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Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by Loughla on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:38AM (#28036348)
>But, I have seen places where you just take a piece of paper to the checkout rather than the tool itself.

How is this not the solution, and more technology is? The local hardware store has cardboard slips you take to customer service for high-end/expensive tools, they then ring you up and you walk out with your newly purchased tool.

They've done that since the 90's. It's not that hard to figure out. Why does every problem need a *TECHNOLOGY* solution? I'm genuinely confused by all of this.

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Re:Home Depot is introducing power tools that won’t work if ... by TeMPOraL on Monday August 02, 2021 @11:35AM (#28038036)
> Why does every problem need a *TECHNOLOGY* solution?

Cynical view: because a third party vendor bullshitted a company into thinking they need this overcomplicated contraption that they're selling, and the manager being bullshitted is too far away from the shop floor to realize it's a dumb idea (or they just don't care).

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