XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-11 05:31, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/10/25 08:23, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> On 2025-12-10 04:26, c186282 wrote:   
   >>> On 12/9/25 21:38, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-12-09 16:56, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >>>>> On 12/9/25 06:10, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 2025-12-08 14:55, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Sun, 7 Dec 2025 14:37:25 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   ...   
      
   >>>    If you use a 'permanent' bag, esp from THAT store,   
   >>>    they'll claim you STOLE it from them ....   
   >>   
   >> Nope. They stamp them when they sell them :-)   
   >   
   >    Unless the under-paid guy FORGETS ...   
      
   Hardly... when I buy a new bag and put it on the belt, they scan the   
   barcode to charge it, then stamp it, or just scratch the barcode with a   
   ballpen.   
      
   >   
   >> Besides, it is easy to differentiate a much used bag from a new one.   
   >   
   >    But they don't get 'much used' for awhile.   
   >   
   >>>    And if you really want to get arrested, use "automated   
   >>>    self-checkout"  :-)   
   >>   
   >> Wow. I do use them, no problems here. They have staff constantly   
   >> watching and helping.   
   >   
   >    False arrests are a growing issue in US stores. The   
   >    security cam/AI becomes *convinced* you skipped/hid   
   >    some item. Then cops come for you. TRY to prove   
   >    you are innocent.   
      
   Wow-   
      
      
   >    Oh yea, what's the POINT in actual HUMAN watchers ?   
   >    You're still dedicating at least one human to the   
   >    checkout process ... ergo NO reason for the   
   >    'automated' shit. Just let 'em work a register !   
   >   
   >> At one of the big supermarkets I use, Carrefour, the automated section   
   >> is for bags or baskets, not carts.   
   >>   
   >> At a very small number of Carrefours, there is another automated   
   >> mechanism: you pick a handheld scanner on entry to the place, and then   
   >> scan each item you put on the cart. At exit, you put the device on a   
   >> receptacle, and you get asked to pay the total. No need to handle   
   >> anything on the cart. So out to your car to put everything in the   
   >> boot. Randomly, they pick one cart to check manually.   
   >   
   >    I won't use automated systems. Human check-out or   
   >    go to another store.   
      
   I like new gadgets :-)   
      
   >   
   >> I don't know how they handle an error, but I have not heard of arrests.   
   >   
   >    Check.   
      
   We are not that paranoid :-p   
      
      
   >>>> Sometimes I use a backpack, and some times my own trolley. When I   
   >>>> buy milk, for instance.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> https://share.google/NreDLQi7p1sjP1KPY   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Otherwise, I drive.   
   >>>   
   >>>    What a drag it is getting old .......   
   >>>   
   >>>    Hey, joints don't hold up forever - and the more   
   >>>    you abused them in yer youth ........   
   >>   
   >> Heard on the radio, a doctor investigator, maybe yesterday, that   
   >> during a Marathon race the... I think he said the glio cells in the   
   >> cerebrum get damaged (20%?) and need a recovery of about two or three   
   >> weeks. Those runners that participate in many races get a constant   
   >> damage. Not clear what impact that has.   
   >   
   >    Glia cells are the "other half" of the brain - and   
   >    more and more found to be VERY important. Heavy   
   >    stress COULD screw 'em up.   
   >   
   >    There are several kinds of 'support' cells in the   
   >    brain. They DO play a number of active roles,   
   >    including modulating neurotransmitter levels   
   >    dynamically. Neurons do what neurons do, but   
   >    they need a lot of help. It's ALL the cells   
   >    that comprise the full picture.   
   >   
   >    Maybe neural network electronics won't need   
   >    such help ?   
      
   No idea.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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