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[FiveThous]

Because it eliminates jobs.

Strictly anecdotal but there's a Wendy's down the street from my house. I've been probably 3 times in the last 3-6 months and let me tell you, I'd rather have self serve, because their cashiers don't even come to take orders. I don't have sympathy for people who can't even take a freaking order when there are 2-3 customers in the lobby. 2 of my last 3 visits have ended up in me going somewhere else because of the lack of a cashier.

I would think streamlining this process would allow them to shift people over to food prep though and that would make the restaurant more streamlined.

 

[David.]

Strictly anecdotal but there's a Wendy's down the street from my house. I've been probably 3 times in the last 3-6 months and let me tell you, I'd rather have self serve, because their cashiers don't even come to take orders. I don't have sympathy for people who can't even take a freaking order when there are 2-3 customers in the lobby. 2 of my last 3 visits have ended up in me going somewhere else because of the lack of a cashier.

I would think streamlining this process would allow them to shift people over to food prep though and that would make the restaurant more streamlined.

We're arguing different things.

Yes it makes a business more efficient and costs less. It also eliminates jobs. These aren't mutually exclusive.

A robot that works for free doesn't mean someone can't do their job, it means it's done for free by a robot.

I use self check out, I'm quicker than a tired cashier and it saves the company a lot of money. But it also eliminates jobs.

I think capitalism is great, I like a lot of the libertarian ideology, but no ideology serves everyone and no ideology is perfect. Profit is king, incentive and reward is a necessity, but not all profit is created equal.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

The point of the what I posted was to say that if you are making these comments as rebuttals when someone is trying to speak about racism, you are defending yourself rather than actively listening.

What are you supposed to say if the person to whom you are "actively listening: has their head up their ass? What if they're flinging baseless accusations of racism to a situation where it doesn't apply? People who do that should be called out, and challenged if they're peddling something bogus.

I can't count the number of times when someone has said "we need to have honest discussions about racism", when what they actually mean is "you need to shut up, listen to what I'm saying, and nod your head at the appropriate time."

Conversations are[I] two-way[/I] streets, and being black (or white) doesn't give a person any particular elevated status or credibility when it comes to discussing race. What matters is the merits of the argument, not who is making it.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Strictly anecdotal but there's a Wendy's down the street from my house. I've been probably 3 times in the last 3-6 months and let me tell you, I'd rather have self serve, because their cashiers don't even come to take orders. I don't have sympathy for people who can't even take a freaking order when there are 2-3 customers in the lobby. 2 of my last 3 visits have ended up in me going somewhere else because of the lack of a cashier.

I would think streamlining this process would allow them to shift people over to food prep though and that would make the restaurant more streamlined.

I think the point is that rather than "shifting people over" to food prep, you'd otherwise hire additional people to take orders and/or prep food.

 

[David.]

What are you supposed to say if the person to whom you are "actively listening: has their head up their ass? What if they're flinging baseless accusations of racism to a situation where it doesn't apply? People who do that should be called out, and challenged if they're peddling something bogus.

I can't count the number of times when someone has said "we need to have honest discussions about racism", when what they actually mean is "you need to shut up, listen to what I'm saying, and nod your head at the appropriate time."

Conversations are[I] two-way[/I] streets, and being black (or white) doesn't give a person any particular elevated status or credibility when it comes to discussing race. What matters is the merits of the argument, not who is making it.

"Oh boy" = invitation for accusations of racism.

Props on linking the text of your post to tylons profile. I don't even know how you did that. Lol.

 

[Tlyons]

What are you supposed to say if the person to whom you are "actively listening: has their head up their ass? What if they're flinging baseless accusations of racism to a situation where it doesn't apply? People who do that should be called out, and challenged if they're peddling something bogus.

I can't count the number of times when someone has said "we need to have honest discussions about racism", when what they actually mean is "you need to shut up, listen to what I'm saying, and nod your head at the appropriate time."

Conversations are[I] two-way[/I] streets, and being black (or white) doesn't give a person any particular elevated status or credibility when it comes to discussing race. What matters is the merits of the argument, not who is making it.

Wait.

What did you specifically find a problem with "what I did in the debate of illegal immigration" in regards to what I've seen in San Diego? Tell you there's a lot of illegal immigrants in my industry? Extrapolate statistics which were exactly correct based on my hypothesis?

Are you really making the argument that's racist somehow? What comment, specifically, did I make that triggered you on immigration and carried over into your opinion on racism?

And don't change the discussion, you said I couldn't talk about a bunch of ridiculous quotes you pulled off of google because I'm white and you're black. That's.. obviously racist.

And you top this of by claiming what you posted are rebuttals that try to SILENCE conversation?? What on earth is more silencing to conversation than "you can't discuss something because you're white. I can, I'm black". Nothing, right? That's blatantly racist and hypocritical tylon, how can you possibly not see that?

Will respond later gentlemen, busy.


Edit: not sure what happened with the linking. Noticed i somehow linked my own post upthread.

 

[The Oi]

So are people eating that puss or not?

Please link this to @Tlyons profile.

 

[gourimoko]

Curious, why not?

Because it eliminates jobs.

It's what my company does... we literally do automation nonstop. I'm writing code right now to automate a specific process/job function for a client.

Saying one isn't going to "get behind" automation is like saying you're not going to get behind the internal combustion engine or the industrial revolution. You can either understand it and adapt with it, or simply get left behind.

 

[David.]

It's what my company does... we literally do automation nonstop. I'm writing code right now to automate a specific process/job function for a client.

Saying one isn't going to "get behind" automation is like saying you're not going to get behind the internal combustion engine or the industrial revolution. You can either understand it and adapt with it, or simply get left behind.

That's moronic, and another example of misrepresenting someone's stance. Why do you insist on doing this?

You can not like something and it still happens. It has nothing to do with not understanding anything. I don't think you're understanding things very well.

 

[Jack Brickman]

 

[Jack Brickman]

Well, it was a fun ride, guys. See you all when this one gets unlocked in a few weeks.

 

[bob2the2nd]

Automation is not something I'll get behind.

well its been here for 20-30 years at this point, and its not going away. Its just a matter of time till we go to universal income

 

[camakazee]

Sooo... let's get back on topic with some fake news.

It looks like Bill O'Reilly came out last night and admitted that he wrongly positioned Nils Bildt as a Swedish defense and national security adviser. Normally I'd blast O'Reilly but I think the president may have lowered the bar to the point where I can truly appreciate someone saying "I fucked up" and not doubling down on their lie

Bill O'Reilly says criticism over Swedish 'national security adviser' is valid

Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly has acknowledged that his show erred in seeking expert advice from a man who falsely identified himself as a Swedish national security adviser.

O'Reilly last week interviewed a man calling himself Nils Bildt during a segment on refugees in Sweden. Bildt, who was billed as a "Swedish defense and national security adviser," largely backed a narrative promoted by President Trump that portrays asylum seekers as being responsible for an increase in violent crimes in the country.

"We are unable in Sweden to socially integrate these people," Bildt said of refugees. "These things are not being openly and honestly discussed."

Just one problem: Nobody in the Swedish government has ever heard of Bildt.

"This is not a person who is known to [the government]," said Catarina Axelsson, a press officer at Sweden's foreign ministry.

Marinette Nyh Radebo, a spokeswoman for Sweden's defense ministry, said Bildt has never worked for the Swedish government or the country's armed forces.

Johan Wiktorin, the CEO of a strategic intelligence company in Sweden, tweeted that he's "never heard of [Bildt] before... he's not known in our circles as an expert."

In a statement on his program Monday, O'Reilly said criticism of his decision to book Blidt was "valid."

"[W]e looked into the situation and the criticism is valid. It's valid," O'Reilly told viewers. "Mr. Bildt does consulting work on terrorism, that's true -- but we should have clarified that he had no direct role with the Swedish government. To be fair, the information we gave you in the segment was accurate but in hindsight a more relevant guest should have been used on the anti-immigrant side. You should also know that before the segment was booked we asked the Swedish Ambassador to appear, he declined. That invitation stands."

Fox News earlier defended its decision to book Bildt.

"Our booker made numerous inquiries and spoke to people who recommended Nils Bildt and after pre-interviewing him and reviewing his bio, we agreed that he would make a good guest for the topic that evening," David Tabacoff, the executive producer of The O'Reilly Factor, said in a statement.

The LinkedIn profile of a person named Nils Bildt had been deleted by Monday. But a screen grab circulated online shows that the account described Bildt as a "Swedish Defense and National Adviser" who has previously worked for the Swedish Armed Forces.

CNNMoney was not able to independently verify the LinkedIn profile, or contact a person named Nils Bildt.

Swedish media outlets have reported that Bildt, who was born Nils Tolling, left Sweden in 1994 and emigrated to the U.S. He later changed his surname to Bildt.

On Sunday, the newspaper Aftonbladet reported that Bildt had expressed interest in 2013 in running for office in Sweden with the nationalist right-wing party Sweden Democrats. His bid was not successful.

The controversy over Sweden erupted when Trump made a reference to "what's happening last night in Sweden" during an early February rally in Florida.

"They took in large numbers," Trump said. "They're having problems like they never thought possible."

The comments appeared to refer to recent terror attacks in Germany and elsewhere, but no such attack has occurred in Sweden. Carl Bildt, the former Swedish prime minister, questioned the president's statement.

"Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking?" Bildt tweeted. "Questions abound."

Trump later said the statement was made in reference to Swedish immigration politics. He then tweeted on the topic, saying: "The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT!"

The Swedish embassy in the U.S. said it was looking forward to "informing the U.S. administration about Swedish immigration and integration policies."

 

[gourimoko]

Well, it was a fun ride, guys. See you all when this one gets unlocked in a few weeks.

Nope, I'm done... Not going to get the thread closed...

 

[Notorious]

Moronic, huh?

Dave, let's cut the bullshit, shall we? What do you do for a living? Last I checked according to you, you were pushing an Uber, is that right?

Where'd you go to school, or .. aren't you in school right now? In your late twenties getting an undergrad in what again..? Accounting.. Psychology.. Nothing?

How exactly is a guy very close to me in age, doing absolutely nothing with his life, who has a thread here about being a drug addict, have the fucking gumption to criticize my intellect (on more than one occasion)? How's that work?

How does the guy who can't come up with a single original thought of his own; who cites Reddit as a credible source for political discourse; who fucking plagiarizes Tucker fucking Carlson, of all people; how does this guy talk about someone being "moronic?"

You wanna talk about "moronic?" Stop driving an Uber while taking drugs you obviously can't handle and fucking around with teenage girls and ultimately being a fucking drain on society.

And once you get a handle on that, you can stop coming to your favorite sports forum using it to blame people of color, immigrants, women, etc for all the problems in your life.

... "I'm against automation" .. dude you don't know the first thing about automation.



We don't need to hear Dave's latest resentful gripe about Blacks and women, or immigrants, or whomever....

Seriously, keep that shit to yourself.

Literally the lamest shit you've ever posted and that's saying a lot. Not too long ago I remember you posting about making such a disasterous coding mistake you got your company in a lawsuit and the company ended up going out of business. I guess you're a big shot now. You've got too many of your own issues to start in on someone else. Please make an ad hominem political thread in EAYOR where you can bully. It seems that's your prefered tactic.