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Nigrum Cattus

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3. This will only get worse

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 01:08 PM

Jul 29

The price of building anything is going to increase big time.
Commercial and home labor costs account for 3/4 of
the cost. The younger generation has been trained on
computers, not hammers, saws, etc. Commercial robots
cost hundred of thousands of $$. Just another brink in the wall

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