<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Spike wrote:<br>>Key:
make the robo-burgers to where we can watch it being made and noooobody
visibly working anything, runs >24/7 and isn’t it so easy to imagine,
HEY HOMELESS GUY, come on over here, I’ll buy you a burger just to >watch
this marvelous thing run. <br><br><br></span></div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">And then, when A.I. replaces many many jobs in the American economy, even engineering jobs, then you Spike, get to be the homeless guy! lol Well, except that you are working/retired, have a wife who also is an engineer, and I'm sure you have your money carefully invested. But the younger generations of white collar workers may not be <br>
so fortunate...<br><br><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Spike, be grateful for the many things the universe blessed you with, because many people do not get the brain power, health, loving family, or good birth year, that you received. The nameless homeless guy you mention, was probably not nearly as blessed, despite whatever bad decisions he may have made in his life.<br>
<br><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">And as for everyone saying, "Kickstarter!!!" "Let's get rich!!!" I suspect the big corporations/franchises are not going to need your money as they automate themselves. And I bet venture capitalists have already poured tons of money into robotics companies with the goal of automating fast food restaurants. <br>
<br><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">But it's nice to dream.... <br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br>
<br></span></div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">John<br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Kelly Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kellycoinguy@gmail.com" target="_blank">kellycoinguy@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Eugen Leitl <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eugen@leitl.org" target="_blank">eugen@leitl.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 02:57:37PM -0600, Kelly Anderson wrote:<br>
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> McDonald's business model doesn't seem to be about good food to me. It<br>
> seems to be about appealing to children, who drag their parents kicking and<br>
> screaming into the joint.<br>
<br>
</div>The Golden Arches are less about burgers than then are about real estate.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div>Location location location. We have a storage company here in town that has a model like that. They put storage units in places where they think Walmart or someone will want to build a store in 15 years. They make more money on the real estate increasing in value than in storing people's junk.</div>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div><div>-Kelly</div></font></span></div></div></div>
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