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alvvayson , to Work Reform in The 4-day workweek was a longshot. The UAW isn’t giving up

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    alvvayson , to Ask Science in Is the air in a closed container at 100% relative humidity?

    I agree.

    Due to temperature fluctuations it will not always be at 100%, but at equilibrium it will be.

    alvvayson , to Ask Science in Hypothetically speaking, what alterations to our biology/genome would need to occur in order for us to be able to safely drink saltwater?

    Good point. Another reason to favor desalination.

    alvvayson , to Ask Science in Hypothetically speaking, what alterations to our biology/genome would need to occur in order for us to be able to safely drink saltwater?

    This is the best answer.

    Also, we need a lot of freshwater for our food (plants and animals). The amount we personally use for drinking is neglible.

    It would solve nothing.

    Now, if we could grow something like corn or soy with salt water… That would be a game changer.

    On the other hand, we already have the technology to desalinate water. It’s mostly a cost and energy issue, not a technology issue.

    alvvayson , to Work Reform in Simple, right?

    It’s reasonably insulated - above average for my location, but it does get cold in the winter.

    Obviously, I’m only saving this heating fuel on the colder winter days.

    alvvayson , to Work Reform in Simple, right?

    Yes, I do. It saves easily 50 kWh of natural gas consumption per day.

    On the days nobody will be home, we just let the thermostaat on 13 degrees Celsius for the whole day. When we are home it’s 18 degrees during the day.

    alvvayson , (edited ) to Work Reform in Simple, right?

    This is the answer, I work in a corporate office that is heated regardless of whether I am present or not.

    But to be fair, the office is never empty during office hours, so it’s not like an individual working from home would allow them to turn off the heat.

    alvvayson , to Work Reform in Simple, right?

    In the winter, I emit more when I WFH.

    At the office, I don’t need to heat my house. And my bike+train commute emits very little.

    alvvayson , to Politics in Trump crowd members with union signs revealed to be non-union: report

    At this point, it’s only surprising if something Trump related turns out to be genuine.

    alvvayson , to Work Reform in Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem

    Sure, but at least in the EU, that would be unlawful discrimination under current rules.

    Only if the job has specific requirements, e.g. firefighters need to be at the station within X minutes, can you impose a distance requirement.

    So you would need to change those rules then.

    alvvayson , to Work Reform in Bosses and workers still can’t agree on whether the commute is part of the work day, and it’s creating a $578 billion productivity problem

    That ruling is limited. It only applies for jobs where there is no local job site, e.g. construction workers who have changing construction sites.

    If you work in an office or factory, or if your work is limited to a certain region (e.g. you clean houses in an area), then commuting to the office/factory/region is not part of the work day.

    Otherwise you would get weird situations where people could apply to distant jobs and the employer having to pay those costs and hours. Get a job with a 2 hour one-way commute and you would then only need to work 4 hours… obviously not going to work.

    Many employers in Europe actually do pay for some or all commute costs in order to attract workers, but usually they don’t pay for the commute hours.

    alvvayson , to Work Reform in Automaker CEO Elon Musk Strips UAW Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three

    Private companies moderating content != censorship.

    And I think you have a wrapped few of how it went down.

    Pre-musk moderation was a necessary evil to combat spam, fake news and hate speech. Nobody was cheering, except when some notorious idiots got the boot. Then we were just laughing at the idiots. Fine, call it cheering if you want.

    Now, we are mostly just all laughing at Musk destroying his investment.

    I don’t care if he censors the UAW or whatever. Go ahead and censor everyone except dogecoin evangelists.

    And yeah, people can say stupid shit I disagree with. But I reserve the right to laugh.

    alvvayson , to Men's Liberation in Where did the construction workers go?

    Perhaps, those are the BLS figures from 2023.

    alvvayson , to Work Reform in CEO pay has skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978

    The CEO is the link between the company and the shareholders.

    They get paid by the shareholders to extract as much value as they can from the company to the shareholders.

    On the other hand, if the company needs more investment, the CEO is the one who has to attract that investment, too. Otherwise the company will stall or go bankrupt.

    alvvayson , to Men's Liberation in Where did the construction workers go?

    Spending 5 minutes on Google shows that the number of construction workers is at all time highs.

    It’s just that a hot economy requires even more labour.

    My 2 cents, the economy could use a rebalancing by raising wages and reducing profits a bit.

    If salaries of construction workers get raised from $40K to $50K, then the number of openings will go down and the remaining workers can focus on the more important work while getting a better wage.

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