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herval 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How 'Factorio' seduced Silicon Valley and me

I read about a half hour every day. That means I probably clocked some 6 thousand hours in my lifetime. Imagine all the time I could’ve invested in playing the rat race more, in those wasted 3 years of books :(

quesera 8 months ago [–]

I am absolutely not suggesting that "full-time employment years" are better allocated to work/job/employment.

Just modeling what we (US, 40hrs/wk and 50wks/yr) consider a "full-time" commitment to any task/activity.

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