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Re:I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs by dekhn on Thursday April 18, 2019 @08:44AM (#19690545)
actually ripping a small bag filled with stuff open reliably is a bit harder than you might think.
Re:I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs by fencepost on Thursday April 18, 2019 @10:45AM (#19691374)
actually ripping a small bag filled with stuff open reliably is a bit harder than you might think.

"That's why we built Loppy the Chopper over there."

Re:I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs by daveFNbuck on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:24PM (#19700797)
That's why I was saying I wouldn't try to automate that part. You don't need a super-reliable method if you're doing it by hand. On average, it probably takes a lot longer to count the skittles by hand than it does to open the bag, so most of the savings comes from the part that's easy to do reliably.