Ha! Or if you use cloth bags and the top keeps flopping over just as you're trying to put the item into it... and of course the kiosk is complaining loudly "PLEASE PLACE THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA" a millisecond after you scan the item. I'm trying, I'm trying!

I recently (finally!) found some grocery bags that consistently stay open and upright, which makes things easier... but still I apparently don't move fast enough for the stupid automation.

AI is often used as an excuse nowadays, just like affirmative action was in the past - it's not the real reason most are being let go, but it makes for a convenient scapegoat the managers can use.

I've had the same experience as the GP a couple of times - the scanner does beep, but for whatever reason it doesn't add it to the list. The itemized list sometimes lags reality a bit, so I'm often scanning the next item by the time the previous item shows up on the screen. Because of this - when I glance at the screen, I'm usually looking at the past several items rather than the latest one.

But the weight sensor does catch any non-registered items and stops everything... so at that point I do have to look closely at the screen listing and compare it to what's in my bags.

I would actually prefer to let a cashier check my stuff out, but the place I typically shop (Winco) doesn't have a staffed "15 items or less" aisle. And, for whatever reason, Winco tends to have a lot of shoppers who buy hundreds of dollars worth of groceries at a time - so I prefer to shop more often and get fewer items at a time.

"Hey, sexy mama. Want to kill all humans?"

FTFY

Frankly, I posted my question in hopes that some bright boy had come up with a better approach than setting up (and managing) our own CA.

Putin has to wake up smiling each day since November 2024. If Trump had lost the election, Russia probably would've lost this war by now... and Putin, his life.

Personally, I don't believe that Trump is an active Russian asset, controlled through blackmail or some other means. I think he's just an incredibly vain and stupid man who Putin can completely manipulate with ease. I mean, come on - how does a phone call that's supposed to be about pressing for information on that pneumonic plague death turn into "Hey we're loosening the sanctions and accepting 2.5 million barrels of Russian petroleum"?

I understand that's to be the premise of the next DC Universe reboot.

There are multiple layers of stupid here:

1) Connecting these devices to the open internet is stupid
2) They were connected to the open internet so that "maintenance companies" can remotely control them - but those companies weren't remotely keeping the firmware up to date?
3) Why is it even possible to set a refrigerator to 50C?

If any story ever deseved a #whatcouldpossiblygowrong tag - this is it.

Those of you who have to handle this as part of your job: how are you guys planning to deal with devices where automation does not appear to be possible? Older multifunction printers, for example?

Perhaps someone forgot to configure the server? In any case, you're a lot more patient than I...

This is NOT making me feel good about the next film...

I hope this principled stand doesn't derail his nascent acting career...

The One Percenters are starting to worry about getting Mangione'd by the people they exploit.