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Re:Understanding ChatGPT Work by nozzlegear on Monday August 31, 2026 @11:48AM (#49511171)
When do you get to enjoy your morning? And when does your family get to enjoy time with you? You're working when you wake up, working while you make coffee, working while you walk through the garden. Is that really space age? It sounds more like TikTok doomscrolling but for techies.

IMO these tools introduce faux productivity while taking away your free time and making you work more.

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Re:Understanding ChatGPT Work by joquarky on Monday August 31, 2026 @01:24PM (#49512331)
> space age

I agree with your comment, but I'm curious about this term as it seems anachronistic but maybe there is a new use?

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Re:Understanding ChatGPT Work by afro88 on Monday August 31, 2026 @03:13PM (#49513720)
It's not the techs fault. This person chose to use it this way. They could have also carved out 20 mins at the start of their workday to do the same thing
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Re:Understanding ChatGPT Work by nozzlegear on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @12:11PM (#49524002)
I disagree. They could've carved out 20 minutes at the start of their workday to do the same thing, but that's explicitly at the start of their workday – not during their free time. I don't know anything about this person, but I know that if I were using these tools the way they do, it would mean the complete obliteration of what little semblance of work/life balance that I have left.
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