That guy who was gaming a bug in the lottery in New England, near as I can figure was making about $20-30 an hour for his troubles. I suspect he may have made more off of selling the movie rights than off of the lottery.

He made more than he would have working retail for sure, but maybe he could have done better with another job if he weren't fixated on sticking it to the Man.

This battery thing feels a bit like the same sort of sentiment.

That said, any task you can do while talking to a friend or binge watching a TV show cannot be accurately accounted for in cost by just how much the clock moved.