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Re:Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new p... by frosted-flakes on Monday February 10, 2025 @11:14PM (#43008883)
Not at all, some POS systems will account for rounding, but most don't. One only needs to look at your receipt to see if this is the case. Cash registers are nearly always out a dollar or two at the end of the day anyway, that's normal, and cash rounding doesn't change that much.

Also, in Canada, I have never seen those automatic change-making machines that are common in US convenience stores. Cashiers always count and handle cash by hand.

Re:Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new p... by pentel-0_5 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @06:12AM (#43011475)
> Cash registers are nearly always out a dollar or two at the end of the day anyway, that's normal, and cash rounding doesn't change that much.

This is human error, not a software design error.

Re:Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new p... by frosted-flakes on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @06:29AM (#43011599)
The point is that it doesn't matter, it all evens out in the end.
Re:Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new p... by pentel-0_5 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @07:21AM (#43011978)
I'm not sure what you mean by that platitude.
Re:Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new p... by bobsmooth on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @08:51AM (#43012697)
The mental and physical cost of worrying about a few cents isn't worth it.