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  • Heavybell@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldOk boomer
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    12 days ago

    Yeah, I would rather wait for the one active checkout rather than have to go through the rigmarole of scanning one item, putting it in the bag, waiting for it to register before doing the next. The employees get to scan multiple things at once and do things like “scanned item x6”. Until self-checkout technology advances to the point I can do the same, it can fuck right off.










  • Heavybell@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldPter
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    4 months ago

    See also “ornitho” (relating to birds) and “pter” (wing) creating the term ornithopter for a heavier than air vehicle that flies by flapping its wings. Famously seen in Dune, but I think also back in the day people actually tried to make them, long before aircraft existed.