“Latency”, Randall Munroe2022-01-07 (, )⁠:

[bar graph titled “Typical Response Latency” showing 3 major sections] [§1: Automated Steps: 800ms] [§2: Someone Copies and Pastes From a Thing Into Another Thing: 2–15 minutes (more if the person on call is busy)] [§3: Automated Steps: 200ms] Each SCAPDFATIAT point increases the chance that the process will involve the phrase ‘by the next business day’.
[Explain XKCD: bar graph titled “Typical Response Latency” showing 3 major sections]
[§1: Automated Steps: 800ms]
[§2: Someone Copies and Pastes From a Thing Into Another Thing: 2–15 minutes [120,000ms–900,000ms] (more if the person on call is busy)]
[§3: Automated Steps: 200ms]
Each SCAPDFATIAT point increases the chance that the process will involve the phrase ‘by the next business day’.

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