Martin @ mundane @feddit.nu

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No, we (most supermarkets in Sweden) get a wireless scanner handle that we have with us in the store. So we scan each item when we take it from the shelf and put it in the bag/cart. When we get to the self checkout we just put the handle back and pay.

I live in Sweden. The system in the Netherlands sounds similar to what we have. There are also wireless scanners you can use throughout the store if you don't want to use your phone.

This sounds like a terrible user experience. Is this a case of "we have implemented a terrible self checkout system and now no one likes to use it"?

Exactly, a membership id to checkout the wireless scanner that you have with you in the store.

I don't recognize these pain points. I always use the self checkout and it's usually quick and painless. My experience is.

Edit: seems I made the assumption that everyone uses wireless scanner handles.

0. When we enter the store we scan the ID to get a wireless scanner handle.
1. Collect your wares, scan with the handle, placing them directly into the bags along the way.
2. Put the handle back and blip your membership id (card or qr code on phone) again to start the checkout.
3. Blip your payment card.
4. Walk out

Every once in a while I get caught in a random check, which is kind of a pain, but it's so infrequent that it is acceptable.

Is this not how it usually works?

You pay to get your car serviced but with your phone you don't even have that option. When the manufacturer drops support, you don't even have the option to pay for prolonged software support.

Yes it could and that is what Lexus is doing.

https://youtu.be/agMrewRJTow?si=_M55DbNd3I4uUvMu

But Tesla is not doing that, so there you still have to turn hand over hand even though you don't have a round wheel.

Those are way more sensitive so there is no need to turn hand over hand. The downside is that that sensitivity can be really hard to handle at high speeds.

Don't give them any ideas!

Chicken, banana and curry is my favorite topping.

Also - hard drives, floppy disks, etc have always referred to their size in base 1000 numbers

That is not true. For a long time everything (computer related) was in the base 2 variants. Then the HD manufacturers changed so their drives would appear larger than they actually were (according to everyone's notions of what kn/mb/gb meant). It was a marketing shrinkflation stunt.

I'm also tired of Kodi but I constantly come back to it. The one thing that Kodi does better than all the rest is the handling of subtitles. I try to use Jellyfin instead but I constantly have to switch back to Kodi because there are no ways (from within the app) to find and download new subtitles.

Sweet, I love these books. Skarsgård is an excellent choice.

Do we really want Facebook users just for the growth? Quality beats quantity.

If there are Ethernet ports in every room (as the article describes) then the back haul happens over wire. No unusual packet loss or latency with a few plug and play pucks throughout the house.

You can usually switch the default in bios.

hiphopapotamus and the rhymenoceros

That guy was annoying as hell.

Why would the workday start drift?

I imported (to Sweden) a G1 from Germany in 2008. A bunch of experimentation on that and my next Android phone the HTC Desire Z in 2010 eventually helped me land a job as an Android developer.

15 years later I'm kind of sad about where it's all headed. Surveillance and user lock in...