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Using Home Assistant, adguard home and an $8 smart outlet to avoid brain rot

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370 points remuskaos | 2 comments | 22 Jun 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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userbinator ◴[22 Jun 25 22:04 UTC] No.44350685[source]▶
Distracting yourself from distractions by building an overly complex system to help you do that, and writing an article about it, is certainly a very HN-ish thing to do.
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elric ◴[23 Jun 25 07:14 UTC] No.44353249[source]▶
Modern problems require modern solutions.

But on a more serious note, distraction and focus are difficult topics. When I'm highly motivated, I'm utterly indistractible. When I have to do boring toil, absolutely anything & everything can distract me.

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1. frereubu ◴[23 Jun 25 08:06 UTC] No.44353489[source]▶
I have recently discovered that hardcore punk (like the album Feel The Darkness by Poison Idea) played at high volume in some headphones really helps me when I have to do those kinds of tasks. My hunch is that is translates my ennui into cathartic anger that I have to do this studpid f__king task, which generates motivation to show it who's boss and I plough through it. YMMV obviously - relies on you enjoying hardcore punk!
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2. SketchySeaBeast ◴[23 Jun 25 13:14 UTC] No.44355506[source]▶
I call it giving the boredom monkey something to do. As long as he's in the corner enthusiastically banging his little drum I can get stuff done.