bikeshedding
uneconomical
wasteful
thrifty
economical
economic
bandwidth
make unnecessary
time-use
burn off
save
faff
load shedding
time-waste
drain
dick around
person hour
Landauer limit
mechanical power
man hour
bloat
Gradgrindery
entropy
burn up
anergy
sweat
chronophagous
burn
travail
elbow grease
effort
underwork
exertion
doss
access control
play the hand one is dealt
toothless
fiddlefart
bite on granite
dawdle
mesofluidics
dally
timewasting
long run for a short slide
boondoggle
information fatigue
work
time
laggard
power-assisted
bang one's head against a brick wall
marginality
pokey
overslip
poky
wastage
pro and con
dilatory
scant
laziness
caucus race
distributed computing
techlash
trifle
shorthanded
horology
time killer
expended
employment
piddle away
waltz
indolence
wanton away
wanton
downteching
energylessness
piddle
birth pangs
short and sweet
time management
artisanal
scope creep
phantom energy
play out
waste of time
antimanufacturing
laze
burn out
antimachinery
short-staff
busy work
idle
beat one's meat
technostress
if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs
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