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Re:Rep. Takano Introduces Legislation to Reduce the Standard... by paxys on Monday August 02, 2021 @01:58PM (#28040274)
"Unit of work" is not really a thing for anything other than repetitive physical labor. There's a reason why putting 2x the resources on a problem won't get it solved twice as fast.
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Re:Rep. Takano Introduces Legislation to Reduce the Standard... by dragonwriter on Monday August 02, 2021 @02:00PM (#28040298)
> "Unit of work" is not really a thing for anything other than repetitive physical labor.

Declining marginal productivity by hours worked per unit time definitely applies to repetitive physical labor past, too.

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