No once we invoke Article 50 the EU is to negotiate a new agreement. A transitional arrangement would definitely fall within the scope of a "withdrawal agreement" with a framework for our future relationship with the Union. It is all there in black and white.
No
If we invoke Article 50 we negotiate an agreement for withdrawal.
It does not say we negotiate an agreement to negotiate an agreement
It doesn't specify what the agreement is but simply that it is an agreement and specifically that it should take into account "the framework for its future relationship with the Union".
A temporary agreement that sees us outside the EU as soon as possible but in an EEA/EFTA-style agreement until the final agreement is reached matches this requirement. Once we have given notice of our intent to withdraw it is in the best interests of all parties to both see an agreement ASAP and see it implemented and us outside ASAP.
It doesn't specify what the agreement is but simply that it is an agreement and specifically that it should take into account "the framework for its future relationship with the Union".
It specifies that it is the agreement that takes over from the existing treaties when we leave.
If we negotiate a crap "interim" agreement, that's our agreement. We don't get a second shot
"The Treaties shall cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement "
'Hundreds of millions are at stake for international cricket tours. Having already served his sentence and seen his ban lifted, if we refuse to let in Amir then what happens if Pakistan refuses to tour on the basis that we are not letting one of their top players in even though he isn't banned?'
If Pakistan refuse to tour I doubt anyone will lose much sleep,last time they trashed an entire Test series and the series before that refused to come out after tea because they didn't agree with some of the umpiring decisions.
Across their continent - whatever the geography books say.
You might like to add 'whatever the history books say', 'whatever the economics books say', 'whatever the philosophy books say', 'whatever the literature says'.
Has there ever been a more openly anti-intellectual movement in British politics?
It has nothing to do with anti-intellectualism, and everything to do with the slowly dawning realisation that one must utilise one's own brain to make decisions, rather than simply relying upon someone in a white coat and a lanyard to do all the thinking. 'Stronger In' is the anti-intellectual movement - anti anyone actually using their own intellect. 'Scientists for in' is surely the nadir of this approach. 'Don't worry your heads dears, we know best.'
So your telling me that people have studied the IMF, G20 or BoE reports in detail and decided that they disagree with them. Don't make me laugh. Leave may well win but if it does it is going to solely on the back of a populist anti-immigration platform.
If people were using their brains to intellectually disagree with expert opinion on the economic consequences of Brexit then I think their case might be rebutted by something a little more substantial than "it's the bleeding' elite innit"
Leave have been very skilful in exploiting discontent but please lets not kid ourselves that most people have studied it and come to their own conclusions.
No once we invoke Article 50 the EU is to negotiate a new agreement. A transitional arrangement would definitely fall within the scope of a "withdrawal agreement" with a framework for our future relationship with the Union. It is all there in black and white.
No
If we invoke Article 50 we negotiate an agreement for withdrawal.
It does not say we negotiate an agreement to negotiate an agreement
Pfft.. and you know about as much about community law as you do about the Monty Hall problem.
Disappointing from Gove. I didn't see his performance on Friday, but I got the impression that he both came across as a latter-day Churchill and bolstered Leave with some much-needed intellectual certainty. But it sounds as if we're back where we started with Leave: shrug of the shoulders, let's see what happens, won't this little experiment be jolly amusing if nothing else. Sorry, but we deserve better.
Sunil J. Prasannan is calling for a total and complete shutdown of AV threads entering PB.com, until our forum's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on!
Is the reason the French are solidly behind Djokovic their way of protesting at Murrays fashion sense?
There was one decision that went against Djokovic that got the crowd on his side.
And since the first set, Andy Murray has been doing that impression so many Scots find hard to replicate, a ray of sunshine
It's not surprising that they struggle to replicate a ray of sunshine when their only (non tax avoiding) icon looks like he's been kitted out by an Azabajani camel herder
The industrial revolution didn't lead to fewer jobs in Britan overall infact we created more jobs than ever before just that they were different. Suspect the same will happen now. Oh and you can't have a minimum income when you have open borders.
John McDonnell: Labour taking a close look at universal basic income
Shadow chancellor says the concept of an unconditional payment to all could prepare country for robotisation of the workforce
A universal basic income (UBI) is regarded by some on the left as a response to the robotisation of the workforce, which it is feared could replace lower-skilled jobs and exacerbate inequality.
I can't any problems with this at all...none at all...especially if we are still part of the EU. As for the "robotisation" of the work force, we already have it and and it is less likely to affect the low skilled, it will be middle skilled tasks where computers have made leap and bounds.
Computer AI can do lots of tasks that we currently deem skilled e.g. pretty good at translation, but we have hardly made any progress on enabling computers to "understand" simple tasks like cleaning and tidying, where things are not clear cut and require a lot of different understanding.
I would be more concerned if i was just a code monkey than a cleaner.
What about the automisation of supermarket checkouts, factory assembly lines etc? Few jobs are totally immune from the threat of AI though the more creative they are the less the threat. UBI is an interesting idea but not something I think is affordable or needed as yet
We already have automated checkouts, they aren't really making the process any more efficient and so still lots of supermarket jobs. We already have automated / robot factory assembly lines, but again there are tasks which are incredibly hard for computer / robots and we aren't much closer to solving them.
I don't buy this view that because of advantages in computers / robots / AI everybody will be out of job, rather jobs will change, just as they have over history. New sectors will open up. Who would have predicted 50 years the vast numbers of people we would require to work keeping the internet working.
AI / computer vision is something I know a lot about and we aren't anywhere near solving so many of things that humans do with ease. The AI we are seeing advances in at the moment is based upon theory that is actually 30 years old, and still have some significant limitations.
Not to say it isn't exciting and will automate jobs, but we are a long way off having general purpose solutions.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
'Hundreds of millions are at stake for international cricket tours. Having already served his sentence and seen his ban lifted, if we refuse to let in Amir then what happens if Pakistan refuses to tour on the basis that we are not letting one of their top players in even though he isn't banned?'
If Pakistan refuse to tour I doubt anyone will lose much sleep,last time they trashed an entire Test series and the series before that refused to come out after tea because they didn't agree with some of the umpiring decisions.
Who can forget the big Usman sulk...
I was shocked to learn that England still haven't got a replacement replaced Mustaq for spin coaching (he left a year ago). Seems very amateurish not to have anybody coaching Ali, Rashid etc.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere.
The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers. And paying somebody £7 / hr, is a lot cheaper than the required investment to develop the solutions.
And as for robot factory assembly it is true, although again your iPhone still required a company that employs a million people to make.
Across their continent - whatever the geography books say.
You might like to add 'whatever the history books say', 'whatever the economics books say', 'whatever the philosophy books say', 'whatever the literature says'.
Has there ever been a more openly anti-intellectual movement in British politics?
It has nothing to do with anti-intellectualism, and everything to do with the slowly dawning realisation that one must utilise one's own brain to make decisions, rather than simply relying upon someone in a white coat and a lanyard to do all the thinking. 'Stronger In' is the anti-intellectual movement - anti anyone actually using their own intellect. 'Scientists for in' is surely the nadir of this approach. 'Don't worry your heads dears, we know best.'
So your telling me that people have studied the IMF, G20 or BoE reports in detail and decided that they disagree with them. Don't make me laugh. Leave may well win but if it does it is going to solely on the back of a populist anti-immigration platform.
If people were using their brains to intellectually disagree with expert opinion on the economic consequences of Brexit then I think their case might be rebutted by something a little more substantial than "it's the bleeding' elite innit"
Leave have been very skilful in exploiting discontent but please lets not kid ourselves that most people have studied it and come to their own conclusions.
I wouldn't dream of claiming any such thing. Are you claiming that David Cameron and George Osborne have read them and arrived at the carefully considered conclusion that they endorse the contents? Most decision makers read little more than the executive summary of the studies that cross their desks. As a matter of fact, such weighty tomes emblazoned with impressive acronyms surely actively discourage one from reading the contents in favour of just accepting the conclusions.
My point isn't that people are intellectually wedding to Brexit, but that they're beginning to exercise their own decision-making synapses by necessity, because the people in smart suits always seem to manage to bugger things up. Iraq. Libya. Credit Crunch. If they're so right, why do they get it so wrong, so consistently?
Immigration is an example of what I'm talking about. Big business and the leaderships of all the main parliamentary parties tell people that immigration is an unalloyed benefit and admonish those who suggest otherwise as beyond the pale. A few years ago only a fringe would not have accepted that. Today, many are beginning to think that the interests of big business and the big state may run counter to their own. May. That's for them to think out.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
Are there any statistics on this? I had a cursory search but couldn't find anything relevant, but suspect the fall has been modest, rather than "far fewer".
If they've any political nous, the Labour IN campaign and the likes of John McDonnell will be none too comfortable with the Mirror's telling its million or so Labour inclined readers that the loose ends of the UK's withdrawal will take until 2020 to tie up.
To dissuade Labour supporters from voting for Leave, the Labour IN campaign relies heavily on the dubious claim that any future British government will be stuck with whatever terms the current Conservative government negotiates in the immediate aftermath of an Out vote, without the capacity to change them. (i.e."Even if you want Brexit, you shouldn't leave it to the Conservatives to sort out the detail....." etc). Yet you can't even begin to make that already dubious claim if the government concluding the negotiations will be the one taking office in 2020. So the Mirror is going about targeting a refutation to the very newspaper readership likely to be most receptive to the claims of Labour IN.
Gove's mucking up of the plans for the post-Brexit scenario has got me really worried. If someone of his intellectual capability doesn't know what the hell is going on, where does that leave the other jokers who will have to make this thing work? The Leavers around here have been nothing if not noisy. My bet is that in a couple of months' time things will have quietened done somewhat when the stark reality of what they've done sinks in.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
Are there any statistics on this? I had a cursory search but couldn't find anything relevant, but suspect the fall has been modest, rather than "far fewer".
I have definitely read a report in the past 2 years that concluded it isn't true, nor that the automated check outs save any real money for the stores and average check out times are in fact higher I believe.
The problem is random shoppers are much slower at scanning / entering codes than trained employees, plus too many false positives, and "stock shrinkage" (i.e. nicking stuff / putting through wrong code / wrong amount).
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere. The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers.
Most shoppers I think find automated checkouts an absolute nightmare. Personally I never use them unless I have only a handful of items and even then I avoid them should one such item contain alcohol.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere. The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers.
Most shoppers I think find automated checkouts an absolute nightmare. Personally I never use them unless I have only a handful of items and even then I avoid them should one such item contain alcohol.
"Most shoppers"... I think you are projecting your own views on to others. Love them! Although here they have a stupid rule that you can't scan alcohol through them, probably good at moderating my drinking
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere. The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers.
Most shoppers I think find automated checkouts an absolute nightmare. Personally I never use them unless I have only a handful of items and even then I avoid them should one such item contain alcohol.
Quite. The RDID tag solution, or something similar, is really the only solution on the horizon, that makes shopping easier for everybody. Where you just stick stuff in your trolley and then you walk to till and it spits out the amount due automatically, which no scanning either while walking around the store or at the checkout.
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
You said that in the event of Brexit we face penury, which means extreme poverty. We are the 5th largest economy in the world, if we leave where do you expect us to end up: 6th, 40th, last?
I stand by my assessment, you're a fuckin idiot.
Lower than 5th. It'll affect different people differently. As always the rich will feel it least though I expect many of the brightest will relocate. France will put us into 6th place by the year end. That's almost certain
Gove's mucking up of the plans for the post-Brexit scenario has got me really worried. If someone of his intellectual capability doesn't know what the hell is going on, where does that leave the other jokers who will have to make this thing work? The Leavers around here have been nothing if not noisy. My bet is that in a couple of months' time things will have quietened done somewhat when the stark reality of what they've done sinks in.
Unless Remain wins, in which case they will get even shoutier
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere. The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers.
Most shoppers I think find automated checkouts an absolute nightmare. Personally I never use them unless I have only a handful of items and even then I avoid them should one such item contain alcohol.
Quite. The RDID tag solution, or something similar, is really the only solution on the horizon, that makes shopping easier for everything. If you just stick stuff in your trolley and then you walk to till and it spits out the amount due automatically.
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
I'm really enjoying Tesco's scan as you shop option, saves me so such time.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere. The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers.
Most shoppers I think find automated checkouts an absolute nightmare. Personally I never use them unless I have only a handful of items and even then I avoid them should one such item contain alcohol.
Quite. The RDID tag solution, or something similar, is really the only solution on the horizon, that makes shopping easier for everything. If you just stick stuff in your trolley and then you walk to till and it spits out the amount due automatically.
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
I'm really enjoying Tesco's scan as you shop option, saves me so such time.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere. The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers.
Most shoppers I think find automated checkouts an absolute nightmare. Personally I never use them unless I have only a handful of items and even then I avoid them should one such item contain alcohol.
Quite. The RDID tag solution, or something similar, is really the only solution on the horizon, that makes shopping easier for everything. If you just stick stuff in your trolley and then you walk to till and it spits out the amount due automatically.
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
I'm really enjoying Tesco's scan as you shop option, saves me so such time.
My memory might be failing me, but I swear this was trialled in some stores here 10 or so years ago? I also remember it being reasonably commonplace in France back when we had our family holidays there.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere. The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers.
Most shoppers I think find automated checkouts an absolute nightmare. Personally I never use them unless I have only a handful of items and even then I avoid them should one such item contain alcohol.
Quite right. Awful things. I've been wondering for a while when the first shop will start marketing itself as having 'staffed checkouts only' (in the same way that companies now boast about having 'British call centres'). It's bound to happen.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
Most shoppers I think find automated checkouts an absolute nightmare. Personally I never use them unless I have only a handful of items and even then I avoid them should one such item contain alcohol.
Quite. The RDID tag solution, or something similar, is really the only solution on the horizon, that makes shopping easier for everything. If you just stick stuff in your trolley and then you walk to till and it spits out the amount due automatically.
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
I'm really enjoying Tesco's scan as you shop option, saves me so such time.
NI+G, taken out and then put back in again, and not including expats, would give a swing of about 0.8%.
Reasoning (based on top-of-head but reasonable figures):
Electorate in GB: 45 million Electorate in NI: 1.4 million (maybe 75% Remain, making 350,000 more than if figure was 50%) Electorate in Gibraltar: 22000 (maybe 90% Remain, making 8800 more than if figure was 50%)
On these figures, NI+G make a contribution of 358,800, which is 0.8%.
Gove's mucking up of the plans for the post-Brexit scenario has got me really worried. If someone of his intellectual capability doesn't know what the hell is going on, where does that leave the other jokers who will have to make this thing work? The Leavers around here have been nothing if not noisy. My bet is that in a couple of months' time things will have quietened done somewhat when the stark reality of what they've done sinks in.
Unless Remain wins, in which case they will get even shoutier
I must have missed the bit of this campaign where you've both been maintaining a dignified silence.
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
and that fast read RFID tags with enough range to be read from outside the trolley are still tens of pence each and the shops don't want to take the hit on their profits and punters are likely to look askance at a shop doubling the cost of a packet of gum because of the tag on it
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
and that fast read RFID tags with enough range to be read from outside the trolley are still tens of pence each and the shops don't want to take the hit on their profits and punters are likely to look askance at a shop doubling the cost of a packet of gum because of the tag on it
Correct. I believe Walmart spent quite a bit of money investigating all of this (with a big eye of cost cutting) and concluded it just isn't economic at the moment.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
Are there any statistics on this? I had a cursory search but couldn't find anything relevant, but suspect the fall has been modest, rather than "far fewer".
In my local Tesco in Potters Bar which is standard superstore size. The 6 self service checkouts occupy at most 2 normal checkout spaces. You still need a member of staff to supervise, remove tags and authorise alcohol sales through them. The known unknown is how many more of the standard checkouts can be left unmanned during below peak times due to self service tills being available.
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
and that fast read RFID tags with enough range to be read from outside the trolley are still tens of pence each and the shops don't want to take the hit on their profits and punters are likely to look askance at a shop doubling the cost of a packet of gum because of the tag on it
I think that's the tricky part. Maybe you have to send your trolly through a faraday cage for it to only scan the items inside.
I think that's the tricky part. Maybe you have to send your trolly through a faraday cage for it to only scan the items inside.
A standard trolley is a (partial) Farady cage
Interesting, maybe you could design the trolly so RFID signals can only go up through the top, so you have a top down scanner, avoiding accidental scans.
On topic, I think there is a greater risk for Remain if Leave are seen to get a polling lead.
A lot of people thought Leave stood no chance. We were mark'd to die. Everyone was against us. The political elite. Business, the Media, even the Luvvie Light Infantry chucked a few rocks. But then when we Few, we Happy Few, we Band of Brothers look like we could just pull off the most famous victory of the Little Guy Sticking It to the Man...then everyone wants a part of that. They want to be able to boast each year on Brexit's Day of their glorious battle against the French. (And the rest of Europe too. But let's face it, mostly the French.) They want to stand a tip-toe when Brexit Day is named. Strip their sleeves and show their scars, And say "These wounds I had on Brexit day." Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did that day. For he that votes for Brexit with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England then a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they did not vote, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That voted with us upon Brexit's day.
The supermarket checkout is actually quite a good example of where we haven't got much closer to an automated solution to the problem. There are so many wrinkles the problem in real life setting and many of which computers are currently very bad at / find very hard to do efficiency, where as a human finds it trivial.
Silly example, alcohol sale, a human is pretty damn good at looking at somebody and instantly being able to estimate they are definitely over 25, probably over 21, etc. Computers find this task very very difficult.
Gove's mucking up of the plans for the post-Brexit scenario has got me really worried. If someone of his intellectual capability doesn't know what the hell is going on, where does that leave the other jokers who will have to make this thing work? The Leavers around here have been nothing if not noisy. My bet is that in a couple of months' time things will have quietened done somewhat when the stark reality of what they've done sinks in.
Doesn't fill you with confidence does it? And I thought Gove was the details man, god help us.
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
and that fast read RFID tags with enough range to be read from outside the trolley are still tens of pence each and the shops don't want to take the hit on their profits and punters are likely to look askance at a shop doubling the cost of a packet of gum because of the tag on it
I think that's the tricky part. Maybe you have to send your trolly through a faraday cage for it to only scan the items inside.
There are working prototypes, I was involve briefly in the software for one a few years ago. The problem is they want the punter to be able to walk through the payment area at a normal walking pace, which means the whole trolley will go through the scanner in a couple of seconds, during which time it has to read maybe 300 items in the trolley. Tags which let you read at that rate and from maybe a metre away are 30-50p each depending on the exact specification which makes it cost prohibitive at the moment. The steel casing of the reader seems to stop false reads from other nearby lanes.
On topic, I think there is a greater risk for Remain if Leave are seen to get a polling lead.
A lot of people thought Leave stood no chance. We were mark'd to die. Everyone was against us. The political elite. Business, the Media, even the Luvvie Light Infantry chucked a few rocks. But then when we Few, we Happy Few, we Band of Brothers look like we could just pull off the most famous victory of the Little Guy Sticking It to the Man...then everyone wants a part of that. They want to be able to boast each year on Brexit's Day of their glorious battle against the French. (And the rest of Europe too. But let's face it, mostly the French.) They want to stand a tip-toe when Brexit Day is named. Strip their sleeves and show their scars, And say "These wounds I had on Brexit day." Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did that day. For he that votes for Brexit with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England then a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they did not vote, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That voted with us upon Brexit's day.
The acceptability of saying you're voting Leave goes up too when a majority are for it.
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere. The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers.
Most shoppers I think find automated checkouts an absolute nightmare. Personally I never use them unless I have only a handful of items and even then I avoid them should one such item contain alcohol.
"Most shoppers"... I think you are projecting your own views on to others. Love them! Although here they have a stupid rule that you can't scan alcohol through them, probably good at moderating my drinking
There are far fewer checkout workers now because of the automated checkouts which have replaced them with maybe 1 person to assist if needed. Robot factory assembly lines are now used for all but the most skilled tasks. I would agree new sectors will open up, with the most creative having the best advantage
I think you will find that there just as many workers in each supermarket. And supermarkets actually finding the automated checkouts are rather problematic for a number of reasons and actually aren't that efficient for the store or shopper.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere.
The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers. And paying somebody £7 / hr, is a lot cheaper than the required investment to develop the solutions.
And as for robot factory assembly it is true, although again your iPhone still required a company that employs a million people to make.
There are not, there are 6 automatic checkouts at my local Tesco and they have obviously reduced the number of staff who work at the checkout accordingly. Yes computers may not replace all roles but where companies can automate and save costs they will
The supermarket checkout is actually quite a good example of where we haven't got much closer to an automated solution to the problem. There are so many wrinkles the problem in real life setting and many of which computers are currently very bad at / find very hard to do efficiency, where as a human finds it trivial.
Silly example, alcohol sale, a human is pretty damn good at looking at somebody and instantly being able to estimate they are definitely over 25, probably over 21, etc. Computers find this task very very difficult.
A partial solution would be the ability to swipe your driver's license to verify your age. I guess then the problem is you could just borrow someone else's!
As said before, Brexit is filled with a hole host of contradictions, make it up as you go along, clueless, ragtag, on the hoof, muddled, seat of pants policymaking. I doubt there are actually any 2 people in the Brexit group who agree with each other on the way forward. You can all have a little dib dab at how things go. Quite fun.
5 Years minimum dealing with our exit from the EU was what I suggested here a couple of days ago and this has now been more or less confirmed by Gove.
Plenty of time for some gentle persuasion by the Germans and others methinks, equally plenty of time for some changes of mind on our part.
Equally it should be said, plenty of time for the UK to set up its own trade deals across the world.
Overall this timescale probably helps LEAVE, since it provides plenty of wriggle room for us to remain within the EU if, by magic, it were to reform and/or we were able to secure a better deal.
It's called debate Tyson, the way it works is that different people have different opinions.
And then when it all goes pear-shaped, ordinary punters get whacked while the Leave establishment, the retired, those who choose not to work shrug their shoulders and say Oh Well. Let's just hope it does not come to that.
"On Thursday night, I spoke to someone from Vote Leave, and they observed he wouldn’t be confident until Leave were consistently 7% ahead in the polls, as most polls weren’t picking up voters from Northern Ireland, Gibraltar and ex-pats, which he thought would be worth around 1-2% to Remain, plus Leave were factoring in a 2-3% swing to Remain on voting day as people end up backing the status quo, as that is what has happened in most plebiscites."
Is he talking about something that might happen? Or is he saying that Leaveniks will, if necessary, and without any actual trigger, play an "immigant men, take your hands off our women" card?
There's no New Year's Eve in June. And Ramadan starts tomorrow and ends after the referendum with the festival of Eid. I don't think he's talking about that.
There are some big music festivals in June, though - in Anglesey, on the Isle of Wight, in Manchester, in Brighton, and the one they call "Glastonbury", planned to begin the day before the referendum.
Many people will go to gatherings for the solstice too, but usually few are immigrants or Muslims.
Other than music festivals and events for the solstice, I don't know whether any other big gatherings are in the diary for June.
Nigel Farage is correct on the general point that shocks favour Leave. But in this case what on earth is he thinking about?
On topic, I think there is a greater risk for Remain if Leave are seen to get a polling lead.
A lot of people thought Leave stood no chance. We were mark'd to die. Everyone was against us. The political elite. Business, the Media, even the Luvvie Light Infantry chucked a few rocks. But then when we Few, we Happy Few, we Band of Brothers look like we could just pull off the most famous victory of the Little Guy Sticking It to the Man...then everyone wants a part of that. They want to be able to boast each year on Brexit's Day of their glorious battle against the French. (And the rest of Europe too. But let's face it, mostly the French.) They want to stand a tip-toe when Brexit Day is named. Strip their sleeves and show their scars, And say "These wounds I had on Brexit day." Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did that day. For he that votes for Brexit with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England then a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they did not vote, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That voted with us upon Brexit's day.
Is he talking about something that might happen? Or is he saying that Leaveniks will, if necessary, and without any actual trigger, play an "immigant men, take your hands off our women" card?
There's no New Year's Eve in June. And Ramadan starts tomorrow and ends after the referendum with the festival of Eid. I don't think he's talking about that.
There are some big music festivals in June, though - in Anglesey, on the Isle of Wight, in Manchester, in Brighton, and the one they call "Glastonbury", planned to begin the day before the referendum.
Many people will go to gatherings for the solstice too, but usually few are immigrants or Muslims.
Nigel Farage is right on the general point that shocks favour Leave, but in this case what on earth is he thinking about?
As said before, Brexit is filled with a hole host of contradictions, make it up as you go along, clueless, ragtag, on the hoof, muddled, seat of pants policymaking. I doubt there are actually any 2 people in the Brexit group who agree with each other on the way forward. You can all have a little dib dab at how things go. Quite fun.
5 Years minimum dealing with our exit from the EU was what I suggested here a couple of days ago and this has now been more or less confirmed by Gove.
Plenty of time for some gentle persuasion by the Germans and others methinks, equally plenty of time for some changes of mind on our part.
Equally it should be said, plenty of time for the UK to set up its own trade deals across the world.
Overall this timescale probably helps LEAVE, since it provides plenty of wriggle room for us to remain within the EU if, by magic, it were to reform and/or we were able to secure a better deal.
It's called debate Tyson, the way it works is that different people have different opinions.
And then when it all goes pear-shaped, ordinary punters get whacked while the Leave establishment, the retired, those who choose not to work shrug their shoulders and say Oh Well. Let's just hope it does not come to that.
As much as I like some of Lucky's contributions, particularly when he draws my attention to the evils of snaffling rice crispies, I didn't think his reply there merited any reply. It was a reply that deserved to be dispatched to the junk folder without further ado.
Mr. N4, got to say the comments are milder than the reporting of them.
I don't think the remarks were wise, but the sexual crimes of Cologne and on other occasions have been seriously under-reported by the press.
The vast amount of referendum coverage is probably leading to people getting bored of it, which will diminish the impact of almost all contributions in the days ahead, I'd guess.
As said before, Brexit is filled with a hole host of contradictions, make it up as you go along, clueless, ragtag, on the hoof, muddled, seat of pants policymaking. I doubt there are actually any 2 people in the Brexit group who agree with each other on the way forward. You can all have a little dib dab at how things go. Quite fun.
5 Years minimum dealing with our exit from the EU was what I suggested here a couple of days ago and this has now been more or less confirmed by Gove.
Plenty of time for some gentle persuasion by the Germans and others methinks, equally plenty of time for some changes of mind on our part.
Equally it should be said, plenty of time for the UK to set up its own trade deals across the world.
Overall this timescale probably helps LEAVE, since it provides plenty of wriggle room for us to remain within the EU if, by magic, it were to reform and/or we were able to secure a better deal.
It's called debate Tyson, the way it works is that different people have different opinions.
And then when it all goes pear-shaped, ordinary punters get whacked while the Leave establishment, the retired, those who choose not to work shrug their shoulders and say Oh Well. Let's just hope it does not come to that.
and yet the self-employed C2 worker, the archetypal white van man is amongst the most likely to be voting for out. Possibly he thinks some things are more important that a few quid a week.
The supermarket checkout is actually quite a good example of where we haven't got much closer to an automated solution to the problem. There are so many wrinkles the problem in real life setting and many of which computers are currently very bad at / find very hard to do efficiency, where as a human finds it trivial.
Silly example, alcohol sale, a human is pretty damn good at looking at somebody and instantly being able to estimate they are definitely over 25, probably over 21, etc. Computers find this task very very difficult.
A partial solution would be the ability to swipe your driver's license to verify your age. I guess then the problem is you could just borrow someone else's!
Or, like me, you have the old-style non-swipeable driving licence.
No way will you get to publish it, something will happen and knock it off the page
I just know tomorrow is going to be hectic, tomorrow at work is the start of us finalising our Brexit contingency plans.
Would really appreciate if it nothing major happens in the world of politics and betting tomorrow between the hours of 8 am and 7pm.
Can I recommend Paris for your relocation. There's a reason why it's the most visited city in the world
You are my boss.
The short list is between Dublin and Paris.
They know how much of a Francophile I am, and think I'm ideally suited for relocation to France
Good choice. London is full of French at the moment dying to get back. A UK Brexit will be a godsend
Errr, what's stopping them going back now?
Their businesses will relocate back to France. London will no longer be the financial services centre for the largest trading block in the world. The service sector is where the biggest effect of Brexit will be felt. The Ad agencies are almost unanimous for Remain. UK advertising is by a distance the biggest and best in the EU.
Expect 'Grouchos' to come out for Remain next week. Their motto "I don't want to belong to any club that will have me as a member"
As said before, Brexit is filled with a hole host of contradictions, make it up as you go along, clueless, ragtag, on the hoof, muddled, seat of pants policymaking. I doubt there are actually any 2 people in the Brexit group who agree with each other on the way forward. You can all have a little dib dab at how things go. Quite fun.
5 Years minimum dealing with our exit from the EU was what I suggested here a couple of days ago and this has now been more or less confirmed by Gove.
Plenty of time for some gentle persuasion by the Germans and others methinks, equally plenty of time for some changes of mind on our part.
Equally it should be said, plenty of time for the UK to set up its own trade deals across the world.
Overall this timescale probably helps LEAVE, since it provides plenty of wriggle room for us to remain within the EU if, by magic, it were to reform and/or we were able to secure a better deal.
It's called debate Tyson, the way it works is that different people have different opinions.
And then when it all goes pear-shaped, ordinary punters get whacked while the Leave establishment, the retired, those who choose not to work shrug their shoulders and say Oh Well. Let's just hope it does not come to that.
and yet the self-employed C2 worker, the archetypal white van man is amongst the most likely to be voting for out. Possibly he thinks some things are more important that a few quid a week.
Like his god given right to sink 6 pints of stella, beat his wife and sing Ingerlund. Vote Brexit. You know it's worth it.
The supermarket checkout is actually quite a good example of where we haven't got much closer to an automated solution to the problem. There are so many wrinkles the problem in real life setting and many of which computers are currently very bad at / find very hard to do efficiency, where as a human finds it trivial.
Silly example, alcohol sale, a human is pretty damn good at looking at somebody and instantly being able to estimate they are definitely over 25, probably over 21, etc. Computers find this task very very difficult.
A partial solution would be the ability to swipe your driver's license to verify your age. I guess then the problem is you could just borrow someone else's!
Or, like me, you have the old-style non-swipeable driving licence.
Well, that'll only be a problem for a finite amount of time
As said before, Brexit is filled with a hole host of contradictions, make it up as you go along, clueless, ragtag, on the hoof, muddled, seat of pants policymaking. I doubt there are actually any 2 people in the Brexit group who agree with each other on the way forward. You can all have a little dib dab at how things go. Quite fun.
5 Years minimum dealing with our exit from the EU was what I suggested here a couple of days ago and this has now been more or less confirmed by Gove.
Plenty of time for some gentle persuasion by the Germans and others methinks, equally plenty of time for some changes of mind on our part.
Equally it should be said, plenty of time for the UK to set up its own trade deals across the world.
Overall this timescale probably helps LEAVE, since it provides plenty of wriggle room for us to remain within the EU if, by magic, it were to reform and/or we were able to secure a better deal.
It's called debate Tyson, the way it works is that different people have different opinions.
And then when it all goes pear-shaped, ordinary punters get whacked while the Leave establishment, the retired, those who choose not to work shrug their shoulders and say Oh Well. Let's just hope it does not come to that.
and yet the self-employed C2 worker, the archetypal white van man is amongst the most likely to be voting for out. Possibly he thinks some things are more important that a few quid a week.
Like his god given right to sink 6 pints of stella, beat his wife and sing Ingerlund. Vote Brexit. You know it's worth it.
On topic, I think there is a greater risk for Remain if Leave are seen to get a polling lead.
A lot of people thought Leave stood no chance. We were mark'd to die. Everyone was against us. The political elite. Business, the Media, even the Luvvie Light Infantry chucked a few rocks. But then when we Few, we Happy Few, we Band of Brothers look like we could just pull off the most famous victory of the Little Guy Sticking It to the Man...then everyone wants a part of that. They want to be able to boast each year on Brexit's Day of their glorious battle against the French. (And the rest of Europe too. But let's face it, mostly the French.) They want to stand a tip-toe when Brexit Day is named. Strip their sleeves and show their scars, And say "These wounds I had on Brexit day." Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did that day. For he that votes for Brexit with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England then a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they did not vote, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That voted with us upon Brexit's day.
I'm struggling to see the reference. Is it Murray losing? Is it the prospect of a Brexit? Is it that you've decided in your infinite wisdom that we should all listen to this song, at this moment, at this time? Is it an oblique reference to the fact that you've just lost cash backing Murray perchance.
I've lost 50 quid today on Murray. Betting on sports is a mugs game.
On topic, I think there is a greater risk for Remain if Leave are seen to get a polling lead.
A lot of people thought Leave stood no chance. We were mark'd to die. Everyone was against us. The political elite. Business, the Media, even the Luvvie Light Infantry chucked a few rocks. But then when we Few, we Happy Few, we Band of Brothers look like we could just pull off the most famous victory of the Little Guy Sticking It to the Man...then everyone wants a part of that. They want to be able to boast each year on Brexit's Day of their glorious battle against the French. (And the rest of Europe too. But let's face it, mostly the French.) They want to stand a tip-toe when Brexit Day is named. Strip their sleeves and show their scars, And say "These wounds I had on Brexit day." Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did that day. For he that votes for Brexit with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England then a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they did not vote, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That voted with us upon Brexit's day.
You make it sound as though 23 June should in future be commemorated by being declared a public holiday ..... I concur - it also happens to be my birthday!
As said before, Brexit is filled with a hole host of contradictions, make it up as you go along, clueless, ragtag, on the hoof, muddled, seat of pants policymaking. I doubt there are actually any 2 people in the Brexit group who agree with each other on the way forward. You can all have a little dib dab at how things go. Quite fun.
5 Years minimum dealing with our exit from the EU was what I suggested here a couple of days ago and this has now been more or less confirmed by Gove.
Plenty of time for some gentle persuasion by the Germans and others methinks, equally plenty of time for some changes of mind on our part.
Equally it should be said, plenty of time for the UK to set up its own trade deals across the world.
Overall this timescale probably helps LEAVE, since it provides plenty of wriggle room for us to remain within the EU if, by magic, it were to reform and/or we were able to secure a better deal.
It's called debate Tyson, the way it works is that different people have different opinions.
And then when it all goes pear-shaped, ordinary punters get whacked while the Leave establishment, the retired, those who choose not to work shrug their shoulders and say Oh Well. Let's just hope it does not come to that.
Well so you say, but as far as I'm aware, 'Maximum Pear' is that under WTO regs we get 4% added to everything we import and export. In the grand scheme, that accounts for very little. We need to create products and services people want to buy at a price they want to pay for them. Being outside the EU will contribute little to our woes.
On topic, I think there is a greater risk for Remain if Leave are seen to get a polling lead.
A lot of people thought Leave stood no chance. We were mark'd to die. Everyone was against us. The political elite. Business, the Media, even the Luvvie Light Infantry chucked a few rocks. But then when we Few, we Happy Few, we Band of Brothers look like we could just pull off the most famous victory of the Little Guy Sticking It to the Man...then everyone wants a part of that. They want to be able to boast each year on Brexit's Day of their glorious battle against the French. (And the rest of Europe too. But let's face it, mostly the French.) They want to stand a tip-toe when Brexit Day is named. Strip their sleeves and show their scars, And say "These wounds I had on Brexit day." Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did that day. For he that votes for Brexit with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England then a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they did not vote, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That voted with us upon Brexit's day.
You make it sound as though 23 June should in future be commemorated by being declared a public holiday ..... I concur - it also happens to be my birthday!
You and your fellow Leavers are going to love my next thread, is going up around 8.30ish.
Note to self....If Brexit win come June 23rd, under no circumstances venture onto this site. It would be a tortuous fate worse than death, a living hell of gloating nightmares. In fact I would rather......I can't think of anything sufficiently bad.
On topic, I think there is a greater risk for Remain if Leave are seen to get a polling lead.
A lot of people thought Leave stood no chance. We were mark'd to die. Everyone was against us. The political elite. Business, the Media, even the Luvvie Light Infantry chucked a few rocks. But then when we Few, we Happy Few, we Band of Brothers look like we could just pull off the most famous victory of the Little Guy Sticking It to the Man...then everyone wants a part of that. They want to be able to boast each year on Brexit's Day of their glorious battle against the French. (And the rest of Europe too. But let's face it, mostly the French.) They want to stand a tip-toe when Brexit Day is named. Strip their sleeves and show their scars, And say "These wounds I had on Brexit day." Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, but he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did that day. For he that votes for Brexit with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England then a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they did not vote, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That voted with us upon Brexit's day.
As said before, Brexit is filled with a hole host of contradictions, make it up as you go along, clueless, ragtag, on the hoof, muddled, seat of pants policymaking. I doubt there are actually any 2 people in the Brexit group who agree with each other on the way forward. You can all have a little dib dab at how things go. Quite fun.
5 Years minimum dealing with our exit from the EU was what I suggested here a couple of days ago and this has now been more or less confirmed by Gove.
Plenty of time for some gentle persuasion by the Germans and others methinks, equally plenty of time for some changes of mind on our part.
Equally it should be said, plenty of time for the UK to set up its own trade deals across the world.
Overall this timescale probably helps LEAVE, since it provides plenty of wriggle room for us to remain within the EU if, by magic, it were to reform and/or we were able to secure a better deal.
It's called debate Tyson, the way it works is that different people have different opinions.
And then when it all goes pear-shaped, ordinary punters get whacked while the Leave establishment, the retired, those who choose not to work shrug their shoulders and say Oh Well. Let's just hope it does not come to that.
Well so you say, but as far as I'm aware, 'Maximum Pear' is that under WTO regs we get 4% added to everything we import and export. In the grand scheme, that accounts for very little. We need to create products and services people want to buy at a price they want to pay for them. Being outside the EU will contribute little to our woes.
Are we not currently paying considerably more than 4% of many items we import from outside the EU due to EU tariffs ... and then not actually keeping much of that tariff either ?
Comments
A temporary agreement that sees us outside the EU as soon as possible but in an EEA/EFTA-style agreement until the final agreement is reached matches this requirement. Once we have given notice of our intent to withdraw it is in the best interests of all parties to both see an agreement ASAP and see it implemented and us outside ASAP.
And since the first set, Andy Murray has been doing that impression so many Scots find hard to replicate, a ray of sunshine
If we negotiate a crap "interim" agreement, that's our agreement. We don't get a second shot
"The Treaties shall cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement "
I've written a thread for tomorrow about AV*
*Well the AV referendum campaign.
'Hundreds of millions are at stake for international cricket tours. Having already served his sentence and seen his ban lifted, if we refuse to let in Amir then what happens if Pakistan refuses to tour on the basis that we are not letting one of their top players in even though he isn't banned?'
If Pakistan refuse to tour I doubt anyone will lose much sleep,last time they trashed an entire Test series and the series before that refused to come out after tea because they didn't agree with some of the umpiring decisions.
If people were using their brains to intellectually disagree with expert opinion on the economic consequences of Brexit then I think their case might be rebutted by something a little more substantial than "it's the bleeding' elite innit"
Leave have been very skilful in exploiting discontent but please lets not kid ourselves that most people have studied it and come to their own conclusions.
Would really appreciate if it nothing major happens in the world of politics and betting tomorrow between the hours of 8 am and 7pm.
No wonder leave is polling so high.
The industrial revolution didn't lead to fewer jobs in Britan overall infact we created more jobs than ever before just that they were different. Suspect the same will happen now. Oh and you can't have a minimum income when you have open borders.
Let me put it in terms you might understand.
There are not 3 doors, there are only 2.
The terms, we currently have, and the new terms we will be offered.
There is no 3rd way while we think about it.
Birmingham Diamond League: Kim Collins wins 100m; GB's CJ Ujah third
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36455941
I was shocked to learn that England still haven't got a replacement replaced Mustaq for spin coaching (he left a year ago). Seems very amateurish not to have anybody coaching Ali, Rashid etc.
There is a far better solution in existence, e.g. self scan in the lies of Waitrose, and again that isn't working out for them. And a few years ago the hope was just to RFID tag everything and then have readers automatically total up everything without the shopper having to do anything, but still no signs of that anywhere.
The problem is again, lots of very simple tasks for humans are actually rather problematic for computers. And paying somebody £7 / hr, is a lot cheaper than the required investment to develop the solutions.
And as for robot factory assembly it is true, although again your iPhone still required a company that employs a million people to make.
Kongers followed by the Smoke.
My point isn't that people are intellectually wedding to Brexit, but that they're beginning to exercise their own decision-making synapses by necessity, because the people in smart suits always seem to manage to bugger things up. Iraq. Libya. Credit Crunch. If they're so right, why do they get it so wrong, so consistently?
Immigration is an example of what I'm talking about. Big business and the leaderships of all the main parliamentary parties tell people that immigration is an unalloyed benefit and admonish those who suggest otherwise as beyond the pale. A few years ago only a fringe would not have accepted that. Today, many are beginning to think that the interests of big business and the big state may run counter to their own. May. That's for them to think out.
To dissuade Labour supporters from voting for Leave, the Labour IN campaign relies heavily on the dubious claim that any future British government will be stuck with whatever terms the current Conservative government negotiates in the immediate aftermath of an Out vote, without the capacity to change them. (i.e."Even if you want Brexit, you shouldn't leave it to the Conservatives to sort out the detail....." etc). Yet you can't even begin to make that already dubious claim if the government concluding the negotiations will be the one taking office in 2020. So the Mirror is going about targeting a refutation to the very newspaper readership likely to be most receptive to the claims of Labour IN.
Don't forget if you want leaflets email : labourleave.leaflets@gmail.com with your address and quantity you'd like for delivery.
The short list is between Dublin and Paris.
They know how much of a Francophile I am, and think I'm ideally suited for relocation to France
The problem is random shoppers are much slower at scanning / entering codes than trained employees, plus too many false positives, and "stock shrinkage" (i.e. nicking stuff / putting through wrong code / wrong amount).
The big problem specifically for supermarkets is all the loose items which you can't easily tag.
http://www.tesco.com/scan-as-you-shop/
Last night's Opinium #EUref poll leaves our rolling averages at:
Remain: 44.2%
Leave: 43.0% https://t.co/GXoONjo399
Reasoning (based on top-of-head but reasonable figures):
Electorate in GB: 45 million
Electorate in NI: 1.4 million
(maybe 75% Remain, making 350,000 more than if figure was 50%)
Electorate in Gibraltar: 22000
(maybe 90% Remain, making 8800 more than if figure was 50%)
On these figures, NI+G make a contribution of 358,800, which is 0.8%.
Apart from that, good post
The 6 self service checkouts occupy at most 2 normal checkout spaces.
You still need a member of staff to supervise, remove tags and authorise alcohol sales through them.
The known unknown is how many more of the standard checkouts can be left unmanned during below peak times due to self service tills being available.
A lot of people thought Leave stood no chance. We were mark'd to die. Everyone was against us. The political elite. Business, the Media, even the Luvvie Light Infantry chucked a few rocks. But then when we Few, we Happy Few, we Band of Brothers look like we could just pull off the most famous victory of the Little Guy Sticking It to the Man...then everyone wants a part of that. They want to be able to boast each year on Brexit's Day of their glorious battle against the French. (And the rest of Europe too. But let's face it, mostly the French.) They want to stand a tip-toe when Brexit Day is named. Strip their sleeves and show their scars,
And say "These wounds I had on Brexit day." Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
but he'll remember, with advantages, what feats he did that day. For he that votes for Brexit with me shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England then a-bed shall think themselves accurs'd they did not vote,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That voted with us upon Brexit's day.
Silly example, alcohol sale, a human is pretty damn good at looking at somebody and instantly being able to estimate they are definitely over 25, probably over 21, etc. Computers find this task very very difficult.
The acceptability of saying you're voting Leave goes up too when a majority are for it.
I have been saying that for months.
Is he talking about something that might happen? Or is he saying that Leaveniks will, if necessary, and without any actual trigger, play an "immigant men, take your hands off our women" card?
There's no New Year's Eve in June. And Ramadan starts tomorrow and ends after the referendum with the festival of Eid. I don't think he's talking about that.
There are some big music festivals in June, though - in Anglesey, on the Isle of Wight, in Manchester, in Brighton, and the one they call "Glastonbury", planned to begin the day before the referendum.
Many people will go to gatherings for the solstice too, but usually few are immigrants or Muslims.
Other than music festivals and events for the solstice, I don't know whether any other big gatherings are in the diary for June.
Nigel Farage is correct on the general point that shocks favour Leave. But in this case what on earth is he thinking about?
I don't think the remarks were wise, but the sexual crimes of Cologne and on other occasions have been seriously under-reported by the press.
The vast amount of referendum coverage is probably leading to people getting bored of it, which will diminish the impact of almost all contributions in the days ahead, I'd guess.
Leave campaign's Michael Gove vows to meet @David_Cameron's missed migration target #EUref
https://t.co/7vhVLnkNnQ https://t.co/t1X4uBsjlZ
CDU-EPP: 26%
SPD-S&D: 19% ↓
AfD-ENF: 15%
GRÜNE-G/EFA: 13%
LINKE-LEFT: 10%
FDP-ALDE: 8% ↑
CSU-EPP: 4%
#Merkel #Seehofer
Expect 'Grouchos' to come out for Remain next week. Their motto "I don't want to belong to any club that will have me as a member"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE
The poor buggers
I've lost 50 quid today on Murray. Betting on sports is a mugs game.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-electoral-reform-1.3576472
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/electoral-reform-a-look-at-two-possible-voting-systems-1.2929192
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/electoral-reform-types-1.3577721
It looks like AV and MMP might be the top two contenders. But perhaps with a dash of STV and pure PR thrown in as well.
Should report by 1st Dec this year.
I think some of you might squee in delight.