Vladimir_Golovin comments on Activation Costs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Golovin 26 October 2010 07:50:53AM *  5 points [-]

I usually refer to this effect by noting that "context switching is expensive." I got it from CPU scheduling but it's also famously true of light bulbs: turning it off and then on again costs more energy than leaving it on for a short time.

Joel Spolsky has a great article on this:
Human Task Switches Considered Harmful

Comment author: Relsqui 26 October 2010 06:41:42PM 1 point [-]

Oh, spiffy. Maybe that's where the person I got the habit from heard it (although it doesn't really seem like his style). Thanks. :)

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