Hacker News: _jsmi

How to Kill a Blog

_jsmi — Thu, 21 May 2026 04:40:44 +0000

Article URL: https://robertbirming.com/how-kill-blog/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48217948

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Technology creates an illusion of control that risks robbing us of meaning

_jsmi — Thu, 21 May 2026 00:29:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.punkt.ch/blogs/editorials/punkt-losing-traction

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48216236

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

My two-part desk setup (2025)

_jsmi — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:21:14 +0000

Article URL: https://arslan.io/2025/11/18/my-two-part-desk-setup/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48214311

Points: 358

# Comments: 223

Vladislav Surkov

_jsmi — Sun, 17 May 2026 19:46:36 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav_Surkov

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172578

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

A blog post is a query for people who will route interesting stuff to you

_jsmi — Sun, 17 May 2026 05:11:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/search-query

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166194

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Directory of Blogs with a /Now Section

_jsmi — Sun, 17 May 2026 04:47:31 +0000

Article URL: https://nownownow.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166111

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Accelerating Dynamics of Collective Attention

_jsmi — Sat, 16 May 2026 04:40:36 +0000

Article URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6465266/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156894

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by _jsmi in "Solar-based sleep patterns compared to modern norms"

_jsmi — Fri, 15 May 2026 06:30:03 +0000

https://archive.ph/XQnHz

Solar-based sleep patterns compared to modern norms

_jsmi — Fri, 15 May 2026 04:15:24 +0000

Article URL: https://dylan.gr/1775146616

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48144490

Points: 124

# Comments: 100

How Poor Sleep Drove Me Insane and My Long Path to Recovery

_jsmi — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:08:36 +0000

Article URL: https://writing.samsonhu.com/how-poor-sleep-drove-me-insane-and-my-long-path-to-recovery/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48138997

Points: 22

# Comments: 10

My life was changed by four sentences in four books

_jsmi — Thu, 14 May 2026 02:57:49 +0000

Article URL: https://sive.rs/4s4b

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130582

Points: 19

# Comments: 0

New comment by _jsmi in "Could You Live Without a Computer? I Can."

_jsmi — Wed, 13 May 2026 01:12:45 +0000

https://archive.ph/nklIL

Could You Live Without a Computer? I Can.

_jsmi — Wed, 13 May 2026 01:12:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thefp.com/p/could-you-live-without-a-computer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116696

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by _jsmi in "iPhone dumbphone"

_jsmi — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:45:46 +0000

No, the password sets a strict block.

New comment by _jsmi in "iPhone dumbphone"

_jsmi — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:40:53 +0000

Alternate solution I haven’t seen anywhere else:

1. Screen time to disable browser, App Store etc.

2. Type random 4-digit passwords until you forget.

3. Use your own Apple account as reset.

4. Remove apple password from password manager. Store in “Notes” app or similar on computer.

5. Lock this app storing password behind mandatory typing of gibberish using Cold Turkey on desktop.

Works well for me.

I will mention that as a younger person who grew up with internet access, I get the feeling that the “just be disciplined” comment often comes from people who didn’t have these addictive habits seared into their minds from an early age or have fought them off and forgotten what it’s like to literally lose control of your actions, especially when its normalized around you.

I’ve noticed a lot of older people don’t see the internet as a threat in the same way as I do, and I envy that.

Living with phones like this is completely unnatural.