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Re:Funny item co-occurrences in 3.2M Instacart orders by embedding-shape on Saturday July 18, 2026 @08:17AM (#48957446)
> eg we typically want one a day so want to buy 7 in a weekly shop but the pack size is 5.

Can't you just grab a bigger cluster/bunch and remove N bananas so it has the amount you want? Or remove 3 from the bunch that has five so two 5+2 clusters? Feels like I'm missing something obvious here.

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Re:Funny item co-occurrences in 3.2M Instacart orders by LourensT on Saturday July 18, 2026 @08:23AM (#48957497)
Yes, because Instacart is ordering for delivery :)
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Re:Funny item co-occurrences in 3.2M Instacart orders by embedding-shape on Saturday July 18, 2026 @08:24AM (#48957503)
Oh yeah, of course, guess I kind of forgot the overall context, and I was thinking in-person shopping... Thanks! :)
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Re:Funny item co-occurrences in 3.2M Instacart orders by trebligdivad on Saturday July 18, 2026 @05:58PM (#48962863)
Yes, once I can put in the delivery details something like '7 medium size bananas, with no bruising, varying in ripeness from almost ready to still slightly green' and let a robot at the other end sort it out I'll be happy.
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