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1. Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ (dredmorbius@toot.cat)'s status on Thursday, 24-Feb-2022 15:17:42 UTC Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​

   • TeMPOraL

   @temporal I'd just realised you'd done this a few days ago looking up your profile there.

   Honestly and selfishly, I think you offer balance to the space (though each individual only moves the needle so much).

   But if you're feeling better / doing better not being there, do you first.

   What was the reason for the break / how has it been for you?

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   • TeMPOraL (temporal@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 24-Feb-2022 15:28:45 UTC TeMPOraL

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     @dredmorbius On the one hand, I spend much less time on HN than before. But not zero - I eventually started visiting while logged out and scrolling through threads.

     Overall, time savings are minimal - I ended up being active on Mastodon and couple subreddits instead.

     I had one important realization though: it dawned on me that my use of HN (and now Mastodon) is in big part a coping mechanism for loneliness - lack of contact with like-minded individuals in meatspace.

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   • TeMPOraL (temporal@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 24-Feb-2022 15:28:46 UTC TeMPOraL

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     @dredmorbius Commenting on HN is my habituated procrastination/stress relief mechanism, which tends to lock me in stupid procrastination/anxiety loops from time to time.

     This was one of such times - deadline pressure at work + having a second kid born = not much time for anything, and the little I had I burned off on HN. So I thought I'd try and cut this off.

     Since I can't do this voluntarily (tried many times in the past), I asked 'dang late 2021 to ban me until end-of-year.

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   • TeMPOraL (temporal@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 24-Feb-2022 15:28:46 UTC TeMPOraL

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     @dredmorbius Had to take a drastic measure, because anything I control doesn't work. Like e.g.:

     http://jacek.zlydach.pl/blog/2020-05-25-blocking-distractions-with-mikrotik-router.html

     This worked for a week, then I suddenly realized Mikrotik UI isn't *that* inconvenient after all...

     Anyway, 'dang didn't ban me, but per his suggestion, I set my noprocrast cooldown to most-positive-fixnum, meaning my account is blocked until year 3921, if my math is right, or until I ask him to reset the counter :).

     Anyway, the results of this experiment are mixed.

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