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…
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/label. It's not about…
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…
That you're taking the analogy too literally? Ice skating does sound more fun.
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?
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…
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…
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…
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…
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/label. It's not about…
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…
That you're taking the analogy too literally? Ice skating does sound more fun.
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?
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…
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…
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…