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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35130 Posts
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Numy
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Gahlo
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mordek
United States12704 Posts
also, slayer is right. definitely spoiled in the white collar world. or it's a healthy balance and blue collar is getting screwed. however you want to look at it. | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
back in more physical labour or shift work basically your throughput can be more closely linked to time spent working.. of course some guys could just be beasts and get more done, but in general you can chug away if you're in construction or working in a factory line or if you're in a shop you need to be at the counter etc. In that case fixed length breaks make sense so you can organise cover, and going for a break without an excuse (i.e smoking) is more irresponsible and seems like being lazy. Also groups can go smoking so back when it was very popular it would be a social occasion too. So from a management perspective it's not really a problem. Issue is in more whitecollar work your throughput is only very vaguely linked to time spent because it's mental work, someone can really turn it on for a few hours on a good day and get 2 days work done.. so someone taking a break is better than someone vaguely trying to work all day but browsing reddit and then you got the oldschool management philsophy trying to apply the logic of "work longer = better" to these type of jobs where you're just solving problems and you get this bull shit of don't leave before the boss and always come in early type of thing. | ||
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
Had to hack some band-aid on to be able to leave before 11 PM or something with the rewriting I'd need to do when I noticed an entire functionality wasn't done correctly at all, with a bit fat comment block "this is ugly fix it asap here's how to do it:" and 3 bullet points. I guess I'm supposed to feel bad about it because if I was better at explaining or worked faster on my own parts I wouldn't have needed to spend so much time getting that shit fixed 'cause either I'd be done earlier myself or they'd manage it with less tries. | ||
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AdsMoFro
Japan4761 Posts
On February 02 2019 05:01 Alaric wrote: Stayed over 2 hours late 'cause people didn't finish their work and we had to deploy and it was super critical apparently. Had to hack some band-aid on to be able to leave before 11 PM or something with the rewriting I'd need to do when I noticed an entire functionality wasn't done correctly at all, with a bit fat comment block "this is ugly fix it asap here's how to do it:" and 3 bullet points. I guess I'm supposed to feel bad about it because if I was better at explaining or worked faster on my own parts I wouldn't have needed to spend so much time getting that shit fixed 'cause either I'd be done earlier myself or they'd manage it with less tries. Nah they should just be less dumb. In less depressing Ads news. Booked my flight and accommodation for my second Japan trip. This one's gonna be solo for my birthday and then I have friends meeting me in Tokyo in the last week of the trip. Very excited. Time to start saving up 😅 | ||
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
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AdsMoFro
Japan4761 Posts
On February 02 2019 10:41 Alaric wrote: When you say "last week", how long are you gonna be staying there? 3 weeks all up. 8 days in Osaka and kyoto. 3 days in Hiroshima. 9 days in Tokyo. | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
If you just want to see the Hiroshima memorial it takes like, 2 hours tops. | ||
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AdsMoFro
Japan4761 Posts
On February 02 2019 12:16 Ketara wrote: I'd suggest ditching Hiroshima altogether and taking the train to Miyajima instead. It's only like a 45 min trip and it's 500x cooler. If you just want to see the Hiroshima memorial it takes like, 2 hours tops. Oh, I'm not spending the 3 days in Hiroshima just using it as a base. One day in Hiroshima, one day in Miyajima and one day at the Sandon-kyo Gorge. | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
I'd stay in Miyajima the night you're there though. It'll cost a bit more but the island is MUCH nicer in the evenings after the ferries stop going because most of the tourists leave. If you want I can find the name of the place I stayed at, it was super nice and the staff were amazing. | ||
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AdsMoFro
Japan4761 Posts
On February 02 2019 12:24 Ketara wrote: Is gud idea. I'd stay in Miyajima the night you're there though. It'll cost a bit more but the island is MUCH nicer in the evenings after the ferries stop going because most of the tourists leave. If you want I can find the name of the place I stayed at, it was super nice and the staff were amazing. Is there much to do at night there? It's possible as my hotel in Hiroshima is pretty cheap and I've barely spent any money on accommodation because of my Airbnb vouchers. A recommendation would be great! | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
But a couple things. 1 - The main tourist thing on Miyajima is the main shrine, which is amazing, but gets filled up with people fast. From what I remember the way its opening times work in conjunction with the ferry, there's about an hour both at the start of the day and end of the day where it's open but the ferry tourists aren't there, and it's much better to see then. 2 - It's much better to see during high tide, and the more time you're on the island the more chances you have to be there during high tide. 3 - Just sort of wandering around the town after dark is about the closest I got to feeling like I was in "old" Japan. I ended up staying at a traditional sort of place, not sure if it qualifies as an onsen or not I don't know the onsen rules, but it enhanced the old fashioned feel. This is the place I stayed at: http://miyajimamikuniya.com/ I got one of their cheaper dorm rooms and ended up being the only person there that night so they bumped me up to their nice upstairs room for free. Also gave me a free beer. Also gave me a bicycle. Also gave me a tea cup when I left. They were REALLY nice. | ||
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AdsMoFro
Japan4761 Posts
On February 02 2019 13:11 Ketara wrote: After dark there isn't a lot to do no. But a couple things. 1 - The main tourist thing on Miyajima is the main shrine, which is amazing, but gets filled up with people fast. From what I remember the way its opening times work in conjunction with the ferry, there's about an hour both at the start of the day and end of the day where it's open but the ferry tourists aren't there, and it's much better to see then. 2 - It's much better to see during high tide, and the more time you're on the island the more chances you have to be there during high tide. 3 - Just sort of wandering around the town after dark is about the closest I got to feeling like I was in "old" Japan. I ended up staying at a traditional sort of place, not sure if it qualifies as an onsen or not I don't know the onsen rules, but it enhanced the old fashioned feel. This is the place I stayed at: http://miyajimamikuniya.com/ I got one of their cheaper dorm rooms and ended up being the only person there that night so they bumped me up to their nice upstairs room for free. Also gave me a free beer. Also gave me a bicycle. Also gave me a tea cup when I left. They were REALLY nice. I see, I'll check it out. | ||
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
On February 01 2019 14:29 Ketara wrote: I'm in graduate school and doing student teaching + classes 13 hours a day five days a week and feel like I'm going to drop dead any given second. 1st year is the worst. Also masters or PhD? And your field? Honestly most of grad school I was too tired to think properly, and I started binging LOL because I was good at it and it helped me forget how crappy the rest of my life was. Nothing could have really prepared me for getting like 2-4 hours of sleep some nights. I started mailing it in because I didn't want to die from a lack of sleep. I also acquired really bad short term memory loss. It reversed itself eventually, but not a good time. | ||
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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
So I'm teaching 6th grade during the day then going g straight from school to the university and it's either class or writing papers and then home for a late dinner, crash, get up at 5:30 and repeat. Hoping after the big state educator exam next month my schedule will clear up and I can maybe work on putting up more travel pics or something. So many hobbies on hold right now. | ||
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
1. They let you retake the class if you had a borderline grade, which is a category that nearly everyone who didn't get an acceptable grade fell into. 2. If you decided to walk away with your masters, you never had to retake if your grade was borderline because chances were they were going to give you an exception. 3. I'm fairly sure even people who had a borderline grade and stayed for their PhD did not have to retake the course, also due to exceptions. So long as you weren't failing every class and showed promise, they weren't yanking all of your financial support or letting you wash out. This is the complete opposite of what was communicated to everyone. People were suicidal because of this class. One of my friends who had a drinking problem eventually lost his battle to it years later, and I don't doubt that the above affected him. All because an enormous amount of artificial pressure. Hope the test goes well and clearing it makes things easier on your end. | ||
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