... Without breaks. That's more or less insane. However that's easily adjustable, the article is the same if we read half that number.
It's the complete absence of influence of other people (be it in the form of SOs, kids, coworkers, office environments, meetings, bosses, customers, what have you) that makes it alien to me.
If I could have 4 hours of real, concentrated, productive work on important things each working day, I would massively increase the impact of my work.