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If you're gonna be a bear, be a Grizzly! |
It's not full automation, but the guys logging the property next to mine are using a big cutter on what looks like a trackhoe, and they cut a tree about every 15 seconds. I watched them clear about 2 acres yesterday, and it was unreal what those guys are capable of. Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago. | |||
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Certified All Positions |
The work that I do these days, home renovation, will not be automated until some very sophisticated robots are available. Interestingly, my industry is currently starved for good people. OMG is it hard to find motivated intelligent people to do a number of trades. Cue Mike Rowe. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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The Ice Cream Man |
Its a race between how far the workforce degrades in capability and automation. The issue will become that people who are less effective due to their attitude, will find it harder to find a job - same reason, I think, why the trades have such difficulty getting new workers. (While there's definitely a need for bright tradesmen, its a place where simple work ethic can lead to a decent paying career.) | |||
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Ammoholic |
I dunno. Seems like the ‘droids could prolly be trained to take care of that *and* make you a sammich without any backtalk. You might even be out of luck there... | |||
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Member |
I question the 3% number. Directly engaged in agriculture, maybe. Indirectly, no way. Besides the farmers, growers, and pickers, you have the processors, the canneries, the package- and container making companies, the recyclers, the railroad and trucking companies that haul it, the local delivery companies, the grocers and all their employees, the pesticide companies, the USDA, the food magazines and TV shows, and on and on. | |||
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