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Another tip is that even HN has some screen time features. If you go to your profile, you can play around with the "noprocrast", "maxvisit", and "minaway" options.

When noprocrast is on, you may only view HN for maxvisit minutes at a time, and must stay away for minaway minutes before returning. (taken from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3677504)

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I find that it's hard to waste time on HN after your first salvo of the day since the day's frontpage topics are kinda set early on and they change pretty slowly. (Unless, of course, someone is wrong about one of Your Topics and needs your corrections throughout the day.)

And I don't see the point of going past the frontpage unless you want to bicker with someone on yesterday's topics that nobody will ever see. So just get it out of the way early.

— Suddenly selfaware guy who realizes he writes 5 comments a day on HN, kinda like a fat guy giving you weightloss tips. You see, the trick is to not moderate your intake at all.

I've had issues with checking HN every too often. News overload is definitely a problem, too. It's also fun to go check the new posts sometimes.

Yeah I went to my comment history after writing that and clearly I'm full of crap.

Well, all of us are full of crap thinking that we can resolve our screen time problem by talking to people through this screen thing.

But hey, since I’m here, I’m gonna give it my shot at hypocrisy as well: something worth looking into is how to feel OK with yourself not reaching for the screen compulsively. On your own, with your thoughts

It’s so funny to me to see people trying to solve their screen addiction with … an app

> I find that it's hard to waste time on HN after your first salvo of the day since the day's frontpage topics are kinda set early on and they change pretty slowly.

Here in GMT+2, there's the morning salvo - and then an afternoon salvo once the USA is properly caffeinated.

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