Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:39:54 +0000 Subject: Re: Culture clashes in Manufacturing and elsewhere Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <70506569-3453-b208-a5c8-688ba7138642@example.net> <85e5fe11-2cbe-0e26-d861-8922a9d780f0@example.net> <2759a61b-42d2-4f50-4957-f20c7b50459d@example.net> <4fec883d-3bd8-bf75-bb29-5b3ed6ef8ed7@example.net> <2883a89b-6c53-b453-16cf-2b4c8fc1f2e1@example.net> From: "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> Organization: wokiesux Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:39:54 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2883a89b-6c53-b453-16cf-2b4c8fc1f2e1@example.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Lines: 50 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.101.150.97 X-Trace: sv3-guLr8vXl7ujxzhdG2S6zGDkHLMzy0OqK3ARHlp6SaacsDuts31U31Ri9PkYXyxQk4fM/+Z8smSRYSXM!zFFcqnpcXKc7z4tWwD5i0RCJn/zIFTslPlGQtc2oAeX8wa7NDTmDA5agiYD85TSeGs6qFMx9sCgk!mY/3HLuhzaA+5XOmWm6Z X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3912 On 1/15/25 4:11 AM, D wrote: > > > On Wed, 15 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > >> On 1/14/25 8:57 PM, rbowman wrote: >>> On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:40:36 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote: >>> >>>> Or the 1985 comedy "Gung Ho" about a fictional Japanese auto company >>>> setting up shop in Pennsylvania. >> >>  Was that the one with Michael Keaton ? Never >>  really liked him - something just irritating >>  about his personality. > > I think the key here is just to invite him over for coffee and see where > it leads! Whisky bottle over the head most likely ... :-) >>> The delays with TSMC's Arizona plant weren't a comedy. I think half the >>> workforce is still from Taiwan. >> >>  Well, communications CAN be a problem ... can't expect >>  all workers to learn Japanese, Chinese or English. Some >>  of the latest tech can help a bit, but it's not smooth. > > That is why god invented esperanto! Force everyone to learn esperanto, > and no one can complain about being treated unfairly, and there will be > universal love and happiness! ;) Esperanto - AAAUUGH !!! Even thus, too 'Euro' - the Wokies/anti-colonialists will never approve now. HAS to be based on Hindi or Sikh or something. The more West-Hating the better ! Anyway, even English didn't become "universal" despite the UK owning half the world for a century+ The tech is kinda here for good real-time 'universal translators' however ... spoken word -2- spoken word with little detectable delay. >>  Hmmm ... maybe a 'virtual factory' where all parts >>  aren't on the same continent. Govts won't like it >>  but for practical issues ...... >>