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Re: Microsoft reboots war on sleep

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Post by smartbit »

skrause wrote: post #70
Mithaldu wrote: post #58

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Is that better or worse than if you miss it because your boss wouldn't let you go at all? I've had friends from the USA eat the cost of a plane ticket because their supervisor told them they'd get time off for a visit to Germany, but then got dunked on two weeks before the flight by their supervisor's supervisor, precisely because they wouldn't have been able to react to emergencies in Germany, and this entirely due…

Speaking of Germany... Here in Germany your employer can only cancel already approved vacations if a real emergency happens (e.g. the company will go bankrupt if you leave) and you haven't started your trip yet. And your employer also has to eat all costs you have because your delayed trip.

That seems quite resonable for German standards. Last year the court decided that German Amazon employees were entitled for their free days during Christmas https://heise.de/-3049616 (de) and that Amazon had no urgent business need to lift the need for weekends and holidays.

Have you seen the latest movie of Michael Moore "Where to invade next?" http://wheretoinvadenext.com ? Hilarious and insightful regarding this and many other topics where Europe and USA differ.

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Post by paulryanrogers »

cyberferret wrote: post #7

Way back nearly two decades ago, I set up an early version of ActiveSync on my Palm Treo device. I noticed there was an option in the Treo email settings to disable real time syncing between certain times (after office hours), but I was SO excited about getting and responding to real time emails on my little phone device that I thought "Who the HECK would want to stop this wonderful flow of emails". Later when I upgr…

Best thing about Windows Phone was the email notifications didn't make noise by default.

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Post by Senji »

blowski wrote: post #98
Senji wrote: post #14

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You joke, but this IS how I quit cigarettes. The impulse to smoke was momentary and I'd reach into my pocket. Not having cigs there, I'd be slightly miffed. But as I was not buying any, a separate action on which I had taken a clear stance for myself, I ended up not smoking unless in a group setting. Over time I cut out on that too.

Despite never being a smoker, I know that my willpower is much too weak for that to work.

I suggest training your agency. Read some Nietzsche :3

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Post by scott_karana »

cyberferret wrote: post #32
adamlett wrote: post #26

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iOS 10 still hasn't got the ability to turn off syncing between certain hours You can set Do Not Disturb between certain hours on iOS.

Coolness - I must have been looking in the wrong area (Mail Account Settings). Is there another spot where I can set that?

It's system wide in iOS, so _nothing_ can notify you, not just email :)

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Post by jamesblonde »

whiddershins wrote: post #54

I really don't like this post. The article is shoehorning an agenda and viewpoint in to an ad that is essentially a profile of an unusual person. I don't like the tone, I don't like the language, and I don't like the judgemental assumptions. It is obviously written by someone who doesn't know many working creatives, and why some people approach work that way. And it is assuming that the author knows what is best, and…

I happen to agree with the post 100%. The ad is not telling the story of a creative, it's speaking to the mass market. It's creating a norm of live-to-work, not work-to-live. It's created the culture in the US where taking a full 5-days of consecutive vacation days is now no longer the norm in my branch. In fact, it's frowned upon. It was not the workers who decided on that norm - it was thrust upon them by 'conditions'. 'Conditions' are defined by people with power, the powerless must follow them.

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Post by bicx »

elros wrote: post #83
bicx wrote: post #33

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Your dad's a smart man. I have an hour or so to myself every morning, and some days, I'm fairly certain that's the only thing that keeps me sane.

Could you (also GP) elaborate on what do you do in this "you" hour? Genuinely curious if it involves primarily things away from screens or not.

It sometimes includes screens, sometimes not. I usually sit in a coffee shop before work and read, pray, think, write, or whatever I feel like doing. Sometimes I work on a side project. The point for me is to have time to sift through my own thoughts, rather than going through the whole day simply reacting to outside forces.

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Post by ashildr »

Mithaldu wrote: post #49
cyberferret wrote: post #43

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Good tip - Yes, I do have this filtering turned on in my two main email accounts, so that sales emails, newsletters, family emails etc. (even some system related alerts) all get filtered into separate folders so I don't get the constant 'dings' and don't see the app notification counter climbing like an F1 car odometer! Google Mail/Inbox is very good at this, and I have never missed any important client emails this w…

You have an iPhone, so i can't help there. Android already has quiet hours/weekend/calendar event rules/automation. Maybe iOS will follow suit soon. But before that, iirc, people used automation/tasking apps. I.e. primitive scripting interfaces in which you could say "when beyond this time, set to DND" or "when near this GPS location, allow only phone calls". Maybe the itunes app store has such automation apps?

It's called "do not disturb" on iOS. Use it, it makes your life better.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204321

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Post by pqs »

SCdF wrote: post #24

I think the worst thing about this is that it tricks you into thinking that dipping into emails at the park or piddling around in a spreadsheet while you're piddling is actually working. It's not. It's an addiction. It's shovelling snow, it's a quest for feeling accomplishment without effort. It's more fuel for being constantly connected, for constantly thinking you're progressing and accomplishing by hitting that em…

> My Dad always told me that you should have an hour a day and a day a week to yourself. When I was younger I laughed that off. These days I struggle to make it my minimum ideal.

Precisely, yesterday I shared this article on Facebook and I wrote that it is not by chance that religions require, roughly, one hour a day and a day a week for prayer. This is for a reason and the reason is not God. The reason is health of the human soul.

There is no need to believe in god to learn from old religions.

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Post by dagw »

elros wrote: post #83
bicx wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your dad's a smart man. I have an hour or so to myself every morning, and some days, I'm fairly certain that's the only thing that keeps me sane.

Could you (also GP) elaborate on what do you do in this "you" hour? Genuinely curious if it involves primarily things away from screens or not.

Personally when I get my hour (not necessarily every day) there is a 50/50 chance I'll use it to watch something 'dumb' on TV (currently Westworld and Black Mirror).

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Post by flour_power »

SCdF wrote: post #24

I think the worst thing about this is that it tricks you into thinking that dipping into emails at the park or piddling around in a spreadsheet while you're piddling is actually working. It's not. It's an addiction. It's shovelling snow, it's a quest for feeling accomplishment without effort. It's more fuel for being constantly connected, for constantly thinking you're progressing and accomplishing by hitting that em…

At least shoveling snow is exercise.
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