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45 Post author: cousin_it 27 September 2010 11:34PM

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Comment author: Jordan 28 September 2010 07:11:51AM 13 points [-]

My roommate and I had a no-internet day last week. It worked surprisingly well. One of the key reasons I didn't crumble and turn our router back on was that I wanted my roommate to be productive. It's easy for me to play off my own need to be productive, but I'm less cavalier with the productivity of someone else.

Comment author: cousin_it 28 September 2010 10:57:35AM *  4 points [-]

Just one day? Do you plan to repeat it?

Comment author: Jordan 28 September 2010 07:10:38PM 1 point [-]

I plan on repeating it again, if I can convince my roommate!

Comment author: [deleted] 29 March 2013 02:05:52PM *  0 points [-]

I know that personally this would require a day or two of preperation, but it might not be typical of everyone else that in order to do what I ought to do I need to download the PDFs, watch the videos, consult Wolfram Alpha, etc.

On the other hand, the idea of a no-internet day is pretty exciting, as that same workflow is too easy to derail with Facebook or Less Wrong.