A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Automation. |< · < ...

How long can you work on making a routine task more efficient before you're spending more time than you save? (Across five years) [[A table, with the ...

'Automating' comes from the roots 'auto-' meaning 'self-', and 'mating', meaning 'screwing'. |< · < ? > >| · Archive · What If? About.

A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Tasks. |< · < ...

Jan 20, 2014 · This rendition of "automating" translates to self-screwing ("screwing yourself over", giving yourself a hard time), which, according to this ...

In 1319: Automation Randall investigates how bad it really goes when you decide to automate a program to save you time... See also the Time management ...

Mar 17, 2023 · 189 votes, 17 comments. I've always loved/been inspired by this xkcd comic, and often try to automate stuff to save my time: Accordingly, ...

Aug 9, 2023 · Why don't software engineering teams automate more of their work? Here's how push-button automations can help.

XKCD 1319 gets the economics of automation wrong because it makes the assumption that you value the time spent on every activity the same, in particular that ...