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#11

Off the Record / Re: Working From Home

Last post by DGuller - Today at 04:19:50 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.

#12

Off the Record / Re: Working From Home

Last post by Tamas - Today at 04:18:35 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.

#13

Off the Record / Re: Working From Home

Last post by DGuller - Today at 04:15:28 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.

#14

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

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 03:43:15 PM

Interesting CC. Is the bottom line that we are going to see more and better funded French language education in Anglophone Canada?

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.

#15

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

Last post by Jacob - Today at 03:40:06 PM

Interesting CC. Is the bottom line that we are going to see more and better funded French language education in Anglophone Canada?

#16

Off the Record / Re: Working From Home

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 03:32:29 PM

I'm surprised in Canada people don't have this space. I thought your homes were much bigger then here.

No need to be surprised.  We do.  And they advocate effectively for the need for workplace accommodations.

#17

Off the Record / Re: Working From Home

Last post by Josquius - Today at 03:27:31 PM

As said a disadvantage of wfh is it favours the rich. For a poor person who needs an adapted workspace I imagine it could suck - but then are there not grants and such.

I have spoke to people who are really active in the accessibility community in the UK around this point and they have said for disabled people the rise of wfh is absolutely fantastic

Ok, I you have spoken to people, wonderful.

But do they have a good understanding of just how hard it is to work from home for a disabled person?  Anecdotally, we spend a lot as a firm to buy office equipment and furniture to accomodate disabilities.  Most people don't have the space in their homes for that sort of thing even if we were to replace all of that material into their home environment.

They're disabled as are many of the people in the accessability space. Understanding how things work for people with a range of challenges is literally their job (also an area where I'm not quite a stand alone expert but have dabbled professionally).

I'm surprised in Canada people don't have this space. I thought your homes were much bigger then here.

Right, you could have a dick as a boss either way.

And if remote that's just one person you have to hope about. Maybe their boss and any others you interact with too.
In person it's every boss in the company.

#18

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

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 03:25:11 PM

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-naturopath-adriana-lagrange-rob-roth-primary-care-1.7049522

Alberta government is meeting with naturopaths to consider wider role in primary health care.  In particular they want to be able to prescribe some drugs.

This of course seems like something right up Danielle Smith's alley.  She was supportive of ivermectin as a Covid treatment for example.

So I'm pretty opposed to Naturopaths - they mostly provide a whole series of quack treatments with no scientific background.

But I mean I could see some slight benefit from being able to go to a naturopath much more quickly in order to get a prescription for, I dunno, antibiotics or a topical cream or something.

But what I would fear is naturoapths handing out prescriptions for the next ivermectin with no basis to do so.

Probably better to send them to pharmacists - the BC government allowed pharmacists to prescribe a fairly wide range of medications that has cut down on the routine things that docs used to have to deal with.

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.

#19

Off the Record / Re: Climate Change/Mass Extinc...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 03:21:47 PM

Bbc doing another reaosons to be cheerful piece.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67627242.amp

Number 2 really intrigues me. I know unreliable generation and storage has been the big hurdle of renewables. Using millions of car batteries does sound like a wonderful Ingenius solution for this.

#20

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

Last post by Barrister - Today at 03:21:45 PM

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-naturopath-adriana-lagrange-rob-roth-primary-care-1.7049522

Alberta government is meeting with naturopaths to consider wider role in primary health care.  In particular they want to be able to prescribe some drugs.

This of course seems like something right up Danielle Smith's alley.  She was supportive of ivermectin as a Covid treatment for example.

So I'm pretty opposed to Naturopaths - they mostly provide a whole series of quack treatments with no scientific background.

But I mean I could see some slight benefit from being able to go to a naturopath much more quickly in order to get a prescription for, I dunno, antibiotics or a topical cream or something.

But what I would fear is naturoapths handing out prescriptions for the next ivermectin with no basis to do so.

Probably better to send them to pharmacists - the BC government allowed pharmacists to prescribe a fairly wide range of medications that has cut down on the routine things that docs used to have to deal with.

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