Automation: Carl’s Jr turns to automated systems
Source: ‘They asked for 20$ an hour and Carl’s Jr said bet’: Carl’s Jr. customer orders meal via A.I. assistant in drive-thru
Automation: Lots of automation showing up in restaurants
The $15 minimum wage, now $20 per hour demands, has led to the inevitable acceleration of restaurant automation. Also, the bizarre “tipping culture” we now have in the U.S. might…
Musk was right: Many tech companies slashing bloated middle management layers
Elon Musk took much heat for gutting Twitter last fall. But as some suggested, if that worked for him, you could expect every tech CEO was looking at what he…
Follow up: 3 vax prevents infection and transmission & with masks, risk is near zero
Let’s preserve this for posterity. He’s an MD, MPH. Trust the Experts. As usual, the public health experts were wrong. About everything. And they wonder why no one trusts them…
Brain injuries: Brain injuries and long-term risks
There are about 100 things wrong with this news report including this misleading summary but at least it gives more attention to head injuries: Women may be more susceptible to…
Demographics: The Swiss get it – “Demographic shifts cause Swiss labour market crunch”
They are not blaming Covid – it’s the declining fertility rate: Switzerland’s ageing population and changing lifestyles are profoundly transforming the labour market. Source: Demographic shifts cause Swiss labour market…
Public health: We flattened the curve but not in the way intended
The growth curve of deaths was not far from a steady line, upwards. We did lock downs. We did masks. We closed schools and businesses. We opened schools. We made…
Follow up: “…no question … Czech Republic’s remarkable progress … was the result of requiring an entire society to wear face masks.”
July 2020: There is no question that the Czech Republic’s remarkable progress on COVID-19 was the result of requiring an entire society to wear face masks. Source: How Czech Republic…
Follow up: If people don’t get the bivalent booster, Covid will skyrocket in early 2023
Look at this chart from the White House on October 11, 2023: Source: Biden administration extends COVID public health emergency – Los Angeles Times This chart, at right of the…
Caffeine Culture: Caffeine plays a role in osteoarthritis
Caffeine, a Risk Factor for Osteoarthritis and Longitudinal Bone Growth Inhibition María Guillán-Fresco 1, Eloi Franco-Trepat 1, Ana Alonso-Pérez 1, Alberto Jorge-Mora 1, Miriam López-Fagúndez 1, Andrés Pazos-Pérez 1, Oreste…