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A comment on A Universal Law of Procrastination (2016).

Re:A Universal Law of Procrastination (2016) by baxtr on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @11:49PM (#17184916)
TL;DR

There is a law for pressure before deadlines. The formula is 1/r where r is the “distance” i.e. time left to an event.

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Re:A Universal Law of Procrastination (2016) by sporkologist on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @02:12AM (#17185472)
I think mine's more like 1/r^2.
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Re:A Universal Law of Procrastination (2016) by BobbyTable on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @10:39AM (#17187988)
And maybe add an +1 so its always offiset to miss the target, and deadline appearing before reaching peak productivity
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Re:A Universal Law of Procrastination (2016) by hannasanarion on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @11:27AM (#17188441)
It's almost like the thing that people regularly describe with a "pressure" metaphor is similar to pressure.
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Re:A Universal Law of Procrastination (2016) by hxchen on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @09:40AM (#17187529)
This should be on the top! Time savior.
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