cvolzer3

Definitely of interest! Thank you.

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Neat concept. I'm considering building an extension as well, though for a different market. How was the process? Any major pitfalls to avoid?

My take is that it's about the "stimulating activity" rather than the actual screen time. When broken down it's intuitive, but the "reduce screen time" adage often gets repeated without that distinction.

Specifically about your problem: for me, I move from a state of "active engagement" to "passive consumption". 1 to 2 hours before bed, I stop doing anything engaging that requires my active participation - work, video games, learning. I shift to lounging on the couch and reading fiction or watching a movie/show. The key is in my intentions behind each: in the evening, my goal is to relax. I dont turn on a movie with the intention to learn or to be entertained; I'm just there to experience it.

Sorry if that's too abstract; the feeling is hard to communicate. Hopefully it's a useful starting point for further thinking.

Just tried it on mine and I'm experiencing the same. Don't know that it will bother me much though.

Seconded. I'm interested in the topic, but there's not enough information for me to commit (and by HN standards, I'm relatively carefree when it comes to providing my email).

“Grey Thinking” as a term does a poor job at conveying what I _think_ the author wants to say. And that is, (1) don’t make generic statements and (2) consider your perspective. When you boil a problem down to its specifics, you get back to black and white thinking. Using the article’s example, “War is awful but history shows it to be occasionally necessary, and a very complex phenomenon” still contains the black and white statement of “War is good when situation X occurs and bad when situation Y occurs.”

On most days, nearly 100% of my time is spent doing actual work.

I'm able to reach that level because I work for myself, which permits me to aggressively decline meetings, focus on one project, control my work environment, and partition my time for maximum effectiveness.

When I was traditionally employed in tech, it was somewhere in the threshold most people here are describing (25-50%).

When I worked at a warehouse in high school, my time was mostly spent working with some bullshiting interspersed.

I observed a similar impact in performance during undergrad and developed a routine around the impact.

I work a mentally intense 5hr stretch in the morning then take a 2hr break to have lunch, exercise, and shower.

By the time I return to work, I'm completely refreshed and able to put in another 5hr stretch at peak performance levels.

Out of curiosity, why do you view gambling as unethical and/or immoral?

Target the end users with cheap/free/trials to gain significant traction then make your pitch to executives. By then, you already have all the evidence you need to make the sell.

Would you be willing to talk further about this? My email is [redacted] if you're willing.

I’ve found that my projects split in two ways: (a) fun hobby vs. problem to solve and (b) don’t monetize vs. monetize. Out of the 4 possible combinations there, I only take on (1) fun hobby projects that I don’t intend to monetize and (2) problem to solve that I intend to monetize.

I try to avoid the other two because fun hobby projects that I want to monetize are essentially solutions looking for a problem and problems to solve but not monetize aren’t as enjoyable as the (1) or (2).

So to answer your question: look at my hobbies to identify fun stuff that will enrich my experience or identify a problem then validate the need beyond myself.