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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by colechristensen on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @06:32PM (#31498322)
Honestly the change is pretty small.

Up until at least the mid 90s everywhere took checks. Honestly today interacting with the cash register at CVS takes longer than writing a check.

Sure, a 30 second check writing reduced to a 10 second tap to pay can be a little bit of an improvement (except when it doesn't work), but really it's not that much better.

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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by pixl97 on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @11:57PM (#31500457)
May you be the luckiest person on earth if the people in front of you only took 30 seconds.
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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by listenallyall on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @02:27AM (#31501221)
Today's "I have a coupon on my phone but I can't get cell service here" guy is honestly far worse than "slow check-writer" guy.
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