Established safety procedures are only as good as the people following them. We still create triple amputees in my field despite stacks of procedures and rules.
Skynet taking your jerbs
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Most safety systems are implemented not to protect the employee but limit liability of the company.
The problem is that when you proceduralize safety, people begin to trust the procedures and lose their self preservation instincts.
Plus, sounds like that guy should have had Old Glory Insurance
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Back when I was setting up a hybrid power semiconductor lab for Digital Equipment Corporation and they were all hot to perform routine blood testing on anyone who worked in the lab. I figured out that it was a CYA for the company and got the testing quashed.
This being the same company that had an air cooling system lined with asbestos for PDP-11s under test; I snarfed a sample, had it confirmed as asbestos by a laboratory, reported it to management, who did... zero zip nada.
In light of all your stories, this seems alarming: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/16/japans-robot-hotel-a-dinosaur-at-reception-a-machine-for-room-service?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
that looks like an extremely nice hotel for 80 bucks in japan....
heck, a hole in the wall ran me for twice as much. the toilets were worth it, though.
"Unless they figure out how to open doors."
Put some frikking laser beams on that thing already!
Well I have several USB chargers and plenty of machine oil in the garage. I for one welcome our new robot overlords.
(hey, they might be reading this ... you can't be too safe)
(hey, they might be reading this ... you can't be too safe)
Are you ready to be charged? Which port do you prefer?
Are you ready to be charged? Which port do you prefer?
I'll be directing them to smote you, first.
I like the idea of a robot smiting things for me. Conan-bot?
I'll be directing them to smote you, first.
We recently implemented a bunch of robots to remove manual labor. It was so well executed that it now req
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/worker-killed-by-robot-in-welding-accident-at-car-parts-factory-in-india-10453887.htmlI like the idea of a robot smiting things for me. Conan-bot?
I need to look into integrating tazers to my machetes.
hospitals have been using robots to distribute meds to patient rooms for a long time. secure, never need breaks, don't get tired...
Friend of mine from grad school makes surgery robots. Allows the surgeon to essentially scale down their movements so they can execute very precise and microscopic movements. The original concept was to allow a surgeon to operate remotely, but the FDA put the no-no on that one. Was a good way to get military funding to start the business though. Their dream was to have a surgeon back in the states operate on a soldier in the field. That is likely to happen in the future.
Yes!
A few years ago I tried to find an 'in' at DaVinci, thinking that they were well positioned to make a kazillion dollars soon.
Sadly, they didn't appreciate my obvious value.
cool example:
That is the one. My friend has only been working for a few years and has accumulated more value in stock options than my 20+ years worth of life savings.Yes!
A few years ago I tried to find an 'in' at DaVinci, thinking that they were well positioned to make a kazillion dollars soon.
Sadly, they didn't appreciate my obvious value.
cool example:
The in is to get a Research Assistanship at a university doing research on surgery robots.
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A good chunk of it has already matured. I recommended cashing it the fuck out.
Just ask my former colleague who had a small fortune in Worldcom stock options... you can't even mention it around him or he'll start frothing.
I knew a guy who sat on $5mm of some dot com bubble company he worked for. He held on to it because he believed in the company. His beliefs were incorrect.Just ask my former colleague who had a small fortune in Worldcom stock options... you can't even mention it around him or he'll start frothing.
I'd rather be retired than correct.
I love how fake that painted background is...I like the idea of a robot smiting things for me. Conan-bot?
Hopefully the IRS didn't have a different opinion on the matter.
That background is probably neither painted or fake. Most of the filming of Conan the Destroyer was done in the deserts of Mexico. There's plenty of goofy rock like that strewn across the high desert of south west US as well.
You don't get taxed for stock options until you cash out, and then at the lower capital gain rate, because people with stock options work really really hard for that money unlike an hourly labor.
That depends on the kind of stock options you have. Some stock option plans trigger taxable income the moment you exercise and hold.
https://www.thebalance.com/taxation-of-employee-stock-options-2388965
Many people were ruined during the .com bubble when they got taxable liabilities on paper money and then the market crashed.
In my 20 years of working on industrial machines things have gone from "if you know what you are doing you shouldn't get hurt" to designing things to prevent people from using them to commit suicide.
I'm just quoting this for its brilliance. This kind of attitude would have gotten you far in politics, you missed your calling.
the google machines says they do
There was a security robot in LGA this week that looked like a Dalek...I was amused at the thought of stairs or a curb.
Roomba's evil big brother?