Meh

[kiya]

I have some exhausted, discouraged, depressive brooding to do but I'm too exhausted/discouraged/depressive to formulate writing that right now (if I had time before a Thing, even) so I am not doing it yet.

This is an interesting/worthwhile article about slack and "efficiency", meanwhile. From this twitter thread.

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[jenett]

Making supportive noises over here.

Also, what even is time. Also, why do I have to spend all of my afternoon on a series of (pause to count) six calls?

[graydon]

May the Thing decrease.

(Useful article!)

[mindways]

Oof, sorry things aren't great. Hope it passes.

That article is excellent. I have mentally thought of "not enough slack" as hard drives thrashing when they get too full, but that simile doesn't explain well to non-technical managers, and may be becoming obsolete due to flash drives anyhow.