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Wow - look at this picture: https://content.biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/fai/15800/raw This is not from a wayback machine copy of dynamism.com - this is a new, Windows 10 laptop in 2020 (!)
What is wrong/weird with it?
Optical drivers still seem to be a thing...
And I don't think I've ever seen a circular touchpad before!
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This is what benmw333 is referring to. The Panasonic Let's. Despite how bulky it looks, it weighs about the same as the macbook air. It's basically used by anyone who isn't a manager, designer or software developer. You see them everywhere . https://biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/products-services/letsnote/l...
Is that.... No it can't be... Is that a CD ROM Tray? On a new production 2020 laptop?
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How does this square with for example the Japanese car market, which I thought led the world in labour practices and efficiency? They've invented many labour practices that are considered the best we have today. And their cars are so cheap - how are they doing this if they aren't being efficient? For example are Toyota's engineering and factories running on wasted meeting time, fax machines, and hand-written letters?…
An assembly-line is a machine designed to avoid the need for synchronous human decision-making. Instead, there are only synchronous machine decisions, and asynchronous human decisions based on e.g. sampling, or spotting. There are synchronous human tasks in some assembly-lines, but as long as they're rote tasks, inefficiency usually isn't introduced. Humans working as if they were machines, are rarely inefficient; an…
Where can I read more about it? I find it hard to imagine, how QA could possibly be a function of manufacturing process, since pretty much the sole purpose of it is to spot when "dumb" manufacturing process failed you a couple of steps ago. I mean, a lot of QA is pretty dumb too (like testing a party of 1000 details by breaking 10 of them), but there is nothing new about that specifically.
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An assembly-line is a machine designed to avoid the need for synchronous human decision-making. Instead, there are only synchronous machine decisions, and asynchronous human decisions based on e.g. sampling, or spotting. There are synchronous human tasks in some assembly-lines, but as long as they're rote tasks, inefficiency usually isn't introduced. Humans working as if they were machines, are rarely inefficient; an…
> The whole "thing" that Toyota did to revolutionize car manufacturing, was essentially to make quality-assurance part of the same ground-level machine Where can I read more about it? I find it hard to imagine, how QA could possibly be a function of manufacturing process, since pretty much the sole purpose of it is to spot when "dumb" manufacturing process failed you a couple of steps ago. I mean, a lot of QA is pret…
This is a good jumping off point
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This is what benmw333 is referring to. The Panasonic Let's. Despite how bulky it looks, it weighs about the same as the macbook air. It's basically used by anyone who isn't a manager, designer or software developer. You see them everywhere . https://biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/products-services/letsnote/l...
Why are they emphasizing the optical disc drive so much?
I am quite bearish about the impact of WFH, especially for software engineers, but if there is one country where I think the coronavirus can have a huge positive effect for the economy, it is Japan. Japanese companies are generally extremely inefficient. Outside of a few powerhouses, partially thanks to a protected and large domestic market, Japanese labor practices are antiquated. There is a culture of overwork that…
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An assembly-line is a machine designed to avoid the need for synchronous human decision-making. Instead, there are only synchronous machine decisions, and asynchronous human decisions based on e.g. sampling, or spotting. There are synchronous human tasks in some assembly-lines, but as long as they're rote tasks, inefficiency usually isn't introduced. Humans working as if they were machines, are rarely inefficient; an…
> The whole "thing" that Toyota did to revolutionize car manufacturing, was essentially to make quality-assurance part of the same ground-level machine Where can I read more about it? I find it hard to imagine, how QA could possibly be a function of manufacturing process, since pretty much the sole purpose of it is to spot when "dumb" manufacturing process failed you a couple of steps ago. I mean, a lot of QA is pret…
This is really not correct, a quality based approach to design and engineering will likely change your entire process (for good or for ill ... probably both).
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> It largely correlated with things like tech literacy and being open to change Honestly, this is a very patronising view. I understand that a lot of people here are strong permanent WFH advocates, but it doesn't fit everyone. My home setup is pretty good and I'll still be first in line for getting back to the office for a variety of reasons - and there's many others like me. If you think that means I'm less "tech li…
I agree. I fundamentally don't enjoy working in my home. Making the best of it while I can, and my productivity is fine, but it's taxing. I worked for a year and a half remotely a few years prior to the pandemic, and decided I did not enjoy it. I don't think that makes me resistant to change - I just consider it a change for the worse.
Even with working more and having a fairly short commute (20-25min ea way), I find I have a lot more time for (solo) hobbies and tinkering. Losing 4 hours a week to commuting and probably another extra 3 to lunch (over quick lunches at home whenever I want) adds up pretty quickly.
I expected to hate WFH, but I like it a surprisingly large amount.
I am quite bearish about the impact of WFH, especially for software engineers, but if there is one country where I think the coronavirus can have a huge positive effect for the economy, it is Japan. Japanese companies are generally extremely inefficient. Outside of a few powerhouses, partially thanks to a protected and large domestic market, Japanese labor practices are antiquated. There is a culture of overwork that…
Can Japanese residents comment on how this works WRT office space in the home? Do people typically have space in their homes to have a proper home office setup? My wife and I are both WFH right now, and we had to buy a second desk and chair and repurpose what was previously our 2nd bedroom. The 3rd bedroom has always been a home office. If we lived in a downtown apartment, I'm not sure what we'd do, as we're both in…
Very ironic fact from the past (and an interesting explanation WHY kitchen areas are REALLY well lit in many (older) Japanese homes. After the war, Japanese USED TO work from home, since there was no other way, and that common area was usually the only one away from bedrooms etc. Then, after the infrastructure starting to recover, buildings coming up, offices etc. Culturally, ALL employees were required to return to…