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Do Not Feed the Monkeys leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Do Not Feed the Monkeys leans harder on optimization: Juggling rent, needs and clue deadlines is a scheduling puzzle

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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