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I really love 2048 when I'm bored in the unemployment line. I'm there because I was playing games on my previous employer's time.
by KC8ZKF 9y ago
I really love 2048 when I'm bored in the unemployment line. I'm there because I was playing games on my previous employer's time.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThe art is in knowing when you can play, and when you cannot.
- KC8ZKF 9y agoYes. I should have waited until my employer had spent money on travel and fees for me to attend a boring conference.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoWell, sarcasm aside, I made a point about having brain cycles to spare. Don't you ever find yourself in situations in which the task at hand only captures a small fraction of your cognitive resources, and you're otherwise getting bored out of your mind? 2048 is the kind of game that's good at engaging the remaining brain capacity, the part that's not used to focus on a meeting.
- johannes1234321 9y agoEspecially as it's easy to quit the game and recover later in case something other relevant comes up ...
- TeMPOraL 9y agoExactly. I wouldn't really want to touch anything more complicated in situations I described. Even reading HN can be too mentally engaging, risking that I actually miss something relevant that's being talked about.
- KGIII 9y agoWork for an employer who doesn't really care what you do with your time so long as you get the job done. Or work for one where you spend a lot of time compiling. Compiling time == Nerf war time.