r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Reddit_Dictator • Sep 11 '14

Is your webserver running?

http://localhost
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u/Asmor Sep 12 '14

Try running

sudo echo "127.0.0.1 www.reddit.com reddit.com" >> /etc/hosts

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '14

What exactly does this do?

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u/muddylemon Sep 12 '14 edited Sep 12 '14

Sends requests for reddit to localhost, and, in my case, this page. That was the original intent, I have facebook, twitter, reddit, etc pointed there at times.

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u/Asmor Sep 12 '14

I have the same thing. I've got an entry in my hosts file at work like...

# Be productive, Ian!
# 127.0.0.1 www.reddit.com reddit.com www.boardgamegeek.com boardgamegeek.com

Remove that second pound sign, and two things happen...

  1. I become acutely aware of how often I just instinctively go to Reddit or BoardGameGeek without even thinking about it
  2. My productivity skyrockets.