Recent posts

#1

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 05:21:56 PM

Mighty russia at work. That's a 1960's anti-aircraft vehicle, with cope cage, tires and rusted slat metal as armor

#2

Off the Record / Re: Working From Home

Last post by Tamas - Today at 05:06:04 PM

Introverts like working at home, extroverts in the office. I think it's really that simple.

I don't think it's that simple at all.  I'm very introverted but I can't stand working at home.  Introversion doesn't meant that you don't like dealing with all people, but rather that you desire few deep connections rather than many superficial ones.  Working from home actually prevents you from forming deep connections with your co-workers.

My problem with that is that a workplace should be a place of business. Developing personal connections with coworkers is great but if you feel the need to have personal connections with people, you should NOT be limiting yourself to coworkers. Work from home and spend your commuting time in maintaining your relationships with old friends or to seek out new ones in your hobby areas etc.

Proponents of back-to-office often acts like the only possible way to spend the extra time freed up by WFH is to sit in a torpor. Open up your life outside of work, people.

I was not talking about personal connections, I was talking about getting to know people to build chemistry with them.

No you were not. You were talking about developing deep connections.

You don't develop deep professional connections with your colleagues?  Must be because you work from home. 

So the distinction between introverts and extroverts is that introverts are looking for deep professional connections while extroverts do not? Blimey. Misunderstood DGuller's post entirely.

#3

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Barrister - Today at 04:58:08 PM

We found something we can agree on 

When the Charter was first being applied, the courts were careful to not step over the resource allocation threshold.  But that caution is now long gone.

Well that was unexpected.

#4

Off the Record / Re: Working From Home

Last post by frunk - Today at 04:54:32 PM

I haven't seen a significant difference in work connections between the company I worked in person at for 20 years versus the other company I've worked remotely for for 2 1/2.  I certainly communicate more with people about work stuff working remotely versus in person which had a lot of non-work related distractions (sometimes with people that were rather unpleasant).  Only having to deal with work personalities is much better.

#5

Off the Record / Re: Working From Home

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 04:36:24 PM

Introverts like working at home, extroverts in the office. I think it's really that simple.

I don't think it's that simple at all.  I'm very introverted but I can't stand working at home.  Introversion doesn't meant that you don't like dealing with all people, but rather that you desire few deep connections rather than many superficial ones.  Working from home actually prevents you from forming deep connections with your co-workers.

My problem with that is that a workplace should be a place of business. Developing personal connections with coworkers is great but if you feel the need to have personal connections with people, you should NOT be limiting yourself to coworkers. Work from home and spend your commuting time in maintaining your relationships with old friends or to seek out new ones in your hobby areas etc.

Proponents of back-to-office often acts like the only possible way to spend the extra time freed up by WFH is to sit in a torpor. Open up your life outside of work, people.

I was not talking about personal connections, I was talking about getting to know people to build chemistry with them.

No you were not. You were talking about developing deep connections.

You don't develop deep professional connections with your colleagues?  Must be because you work from home. 

#6

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 04:34:18 PM

I think that will be the end result.  The requests for French language instruction in BC has always been oversubscribed by English language families.  Now they have a constitutional right to request that the capacity be expanded and the government will have to come up with a different reason for denying the request other than, "you have no rights".  I am not sure they will be able to do so.

See, this is where as a small-c conservative I am always wary of these kinds of funding issues being turned into court cases.

French language instruction isn't great in Alberta either.  I mean - there is a Francophone school board that receives english funding.  That is Charter protected.

But yeah - as an english-speaking family, that chose not to bus our kids to attend french-immersion, the quality of french instruction is not great to non-existant.  My older son in junior high is unable to get French education at all - and we did try to sign up for French.

But it's a funding issue.  Do I want the court to mandate that funds should be spent on French?  Even though that might mean the school board then takes away instruction in music?  Or whatever else?

I tend to think "no".

In particular when you're talking about the NWT, which is where this case came from.

We found something we can agree on 

When the Charter was first being applied, the courts were careful to not step over the resource allocation threshold.  But that caution is now long gone.

#7

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 04:32:37 PM

CC, if you read the article it cites BC as a jurisdiction where naturopaths can write prescriptions.

Not without getting further training they don't.  You need to read the legislation rather than the headline.

Are you able to give me the "Coles Notes" version of the legislation?

They need to get a further certification to be able to prescribe which is similar to pharmacy training.  But the list of things they can prescribe for is more limited than pharmacists. 

#8

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Barrister - Today at 04:30:15 PM

I think that will be the end result.  The requests for French language instruction in BC has always been oversubscribed by English language families.  Now they have a constitutional right to request that the capacity be expanded and the government will have to come up with a different reason for denying the request other than, "you have no rights".  I am not sure they will be able to do so.

See, this is where as a small-c conservative I am always wary of these kinds of funding issues being turned into court cases.

French language instruction isn't great in Alberta either.  I mean - there is a Francophone school board that receives english funding.  That is Charter protected.

But yeah - as an english-speaking family, that chose not to bus our kids to attend french-immersion, the quality of french instruction is not great to non-existant.  My older son in junior high is unable to get French education at all - and we did try to sign up for French.

But it's a funding issue.  Do I want the court to mandate that funds should be spent on French?  Even though that might mean the school board then takes away instruction in music?  Or whatever else?

I tend to think "no".

In particular when you're talking about the NWT, which is where this case came from.

#9

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Barrister - Today at 04:25:11 PM

CC, if you read the article it cites BC as a jurisdiction where naturopaths can write prescriptions.

Not without getting further training they don't.  You need to read the legislation rather than the headline.

Are you able to give me the "Coles Notes" version of the legislation?

#10

Off the Record / Re: Working From Home

Last post by Tamas - Today at 04:21:33 PM

Introverts like working at home, extroverts in the office. I think it's really that simple.

I don't think it's that simple at all.  I'm very introverted but I can't stand working at home.  Introversion doesn't meant that you don't like dealing with all people, but rather that you desire few deep connections rather than many superficial ones.  Working from home actually prevents you from forming deep connections with your co-workers.

My problem with that is that a workplace should be a place of business. Developing personal connections with coworkers is great but if you feel the need to have personal connections with people, you should NOT be limiting yourself to coworkers. Work from home and spend your commuting time in maintaining your relationships with old friends or to seek out new ones in your hobby areas etc.

Proponents of back-to-office often acts like the only possible way to spend the extra time freed up by WFH is to sit in a torpor. Open up your life outside of work, people.

I was not talking about personal connections, I was talking about getting to know people to build chemistry with them.

No you were not. You were talking about developing deep connections.