Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad

Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by solveit on Thursday December 26, 2019 @02:33AM (#21882497)

Perhaps the skills just changed. Driving halfway across the country on a motorbike with nothing but a macbook and a phone to tether to, freelancing or remote working along the way doesn't sound so unrealistic.

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Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad by kortilla on Thursday December 26, 2019 @03:46PM (#21886623)

I think it’s the direct exchange of labor for room and board that’s the unrealistic part these days.

Now with a MacBook, you work in a comfy coffee shop to earn enough to stay at a regular motel for the night and get a regular meal.

Also, MacBook freelancing is a higher bar than handyman mechanical work. It requires literacy and training on some skill on the computer that puts you above the Mechanical Turk workforces in much cheaper countries.

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