Re:Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention...
by WalterBright on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:10PM
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My dad, career Air Force, was once given the job of coaching the privates on the Air Force base. It seems that about 50% of them were unable to pay their bills, which caused friction between the base commander and the local merchants.
The privates were all paid the same, every two weeks.
Half were able to pay their bills and did well. The other half would spend their paychecks as fast as possible, and would run out of money after 1 week. The 2nd week was spent begging, borrowing, and in general being a deadbeat.
My dad would sit down with them, go over their spending, and prepare budgets for them. Literally none of them were able to adhere to those budgets.
The privates were all paid the same, every two weeks.
Half were able to pay their bills and did well. The other half would spend their paychecks as fast as possible, and would run out of money after 1 week. The 2nd week was spent begging, borrowing, and in general being a deadbeat.
My dad would sit down with them, go over their spending, and prepare budgets for them. Literally none of them were able to adhere to those budgets.
Again, 50%.