I’ve been playing Mario Party Jamboree with the fam since Christmas. When it is Luigi’s turn on the board game, he says “Luigi time!” Every time I read another article like this, my brain replays that snippet. I read horrible thing insurance company did and my brain says “Luigi time!”
There is a cheerful femme announcer for some things in the game. The voice will say “New turn!” at the beginning of the round. While the voice never says this in the game, every time I hear/read about Elon’s latest fuckery, up pop’s up an image of the bright, cherry voice saying “Mario! It’s your turn!” And then Mario saying “Mario time!”
The thing that MPs said is scaremongering and wouldn’t happen but is actually happening? Yeah.
I also note that Charles Stross may have to shut down a very vibrant community on his blog because we can’t have nice things anymore and this just consolidates massive tech corps who can soak up the fines.
I mean, if I can’t look at the items to compare ingredients, I’d rather buy them online. It’s ridiculous that I have to wait over 10 minutes for an employee to unlock a cabinet so I can select a deodorant or toothpaste.
One of the Targets near us did this; the other only did it with some of its inventory. Once the clerk hands over the item, it’s still possible to purloin it, no? Though I guess it’s harder to walk out with, say, 5 or 6.
(BTW, spellchecker changed “purloin” to “sirloin”)
Further to Walgreens locking up their toothpaste, ti seems that replacing glass freezer doors with video screens has its drawbacks too, especially when the supplier gets pissed off and turns off the screens.
I understand that shoplifting is a problem, and certain stores see higher incidences of it. I don’t know what the best ways to solve it are, have more security guys on hand? I don’t know but I do know that locking merch up is not it
What a weird ass decision. The service they are providing is based on their existing 5G infrastructure. They chose no money over slightly less money.
It’s a bad business decision. It isn’t even rational for a greedy, late stage capitalism company. This is just pure classism (since this service will largely affect the rural poor).
