Talk:Worthwhile task shaving

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In case it helps anyone, this is my transcription of the original:

-------------  How long can you work on making a routine task more  -------------
-------------  efficient before spending more time than you saved?  -------------
------------------------------  (across five years)  ----------------------------
----------+----------------------------------------------------------------------
Shave off |  ------------------- How Often You Do The Task ----------------------
task time |    50/day       5/day       daily      weekly     monthly      yearly
----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------
        1s      1 day     2 hours  30 minutes   4 minutes    1 minute          5s
        5s     5 days    12 hours     2 hours  21 minutes   5 minutes         25s
       30s    4 weeks      3 days    12 hours     2 hours  30 minutes   2 minutes
  1 minute    8 weeks      6 days       1 day     4 hours      1 hour   5 minutes
 5 minutes   9 months     4 weeks      6 days    21 hours     5 hours  25 minutes
30 minutes        n/a    6 months     5 weeks      5 days       1 day     2 hours
    1 hour        n/a   10 months    2 months     10 days      2 days     5 hours
   6 hours        n/a         n/a         n/a    2 months     2 weeks       1 day
     1 day        n/a         n/a         n/a         n/a     8 weeks      5 days