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by travisjungroth 1095 days ago
Multiplying out the average time for the tasks, they spent about 25 minutes total. If their goal was to recreate the conditions where people take these drugs in non-medical settings, they failed. It is not when you have a half hour of puzzles, and someone sitting next to you and scoring your work. It's when you have 24 hours of work and 16 hours to do it. Or, a 15 minute task that feels like pulling off your own fingernails.
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> when you have 24 hours of work and 16 hours to do it

We used to call this a compressed work day.

Which compression algorithm is this? I bet it is pretty lossy.