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Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war

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Post by graemep »

dheera wrote: post #178
jghn wrote: post #84

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My favorite is when people say they like "asian cuisine" or "asian food". China alone has several distinct cuisines. Why do we act like this is a monolithic concept?

When Asians use the term, we usually use it to loosely mean "my home cuisine and other cuisines that share similar characteristics" When my wife or I say "I feel like eating something Asian today" it usually means spicy-Chinese adjacent, i.e. served hot, vegetables fully cooked, heavy on flavor, paired with either rice or freshly made noodles. Korean qualifies, Sichuan food qualifies, Thai food qualifies, Indian food…

We rarely say "Asian food" - we would be more specific.

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ray_v wrote: post #48
electrosphere wrote: post #20

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I'm introverted but very glad I have the option of working from the office and being among fellow staff, we also have a lunchtime exercise club once a week. It's much better for my mental health. In fact, I've added two days working outside of home instead of one because of the benefits. I think 3 days home/2 days office is the sweet spot.

We've been slowly creeping back toward being fully RTO, and my mental health has been in what I can only describe as "steep decline". I don't know if I pin it all on RTO, but it sure isn't helping the situation. I love my job, but hate the in-office requirements - I'm a systems admin.

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Post by toomuchtodo »

ray_v wrote: post #48
electrosphere wrote: post #20

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I'm introverted but very glad I have the option of working from the office and being among fellow staff, we also have a lunchtime exercise club once a week. It's much better for my mental health. In fact, I've added two days working outside of home instead of one because of the benefits. I think 3 days home/2 days office is the sweet spot.

We've been slowly creeping back toward being fully RTO, and my mental health has been in what I can only describe as "steep decline". I don't know if I pin it all on RTO, but it sure isn't helping the situation. I love my job, but hate the in-office requirements - I'm a systems admin.

Vote with your feet.

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Re: Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war

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Post by Paracompact »

0x457 wrote: post #200
bluescrn wrote: post #87

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WFH was great to begin with, but as somebody living alone, the isolation starts to have an effect after a while when you're 'working alone' too And for many people WFH has other problems - if you're a dual-WFH couple in a small home, lack of home office space is a very real problem. (Although if WFH was a permanent thing, many people could choose less expensive places to live, and have more space) Still, anything to…

> And for many people WFH has other problems - if you're a dual-WFH couple in a small home, lack of home office space is a very real problem. (Although if WFH was a permanent thing, many people could choose less expensive places to live, and have more space) Sure I get meetings you need to go to separate rooms, but how is the rest is different from a regular open office? Oh no, my co-working space has the person I li…

Meetings aren't infrequent for many jobs. As well, small homes may not have the desired desk space for multiple full-time offices.

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Post by nuancebydefault »

logicchains wrote: post #108
teachrdan wrote: post #62

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Global climate change will make much of the world barely habitable, and devastate crop yields. Those living outside "the West" will far and away be the most adversely affected. Reducing CO2 emissions is an urgent global priority.

>Global climate change will make much of the world barely habitable, and devastate crop yields There's no empirical basis for that statement, the people behind it have been making similar apocalyptic predictions for decades that never materialized, their models have no predictive power.

I don't understand where that comes from. So you are saying the climate is not changing rapidly while people who studied it all say it does?

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Post by jumpkick »

sixo wrote: post #93
bluescrn wrote: post #87

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WFH was great to begin with, but as somebody living alone, the isolation starts to have an effect after a while when you're 'working alone' too And for many people WFH has other problems - if you're a dual-WFH couple in a small home, lack of home office space is a very real problem. (Although if WFH was a permanent thing, many people could choose less expensive places to live, and have more space) Still, anything to…

I would love to have a coworking-space-on-every-block (or in every building) where all the WFHers can go to be around other people (just not the coworkers)

A place where We all work. Call it a WeWork maybe.

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Post by hephaes7us »

butILoveLife wrote: post #149
a456463 wrote: post #86

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you can just send "hey you got 5 mins"? you have to do that in person. you do that on chat. nothing different. this is a made up reason. I do this all day, everyday

I'm the manager. They do not send that message. They either are trying and never giving up, or... doing dishes. I check in, and it ends up being story time about non-issues. In person, its a 'hows it going?' and they say either 'good, still working' or 'stuck...'. I would love if WFH was as effective. I could reduce my labor costs and probably have happier workers.

You could reduce your labor costs and reduce the aggravation you are causing teammates if you changed your attitude.

It's possible to drive results and create a culture of accountability without dragging people into the room with you just so you can interrupt their work in-person.

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Post by pocksuppet »

Barrin92 wrote: post #212
pocksuppet wrote: post #195

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Why is it impossible that China acquired the per capita economic output of the US?

because that would mean virtually every place in the country would look like Singapore, it would be significantly richer ,per capita, than Taiwan, millions of economic migrants would have left the country for no reason, and I suppose also be conjured out of thin air given that the Chinese diaspora is about 40 million people large. Which is shockingly enough comparable to Indians abroad, not Americans

I don't agree. The USA has the economic output of the USA, but not every place in the USA looks like Singapore.

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Post by alephnerd »

wolvoleo wrote: post #132
alephnerd wrote: post #26

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^ "Some" Asian nations. It's still 5/6 day workweeks in the office in China, India, SK, Japan, HK, and Singapore. Same in the Gulf.

Well, the gulf probably won't be affected? As they can just be supplied by fuel truck or pipeline instead of ship.

Same for exports as well depending on the country.

For example, India worked with Oman, the UAE, and Iran to build export hubs like Duqm, Fujairah, Sohar, and Chabahar (the US has ignored Indian operated Shahid Beheshti port and is hitting Konarak on the other side of the Chabahar Bay) that aren't blocked by Hormuz.

By making sure Indian SOEs were equity partners in those projects, this meant India got first right of refusal on exports.

China, Japan, and South Korea all implemented similar projects as well.

Other Asian countries could have implemented similar redundancies as well, but they didn't despite this exact situation happening 3-4 years ago during the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

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Post by nuancebydefault »

bilsbie wrote: post #67

I wish we’d all go to four day work weeks. Over My whole life, 5 out of 7 full days of work always felt so daunting and almost dehumanizing. But 4/7 is mentally close to half and just feels way different qualitatively. If you have a job you mostly like, 4 days a week feels really sustainable.

I work 4 days a week (started because of a medical condition) and I think more people should do that. I even think that in those 4 days i get as much done as most others in 5 days because I can focus better, and sometimes when I feel like working in the non-work day I work a few hours for fun and interest.
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