When the minimum wage in San Francisco is $15/hour, many delivery jobs simply don't provide sufficient value to sustain the position.
A robot is a one-time sunk cost. plus maintenance and charging. But certainly less than wages and mandated benefits and employer contributions. The business can continue delivering food, and make a profit.
Ban robots. . . and the delivery jobs will not come back, delivery will, for the most part, end. Certainly, high-end "gourmet" delivery will be sustainable, but that's a small fraction of the overall delivery business. Most places will simply shut down, raising unemployment and cutting choice.
"The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another. "
Better still, grind up the nuclear plant entirely, into aerosol-sized particles. Then measure the mass and total emitted energy of the results. Compare that to the operation of a coal plant for a year. Depending on the grade of coal, the coal plant releases at least an order of magnitude more radioisotopes by both mass and energy. Not just alphas and betas, but gammas. . .
. ..and long, slow deaths via lung cancer and black lung are hard to see on the macro level. Not to mention deaths in traditional coal mines (as opposed to strip-mined coal, which is ugly, but at least can be remediated afterwards. . .
No, But they also haven't tried to crowd out Harry's or Dollar Shave Club, either. . ..And you pretty much always COULD buy generic razor blades for as long as I remember (going back to the 1970s. ..)
You're probably right. They changed the lamp-posts in DC to purely vertical ones a decade-plus ago. MUCH harder to properly decorate the lamp-posts with politicians that way. . .
1. Is there life, elsewhere in the universe? Given basic chemistry, and the known fact (well actually, exceptionally well-supported theory) that abiogenesis occured one one planet (i.e. Earth), the likelihood of it arising elsewhere is close to 1.0.
2. If there IS life elsewhere, has it evolved to intelligence? Unknown, and too little data from the one case we have (Earth) to generalize.
3. If Question 2's answer is "yes", has it survived and advanced to the state where engineering works of such magnitude are possible ? Absolutely zero data: we certainly don't have the capability.
. . ..I'm a manager, and I'm stressed as all hell. We've got 2 of 5 slots open, no decrease in workload, and I haven't even seen a candidate resume in months. Our contract is up for re-compete, and we're getting continuous 30-day extensions. Several of my reports are "problem children", who have been foisted off on me for my demonstrated ability to not throttle the lazy bastards and take all the arguments out of customer earshot, as well as being the overall team troubleshooter.
I'm not getting paid enough for this shit, and regret ever agreeing to stepping up to manglement. . . . oh, and I'm the junior manager onsite. ...
The point being, it was the first. Bleeding-edge tech ALWAYS costs. The example of big-screen TVs is instructive. I'm in my mid-50s, and recall when any TV above a 26 inch tube was purely a rich man's toy. Price came down. Then flatscreen monitors, both TV and computer came out. Expensive and small. Now they're big and cheap, to the point you can pull a box with one off the shelf at your local Wally-world.
The same model applies to Medical Technologies. The only difference is, EVERYONE demands the bleeding edge (pardon the phrase) in medical technology. . .
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When the minimum wage in San Francisco is $15/hour, many delivery jobs simply don't provide sufficient value to sustain the position.
A robot is a one-time sunk cost. plus maintenance and charging. But certainly less than wages and mandated benefits and employer contributions. The business can continue delivering food, and make a profit.
Ban robots. . . and the delivery jobs will not come back, delivery will, for the most part, end. Certainly, high-end "gourmet" delivery will be sustainable, but that's a small fraction of the overall delivery business. Most places will simply shut down, raising unemployment and cutting choice.
Why this isn't obvious, evades me. . .
Ahem.
"The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another. "
- "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", 2001
. . . . the power was turned off by a FORMER contractor.
Then again, BA probably promoted him to executive VP.. .
. . . or pop onto one of the surviving Torrent sites and grab a copy.
Great Scott!!
Seeing as a treaty was never ratified, likely, yes.
Oh, and the US is a Republic, not a Democracy. . .
A frustrated Paris could not be reached for comment.
Better still, grind up the nuclear plant entirely, into aerosol-sized particles. Then measure the mass and total emitted energy of the results. Compare that to the operation of a coal plant for a year. Depending on the grade of coal, the coal plant releases at least an order of magnitude more radioisotopes by both mass and energy. Not just alphas and betas, but gammas. . .
. . .and long, slow deaths via lung cancer and black lung are hard to see on the macro level. Not to mention deaths in traditional coal mines (as opposed to strip-mined coal, which is ugly, but at least can be remediated afterwards. . .
No, But they also haven't tried to crowd out Harry's or Dollar Shave Club, either. . . .And you pretty much always COULD buy generic razor blades for as long as I remember (going back to the 1970s. . .)
. . . . causing Jovian Warming!
. . . . the blue-gloved idiots at the Theater Security A-holes. . .
Actually, to go all Stephen Colbert. . . . they're being cock-holsters. . . (evil grin)
Junk calls are why I got rid of my landline. I get fewer on my cell, but still manage to get some. . .
You're probably right. They changed the lamp-posts in DC to purely vertical ones a decade-plus ago. MUCH harder to properly decorate the lamp-posts with politicians that way. . .
Not quite. Several questions involved:
1. Is there life, elsewhere in the universe? Given basic chemistry, and the known fact (well actually, exceptionally well-supported theory) that abiogenesis occured one one planet (i.e. Earth), the likelihood of it arising elsewhere is close to 1.0.
2. If there IS life elsewhere, has it evolved to intelligence? Unknown, and too little data from the one case we have (Earth) to generalize.
3. If Question 2's answer is "yes", has it survived and advanced to the state where engineering works of such magnitude are possible ? Absolutely zero data: we certainly don't have the capability.
So fucking grow up, put your big pants on and build a fucking dyke.
Hang on, I thought this was about Climate Change, not Sexbots ??
You mean like when ABC predicted, in 2008, that New York City would be underwater in 2015 ?? Or that a carton of milk would be US$12.99, and a gallon of gas over US$9.00 ??
And afterwards, tell us how the Pepper Steak is a Leavenworth. I hear that it's amazing. . .
. . .we do what we must, because we can. . . .
For the good, of all of us. . .
Well, the ones that own stock. . .
Question is, when will Prime deliver via Amazon Science Portable Hand-held Portal Devices ???
. . . . Pepe arose from the dead. Although he **IS** fighting it out with Jesusraptor. Geeze, people, it's MEMES and 4CHAN. . .
. . . .I'm a manager, and I'm stressed as all hell. We've got 2 of 5 slots open, no decrease in workload, and I haven't even seen a candidate resume in months. Our contract is up for re-compete, and we're getting continuous 30-day extensions. Several of my reports are "problem children", who have been foisted off on me for my demonstrated ability to not throttle the lazy bastards and take all the arguments out of customer earshot, as well as being the overall team troubleshooter.
I'm not getting paid enough for this shit, and regret ever agreeing to stepping up to manglement. . . . oh, and I'm the junior manager onsite. . ..
Actually, you'd likely get a #10 can of Government Peanut Butter, and a 5 pound block of Government Cheese.
Having had some of each. . . .trust me, you don't want either one. Especially the Cheese. . .
The point being, it was the first. Bleeding-edge tech ALWAYS costs. The example of big-screen TVs is instructive. I'm in my mid-50s, and recall when any TV above a 26 inch tube was purely a rich man's toy. Price came down. Then flatscreen monitors, both TV and computer came out. Expensive and small. Now they're big and cheap, to the point you can pull a box with one off the shelf at your local Wally-world.
The same model applies to Medical Technologies. The only difference is, EVERYONE demands the bleeding edge (pardon the phrase) in medical technology. . .
. . . simply FDISK /MBR and install Linux.