It's been said multiple times but I'll repeat in case you've not heard this: it really isn't about contracting the virus since the rate of survival is pretty high but rather more about people panicking and creating shortages. This is coming in full swing. Ports are emptying, fewer and fewer ships are coming from China and east Asia. It might get very very ugly.
Buy your supplies early enough and take other measures such as the create the ability to grow your own food if you live in a place where that's possible. I've done both and I'm going to be increasing my stock in the coming week based on the circumstances that present themselves.
At this point it's safe to almost always assume that any company that facebook is suing is probably doing the right thing and fb is likely just being a dick about it. That's how low fb has sunk.
Love the man. May he RIP. He contributed greatly in debunking climate alarmism. One of the few scientists who were brave enough to go against the annoying PC culture around this issue. Good man. He did great work.
Wouldn't have happened if they hadn't forced Brendan Eich out. Just saying. I know as a patron I trust him and followed him over to brave especially for its privacy offering. Removing founders is hardly ever a good idea.
Man, I'm so sorry you went through this with your brother.
It's better to lay off the booze completely or until one can gain control - if that's even possible for you. I find that it makes a bad situation worse.
For anyone going through this, my experience and general advice is as follows:
You need to feel the pain that you're going through instead of masking it with alcohol. Pain lets you know something's gone awry and that you need to address it asap.
I don't know if anyone has any literary references that alcohol enhances anxiety and depression - because I'd like to see it - but it was my experience.
Makes total sense to have a worker well rested and happy (40 hours does that sufficiently well). Your submission works if it is a task such as programming. A programmer can finish their week's tasks in 3 days or less and you'd be fine with that. That's not most programmers though.
Moreover, I have had other businesses where the time you pay for as an employer totally matters if you're to get an ROI.
If I need you for 8 hours a day and there's an amount we've agreed on as compensation, then that's exactly what I need.
It doesn't really work if for instance it is a restaurant and you need to have waiters, dishwashers and cooks round the clock as patrons visit your establishment.
If they'd rather work fewer hours and get less money, who am I to argue? I'm just saying they'll be poorer for it and contrary to what you posited, they won't be too happy about it either.
I've been a laborer too so I'm not arguing against laborers' rights. Labor and capital are symbiotic; one without the other would not function as efficiently as they do now.
We're doing okay with what we have is all I'm saying. Perpetually being in a state of revolution doesn't help anyone especially when things are going great. 40 hours seems fair to me; 24 hours doesn't.
I'm hard pressed to believe work would get completed in such a short time. We'd all be poorer for it.
If you've run a business you'd know that the hours demanded by a boss are far less than those required to be successful as an enterprise owner. I've been in both worlds and it isn't easier because you own the business.
It's all work at the end of the day and it is not easy. It's hard but we get to choose the direction our life takes while weighing the costs, benefits and risks involved.
This is exactly my point. I honestly don't know how anything would ever get done with this kind of attitude. I'm not saying that we should overwork our labor force but what we have now seems fairly optimal.
Do you honestly believe that he meant it in a literal sense? You as well as I know that he meant it would be better to emphasize on short term plans as opposed to long term plans. It is simply a question of time preference and I'm simply saying that he would therefore not be best placed to make plans for our grandchildren. He'd be inclined optimize for the present as opposed to the future especially when we're resource constrained as we often are.
It's exactly what I do, but I suspect that the spirit of this 6 hour initiative isn't necessarily in line with what you're alluding to but rather the idea that working less hours is better for all of us. Correct me if I'm wrong about this.
Buy your supplies early enough and take other measures such as the create the ability to grow your own food if you live in a place where that's possible. I've done both and I'm going to be increasing my stock in the coming week based on the circumstances that present themselves.