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Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by jvanderbot on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @11:30AM (#23833096)
Your statement and previous do not contradict. Multiplying the hours required to do the job in a larger environment like a hotel (4/week becomes 80 person hours / week) would produce a break-even cost higher than what you suggest.
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Re:Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, cl... by espadrine on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @01:40PM (#23835075)
Indeed. To give further figures, in France the minimum wage is around €10, and employees cannot work more than 35h/week, which yields a price point of €72k below which a 4-year-lifetime machine with human performance becomes cost-effective for a hotel.

In fact, France would probably be a very attractive country for this technology because of this.

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