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A comment on Mechanical Turk Stations for the Urban Poor.

Re:Mechanical Turk Stations for the Urban Poor by wtvanhest on Sunday February 26, 2012 @12:17PM (#3636057)
This would be a great kickstarter project. You may want to modify it though so the station just prints a check or some other instrument other than cash or you will end up with a lot of broken Mechanical Turk Stations.
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Re:Mechanical Turk Stations for the Urban Poor by chrmaury on Sunday February 26, 2012 @12:21PM (#3636069)
Yea, broken machines or people getting mugged right after cashing out are both concerns. But the people who would benefit most from something like this would be least likely to have a bank account.
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Re:Mechanical Turk Stations for the Urban Poor by dpres on Sunday February 26, 2012 @12:26PM (#3636081)
Tons of businesses cash checks without a bank account. Another concern is kiosk hacking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSu8z3vrfcY
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Re:Mechanical Turk Stations for the Urban Poor by Professa on Sunday February 26, 2012 @03:09PM (#3636626)
The kiosks actually coming up missing would be a bigger concern than hacking.
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