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Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by squidi »

bennyg wrote: post #118
sliverstorm wrote: post #112

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the crew went into "don't get sued" mode really quickly I hate this kind of thing. Why do we allow this sort of situation, where fear of lawsuits results in worse response/care? I don't know exactly what would need to change, but this the legal process at its worst.

Less people suing would reduce that. The problem is that people sue over everything, so why deal with the hassle when you can go into defense mode early and stave off frivolous court proceedings? I agree, it sucks.

1) In this case the cruise company was at fault, so that is why they went into "don't get sued" mode. No need rely on a stereotype here.

2) I'm not an American but I think your legal system is very good and many objective people do too: http://www.quora.com/Litigation-and-Lawsuits/Why-are-America...

3) I'd recommend anyone to watch Hot Coffee [1] which documents the lobbying and spin that encourages American citizens to think there is a problem with "frivolous lawsuits"

[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1445203/

Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by larrys »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #128
larrys wrote: post #75

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"2) Internet is expensive, slow, and charges by the minute). " When I've been on cruises (this dates back to as early as 2002 iirc) I've always been concerned with this. And there are times as well (when sailing) that you are out of reach by satellite and have no connectivity at all. Unless things have changed you aren't going to be streaming video or doing anything that requires bandwidth. Once again, from my experi…

Was the cruise line Royal Caribbean?

Yep. RCL.

Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by melindajb »

philsnow wrote: post #58
melindajb wrote: post #2

This is an insanely great idea. Cruise ships are incredibly quiet places. the lack of internet/expensive internet is a forcing function. Great way for co founders to spend time together if they're normally in different locations. We might just do this for a big push. Transatlantic cruises are very, very cheap and not crowded; and since it's not incredibly warm outside there's an added incentive to work. :) Another be…

Most of the repositioning cruises are in November or April, which probably won't work for any employees with kids in school. I don't think you could make this mandatory if you have any employees with kids. If it's not mandatory then you're splitting your team up for 1-3 weeks.

neither my co-founder nor I have kids. so it could work out well. not every technique has to work for everyone.

Some startups demand you travel for 2 weeks a year for "hackathons" in remote locations. I don't see the difference.

Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by CamperBob2 »

squidi wrote: post #131
bennyg wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Less people suing would reduce that. The problem is that people sue over everything, so why deal with the hassle when you can go into defense mode early and stave off frivolous court proceedings? I agree, it sucks.

1) In this case the cruise company was at fault, so that is why they went into "don't get sued" mode. No need rely on a stereotype here. 2) I'm not an American but I think your legal system is very good and many objective people do too: http://www.quora.com/Litigation-and-Lawsuits/Why-are-America... 3) I'd recommend anyone to watch Hot Coffee [1] which documents the lobbying and spin that encourages American citizens…

Is there a movie based on the notion that anything that happens when you carry a cup of hot coffee in a motor vehicle is automatically your fault, and that 1000 burn injuries is no big deal when n >> 1000000000 cups served? I'd be more interested in watching that one, I think.

Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by sanskritabelt »

blisterpeanuts wrote: post #95
brador wrote: post #29

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What things can go wrong on a cruise ship that are very bad for people onboard? Isn't a life boat just a short run away?

Norovirus.

Norovirus by itself is enough to keep me off cruise ships. http://www.cdc.gov/features/norovirus/

Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by toomuchtodo »

spindritf wrote: post #10

I had no idea cruises were so cheap. I though they're ~$100/day. This is what it costs to get a cabin on a cargo ship.

It can be much cheaper than that to get cargo ship carriage:

http://www.flightlesstravel.com/plan/cargo-ships/

Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by michael_miller »

bennyg wrote: post #118
sliverstorm wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the crew went into "don't get sued" mode really quickly I hate this kind of thing. Why do we allow this sort of situation, where fear of lawsuits results in worse response/care? I don't know exactly what would need to change, but this the legal process at its worst.

Less people suing would reduce that. The problem is that people sue over everything, so why deal with the hassle when you can go into defense mode early and stave off frivolous court proceedings? I agree, it sucks.

One potential solution could be to adopt a UK-esque legal process whereby the loser of a tort suit pays the legal fees. If you risk paying huge legal bills by filing a lawsuit, you'll be less likely to do so unless the case is a slam dunk.

Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by MattBearman »

vinceguidry wrote: post #124
MattBearman wrote: post #117

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I've not read RDPD, but unless I'm mistaken isn't it a self help type book? (in the vein of 4HWW). Where as The Game a novel, you can't really learn to pick up women from reading it, so not sure they can be compared.

The Game isn't a novel, it's an account of the author's experience in the so-called seduction community. It's arguable as to whether you could learn how to "pick up" women from it, whatever that means. (it's not an instruction manual) It is a decent read though, Strauss is a talented author.

True, I didn't mean literally a novel, just that it reads like one (as opposed to a self-help book). I thoroughly enjoyed it, I quite like some of Strauss' other books too.

Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by toomuchtodo »

larrys wrote: post #132
toomuchtodo wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was the cruise line Royal Caribbean?

Yep. RCL.

Have been cruising with them for over 15 years. Have a love/hate relationship with them (also, several of my friends work onboard a variety of their ships in the entertainment tech department).

Re: Why Cruise Ships are My Favorite Remote Work Location

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Post by peteforde »

Earlier this year I wrote about how shrinking my business size down to one (me) allows me to work from trains. Specifically, I wrote that post while on board VIA Rail's The Canadian, which goes to/from Toronto to Vancouver in four days. It was awesome, and if you know where to look, these trips are always 50% off.

http://hackertourism.com/growing-by-shrinking

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