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Comment Re:Amazon Seller Here (Score 1) 52

Amazon needs to drop the third party seller marketplace crap all together and then be the only seller and shipper. They then need to fix the product searching functionality that has become worse than a free weekend getaway to Hell. If they still want to cater to the thirty party seller, they can offer standalone storefront and SEO services. All of the other sites now running marketplaces mixed in with their own offerings need to also change. This has become commonplace for many big traditional brick and mortar retailers with online shopping.

Comment Re:Just like in 2021 (Score 1) 203

Price gouging is always theft of money from the desperate. The justification that the gougers use is that people were willing to pay, and this apparently is how they can still sleep at night. Yes, we all ultimately make the choice to bite or not. It the options are shit sandwich or shit sandwich with salt, there has to be responsibility for the shit sandwich to be eaten on both sides of the transaction. But no! The free market can fix this! Teach the bad humans a lesson by dying instead of buying.

Comment Re: Not Gonna Happen (Score 1) 168

A business now employing two people working 20 hours each week is one still seeing 40 hours of productivity. Whereas, one that has stuck with one employee and shifted to 32 hours isn't. A bonus for the business expanding its ranks might be a reduction in benefits related overhead since part-time workers often don't qualify.

Comment Re: It ain't broke (Score 2) 52

what's the damage

This thinking is precisely why computers still drag today. While I do realize the advancements in hardware technologies made possible more sophistication in software, the world was getting stuff done back in the day with 8-bit processors and 64K RAM. It has seemed for a long time that no one bothers to design with limiting resource usage in mind.

Comment Re:I think there's another factor at play: (Score 2) 40

I bet the simple answer is no. Humans must still be present to operate the truck during parts of the routes unsupportive of driverless mode. Plus, this mode will never be able to handle all of the various situations to be encountered along a route. Is the truck just going to shutdown in the middle of the road until someone has driven in from some big Urban Area to put out road flares so that road debris can be untangled from under it or negotiate tight pathways of congested and stopped traffic? Of course not. The human is needed. If the pricing model or profit goals don't support in-truck human drivers, use rail.

Comment Re:Unions ? (Score 1) 72

While I am not wanting to jump into this debate as self proclaimed expert, I believe a key difference between his/her situation and what is typical might be that his/her employees are actually contractors. His labor costs should be higher since the company's financials don't include much or even any of the other line item costs that are factored into total compensation. The costs are paid by the contractor or contractor's firm. Plus, the contractor must also account for idle time in his/her rate.

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