Ask HN: What to do when you are compiling/wating?

[kvgr]

What do you do when your program is compiling, or you are waiting for something? I constantly have urge to check FB, read articles, fire browser and do something, because I know I will wait for 20s-Xmins, until app installs on my device or something else happens. Maybe it is just my attention problem, but I hope you have some advice.

The main problem is that after I read something, I get distracted and have problem with focusing back on work.

http://xkcd.com/303/

[rubencodes]

Depends on the project. Often while I'm stuck on a bug or something that causes me to wait, I'll switch to something like designing iconography or working on the user interface.

[joshschreuder]

Work on making your compile time shorter :)

[bbcbasic]

Are they real swords in the cartoon?

[GotAnyMegadeth → bbcbasic]

I think they are cartoon swords

[tectonic]

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