Next time you play cards, think of these people

[andrewducker]

I'd assumed that by now we'd have machines that did this kind of thing.

(Speaking of which - see the top comment on the video.)

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[birguslatro]

And the next time you eat an apple...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f18vBfAm-PE&NR=1

(And sorry for the spamming. Seems we can't embed videos into comments...)

[andrewducker]

Interesting that again it's mostly automated - but the packing it still by hand.

[birguslatro]

Yep. And apart from the computerization and a lot more plastic in the mechanical graders, they're basically doing much the same as they did forty years ago. While it's people who still pick and pack the fruit.

[anton-p-nym.livejournal.com]

Once again, a link to the Onion seems appropriate. (Notably, the article on the top left.)

-- Steve's brother got him a copy of Our Dumb Century a few Christmases ago, and it makes for brilliant reading.

[eatsoylentgreen.livejournal.com]

china!

did you see the next video, the fast worker? craziness.

[andrewducker]

Damn that was fast!