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build an automated job that checks every table in our warehouse to make sure it has been updated in an appropriate time window (usually within 24 hours)
Truth and Lies: Ensuring the Integrity of Our Data Warehouse
Lucidchart
most knowledge workers who claim to single task are actually primarily working on one thing at a time, but punctuating this work with a frequent series of *just checks* (quick glances at text messages, email inboxes, slack channels, social media feeds, etc…*just in case* something important has arrived).
This type of pseudo-focus might seem better than old school multitasking (in which you try to work on multiple primary tasks simultaneously), but attention residue theory teaches us that it might be just as bad.
A Productivity Lesson from a Classic Arcade Game
Study Hacks
Taking a walk in the countryside, like listening to a favorite song or meeting friends for an evening of conversation, is thus a good example of what the philosopher Kieran Setiya calls an “atelic activity,” meaning that its value isn’t derived from its telos, or ultimate aim.
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
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