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Related: About this forumLast Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - Automation
Automation often seems like a scary new problem, but its neither entirely scary nor entirely new.
pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,499 posts)Last week he was horrified to learn New Zealand had been left off that map! And he's also a great teacher - you tend to pay close attention because he lectures with such humor!
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)I kid I kid! Now, here's a tune from New Zealand's 4th most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo:
pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...and how much he hates Thomas Edison.
One of my earliest jobs was as a coil winder in an auto parts factory (mid-80's) and there were two sets of machines I worked on. On one machine, I would wrap the posts with thin copper wire, let the winder wind the coil onto the spindle, and then I would wrap the remaining post and the part was made. The other machine was basically the same thing, but the machine would wrap the 2nd post. That was automation.
Rhiannon12866
(205,499 posts)As for jobs, repetitive tasks can make you nuts, so I welcome any help we can get!
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...and rub my feet.
Rhiannon12866
(205,499 posts)Especially in this weather