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Re:A Guaranteed Income for Every American by sokoloff on Saturday June 04, 2016 @07:11PM (#11838667)
Have you seen the new McD's ordering kiosks? They're definitely there, and I find I prefer them to the previous cashier experience.

That combination looks bad for fast food front of house workers...

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Re:A Guaranteed Income for Every American by crdoconnor on Sunday June 05, 2016 @03:54AM (#11840049)
I have. Have you seen the equivalents of McD's kiosks from 1890's Berlin?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat#/media/File:Stollwerck...

Those things are bound to replace most food service workers by the 1920s at the very latest.

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Re:A Guaranteed Income for Every American by imtringued on Sunday June 05, 2016 @07:52AM (#11840503)
Indeed!. In the last 126 years technology has not progressed very much. Why should it be different today?
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Re:A Guaranteed Income for Every American by crdoconnor on Sunday June 05, 2016 @08:14AM (#11840545)
Indeed. The question clearly isn't "do people even want automat restaurants?" it's just "did the technology to push a button and have food delivered reach some sort of tipping point in 2016?"

Did you also know that original automats from the 30s mostly went bankrupt in the same decades (60s/70s) that the inflation adjusted minimum wage was at its highest and Americans had the most disposable income?

Funny that.

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