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Re:Making Emacs Popular Again by TeMPOraL on Friday May 08, 2020 @08:02AM (#23113776)
> because I end up using the time being unproductive elsewhere.

Isn't that literally the point? If you can do your task in 10% less time, and then end up spending that 10% procrastinating on HN, then you still win - the task gets done, and you also get to sneak in something nice. And if you find you'd rather spend that time on something else, or doing more work to finish everything faster, you can choose to do so. Optimizing work gives you choice what to do with the time saved; the default may be that you waste it, but now you have options.

Re:Making Emacs Popular Again by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday May 08, 2020 @12:32PM (#23116579)
> Isn't that literally the point?

Ah, yep, you might have a point there!

Dunno how I missed that. Seems obvious now.