder to circonvent. ( it's at the /host
       | file level I think. I don't really wanna know so i cannot work
       | around it.
        
       | rnmp wrote:
       | Love the sentiment here. Whoever is reading this should try
       | disabling all notifications ever.
       | 
       | There really isn't a need to know when someone messages you or
       | you get news.
       | 
       | Doing this helps you focus more both for work but also for chill
       | time.
        
         | Brajeshwar wrote:
         | Totally agree with this. I have been advocating this since 2014
         | and points to my article whenever someone asks me. It needs an
         | update but the general idea is still valid. I do have
         | notifications for some key specific events such as Health,
         | timed events in the calendar, and selected people who can call,
         | etc but otherwise it is pretty quite almost all the time.
         | 
         | https://brajeshwar.com/2014/missing-step-productivity-activi...
        
       | codeproject wrote:
       | There seems to be an error in the first paragraph. Introducing
       | productivity blocker, The first Chrome extension for blocking any
       | website that make you productive. should the word "productive" be
       | unproductive?
        
         | daquisu wrote:
         | That's the joke. You can scroll down below to see the reviews
         | talking about how unproductive they are while using the
         | extension.
         | 
         | But good you at least opened the link and raised the question,
         | there a lot of people here supposing it is a blocker to be more
         | productive.
        
           | codeproject wrote:
           | thanks, i never got to the bottom part of page.
        
             | nottorp wrote:
             | Neither did I. I stopped at the fake star ratings. Looks to
             | me that they kinda failed.
             | 
             | Edit: Oh wait. It looks like i read the whole page. But
             | didn't pay attention because I skimmed through the text and
             | I never even looked at the icons. Not that I can recognize
             | most of them.
             | 
             | I'm really not the target audience for this kind of product
             | page...
        
         | Ftuuky wrote:
         | No.
        
         | 6510 wrote:
         | before you can be productive you need to be unproductive first.
        
       | vdwijngaert wrote:
       | Wanted to share this with the team, but I noticed the social
       | cards aren't loading (at least not on slack). It's probably due
       | to the fact that your social images are not on HTTPS:
       | 
       | ```html <meta property="og:site_name" content="Productivity
       | Blocker"/> (...) <meta property="og:image" content="http://static
       | 1.squarespace.com/static/61e76afa9e2d33114d3da2... (...) <meta
       | itemprop="thumbnailUrl" content="http://static1.squarespace.com/s
       | tatic/61e76afa9e2d33114d3da2... <link rel="image_src" href="http:
       | //static1.squarespace.com/static/61e76afa9e2d33114d3da2..." />
       | <meta itemprop="image" content="http://static1.squarespace.com/st
       | atic/61e76afa9e2d33114d3da2... (...) <meta name="twitter:image" c
       | ontent="http://static1.squarespace.com/static/61e76afa9e2d33114d3
       | da2... ```
       | 
       | Love it though! :)
        
       | nunodonato wrote:
       | The comments here give us a good idea on how many people leave a
       | comment without actually opening/reading the page :')
        
         | ninjin-carh wrote:
         | LOL. I did read it but thought it was suggesting slack etc were
         | blocking productivity hence helped focus.
        
           | culi wrote:
           | Same. it has pages like TEDx and Fiverr which I don't
           | typically consider productivity sites...
        
       | Waterluvian wrote:
       | In a bout of blasphemy, I'd like to be slightly productive and
       | learn something:
       | 
       | The page header renders the "Y" in "Productivity" on a new line
       | because mobile. Is there a reliable CSS method to say, "pick
       | whatever font size fills the parent width without wrapping"?
        
         | dubcanada wrote:
         | Assuming the container is some percentage of the viewport you
         | can use viewport units. Otherwise no you need JS sadly. Or a
         | SVG.
        
           | prox wrote:
           | I can't believe it's 2022, we getting closer to fusion power,
           | but we still need JS for something like this. Crazy!
           | 
           | Hopefully the spirit of future christmas shows the w3c how to
           | do this :)
        
       | samwillis wrote:
       | This is turning into an interesting test case of how many HN
       | readers actually read (properly) the page before commenting...
        
         | jonas-w wrote:
         | Because of those legit reviews, that you ignore at first
         | because who even reads these picked out reviews and then start
         | to realize what is written there?
        
           | jonas-w wrote:
           | Oh nevermind
        
       | linhns wrote:
       | Gotta tip my hat to this. Someone actually spends time to do all
       | these
        
       | neontomo wrote:
       | I enjoy the humour in this. Well done.
        
       | satysin wrote:
       | It is my brain in Chrome extension form :P
        
       | spaceman_2020 wrote:
       | Whoever wrote the copy for this is brilliant
        
         | samwillis wrote:
         | Links at the bottom of the page, the creators are accomplished
         | advising creatives and copywriters.
        
       | eyelidlessness wrote:
       | It took a full ten seconds for my eyes to see normal color again.
       | They can use that as a testimonial if they like.
        
         | schipplock wrote:
         | yes! same with me :). Funny effect.
        
       | rising-sky wrote:
       | Will it block Hacker News?, cause god knows this is a huge
       | productivity block... like right now
        
         | Kiro wrote:
         | If HN is a productivity block it should be promoted when using
         | this, not blocked. The point of this extension is to block
         | everything _making_ you productive, so that you can
         | procrastinate and slack off more.
        
         | fragmede wrote:
         | HN supports this natively! Enable noprocrast in your profile
        
           | voiper1 wrote:
           | TIL. Information on this:
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=814695
        
       | joelthelion wrote:
       | Rather than blocking things, I've found it more efficient to use
       | the pomodoro technique and commit to no interruptions during
       | working sessions. A 25-minute session is short enough, so that's
       | a realistic commitment.
       | 
       | I try to do at least one session in the morning, no matter how
       | bad I feel. Usually it's sufficient to put me back into the zone,
       | after which I don't need any tools or frameworks to keep me
       | going.
        
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