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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To put every man in possession of his own time, and rescue the day from the succession of usurpers, is beyond my power, and beyond my hope. Yet perhaps, some stop might be put to this unmerciful persecution, if all would seriously reflect, that whoever pays a visit that is not desired, or talks longer than the hearer is willing to attend, is guilty of an injury which he cannot repair, and takes away that which he cannot give.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-07-15), The Idler, No. 14

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Johnson, Samuel - Essay (1758-07-15), The Idler, No. 14 | WIST Quotations

To put every man in possession of his own time, and rescue the day from the succession of usurpers, is beyond my power, and beyond my hope. Yet perhaps, some stop might be put to this unmerciful persecution, if all would seriously reflect, that whoever pays a visit that is…

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Tim SwanFeb 1

Games should *never* put trophies in that are missable during a first playthrough. If I play a game to completion (story-wise or other-wise) but I need to play it *again* doing some specific activity differently - then your game stinks.

Case in point - playing DA:Veilguard and instead of fighting a dragon (cool, right?) I was supposed to talk someone out of a fight. But I didn't, blocking me from getting that plat. WHY.

#trophies #achievements #platinum #timesink

Wobbe F. KoningNov 19

Warning: Do NOT play with #Blender #GeometryNodes even if it is #Nodevember - it is #addictive and a #TimeSink. Today I made this in stead of working on my #Animation projects: https://youtu.be/0zXgeeGqqUg

#Creepy #Dots #AlwaysWatchingYou #VideoScreen #Experiment #B3D

Geo Node Dots

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Marco NovaJul 7, 2025

https://n2s.altervista.org/blog/divergence-steam/

È disponibile gratuitamente su Steam Divergence, uno sparatutto in terza persona in cui manipolare il tempo.

#Divergence #Free #Steam #DigiPenInstituteOfTechnology #Timesink #Indie

Divergence – Steam | N2S

È disponibile gratuitamente su Steam Divergence, uno sparatutto in terza persona in cui manipolare il tempo.

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Andy 🫖🐧May 15, 2025

Thank you, Pylon of the Month for sending me down this particular wormhole. I have better things to be doing...
https://telcontar.net/Power/pylons/towers#tower_types

https://www.pylonofthemonth.org/

#pylons
#timesink

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Wolfgang StiefApr 8, 2025
Usenet hat mich gefühlt ein bis zwei Semester Studienzeit "gekostet". IRC nochmal mindestens eines. MUDs interessieren mich bis heute nicht. Ist vielleicht auch wirklich besser so. Mitgenommen habe ich aus der Zeit, wie man sich in Online-Communities verhält, und dass man auch Freunde werden kann, wenn man sich nur geschrieben, aber nie gesehen oder gesprochen hat. #damals #timesink
cafonsoFeb 18, 2025
The Public Domain Image Archive https://kottke.org/25/01/the-public-domain-image-archive #timesink
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քʏʀǟȶɛɮɛǟʀɖNov 15, 2024

https://neal.fun

if you need a timesink today check out this great site full of games and knowledge.

my favourites so far are Internet Artifacts and Space Elevator

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xenos 🐧🇵🇭Aug 27, 2024
I got handed Guild Master role in a MMORPG I play. Uh-oh. #TimesinkAhead #Timesink
joMar 2, 2024

I got sucked into No Man's Sky. Works pretty well on #SteamDeck, totally allows a casual 20mins of gameplay here and there.

It took me years to get into this game. The first mission always sucked so much, I gave up 30mins in. But this time I must have gotten a lucky random seed and it turned out alright. Major #timesink though.
#nomanssky