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• A McDonald’s location has opened in White Settlement, TX, that is almost entirely automated. Since it opened in December 2022, public opinion is mixed. Many are excited but many others are concerned about the impact this could have on millions of low-wage service workers.

  It's getting there. I don't know how successful it will be yet. Source: over 1 year ago

• A McDonald’s location has opened in White Settlement, TX, that is almost entirely automated. Since it opened in December 2022, public opinion is mixed. Many are excited but many others are concerned about the impact this could have on millions of low-wage service workers.

  People have been making prototypes for years in preparation such as https://misorobotics.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Reinventing my professional self, advice needed.

  Thanks to the ever-accelerating pace of change, they are better at doing their down-in-the-weeds jobs than you now are. This is exacerbated by tech's penetration into pretty much every fucking thing. Maybe not true for burger flippers and baristas, but you get the point. (Oh wait, this: https://misorobotics.com/). Source: over 1 year ago

• What did the pandemic ruin more than we realise?

  Longer term I am not so sure. Companies like https://misorobotics.com/ and https://www.picnicworks.com/ among many others are developing and deploying solutions already. Source: over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Why don't we have 3 day weekends yet?

  > That extreme turned out to be unsustainable in today's labor market--again, at least where I live--so "the market" and "the real world" seem to be moving on. Yes, the minimum possible being the minimum market wage that they can hire workers for (even if turnover is high). I don't mean they pay $7.25... > So I can tell you that many employers already flexibly schedule their workers Yeah, but those employees get... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago