I think automation of order taking will be great for McDonalds and its employees. The only job being affected is the cashier and even kiosk order wouldn't put that job in jeopardy. Most of the labor at McDonalds is food preparation and cleaning. Kiosks will not be able to perform those functions.

What will happen is the cashier can now focus on preparing the order and delivering them while the line is moving faster because people will be able to place their order quicker at a kiosk.

I stopped by a McDonalds during lunch the other day and they only had two cashiers working a very long line. There were delays because the cashiers are the same people who fix the coffee, assemble the order, and hand it to the customer. If that McDonalds had a kiosk, I probably wouldn't have waited in line for 20 minutes and they would still have those two employees assembling the order and handing them to the customer.

It's illegal to sell or traffic counterfeit goods in the US: http://www.law.cornell.edu/usc...

I don't know about possession of one item, but if you have a large amount they will try to get you for trafficking.

IANAL

Modded off-topic? It's directly related to the parent.

I didn't say it was a good joke.

Reminds me of the old joke:

Cop pulls over a tesla going too slow. The nun, who was driving, explained to the cop that the tesla was malfunctioning and misinterpreted the I-30 sign as the speed limit. When he notices two horrified nuns sitting in the back seats, the driver explained that they just pulled off of I-369.

I don't like languages that don't require that you define that variables exist.

If only Python and Ruby offered something similar to Perl's "use strict".

I use Python. I have to also work with Python code written by other people.

Autopep8 is your friend and really it shouldn't have to be.

You shouldn't have made Perl and Ruby #1 and #2 respectively. Of course being on dice.com should have been enough.

On the plus side, I didn't waste much time reading the rest of the BS.

Do you really need to have the light change colors?

Having a slightly lit room is enough to lower the contrast between the screen and its surroundings.