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Don't you think that by trading off complexity of the models you use general usefulness? For example, the 80-20 principle is not about the numbers 80 and 20, bu
by mikorym 7y ago
Don't you think that by trading off complexity of the models you use general usefulness? For example, the 80-20 principle is not about the numbers 80 and 20, but it is just an x-y principle where 80 and 20 are areas of a (particular) curve. If you teach it as "the 80-20 principle" then maybe at best it's a mnemonic for some people in productivity.
I'm sorry, but I'm not a fan of productivity tools based on improperly formulated "rules" or "hints".
HNs anti-procrastinator is more precise and useful to me.
- mikorym 7y agoI meant: "lose general usefulness"; i.e., lose generality. Also, "HN's".
- fheld 7y agoI have never heard of "HNs anti-procrastinator" - can you point me somewhere?
- the-dude 7y agoIt is in your profile: noprocrast, maxvisit, minaway
- dangThatSucks 7y agoIs that what they call "self documenting"?
- therealdrag0 7y agoI'm still confused. Can you elaborate.
- roryokane 7y agoYour profile is https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=therealdrag0 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=therealdrag0. When you, the owner of that profile, visits it, you will see many settings. Among them are noprocrast (boolean), maxvisit (number of minutes), and minaway (number of minutes). When noprocrast is set to yes, Hacker News will refuse to load if you visit it too much, to help you avoid procrastination. For the details of what each of those three settings means, visit https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=814695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=814695.