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by sodapopcan 918 days ago
> Listening to music while coding severely reduces my concentration, and I find it in no way to be a substitute for silence.

Me too. I can't work with music in headphones as I inevitably start listening to it. It's weird that many people don't even consider this a possibility when recommending headphones. Well, I guess it's not weird as they just aren't affected by it the same way, but still.
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ath3nd 917 days ago
We are all to "suck it up" because, for some reason, being constantly interrupted is something that we supposedly have to be okay with. I say no, let the busybodies and loudmouths adapt to us for a change.
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sodapopcan 917 days ago
> I say no, let the busybodies and loudmouths adapt to us for a change.

Hear Hear! Thought I've never had any luck with this.

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kridsdale1 917 days ago
I have found that NR + white noise works well to fully isolate my mind from external stimulus and focus on the code state inside.
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