I would imagine that a fairly large percentage of the Hacker News community prob...

otherwise · on March 31, 2011

With 100 upvotes in the first hour, I would imagine a fairly large percentage of the Hacker News community thinks this is useful. Or (more likely) funny.

scythe · on March 31, 2011

It's not just amusing -- it's a clever, unique and interesting solution to a common problem, however pyrrhic[1] the victory might be.

[1] -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_victory

sonnekki · on March 31, 2011

> ... having the self control to work rather than browsing.

Yes. I use Google Chrome and I use the StayFocusd App thingy as a bit of a crutch ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfm... ).

It keeps a timer of flagged sites you browse (HN) and when your time is up, you can't browse ANY flagged sites.

For me, it makes taking 5 to 10 minute breaks fun and valuable. Trying to spread an hour of browsing time across 8-10 hours is a great challenge.

Sukotto · on March 31, 2011

Let's find out with this poll... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2393374

First person to go there will see my answer :)

famousactress · on March 31, 2011

That's actually a question I've had for a while.. Someone should start a poll ( I don't know how )

jey · on March 31, 2011

http://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

evlapix · on March 31, 2011

This is probably for the sector of HN that hasn't quite gotten their yet.

stuhacking · on March 31, 2011

This is probably aimed at the subset of HN readers that haven't quite made it yet.

evlapix · on April 5, 2011

Thanks. A much better choice of words.

Reading back over old comments like this reminds me why I don't comment.