KC's Harley Davidson plant to close

[redfan]

Gonna lose about 800 jobs. Damn

http://www.kansascity.com/news/busin...197340544.html

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by mac459

They are a very big problem in Columbia MO..they had city council meeting the other night to discuss ways to bring them down..people on their phones are causing so many accidents it’s crazy

They had a meeting because of driver assist features or distracted drivers trying to kill people?

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

There is no way I’d ride a motorcycle in Florida. These old ****ers just pull out and change lanes without warning. Teenagers on their phones. They never have a chance to react. Seems like there is a biker dying every week.

I rode out by Bulow Park, Fl a year ago no headaches but me? through metro party Daytona? No ****ing way (unless in a pack) I've drank with those idiots before!
Places like that, pipes do help

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by cooper barrett

I rode out by Bulow Park, Fl a year ago no headaches but me? through metro party Daytona? No ****ing way (unless in a pack) I've drank with those idiots before!
Places like that, pipes do help

pipes? Irrelevant. They are not paying attention.

[Perineum Ripper]

Originally Posted by cooper barrett

They had a meeting because of driver assist features or distracted drivers trying to kill people?

Shitty drivers crashing into everyone..I guess it’s incredibly difficult to take selfies while driving in rush hour traffic or flying down I-70

[cooper barrett]

Originally Posted by mac459

Shitty drivers crashing into everyone..I guess it’s incredibly difficult to take selfies while driving in rush hour traffic or flying down I-70

That stretch of I-70 and the frontage roads are a nightmare in the afternoons. I bet DT and the main roads between them are too. I bet 63 and I70 must be a zoo. I really don't have to deal with the idiots on the roads anymore and now I do my best to avoid them.

I haven' t been to Flatbranch for a while, still great? Did Larry throw in the towel and hand over the reins or is he still hard at it? I used to get the vanilla bean mixed with the ''Oil Change Stout" before it got popular. Larry makes a great "Chile" beer too.

[redfan]

The Kansas City plant closing will cost Harley as much as $200 million through 2019, then result in annual cash savings of $65 million to $75 million after 2020. Levatich declined to say how much production capacity will be reduced. At the same time, the company is building a factory in Thailand that will assemble bikes using components shipped from the U.S.

Kinda disappointed American companies are still so blatant about this.

[TribalElder]

Thailand or robots

Either way they aren’t paying healthcare to employees now I bet

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Rates of car accidents are actually going down, with the help of driver assist features. Such as Auto Pilot, collision assist sensors that automatically stop cars, and auto steering.

That may be true but it is still a big issue. There are still a lot of people that don't have those features, especially young people who can't afford a newer car.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by redhed

Kinda disappointed American companies are still so blatant about this.

One wonders why they would do this, unless they're just figuring the motorcycle market here is dying and they need to look to other parts of the world. The only real reason to buy HD is because it's American, not because of value or performance. You buy a Harley because you want to own a Harley. Nobody is going to buy an imported one.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

Thailand or robots

Either way they aren’t paying healthcare to employees now I bet

I've was doing some work in AI on my last job. That train is going to run us all over sooner than most people think. I've seen some studies that concluded 55% of all current jobs will be automated by 2035.

The unemployment during the depression was around 33%. There was hope for a recovery. We cant recover from AI. There will be no putting the toothpaste back in the tube.We are going to have to go to a different system or we are all going to be living in a shithole.


Have your kids learn to code machine language now. That train is coming and we are stuck sitting in our old car on the tracks. Most are just ignoring it for now.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I've was doing some work in AI on my last job. That train is going to run us all over sooner than most people think. I've seen some studies that concluded 55% of all current jobs will be automated by 2035.

The unemployment during the depression was around 33%. There was hope for a recovery. We cant recover from AI. There will be no putting the toothpaste back in the tube.We are going to have to go to a different system or we are all going to be living in a shithole.


Have your kids learn to code machine language now. That train is coming and we are stuck sitting in our old car on the tracks. Most are just ignoring it for now.

All the more reason to start limiting low skill immigration.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

All the more reason to start limiting low skill immigration.

Thats what you got from my post? You think 11 million less people will stop that train in the US? Us vs them is not going to stop this train. Do the math.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I've was doing some work in AI on my last job. That train is going to run us all over sooner than most people think. I've seen some studies that concluded 55% of all current jobs will be automated by 2035.

The unemployment during the depression was around 33%. There was hope for a recovery. We cant recover from AI. There will be no putting the toothpaste back in the tube.We are going to have to go to a different system or we are all going to be living in a shithole.


Have your kids learn to code machine language now. That train is coming and we are stuck sitting in our old car on the tracks. Most are just ignoring it for now.

That is why, unfortunately, we are going to have to implement universal basic income someday. robots will eventually just do all of the jobs. we'll probably even tax robots being used for company use. it's going to be a weird society, because the people who will be rich will be youtubers, video gamers and people like the kardashians. people actually smart and good at shit, won't make that much difference. think we'll be more focused on arts, culture & all that ghey shit.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by BWillie

That is why, unfortunately, we are going to have to implement universal basic income someday. robots will eventually just do all of the jobs. we'll probably even tax robots being used for company use. it's going to be a weird society, because the people who will be rich will be youtubers, video gamers and people like the kardashians. people actually smart and good at shit, won't make that much difference. think we'll be more focused on arts, culture & all that ghey shit.

Its going to be different thats for sure. Its been less than 100 years when 90% of the people in the USA's dream was to be a farmer. They couldn't imagine our society. We are evolving pretty damn quickly. When we dont have to work doing mundane tasks to provide food, this evolution curve is going to escalate even more.

[seaofred]

Was the KC plant, Union?