I think cable TV is one direction, dumb, and all of the content comes together on the same wire at the same time. I don't know if there's any way of them knowing how many people are viewing on one line at one time.
Streaming, though, can easily be tracked to a MAC address or something similar.
There'll be charging stations at parking meters and street lights in modern countries in the next few decades. Private businesses of all kinds are going to eventually pet them in everywhere. It's a very temporary problem.
Mass transit is very important to my family. My spouse and I are professionals, with jobs in different cities. We cannot (won't) live somewhere where there isn't decent mass transit. Spending a large part of our lives sitting in automobiles is not something we'll consider. Right now, we can live in Europe or the NE US. If the West Coast gets some reasonable mass transit, we'd consider living/working there, too.
What the hell is so challenging about automating trains? I can't believe train conductors are still a thing, and they're still crashing trains. What's simpler to automate than a train? The tracks are fixed. There are very few tracks or trains in any system. The trains can only go two directions on the tracks. Why aren't all trains automated by now?
You need "data" to know how long it takes a person of average intelligence to count up a thousand bucks' worth of cash? Really? I don't know if you know how research works, but you could just do this research on your own: Start by opening your wallet. Count what's there. Measure how much time it takes. Extrapolate from there.
You are wrong. It's far cheaper to just take cards.
That's a hell of an argument. Really. That's impressive. It's well thought out, and supported by facts.
But seriously, if a business needs to spend more than 3% of their gross sales to handle cash, then that organization is severely broken, and/or is run by mentally incompetent people.
Then you put down cash on a countertop where a business doesn't want to take it, and walk out and deal with the consequences later. I'll call the cops, thanks.
What data do you want? A cash register that can do a thousands of business in a day can be counted in ten minutes. The pile of cash that needs to be counted, for say, a weekly bank deposit, can take 30 minutes to an hour. Depending on how far the bank is, it can take a half hour to go and come back form a bank to deposit said cash (and pick up change). Considering most businesses (even tiny ones) are open 50-80 hours/week, an hour a week is less than 2%, even if it's a one person company.
Plastic is cheaper for us to process, even with the transaction fees because we don't have to handle cash, and all of the security / paperwork that goes along with it. we save a pile of money just in reduced accounting costs: No one has to go and manually tally up the til, We don't have to track which purchases were received on which days, and for what
As somebody who has been in retail for more than a decade and a half, I have to say that whatever company you work for is either horribly managed, or just employs the very, very stupid. If it takes any company more than 3% to handle cash, it's probably best to just fold it up and find something else to do, because that company is hopelessly fucked.
"No-till farming has been in use heavily for over 30 years."
From the article: continuous no-till and low-till farming, which decades of studies have shown improve the soil and reduce costs, is still used on only 1 in every 5 acres of US cropland, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
If I have a service done, am willing to pay for it, and the seller is unwilling to take my payment, then that's "nothing better to do". That's enforcing the law. The police should be involved. If you want to let people take advantage of you so as not to inconvenience the police, that's your business.
Seriously, yes. That's what you do. The other option is to leave the place of business without paying, and then the cops still show up, but this time they put you in jail.
Your math is suspect. First off, no small retailer is paying 2%. Closer to 3%. So in your example, that's $45/day.
So yes, I agree that they probably spend about $3/day counting, and $20/week in cash maintenance. That's approximately $6/day. That's a difference of $39/day. That's $273/week. That's $14,196/year. I don't know about you, but $14,196 for a small merchant isn't anything to sneeze at.
Handling cash is not expensive. It's much less than 1%. A big store spends about one man hour a day counting, and about another two man hours a week re-counting and going to the bank. We much, much, much prefer cash to cards. We do have to account for an extra 3% in our prices to pay for the cards that most people use.
When I'm out and about spending money, I always use cash.
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I think cable TV is one direction, dumb, and all of the content comes together on the same wire at the same time. I don't know if there's any way of them knowing how many people are viewing on one line at one time.
Streaming, though, can easily be tracked to a MAC address or something similar.
They could certainly charge for x # of gadgets or streams at a time. I would imagine that's the same technology as allowing one at a time, too.
Why can't companies just do one stream at a time per login? Am I missing something really obvious?
A. We give massive subsidies to oil companies.
B. The use of fossil is not good for humans.
You are incredibly short sighted (or willfully ignorant) if you don't understand this.
There'll be charging stations at parking meters and street lights in modern countries in the next few decades. Private businesses of all kinds are going to eventually pet them in everywhere. It's a very temporary problem.
So?
Illiterates.
Mass transit is very important to my family. My spouse and I are professionals, with jobs in different cities. We cannot (won't) live somewhere where there isn't decent mass transit. Spending a large part of our lives sitting in automobiles is not something we'll consider. Right now, we can live in Europe or the NE US. If the West Coast gets some reasonable mass transit, we'd consider living/working there, too.
What the hell is so challenging about automating trains? I can't believe train conductors are still a thing, and they're still crashing trains. What's simpler to automate than a train? The tracks are fixed. There are very few tracks or trains in any system. The trains can only go two directions on the tracks. Why aren't all trains automated by now?
You need "data" to know how long it takes a person of average intelligence to count up a thousand bucks' worth of cash? Really? I don't know if you know how research works, but you could just do this research on your own: Start by opening your wallet. Count what's there. Measure how much time it takes. Extrapolate from there.
You are wrong. It's far cheaper to just take cards.
That's a hell of an argument. Really. That's impressive. It's well thought out, and supported by facts.
But seriously, if a business needs to spend more than 3% of their gross sales to handle cash, then that organization is severely broken, and/or is run by mentally incompetent people.
Hmmm... Should I consider a documented USDA study, or a random AC? Darn, the Internet is hard.
Then you put down cash on a countertop where a business doesn't want to take it, and walk out and deal with the consequences later. I'll call the cops, thanks.
What data do you want? A cash register that can do a thousands of business in a day can be counted in ten minutes. The pile of cash that needs to be counted, for say, a weekly bank deposit, can take 30 minutes to an hour. Depending on how far the bank is, it can take a half hour to go and come back form a bank to deposit said cash (and pick up change). Considering most businesses (even tiny ones) are open 50-80 hours/week, an hour a week is less than 2%, even if it's a one person company.
Plastic is cheaper for us to process, even with the transaction fees because we don't have to handle cash, and all of the security / paperwork that goes along with it. we save a pile of money just in reduced accounting costs: No one has to go and manually tally up the til, We don't have to track which purchases were received on which days, and for what
As somebody who has been in retail for more than a decade and a half, I have to say that whatever company you work for is either horribly managed, or just employs the very, very stupid. If it takes any company more than 3% to handle cash, it's probably best to just fold it up and find something else to do, because that company is hopelessly fucked.
"No-till farming has been in use heavily for over 30 years."
From the article: continuous no-till and low-till farming, which decades of studies have shown improve the soil and reduce costs, is still used on only 1 in every 5 acres of US cropland, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
If I have a service done, am willing to pay for it, and the seller is unwilling to take my payment, then that's "nothing better to do". That's enforcing the law. The police should be involved. If you want to let people take advantage of you so as not to inconvenience the police, that's your business.
It doesn't cost anywhere near 3-4% to handle cash.
There's a lot of space between "non-zero" and 3%. Specifically, almost 3%.
Seriously, yes. That's what you do. The other option is to leave the place of business without paying, and then the cops still show up, but this time they put you in jail.
Your math is suspect. First off, no small retailer is paying 2%. Closer to 3%. So in your example, that's $45/day.
So yes, I agree that they probably spend about $3/day counting, and $20/week in cash maintenance. That's approximately $6/day. That's a difference of $39/day. That's $273/week. That's $14,196/year. I don't know about you, but $14,196 for a small merchant isn't anything to sneeze at.
If they refuse to give you a receipt for a cash payment what do you do, right then and right there?
Call the police.
Handling cash is not expensive. It's much less than 1%. A big store spends about one man hour a day counting, and about another two man hours a week re-counting and going to the bank. We much, much, much prefer cash to cards. We do have to account for an extra 3% in our prices to pay for the cards that most people use.
When I'm out and about spending money, I always use cash.
This is not AI. This is a lot of automated if/then loops. It's neat, but it's not AI any more than your car's cruise control is "AI".
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