technomage

I heard someone call these kinda of people "fence turtles". Nobody knows how they got up there, they don't do anything useful, and they're not likely to come down anytime soon

Big fed energy here... Or you're 12...

I definitely get what you're saying, and in any other context, I'd definitely agree. I just can't quite see it working without some sort of identifying thing, like a loyalty card or some intense customer tracking (and we all know how that went with the Amazon Go stores). Mainly because there's not a good way to identify a specific item taken from a shelf full of the item, given UPCs are the same for all units of a product so it'd have to be done by cards or tracking.

I could be wrong, but given the current state of tech, I don't really see it working in a large, busy store like a Walmart or Canadian Tire. At least, not to reliably target individuals. I could see it being used to change prices for everyone, based on time, date, temperatures, and stuff like that, but yeah...

Also, apologies if this doesn't make full sense. I'm radically under caffeinated right now 😅

I haven't seen the QR codes linking to the product page yet, but I've seen the flashing tags to find stuff, and it's cool af! Like, yes we may be quickly sliding into a dystopian hellscape, but we can have some cool little things along the way... As, y'know... A treat lol

I agree... Sorta. They can be petty little dickheads sometimes, but I find it's more often that lack of stimulation. Their smart makes them crave chaos lol

I dated a girl with severe, unmanaged BPD... It led to a LOT of wild arguments over the weirdest things lol

I also recently got into an argument with someone over whether or not Huskies and malamutes misbehave out of spite/revenge, or a lack of mental or physical stimulation...

It's absolutely a monopoly! But when they directly fund the CRTC, the likelihood of that is next to zero

God, right?! I could fill a bag full of the things nearly every day when I was cleaning before they switched over! I literally had a little bin I'd save them up in to take home to use as kindling for the fire pit cause they'd already been replaced. Though, I think the lack of waste is more a pleasant side effect than a reason why these companies did it. Either way, it's still a positive!

You won't even have to worry about fire then!

Cause that's commie shit! What next? Gonna make us eat bugs?!

/S (I hope it was obvious lol)

This could entirely be me being tired, and thus a little stupid right now, but how exactly are you rebooting the system? If it's by hitting the restart button, or powering off and back on, you may be having issues with something getting "stuck" in RAM, essentially. Try fully powering down the machine, disconnect the power cable (and battery if it's a laptop), press and hold the power button for 30+ seconds, then hook everything back up and test again. That should be enough to drain any little bits of electricity stored in the system, thus fully clearing anything that might've been hanging around from RAM. Also, make sure the browsers are fully updated and no outdated extensions/plugins/etc.

I worked in a Walmart on the overnight shift (cleaning, separate company) when they rolled them out 3+ years ago here in Canada. They've honestly become the norm in grocery stores and other large stores here. If some company was going to be sleazy about them, it probably would've happened already (Loblaws, I'm looking at you).

I straight up asked why they were being installed, and it's two-fold. One, they can save money cause now they don't have to pay staff to go around and change the little paper tags, which takes an absurd amount of manpower and is easy to fuck up. And two, they can all be changed over to a barcode/QR code during inventory, which speeds up the whole process. I'll be the last person to defend corpos, especially Walmart, but I don't think this one was done with the intentions of directly fucking over the customer.