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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.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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