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Yeah, that sometimes works.

For me most often it’s because of incorrect item weight, not because I screwed up. Even if I go to another machine like some of you are suggesting, it would probably end up the same with me ending up wasting my time; and if it’s not the first item, I suppose it might trigger a security warning (i.e. me picking up my items before paying).

If you double scan something, it should wait to weight the second item scanned. Where I shop, the machine doesn’t let you scan anything until you put the already scanned one on the scale. If where you are it relies just on cameras, then yeah, it could be faulty like you say.

Depends on where you are.

Where I am, alcohol, tobacco and gambling were all prohibited in advertisement, then gambling had a pass (because those making the laws are most likely in the pockets of gambling execs), but it looks like it will get prohibited again.

Ads for gambling should be prohibited, just like those for tobacco and alcohol.

There’s also the profiling - serving different results depending on whether you’re logged in or not.

Yeah, in the end it depends on the use case. Some things are a simple search away, others need compiling of information (manually or with the help of an LLM).

LLMs have saved internet searching. For the first time in years, i am getting (usually) relevant information for my questions.

I tend to disagree on that part. LLMs in a web search should be opt in, not opt out. They do help, but not always. For many searches that I have the answer right in the first result (sometimes even in its preview along the link) there’s an LLM running and needlessly wasting resources, summarising very often what I already know.

I missed the old Google maybe 15 years ago when I switched away from it as a default search. It’s not the AI.

Time flies, yo.

I remember a YouTube channel with some folks drop testing a bunch of phones using a drone - and some Motorola smartphone with a polymer display (IIRC) survived a much bigger drop than the 3310 did.

I think the 3310 got its reputation because it was ubiquitous and at the same time somewhat tough - but it’s nowhere near as tough as say some Ericssons before it or some Siemens models after. Maybe this is also backed by the fact that phones got progressively more brittle after that.

Naturally people reach for the low hanging fruit to make a joke.

I think it can, yes.

Back in high school I only had enough allowance money to maybe buy 1 or 2 CDs per month (given that I don’t spend that money for its primary purpose). There was no music streaming yet. During that time I’ve discovered countless bands through other sources and many of those bands I’ve followed since, been to concerts, bought merch and CDs later in time. So yes, if it wasn’t for those other sources, I would’ve probably never discovered all that music.