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Re:Casualties of the Cashless Society: Those Who Get Seasona... by bsder on Monday December 18, 2017 @02:11PM (#15954414)
Hah. The last power outage in San Diego they lost vast amounts of food because none of the businesses could transact AT ALL. They no longer have backup systems that are unpowered.

So, even if you had cash, they couldn't take it.

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Re:Casualties of the Cashless Society: Those Who Get Seasona... by chuckkir on Monday December 18, 2017 @04:30PM (#15955692)
That sounds silly. "Pen and paper" worked for many, many years and I guarantee that it can still work. What you're implying is that people couldn't add up the numbers?
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