lypextin

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by lypextin 4y ago
So we should just let the stars waste the enormous amounts of energy every single second while providing near-zero value to anything concious, when we could instead harvest it? For as long as humankind has existed, we wanted more and we str
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by lypextin 4y ago
It's supposed to shift focus from your identity to your actions. "I code for a living" / "I code often" or even "I like coding" are very different phrases than accepting the programmer identity/l
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by lypextin 8y ago
Relevant for those who don't want to get rid of infinite scroll sites completely: When opening such site, go several pages down immediately and work your way up instead of down. That way, you have a clear end and you've decided al
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by lypextin 9y ago
That you're taking the analogy too literally? Ice skating does sound more fun.
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by lypextin 9y ago
I was always curious about trying this, but has always been put off by the Emacs part of it. How much Emacs do you need to know to use this comfortably?
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by lypextin 9y ago
This seems like an amazing concept and I have been thinking of it ever since I saw KhanAcademy knowledge tree. I can see this being combined with Arbital's Lens (Same thing explained in multiple ways - from a simple explanation for a 1
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by lypextin 9y ago
Most of the time, yes. But if you wanted a break from PC instead of internet, I can recommend workrave, it's built exactly for this purpose. Cron job mostly serves to remind me to use internet as a tool, not as something that is consta
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by lypextin 9y ago
to me, using cron to disconnect my internet every half an hour just to remind me to break the loop has been immensely helpful. And annoying. But mostly helpful. My brain switched to offline mode has about three times better focus. Similarly