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Brit workers waste nearly six hours a week 'botsitting' (www.theregister.com)
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[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 17 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

We are encouraged to use them at work, but it’s always a coin toss. Will it nail the task at hand on the first attempt?

A digital slot machine.

Addictive by design.

And moreover, it makes you believe that it did the work, while in reality you do all the difficult stuff and on top take extra responsibility for it. Like self-checkout supermarket counters.

[–] meejle@piefed.world 5 points 7 hours ago

It makes you believe that it did the work, but also makes you feel like it's your fault if it doesn't do the work 😬