Re: 10,000 jobs could be lost to robots says Citi

2018-06-13 Thread Matt Birkholz
On Wed, 2018-06-13 at 16:17 -0700, Eric Oyen wrote: > Ah yes, technical humor! I thought it was "meta humor", but I'll consider it a success. Thanks! > Anyway, here’s a different take on jobs, robots and the rest of us. > > Robots are always going to need periodic updating, maintenance and

Re: 10,000 jobs could be lost to robots says Citi

2018-06-13 Thread techlists
I call this thread dead. My apologies to the list. I had not idea this would turn out like this. On 2018-06-13 14:23, David Schwartz wrote: > How can this NOT be a political topic? > > It's about jobs. Jobs that are being replaced by automation. At companies who > are really only

Re: 10,000 jobs could be lost to robots says Citi

2018-06-13 Thread Eric Oyen
Ah yes, technical humor! Anyway, here’s a different take on jobs, robots and the rest of us. Robots are always going to need periodic updating, maintenance and upgrades. So, those of us who are technically competent will still end up with jobs, just in a different specialty. You will also

Re: 10,000 jobs could be lost to robots says Citi

2018-06-13 Thread David Schwartz
How can this NOT be a political topic? It's about jobs. Jobs that are being replaced by automation. At companies who are really only interested in PROFITS, not the quality of life of their employees or what costs they dump on the community as a result of under-paying workers or laying them

Re: 10,000 jobs could be lost to robots says Citi

2018-06-13 Thread Matt Birkholz
On Wed, 2018-06-13 at 13:36 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > It might be a good idea for you, the Original Poster, to declare this > thread dead, before it REALLY gets out of hand. But what's a kill-thread command for then? The discussion about whether we should be discussing this is icing on the

Re: 10,000 jobs could be lost to robots says Citi

2018-06-13 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:36:04 -0700 techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: > wow David. Yikes!! > > I posted this link because we are in the center of some big changes > that no one is talking about. I never intended it to become > political. Your post was offtopic, and it was obvious, at least

Re: Ubuntu 18.04

2018-06-13 Thread Stephen Partington
Alternatively you can use the Server install image, however make sure you adjust your install to turn off the waiting for the network stack if its to boot without network ever. On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 4:49 AM, Matthew Crews wrote: > On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 7:56:32 AM MST you wrote: > > I

Re: Ubuntu 18.04

2018-06-13 Thread Matthew Crews
On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 7:56:32 AM MST you wrote: > I would like to get a CD to install Ubuntu 18.04. One site offers 12 > CDs of repository files. I know many of you may make your own install > CDs. I don't have the time so where is the best place to purchase these > CDs. Are that many CDs of