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      07-29-2022, 05:31 PM   #111
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How can they lay off minimum wage earners, when all of the local fast food places are drive through only because they can't hire enough minimum wage workers?
You've never heard of Flippy?

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I will bet large amounts of money on the demise of the minimum wage fast-food worker. In 10 yrs the only people in the store will be the ones overseeing the robots. There will be very few of them, compared to the current workforce, and because they will actually have some skills they'll make more than minimum wage. The per-unit labor costs of a McD hamburger will be down 95%, regardless.
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You've never heard of Flippy?

Flippy 2.

I will bet large amounts of money on the demise of the minimum wage fast-food worker. In 10 yrs the only people in the store will be the ones overseeing the robots. There will be very few of them, compared to the current workforce, and because they will actually have some skills they'll make more than minimum wage. The per-unit labor costs of a McD hamburger will be down 95%, regardless.
I put this up there with self-driving cars. It isn't going to happen anytime soon. Sure, man a kitchen with robots and see what happens when there's a robot failure, glitch, etc. I have a hard believing the McD's is going to be staffed with robotics repair and troubleshooting staff. There may be some automated assistance, but it will still largely be a human work force.
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I have a hard believing the McD's is going to be staffed with robotics repair and troubleshooting staff. There may be some automated assistance, but it will still largely be a human work force.
I take it that you haven't looked at machine shops in the 21st century? They have one minimally-skilled CNC operator supervising 4-6 machines simultaneously as they run the various machining jobs. The operator is there to put new blank billets on the bed, select the job number, and press start. If one machine breaks, there's still 5 more punching the parts out until it can be diagnosed/repaired. Someone at a CAD screen in an office (anywhere in the world) is drawing the parts and sending the job programs out to the machines, and that's the only skilled person in the entire process.

Some people will point at McFlurry machines always being broken as an example of why automation will McFail in fast food. That is actually a corporate learning lesson, because Micky D's contracted for all of those machines without the right to have third-party vendors repair them. Plus, they apparently only have one per restaurant.....
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Guys, entry level labour is going nowhere. Anywhere i look companies are SCREAMING for help, everyone is short it is ridiculous. You could add 20pc to wages tonight and still, business would operate, they will just raise prices.
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CAT announced today and I heard the CEO being interviewed on CNBC. He specifically cited supply chain issues as both a problem in the current quarter, and the rest of the year, at least. Said they had seen no signs of the supply chain improving.

Meanwhile, negotiations between the ILWU and PMA continue....
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Auto industry forecasting large YoY production increase in North America for 2023. This will start in Q3 (now) and Q4.
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Auto industry forecasting large YoY production increase in North America for 2023. This will start in Q3 (now) and Q4.
Don't get my hopes up
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Don't get my hopes up
I know. But that's what the forecast says.
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Lead time on our core product is in excess of 115 weeks. Get paid on invoice, this sucks.Normal lead time is 12-14 weeks.
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Don't get my hopes up
And Q2 earnings reports indicate that global vehicle builds were higher than a year ago. Things are going in the right direction.
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And Q2 earnings reports indicate that global vehicle builds were higher than a year ago. Things are going in the right direction.
I'll believe it when I get an allocation for my M3 4 months and counting.....
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I'll believe it when I get an allocation for my M3 4 months and counting.....
Coming up on a year that I've been waiting for my new bike. Still no sign of delivery. I'll be too old to ride if this keeps up much longer.
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Coming up on a year that I've been waiting for my new bike. Still no sign of delivery. I'll be too old to ride if this keeps up much longer.
what kind of bike?
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OH... for some reason I had it in my head you were talking about a motorcycle.

Nice bike though... sounds like those supply constraints never eased up... I ordered a Giant bike back in early 2020 and at the time while inventory was wiped out, you could still get an ordered bike within a couple months at most.
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Yeah there's no engine on that bike, you got ripped off.
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Yeah there's no engine on that bike, you got ripped off.
Actaully, there is an electric-assist motor built into it. It won't go anywhere if you're not pedaling, but it adds to the power you put into it so hills and head winds aren't as much of a hassle.
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Actaully, there is an electric-assist motor built into it. It won't go anywhere if you're not pedaling, but it adds to the power you put into it so hills and head windows aren't as much of a hassle.
I HATE battling head windows
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I HATE battling head windows
...and I hate battling MICROSOFT Windows!!!!!
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#$%^&*&!! auto-correct!

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...and I hate battling MICROSOFT Windows!!!!!
Ditto. I keep a Windoze box for storage and the very few times I need to use Windoze.
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