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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by 3pt14159 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:47PM (#16758891)
Please no. I don't want asshole recognition software tracking my movements from washroom to washroom.
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by opportune on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:05PM (#16759086)
But the potential for offering targeted hemorrhoid treatment advertising could heavily subsidize the cost of the Amazon Toilet
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by cbm-vic-20 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:53PM (#16759565)
Two answers to this one

1) iPhone X already has this feature.

2) GDPR will require you to opt-in to asshole tracking, and you'll also have the right to request your asshole scans be forgotten.

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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by calebegg on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:57PM (#16759604)
Surprisingly relevant Adult Swim Infomercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by scribu on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @08:04PM (#16760534)
A sewer pipe that could detect what’s passing through it would actually have all kinds of practical uses!

I wonder how feasible it would be to embed chemical sensors into such an environment.

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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by toomanybeersies on Thursday April 05, 2018 @01:55AM (#16762187)
Governments sometimes analyse waste water for drugs and drug metabolites. You can't pinpoint specific houses' drug use, but you get get trends and general population data.
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by krtkush on Thursday April 05, 2018 @03:51AM (#16762779)
Relevant - http://www.dw.com/en/austrian-woman-poisons-local-water-trea...
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by pbhjpbhj on Thursday April 05, 2018 @06:46AM (#16763577)
Targeting action on drugs by monitoring sewerage plants is some sort of genius.
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by oh_sigh on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:43PM (#16759995)
Are you suggesting that each human has a unique anus-print? Or is this just some shitty theory of yours?
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by komali2 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @08:29PM (#16760674)
Each human actually does have a unique anus print and I'm pretty sure it was pornhub that figured this out. If I find the article I'll edit.
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by rnet85 on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:40AM (#16762397)
and the data can be stolen by an analytics company which may use it to manipulate elections.
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by fleetingmoments on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @10:56AM (#16811658)
How else would we elect the biggest asshole?
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Re:What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper? by xHopen on Thursday April 05, 2018 @03:33AM (#16762694)
Once I had a very serious conversation about this, bussiness conversation
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