Recent content by Terminalxylem

There’s a brand of longevity guru that pushes hard promoting strength training, Attia probably being the most well known. I don’t think there’s data to support it though, at least to the degree the bro-scientists suggest. From everything I’ve read, CV stuff is far more important. That’s not to...

I think larger vehicles in general, not just semis, promote problems. At the minimum, full-sized trucks and SUVs obstruct smaller vehicles field of view and leave less space for error.

This can be true, but not universally so. Japan is densely populated, yet most everything seems to proceed in a polite, orderly manner.

Same here. Can’t remember the last time I heard a horn. I sometimes have to remind myself to drive with “island style”. I wonder which state has the most polite drivers?

Costa Rica and New Zealand should also be on the list, if you like natural beauty (vs. more cultured stuff)

Nope. Full time employees haven’t had PTO for as long as I’ve been here, 20+ years. ETA The base schedule is 7 days on, 7 off, so the unstated sentiment has always been we have enough days off, as-is. Standard shift is 10 or 12 hours.

Being off during the work week is great. It’s way easier to get things done than weekends.

This happened where I work as well, with PTO. When I joined the group, part time workers >50% FTE got it, but full time did not (they had been encouraged to give it up years ago). People without it complained, and eventually partial FTEs were strong-armed into cashing in, and relinquishing...

Economic opportunity <> happiness. Sure, you need some wealth for decent quality of life. But there’s a threshold above which extra money doesn’t equate to extra happiness. Or better productivity, for that matter.

There are several flavors of bird flu, and some of them have >50% mortality rate in humans. H5N1 is the most concerning, though thankfully it doesn’t really transmit person-to-person (only a half dozen cases, maybe). But flu has a nasty habit of mixing and matching viral parts from different...

How’s happiness/quality of life and overall health in the EU since they jumped?

To play off Joes name: Shiver of Shmoes, or the Shmoe zone?

Or a frenzy. Football Friendsies? Shuke’s Shiver too esoteric.

I’m already part time, so working less days overall makes little difference. But I’d take a 20% cut, if my 7-shift blocks were guaranteed to be two threes, with a decompression day in between, plus one less hour/day.

Same. I expected that response to be uncommon, but looks like many of us realize we’re really fortunate. Probably why we have so much energy to complain about pet peeves and restaurant tabs.