Re: Why 5 Million People Live in America’s Hottest City
Thanks for the share. Good stuff! On 3/11/24 11:44, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi, Happened upon this video that I found very interesting. It is all about Phoenix and the latter 2/3rds is about tech in the valley starting at 19:50. The first part is worth watching as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjQuZfkU1jI --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: McDonald's unveils first automated location
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 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss--- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: https://www.crucial.com/ssd/x8/ct1000x8ssd9
On 8/3/22 20:57, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I'm thinking of getting https://www.crucial.com/ssd/x8/ct1000x8ssd9 . Does anyone hear know of any reason I should or should not? If you're doing it for backups and storing in a safe, yes. Go with the external drive. If you're wanting to use it daily...don't. Get an internal. The unplugging and plugging in will annoy you. USB, while it's useful, can run into random disconnects that can totally drive you nuts. It's all about the application in this case. If you need portable, go portable. But if you want consistent and always available, onboard it. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss--- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
