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Re:Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs by bryanlarsen on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:23PM (#30080080)
> one guy can sit in an air-conditioned combine harvester cab for a few hours listening to tunes,

I hope he's not listening to tunes. A change in the sound it's making is often the first warning that your $500,000 piece of machinery is about to self destruct.

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Re:Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs by worik on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:22PM (#30080468)
> A change in the sound it's making is often the first warning that your $500,000 piece of machinery is about to self destruct.

Whose machine?

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Re:Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs by Supermancho on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:12PM (#30080388)
I see it all the time, from combines to snowplows.
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Re:Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:55PM (#30080678)
Anything that's got risk of becoming expensive will give you tactile or olfactory feedback.
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Re:Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs by dkjaudyeqooe on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:30AM (#30082125)
More likely some warning light will illuminate on the dash first.
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