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by froggit 705 days ago
> In the 90s, there was no "engagement" and "content" just meant the content of the thing you were talking about, but I digress...

Sometimes i think back at this idea from the 80s when i need some perspective:

"Productivity soars when a computer and its users interact at a pace (<400ms) that ensures that neither has to wait on the other."

https://lawsofux.com/doherty-threshold/

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That website/page is a bit weird. It seems to be based on a TV show[basedon]?

What I assume is the actual IBM report[0] might interest you.

[0] https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/10275139...

[basedon] https://daverupert.com/2015/06/doherty-threshold/