[OT] Extra time spent

[Bruno Medeiros via Digitalmars-d]

On 04/06/2014 20:02, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 11:51:04AM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On 6/4/2014 11:36 AM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 09:30:32AM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>>>> On 6/3/2014 11:38 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>>>> I can't have music on at work
>>>>
>>>> I understand that. But can you have it on at a barely perceptible
>>>> volume at your desk? That's usually enough for me.
>>>
>>> I find that music distracts my ability to think clearly, especially
>>> when coding or solving a complex algorithmic / mathematical problem.
>>
>> True for me, too. Which is why I prefer ambient music at low volume
>> when coding, and sometimes even then I'll turn it off when faced with
>> a difficult problem.
>
> It's strange, I find that even ambient music distracts me, yet the loud
> noise of an occasional passing train doesn't. Similarly, even whispers
> will distract me, but birds chirping, trees rustling, etc., don't. It's
> something about intelligible sounds that engage my brain somehow, that
> non-intelligible sounds don't have. So far, I haven't found anybody else
> who experiences the same thing.
>

Have you tried these?
http://www.di.fm/cosmicdowntempo
http://www.di.fm/spacemusic
http://www.di.fm/ambient

They are my favorites when I am coding, they are relaxing in a way, but 
are not distracting cognitively.


If I already figured out a problem, and are now just on a execution 
phase (writing code - but no major cognitive/creative work required), I 
often switch to more energetic styles:

http://www.di.fm/psychill
http://www.di.fm/goapsy
http://www.di.fm/classictrance


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