Khalspi

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Finance/Accounting/Tech. Interested in cognitive and social psychology, neuroscience, and policy. Jamaican 🇯🇲 | White Room Student | True Neutral

1004.3 mbar Atmospheric pressure readout from Barometer app

Reddit Recap Poster saying "Mad Scientist" - "Your hypothesis are often correct and your references are on point."

Fanart of a closeup of Ayanokoji Kiyotaka wearing a Christmas themed hat and his usual ANHS uniform looking downward with an uncharacteristic smile on his face

Bluesky settings screen listing options including Accessibility

The comic refers to the phenomenon in which computer programmers attempt to create programs to automate menial but frequent tasks, to save time and effort. These attempts often end up taking much more time than the menial tasks would have taken. The first graph reflects the assumed ideal that leads programmers into such an attempt: writing the program will take more effort initially, but once the program is complete, it will take over the routine tasks, leaving the programmer free to do something else.

However, writing a program often turns out to be not that simple: programs can have defects, and certain functionalities can be hard to implement. Because of this, programmers usually spend more time than projected to finish a program. As time goes on, the desire to see it finished can consume the programmer's effort and attention, with the menial tasks left undone.