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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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Post by jjav »

wing-_-nuts wrote: post #11

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.

> is well loved by everyone who participates (except management)

Most of management hates it too. I manage a team where everyone is remote, yet I have to go to the office few days a week to sit on zoom, why? And up a level, my manager has an even longer commute and probably hates it more than I do.

This stuff is pushed down by HR, most of management hates it.

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

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Post by xboxnolifes »

ebbi wrote: post #303
yalogin wrote: post #279

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

Something I heard from an analyst online (can't find source unfortunately) said that China has a 90 day supply for gas, whereas it's 10 days for Taiwan. Not sure this applies to all fuel types, but it may give an indication of the buffer that some of these major Asian countries are working with.

And its worth pointing out that China recently stocked up their strategic oil reserves to a significant degree. They would be the very tipping top high end of reserves.

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

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Post by Schmerika »

lm28469 wrote: post #168
wing-_-nuts wrote: post #11

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.

It's bad for the EcOnOmY, less wear and tear in cars, less jobs for mechanics, less gas consumed, less lunch bought in fast food chain, &c. The entire system is designed around making the numbers go up, not down

Yep. The broken window fallacy and the tragedy of the commons*, darkening the future of basically every vertebrate on the planet.

* A solved problem, btw.

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

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Post by tempodox »

thewhitetulip wrote: post #39
scottious wrote: post #7

It's too bad that countries only consider things like this to address a crisis in fuel costs. Why not enact measures like this to curb the pollution and CO2? I guess it says a lot about what humanity truly values.

"Leave the petro-billionaires alone!" Seems to be the driving force Imagine if the world had aggressively invested in renewables at any time in the past ten years!

Make that the past 100 years.

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

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Post by quesera »

thewhitetulip wrote: post #345
quesera wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't think of it in time to update my previous comment, so I'll add another! Decades ago, I knew people who pronounced "Italian" as eye-TAL-yun. They were usually older, sometimes WW2 veterans. This was in an area of the US that has a large Italian immigrant population, FWIW. I don't know if it was due to historical disrespect of Mussolini-era Italy, some contemporary xenophobia, or just simple ignorance. They al…

This is hilarious. I don't think this is xenophobia. Otherwise why is Idaho called eyedaho? Maybe its a regional thing or just ignorance.

I agree that ignorance is the most likely explanation.

But it's not like these folks didn't grow up with "Italy" and "Italian" being on the radio/TV all the time, spoken correctly by newscasters.

So there's a disconnect there, and it's also undeniable that there was an anti-Italian sentiment in the then-previous waves of naturalized immigrants. So I can't say for sure.

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

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Post by quesera »

thewhitetulip wrote: post #336
quesera wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's no reason for Italy and Iran/Iraq to be pronounced similarly. (Cf Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Idaho?) But FWIW, the EYE-rack thing is because GWB (most prominently, but others before and after) intentionally mispronounced the name of the country, in a "real american" kind of way, and also to annoy SAD-dumb Hussein as a kind of "we're stupid but we're going to kill you anyway" kind of psyop. Or maybe just "we dis…

Well, the rest of the world calls Italy as eetaly. Iran as eeran and Iraq as eeraq It's interesting that Idaho is spoken as Eye-Dahoe. So maybe its a regional thing and not whatever the reel was purporting it to be

I don't think the "rest of the world" does anything consistently! :)

But the pronunciation difference between Indiana ("short I", in-dee-ANN-uh) vs Idaho ("long I", EYE-duh-hoe) isn't necessarily meaningful.

The letter I just has multiple common pronunciations in English, which I'm told is confusing for learners!

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

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Post by mlrtime »

graemep wrote: post #45
recroad wrote: post #24

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.

Point of view. If you are American its the war with Iran. If you are in most other English speaking countries you would go along with that. That said, I have also seen it referred to as "the Middle East war" and one headline calls it "Trump's war". I wonder what they call it in Iran?

The question is rhetorical (I hope). It is obvious why it's called a name based on the frame and context.

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Post by manmal »

teamonkey wrote: post #283
manmal wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I‘m a big fan of the four day workweek idea, but let’s not kid ourselves. 5 days are 5 days. I work 10h days usually and I just wouldn’t be able to fit all that work into 4 days.

That’s because you actually work 6 days a week.

Yeah but what's the argument?

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Post by manmal »

Henchman21 wrote: post #306
manmal wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I‘m a big fan of the four day workweek idea, but let’s not kid ourselves. 5 days are 5 days. I work 10h days usually and I just wouldn’t be able to fit all that work into 4 days.

Perhaps you should split the load with another human?

That's out of my control.

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

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Post by stefandesu »

electrosphere wrote: post #20
wing-_-nuts wrote: post #11

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.

My sweet spot is the same. I like being at the office (because I like my colleagues), but with almost an hour commute each way, going every day is very draining. I'm glad my employer is giving us pretty much total flexibility.
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