now that most of the major conferences i submit to have anywhere on earth (AoE) deadlines i think somebody needs to mention that these are "courtesy" deadlines, to give you a few hours of grace so you're not having to wake/stay up at odd hours to turn something in just because you're in an inconvenient time zone. you can work until 6 AM your time or whatever, but you shouldn't have to, and you will regret doing so. maybe not this deadline, but some deadline, and soon.
you burn the midnight oil and the paper still doesn't get in, in which case you've wasted all that effort
you sprint and it /does/ get in, and then you've convinced yourself and your collaborators that that kind of effort is normal/expected/"worth it", in which case good luck ever sticking to a schedule or setting work/life boundaries ever again
@Birdbassador or, 2b), you’ll do it one too many times and one of your internal organs more or less gives up the ghost a couple of days after the deadline, and you need emergency surgery
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