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simple_mech t1_j5lexnj wrote

Reply to comment by ajwhelton in Cheap sewer pipe repairs can push toxic fumes into homes and schools – here's how to lower the risk by ajwhelton

Yea I mean pressurization is likely how they get the resin to expand when heated, so it’s probably difficult to get rid of that.

If there could be a closed system that sits inside the resin, and that is expanded (imagine like a looooong bag), that would then easily be peeled off the resin, that might work.

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simple_mech t1_j469tgt wrote

Reply to comment by tinasnow-poty in Apple might finally make a touchscreen Mac by No-Drawing-6975

I've had two touchscreen laptops, and I NEVER used them.

You have to remember in that split second to use the touchscreen, which goes against the habit of going right for the touchpad/mouse, so it takes even longer because you have to think about it.

If you built up a new habit, that's a bit different. But how many one-off clicks does that take to build a new habit?

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simple_mech t1_j43dq7m wrote

Reply to comment by ssylvan in Apple might finally make a touchscreen Mac by No-Drawing-6975

I think the scrolling is a moot point.

How many “one off” clicks does someone do? Like 2-3/day let’s say?

You’re going to put an entire touch screen on a laptop to save like 1,000 seconds a year? Or 16 mins/year. That’s like an hour or two for the lifetime of the laptop; not worth it imo.

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simple_mech t1_j24331n wrote

Reply to comment by yoortyyo in Micron Plans Layoffs for 2023 by CrankyBear

Yea 4,500 people making say $40-50k is $200-225M.

Multiply that by “a couple years” and you have 1% or more of the total project cost, which is significant.

They’re also not just creating 9k jobs, that’s only Micron internal, they estimate ~50,000 jobs when you account for the entire supply chain.

No one’s praising them for that, huh? But we’re quick to ding them for letting go 4,500 people.

Also 4,500 number includes voluntary attraction (people that quit and they just don’t replace them).

Also also, the factory will be in a different location. You expect them to just load people up on a bus?

Lastly, the entire industry is facing challenges including Intel and QuailComm. Let’s stop demonizing corporations for everything they do.

What are they supposed to do? Hire people and when the economy slows just keep them on payroll? That’s not how life works.

Disclaimer: I’m not arguing for or against, just laying out the facts of the matter. If it were a utopian society, sure keep everyone on a good salary with or without work, but that’s not how it works (at least for now unfortunately).

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simple_mech t1_ivr2bub wrote

Reply to comment by danielisbored in A study found that people perceive that robots are replacing human jobs at a greater rate than they actually are. Only 14% of workers say they’ve had their job replaced by a robot. Workers who had been supplanted by a robot estimated that 47% of all jobs have been lost to robots. by Brave_Cycle_8745

I work in the Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) industry. We’re still doing the same thing today, 20-25 full-time employees down to <5 FTEs.

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