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Re:Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing the... by kopo on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @04:54PM (#18188787)
On Star Trek doesn't everyone have their own Replicator than can churn out anything? Why does someone even need to get paid? Just make one from your replicator and ship it to a friend in need.
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Re:Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing the... by lozaning on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @05:04PM (#18188872)
Just use your replicator to make another replicator and send them that!
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Re:Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing the... by Nition on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @05:48PM (#18189198)
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a fish replicator...
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Re:Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing the... by eddieroger on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:30PM (#18190817)
I'm not sure if this is serious, but I'll risk the miss and say that they addressed this in TNG, saying that humanity evolved past the economies of earlier times.
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