On 2022-12-30 15:19, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Pick-a-part is a great place to find brains :) It helps to know where
the ECU is and how to remove it (automotive brain surgeon) otherwise,
you'll be paying someone else to extract it and ship it to you and pay
someone else at $175/hr to install it. It rapidly becomes
cost-prohibitive to maintain old cars. A good example in the Nissan
Xterra world is a metallurgical defect that exists in transmission
coolers from 2005-2009. Here we are in 2022 and the radiators are
failing resulting in mixing antifreeze and ATF which destroys the
transmission. It costs more to rebuild the transmission than the
vehicle is worth.
I own a 2009 Xterra. You are correct that the trans oil cooler would
fail and allow coolant into the trans. The trans would fail.
I received a letter from a lawyer asking me to joint the class action
lawsuit maybe 8 years ago. I chose not to and replaced the radiator
myself.
The settlement was Nissan would replace the radiator and trans for $2500
only after the failure.
The same period of Nissans had a timing chain issue.
I like my Xterra and will take my chances with the timing chain. I am
told there defects were on earlier models. I assume the lawyers extended
the years covered to make sure they were "covering" everyone.
It was a bad settlement for the consumer while the lawyers made
millions.
The same problem exists with EV's when the batteries near end-of-life -
a replacement battery pack is more than what the car is worth. > And
the same will be true with these brain cars.
Another example that directly pertains to computers (to keep it
somewhat on-topic). I needed to run some video editing software on my
9 year old Dell computer. The video card was unsupported. So now my
choice was buy a $1600 video card (remember the chip shortage of 2021?)
for a 9 year old computer, or buy a prebuilt Alienware system that
included the video card for $600 more. I chose to refresh the whole
system.
My network needs a refresh too... holding out for a while.
To keep it Linux, my Xterra gives rides to a PHP developer who uses
Linux and Open Source.
If I were a younger man I'd put an old school 350ci Chev in it and have
some fun.
Regards,
George Toft
On 12/30/2022 7:48 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I assume you do not take part in the automated checkout because it
reduces labor?
I do not go that far. I think we are using too much technology and
that is why I avoid the automated checkout.
I'm a programmer and I do not like the tech shift we making.
I do not like chips in cars. As the automakers increasingly put chips
in cars I see that automation becoming obsolete far sooner that the
car does. Case in point, my wife drives a 2004 Toyota that only has
110,000 miles on it. This car will last for 10 or 20 more years.
Think if that car had technology from 2004 - Yikes!! I drive a 2009
that only has 65,000 miles on it. It has a "brain" and I can make the
car accelerate better than the drive by wire. Both cars were purchased
new. I expect to drive my car until I die. What happens 10 years from
now if my car needs a new brain? Will that OLD technology be
available.
They are making cars that will last 300k miles and putting technology
in them that will be obsolete in 5 years.
On 2022-12-29 22:54, Jason Spatafore via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I'm kinda with George here. I went to a Circle K today that had a
self
checkout. It took 3x as long to checkout. I let the attendant there
know that I did not enjoy the experience and won't return.
But, I will use Amazon and delivery services.
So I think the labor market will move away from going out to collect
your food to just having food delivered. The self checkouts will
accelerate that movement toward retail closures and warehouse
openings. So, the "unskilled" labor market will just shift from
assembling a burger to boxing product.
McDonald's has to be careful here. To quote an old McDonald's CFO...
"We are not technically in the food business. We are in the real
estate business. The only reason we sell 15-cent hamburgers is
because
they are the greatest producer of revenue, from which our tenants can
pay us our rent."
On 12/29/22 19:43, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote:
I'll pass on this for the same reason I don't go to Sonic and I
won't use self-checkout at Albertson's/Walmart/Home Depot.
Regards,
George Toft
On 12/28/2022 7:22 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Thought you might find this interesting.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/mcdonalds-unveils-first-automated-location-social-media-worried-will-cut-millions-jobs
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