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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by londons_explore on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @04:53AM (#38839941)
If you're employed as a machine repairman, I assume you visit every machine pretty frequently...
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by codetrotter on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @04:58AM (#38839974)
Also, FTA:

> maintain and fix the 68 ticket machines of Edmonton’s LRT

So it’s not like the total number of machines is that crazy either.

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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by red-iron-pine on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @09:38AM (#38842020)
it's not a big system. Edmonton is a town built by oil money and they love their cars and trucks; it's Snow Texas.
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by yreg on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @12:54PM (#38844600)
Do you though? How often did these things need maintenance?
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