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Comment Not the real reason (Score 1) 84

This isn't the real reason they want to get rid of barcodes.

It's because they want to wrest any remaining control over their operations from a non-Amazon entity. In this case GS-1, the body that sets standards for barcodes internationally.

Comment Hate-boner (Score 0) 276

I'm always surprised how the readership of Slashdot, a small nerd-dominated backwater of the internet, has such a hate-boner for blockchain and cryptocurrency.

I would have thought the libertarian ideals, Nakamoto's elegant probabilistic solution to multiparty consensus, and surprising explosion in the social conscious would have made this site fans.

But no, never a single good thing to say about this entire space. Despite employing tens of thousands of developers and making the general population think twice about what 'currency' and 'value' actually are.

Comment Re:Meanwhile... (Score 1) 69

Sounds like the UK for sure, and pretty much every other European country I know about.

Workers can join unions that are nationwide and represent millions of members, or smaller ones that are very local.

You don't get the whole company unionising. You can opt in. You pay dues only if you are a member. Membership is voluntary.

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