What about an option to disallow override on noprocrast?
I find it a very useful feature, but sometimes I click override when I know I should probably be working.
A way to effectively ban myself by removing the override option (by choice) would be effective for those of us worried about YC being a time-sink.
You could log out of your account if it was that important, but it seems like putting another barrier in-place as an annoyance will accomplish the desired effect.
I often find noprocrast does exactly what it's supposed to do and reminds me that I should be working.
The problem with the override option is that it is a weak barrier. It takes a split second to click it and after two or three times it becomes a habit to override.
A good solution would force the user to become acutely aware of what he is about to do and give him time to regain enough discipline to stop.
Perhaps it would help if the user were forced to watch a video about procrastination or answer a series of relevant or time consuming questions before proceeding to override noprocrast.
I used to use noprocrast until I got in the habit of using override. Now I uncomment a line to my /etc/hosts file that points news.yc to another IP. It works a lot better because if I go to news.yc while the IP is redirected, my browser caches the IP and I can't access the site, so I have to remember to unblock it before I try to access it. This forces me to think about what I'm doing.
I find it a very useful feature, but sometimes I click override when I know I should probably be working.
A way to effectively ban myself by removing the override option (by choice) would be effective for those of us worried about YC being a time-sink.
You could log out of your account if it was that important, but it seems like putting another barrier in-place as an annoyance will accomplish the desired effect.
I often find noprocrast does exactly what it's supposed to do and reminds me that I should be working.