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

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

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Why are they calling it the "Iran war". It's more like the US/Israeli War. Or more specifically, the US/Israeli assault on Iran.

Ukraine war, Nagorno Karabakh war, Iraq war, Kosovo War, Gulf War, Falklands War, Vietnam war, Korean war, wars frequently are named for where they are fought.

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

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All of this was caused by a global bully and their handler.

Agreed. Hard to find a bigger global bully than Iran with all the terrorism they sponsored. And it was great to take out their handler as well.

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post #320
post #73

My friend actually drives more when we switched to wfh. 10 miles to gym and back. 20-30 miles in misc errands and grocery shopping. Yoga class, kids sports.

Did they not grocery shop when they worked in the office?

They didn’t have time during the week.

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

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Are these countries being very conservative or do their oil supply get impacted by a couple weeks of war? If so that is a very concerning situation

The closest gas station in my area is out of stock already. I'm in Philippines, totally miles away from the war.

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

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Calling Eurasia a continent would make more sense. "Asia" doesn't have a really sensical physical boundary. May as well say Mexico is a different continent from the US just because there's a big cultural and ethnic difference across the border.

The Ural mountains, the Black Sea and the Bosporus aren't sensical physical boundaries?

Sensible boundaries for dividing continents? Do the Rocky Mountains count as dividing North America into east and west subcontinents? Does the Baltic Sea partition the Nordic countries into their own continent? Are you really expecting that logic to work even a little bit?

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I know it's a meme on HN to say everyone likes WFH, but I (and many but not ICs around me) thrive more in person. I am 100% more effective in person where I can dev and my desk and bounce ideas off if team mates around me verbally. This can be recreated in a remote environment by having things like a team Discord that folks sit on, but it can feel forced at times (just like communiting to the office I suppose). My ta…

> where I can dev and my desk and bounce ideas off if team mates around me verbally. Can't you fucking do your homework beforehand, think your idea thoroughly, and then have at least a small written paragraphs about it before interrupting your colleagues. Really, I am not a co-processor in a bus for you to dispatch a job to me and raise an interrupt line whenever the fuck you fancy doing it.

Damn. Glad I don’t work with anyone like you

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

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I've long said that WFH is an easy win climate change solution that costs nothing, is well loved by everyone who participates (except management). Turns out in times like this, it's also an energy security measure.

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.

Even 3 days in office, 2 days home feels significantly better because that's the point at which one is spending less days out of the week in the office

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

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I've been working 4/10 schedule (4 days, but 10 hours/day, so I still work 40 hours). It's a HUGE perk, and is the biggest thing keeping me at my current job.

Honestly I think the dirty secret is most peoples work output, especially in white collar work, is not linear. I'm willing to bet if you are even able to quantify your output (I don't believe most people can do that unless they are merely a fungible cog in some production process), you'd get the same exact amount of work done in a year working 4 10s or 4 8s or 4 5s I'd even bet. Think of the classic case of the deadl…

You just discovered Amazon and startup work culture, work at a frantic pace! But why work frantically for 4 days instead of 5?

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

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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.

Zero days in office is the sweet spot. Get rid of all physical infrastructure. Its mind boggling that we are building a completely unnecessary second space for work and then build transportation infrastructure to move between two spaces all, compel people to drive back and forth, deal with traffic congestion and waste 2 hours/day, buy cars, pay for insurance, deal with accidents, use up precious mind space in driving…

True, and then think of all the real estate that gets opened up for third spaces

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

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> is well loved by everyone who participates You don't speak for me :) I hate it.

Wfh is debatable, but what's not to love about 4 day work weeks? 8t gives you even more time to work on your own stuff if you still want to work.

I was only replying to the part about WFH. Four day weeks would be great.
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