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      This is why it's so cheap to ship things halfway around the world

Perhaps it's because I have an interest in infrastructure [1], or because I
found _The Box_ [2] (a book about shipping containers) a fascinating read
(no, really!), or because I have an interest in automation [3], I found Dan
Williams talk [4] at the Cambridge Internet of Things [5] really interesting
(link via Tom Scott [6], which itself is an interesting video about the
loading and unloading of a container ship in port). From a wholesale mall
(only in lots of 100, please) in China the size of a city to showing just how
automated a cargo ship really is (running Microsoft Windows no less—and yes,
they have to reboot the computers from time to time), it's worth watching the
presentation.

Okay, okay, I found it interesting. Your milage may vary.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393349837/conmanlaborat-20
[2] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691136408/conmanlaborat-20
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsMdN7HMuA
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_4273726119&feature=iv&src_vid=zCfPlxTayqY&v=JifYVGp727c
[5] http://www.meetup.com/cambridge-internet-of-things/
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCfPlxTayqY

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