https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/cs_0606067/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17192528urn:hackerpapers:mention:cs_0606067:17192528Wed, 30 May 2018 22:41:20 GMT<p>On that note, a relevant read is the following: Scheduling Algorithms for Procrastinators[1] (Michael A. Bender, Raphael Clifford, Kostas Tsichlas). The paper assumes a linear productivity increase towards the deadline (note: the article proposes a hyperbolic relation), and solves the scheduling problem given this constraint. The paper considers offline and online scheduling cases, and concludes with the following: &quot;It is now several hours later, just minutes before the deadline. We were searching for the ideal way to end the paper and circumstances have unfortunately provided the answer. A…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/cs_0606067/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.DS