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143 points sathishmanohar | 3 comments | 11 Apr 23 19:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.609s | source

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user3939382 ◴[11 Apr 23 23:20 UTC] No.35533055[source]▶

Does anyone use a typewriter for this purpose? Just to have a distraction free environment?

1. wellthisisgreat ◴[12 Apr 23 00:07 UTC] No.35533432[source]▶

I got an e-ink typewriter (a Japanese device, with a 7" screen or something to that effect). It's cool in theory, but in practice it was easier to just use Selfcontrol (on Mac) and block everything, except the word processor.

typing on normal keyboard with all the copy-paste etc. functionality is just so much better.

An even more extreme variant I used was to create a separate user profile with just the word processor in it.

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2. user3939382 ◴[12 Apr 23 13:52 UTC] No.35539676[source]▶

>>35533432 (TP) #

New side project idea: OS that’s a word processor that runs in ring 0 on bare metal that you dual boot into :)

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3. wellthisisgreat ◴[15 Apr 23 17:13 UTC] No.35582514[source]▶

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That’s actually intriguing. At least to a fan of Selfcontrol / Coldturkey apps.

Now just lock the other OS until I’ve hit a certain word count and I am already preparing my BIOS

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WordGrinder: Terminal-based distraction free word processor