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I got a manicure from a robot in San Francisco. Is this the future?
SFGATE ^ | 16 June 2021 | Tesssa McLean

Posted on 06/17/2021 7:17:00 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

As I slide my finger into the hand grip, a rubber ring clamps down on my knuckle to hold it into place. It’s a gentle reminder that I should be moving as little as possible...

as I watch the tiny brush head trace an almost-perfect outline of my nail before continuing to fill it in with color in a mesmerizing loop, I reluctantly admit to myself that this is, almost certainly, the future.

For starters, a robot painting your nails is fast and cheap. The shellacking of a deep maroon cost me $8 and was done within 10 minutes. Plus, you don’t need cash to tip a robot.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: just5dollarmore; notifiedmywife; ohhoneyyousopretty; robot
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To: DUMBGRUNT

21 posted on 06/17/2021 8:54:17 PM PDT by Bloodandgravy (Power likes to walk on crooked legs)
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To: x

>>The future is human slaves giving roboticures to their robot masters ...

Robots have to be maintained and repaired.

THAT is the job that will remain and there IS no tip for it.


22 posted on 06/17/2021 9:56:39 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

How many pizzas does a robot buy?

L


23 posted on 06/17/2021 9:58:04 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: snuffy smiff

Medical mishap are one of the leading causes of death in America.


24 posted on 06/17/2021 9:58:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Bloodandgravy

Is that Toobin’s sex-bot?


25 posted on 06/17/2021 9:59:01 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: lee martell

“Some men like to chat with their Barber.”

What’s a Barber?

L


26 posted on 06/17/2021 9:59:19 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Lurker

Robots don’t have money. Nobody pays them. They are slave labor.


27 posted on 06/17/2021 9:59:52 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: a fool in paradise

“Robots don’t have money. Nobody pays them.”

Not yet, anyway.

L


28 posted on 06/17/2021 10:01:47 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Lurker

The money goes to the robot’s owner. He rents it to you and charges by the service.


29 posted on 06/17/2021 10:06:26 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

30 posted on 06/17/2021 10:37:53 PM PDT by Theoria
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To: cgbg
Re: "The mass media should fire all their reporters and replace them with robots."

That day is much closer than you know.

More than one half of the sports and business news you read is already written by software bots.

Almost every week at Free Republic I read comments that criticize the writing in a posted article.

More often than not, the errors were not made by humans!

31 posted on 06/18/2021 12:24:51 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: snuffy smiff

The old timers with horses resisted the automobile when it first came out too. So you are not alone in your thinking, it’s human to sometimes be afraid of change.

But imbrace the future and stop romanticizing a past the never truly existed.


32 posted on 06/18/2021 3:37:05 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Lurker

Someone (make or female) who cuts but does not style nor color hair.

A barber may also beard trims and shaves.

If it’s an Asian barber you might even get a scalp and neck massage.

Fair warning, If you go once, you might become a convert.


33 posted on 06/18/2021 4:30:14 AM PDT by Oil Object Insp
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To: irishjuggler

—”Suddenly imagining tens of thousands of unemployed Vietnamese ladies...”

Just in the Chicago area!

That said, I believe you will find them a very industrious group and on the move for a new niche.


34 posted on 06/18/2021 6:29:03 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

—”But the robot will not listen as you pour out your tale of woe or happiness.”

The robot can easily be made to listen but programming it to hear and respond... they will have to charge extra to cover the costs.


35 posted on 06/18/2021 6:35:25 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: lee martell

—A barber with Bluetooth earphones!!!

NO WAY JOSE!!!

My old barber of many years retires, so I go to the young guy that now watches TV, the old one only had it on if requested.

The next day I get on the elevator and the young kid behind me starts chortling uncontrollably???

Off the elevator, he asks if I cut my own hair?
Because it is running at a 22-degree angle across the back of my head!!!

Distracted workers; a bad idea.


36 posted on 06/18/2021 6:52:36 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: snuffy smiff

—”Between 2000 and 2013, a total of 144 deaths,”

Only ten each year.
Not to worry!

In 2020 there were 17 direct lightning fatalities, compared with 20 in 2019, according to the National Weather Service. From 2010 to 2019 on average, 26 people died each year from lightning strikes in the United States.


37 posted on 06/18/2021 7:12:12 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: zeestephen

Well they kinda are someone wrote that program to write those stories so yes they were


38 posted on 06/18/2021 8:19:48 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Oil Object Insp

I love my barber shop sometimes i go in and sit in an empty chair and watch sports and BS with Dan and Marta the ac works great there too and leave without getting a hair cut


39 posted on 06/18/2021 8:29:36 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That kid on the elevator had bad manners. Luckily, you took it in the light, silly spirit he meant it.
Not a big deal. Sometimes, we need a stranger to tell us what a friend won’t.


40 posted on 06/18/2021 8:47:40 AM PDT by lee martell
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