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There are often multiple ways in which to deal with a problem or task. There may be a ''most efficient'' method, though sometimes the differences in efficiency between methods is only slight. People often try to save unnecessary work by first determining which is the "best" method - either the easiest or the most efficient. This can be a good approach, particularly where the savings prove to be significant. But it can also prove to be more time-consuming than just doing the task using one of the most obvious methods. The comic humorously exaggerates this. | There are often multiple ways in which to deal with a problem or task. There may be a ''most efficient'' method, though sometimes the differences in efficiency between methods is only slight. People often try to save unnecessary work by first determining which is the "best" method - either the easiest or the most efficient. This can be a good approach, particularly where the savings prove to be significant. But it can also prove to be more time-consuming than just doing the task using one of the most obvious methods. The comic humorously exaggerates this. | ||
− | + | The title text references a supposed incident in which [[Randall]] did not commence writing a research paper because he spent the entire assignment period deciding whether to learn an entirely different keyboard layout just to potentially be slightly more efficient in his typing speed. It refers to the {{w|Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard|Dvorak}} keyboard layout, an alternative to the most commonly accepted {{w|QWERTY}} layout. Some believe the Dvorak keyboard offers greater typing efficiency. Efficiency of the Dvorak keyboard layout was mentioned in [[561: Well]]. | |
− | + | Another comic about spending too many resources on decisions that ultimately might not matter is [[309: Shopping Teams]]. Other comics that address similarly wasted time due to bad time management are [[974: The General Problem]], [[1205: Is It Worth the Time?]] and [[1319: Automation]]. | |
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Interestingly, Strategy B appears to be slightly more efficient than Strategy A. | Interestingly, Strategy B appears to be slightly more efficient than Strategy A. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Strategy A | :Strategy A | ||
+ | :[Short line beside A] | ||
:Strategy B | :Strategy B | ||
+ | :[Slightly longer line beside B] | ||
:Analyzing whether strategy A or B is more efficient | :Analyzing whether strategy A or B is more efficient | ||
− | + | :[A much longer line next to this, about 10 times the length of B] | |
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:The reason I am so inefficient | :The reason I am so inefficient | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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