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1. manbit+F[view] [source] 2025-12-17 16:51:43
>>uyzstv+(OP)
TIL I have a "open Hacker News" hand reflex
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2. 1shoon+ma[view] [source] 2025-12-17 17:26:30
>>manbit+F
If you're looking to put the brakes on that, I've used LeechBlock to add a 5-second timer to opening a new HN window (along with other block schedules). The timer even fails if it loses focus, so it really helps slow you down.

https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/

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3. squeef+Ph[view] [source] 2025-12-17 17:57:44
>>1shoon+ma
so youve got the willpower to do something about it but not enough to just stop doing it?
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4. dwedge+Vi[view] [source] 2025-12-17 18:02:21
>>squeef+Ph
Have you never suffered from habitual reflexes? I blocked twitter for a while in my hosts file and a dozen times over those first few days I instinctively opened a new tab and typed twitter in
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5. squeef+Cp[view] [source] 2025-12-17 18:31:40
>>dwedge+Vi
> I blocked twitter for a while in my hosts file and a dozen times over those first few days I instinctively opened a new tab and typed twitter in?

youd go through that effort when you could have just stopped though.

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6. frikk+Fs[view] [source] 2025-12-17 18:46:07
>>squeef+Cp
We all admire your absolute mastery of your own habitual reflexes and mind. For the rest of us, there is a daily battle of wits, desires, weakness, and habit.

If I could snap my fingers and break toxic habits and patterns, I would have done so decades ago :)

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