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[–] 53 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm the primary developer for a third party tool for Elite Dangerous and this is basically my entire thought process when I want to work on it.

I could work on Observatory...

Or I could play some Elite...

Or I could just stare at my screen ineffectually for several hours.

Staring at the screen wins frighteningly often.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I came back to playing a few weeks ago and absolutely stopped working on the 3rd party tool for X4 that I was making.

    Now, to get back to making programs, I am going to completely stop playing for a while. Because when I start dong something, I feel like doing another thing and then another and it goes on and the day is over.

    I also tend to be stuck thinking sometimes, whether to make the program I want, to put on my CV or to complete my resume website and spend a few minutes of staring at the screen, until I just go make some food.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I hate that feeling of bouncing between things, or of just staring at my screen so much. So much. But when it happens, I am rarely able to snap out of it in the moment. It usually takes a few days and a mood change to fix it.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Step 1: be depressed

    Step 2: Wake up in the morning, have the feeling of doing anything being unappealing

    Step 3: Nap until bedtime

    Step 4: go to bed

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago

    Feels a little too close to home, except maybe the 3 hour nap part, more like dozed off but never reached REM for 45 mins.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago

    Laser guided munition in comic form. I have taken 100% of the blast.

    Nothing a short nap can't fix.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    This is exactly me when I have some free time

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    This is definitely me isolating with COVID over the past weekend except music instead of games

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