wayneL
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Mine stays in the Ute, or on the bench at home. I never carry as such.
Mine stays in the Ute, or on the bench at home. I never carry as such.Likewise.
The one concern I do have however is the apparent assumption by some, that being the media and according to reports some retailers, that everyone owns a smartphone and carries it with them constantly.
In practice most but not all people own one and a portion of those carry it with them constantly. I note that government is not demanding that everyone does so but there does seem to be an element that finds the idea that someone ordinarily finds no need for such a device incomprehensible.
Personally yes I have one but under normal circumstances no I certainly don't carry the thing every single time I step out the front door, they're too fragile and expensive for that.
I'm not opposed to the app in any way, just to the assumption that every single person walking down the street is carrying a smartphone at all times as though doing so were some mandatory requirement under normal circumstances.
Likewise.
The one concern I do have however is the apparent assumption by some, that being the media and according to reports some retailers, that everyone owns a smartphone and carries it with them constantly.
In practice most but not all people own one and a portion of those carry it with them constantly. I note that government is not demanding that everyone does so but there does seem to be an element that finds the idea that someone ordinarily finds no need for such a device incomprehensible.
Personally yes I have one but under normal circumstances no I certainly don't carry the thing every single time I step out the front door, they're too fragile and expensive for that.
I'm not opposed to the app in any way, just to the assumption that every single person walking down the street is carrying a smartphone at all times as though doing so were some mandatory requirement under normal circumstances.
Robert Swan, CEO, Intel CorporationThrough this crisis, the world's cloud and network infrastructure has delivered massive scaling to support vital workloads for businesses and consumers. Cloud delivered applications seen as convenience a quarter ago, such as online shopping and video collaborations have now become indispensable”
Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft CorpWe’ve seen two year’s worth of digital transformation in two months. From remote teamwork and learning, to sales and customer service, to critical cloud infrastructure and security”
Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft Corp“There is both an immediate surge in demand and systemic structural changes across all of our solution areas that will define the way we live and work going forward”
The effect of the "just in time" economy on corona virus response.
I think "just in time" is one of those things which has become an article of faith. It's drummed into those doing various business qualifications and they accept it as is, without ever doing the maths on it.I know the owners of a couple of large private businesses for whom I have done the odd bit of consulting have increased their inventories few years ago. When we looked at the cost (and risk) of incidents of interruptions to the supply chains, they elected for an increase in inventory of their inputs.
The cost of keeping the additional inventory at the low interest rates was far less than the cost of their business interruptions.
Expecting a $1500 JobKeeper payment? Not after tax
I can understand some of what drove 'just in time', to save storage costs, but another is shelf life, where things are out of date so bloody fast. Buy something today and its been superseded by the time you have driven home.
The thing is, no matter how much you hand out some people will complain, this is the first major downturn-recession that workers have received anything.jobkeeper is not really living up its target
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/...BPtpAlyQDSCXahYW3xQPYZJsgz7oeYlluCF-tkKNQsh14
The thing is, no matter how much you hand out some people will complain, this is the first major downturn-recession that workers have received anything.
The age of entitlement is really kicking in, throw money at people and they come up with a reason why it should be more, rather than just being thankful they are actually getting something.
The 1980's and 1990's recession, if you lost your job it was tough $hit, grow a pair and get on with it.
We're grateful for anything, but $450 per week doesn't cover the mortgage and car loans, so there's nothing left for food or any utility costs," he said.
I know I have been in situation in the early 1980's, where I had to leave a job due to reasons outside of my control, arrived in Perth with the kids, second degree burns a dog and not much else, that wasn't already in hospital.Totally agree
Yeah I lived in a shoebox on the side of the road....busy road tooThe thing is, no matter how much you hand out some people will complain, this is the first major downturn-recession that workers have received anything.
The age of entitlement is really kicking in, throw money at people and they come up with a reason why it should be more, rather than just being thankful they are actually getting something.
The 1980's and 1990's recession, if you lost your job it was tough $hit, grow a pair and get on with it.
No you live in a shoebox on the side of a minesite.Yeah I lived in a shoebox on the side of the road....busy road too
Yeah no one ever did it harder than you popsNo you live in a shoebox on the side of a minesite.
But at $250k a year I would do it. lol
Actually I did it for $36k a year, 5 weeks on one week off.
The thing is I was never smug enough, to try and take the piZZ out of my old man, because he was retired and did it harder than me.
Times change, so does people perceptions.
Just be careful of who you $hit on climbing the ladder, as you will probably pass them on the way down, grasshopper.
Obviously not you, but don't hold your breath, things may even bring high flying bogans like you down to earth IMO.Yeah no one ever did it harder than you pops
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