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the only problem I see with that theory is that the employee count reduction might let them go below legal limits requiring more bullshit making it cheaper to pay more for Ai than the people it replaced because you have less regulatory nonsense.

[-] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Being below a certain employee count reduces worker protections

It does not change the cost of the slop (which is currently artificially tiny)

do some of those protections not involve expensive machinery (like sawstop saws)?

[-] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Wouldn’t something like that be machinery the saw company already owns?

Does slop not involve expensive machinery?

[-] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 41 minutes ago

mostly thinking if you could shave off the administrative employees (like finance and marketing) you could fall below the limit)

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