I upvoted, but personally I don’t find much use for content blockers when I’m in an office or meeting where other people can see my screen, when I’m at the gym with a trainer, or when I’m really excited about a task. I have ADHD and am not the best at managing my time, so You Don’t Hate Polyamory, You Hate People Who Write Books is in full effect here.
I’m surprised that you don’t include Plucky Filter in this list.
It can be helpful to enable Assistive Access right at the start of my day so that I don’t get into messages until I have completed my morning routine.
Once I have started my commute, I disable it and then I call someone from my team/family.
Rescuetime is an alternative to Freedom with better reporting.
though I prefer Freedom’s interface for regularly scheduled focus blocks.
although this means I need to use my phone to receive two factor authentication codes.
I have not configured focus sets in LeechBlock NG, but it might be of interest to those who prefer a more structured daily workflow.
Cold Turkey can serve as an additional layer of security.
I can recommend Tab Scheduler with auto open and close for setting and enforcing 1-minute timeouts, which I have found to be more effective than 1-second delays.
I love watching/discussing anime with my siblings and cherish the fanfiction that I read while growing up, so I find it a little sad that you are unable to enjoy these forms of entertainment recreationally except on Saturday. Blogs and Wikipedia in particular have served to greatly expand my world, even if they have also resulted in some unintentional sleepless nights. Gaming seems taboo amongst my researcher friends, but not my normie friends, I suspect this is because the former are more susceptible to overoptimizing. There is a delicate balance for scholars to strike between connection and seclusion here.
More recently one of my bad habits has been spending hours trying to get AI to solve a problem which is beyond the reliable capability of current models, instead of thinking through the problem myself or with a human collaborator.
I upvoted, but personally I don’t find much use for content blockers when I’m in an office or meeting where other people can see my screen, when I’m at the gym with a trainer, or when I’m really excited about a task. I have ADHD and am not the best at managing my time, so You Don’t Hate Polyamory, You Hate People Who Write Books is in full effect here.
I’m surprised that you don’t include Plucky Filter in this list.
It can be helpful to enable Assistive Access right at the start of my day so that I don’t get into messages until I have completed my morning routine.
Once I have started my commute, I disable it and then I call someone from my team/family.
Rescuetime is an alternative to Freedom with better reporting.
though I prefer Freedom’s interface for regularly scheduled focus blocks.
Inbox when ready helps manage email distractions.
although this means I need to use my phone to receive two factor authentication codes.
I have not configured focus sets in LeechBlock NG, but it might be of interest to those who prefer a more structured daily workflow.
Cold Turkey can serve as an additional layer of security.
I can recommend Tab Scheduler with auto open and close for setting and enforcing 1-minute timeouts, which I have found to be more effective than 1-second delays.
I love watching/discussing anime with my siblings and cherish the fanfiction that I read while growing up, so I find it a little sad that you are unable to enjoy these forms of entertainment recreationally except on Saturday. Blogs and Wikipedia in particular have served to greatly expand my world, even if they have also resulted in some unintentional sleepless nights. Gaming seems taboo amongst my researcher friends, but not my normie friends, I suspect this is because the former are more susceptible to overoptimizing. There is a delicate balance for scholars to strike between connection and seclusion here.
More recently one of my bad habits has been spending hours trying to get AI to solve a problem which is beyond the reliable capability of current models, instead of thinking through the problem myself or with a human collaborator.
These two papers [2412.15584] To Rely or Not to Rely? Evaluating Interventions for Appropriate Reliance on Large Language Models and [2503.14499] Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks have served to improve my understanding in this area. My current state of knowledge suggests that if a goal-oriented conversation with a model has lasted for ~26 minutes without a clear resolution, then further engagement is more likely than not to result in frustration.