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Tried a few times with the "Scan" demo on https://jabcode.org/create/ using Firefox for Android, but it appears to just get stuck displaying a loading spinner. Seems to work in Chrome, so not sure what's wrong with the implementation to make it not work.
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This is "retarded" all over again. Slavery in humans is bad. Slavery in software applications it not.
At a family dinner I once jokingly described my gluten-free girlfriend as "glutarded," which was our inside joke way to refer to her dietary restrictions. I forgot that my aunt's husband, who has some congenital language issues that leave him with a speech impediment, had grown up being bullied and called 'retard,' until he gasped when he heard my words. I felt horrible, and have since been more conscious with my wor…
Correct use of words is important if those words have been misused in the past.
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It is already in the works. In 3-5 years every big box store product will have UV QR codes on every side of external packaging that encode the existing product barcode plus a unique per item ID. This is being done to improve self check out speed (no more having to find the bar code) and help with tracking receipt-less returns (this box of cereal was purchased at our store).
Do you have any hints as to what terms I should be googling for to find out more about this? I'm _very_ curious...