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Animated ads where the skip button doesn't work.
Unless you apply Skippy™ Brand peanut butter to the toast.
The ads are all encoded as animated Jifs™.
Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”
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Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”
#252Speaking of see-through. Has anyone ever seen two-way glass that allows bidirectional observation within proximity of it's surface but diminishes with distance of either observer or view-field depth? It was used in a pair of bathrooms (men's and women's) for the washbasin "mirror" at a restaurant or nightclub on or near 6th Street ATX about 2004. It allowed washroom patrons to see each other in the other bathroom, bu…
Reading this thread made me crave for one-way mirrored glasses (not sunglasses) with correction, to opt out from eyeball tracking. Is anyone aware of any such thing?
You're not alone, I just read your comment before I felt like typing it myself.
And yes, they should be available from whatever places sell corrected sunglasses lenses. You probably just want the mirrored sunglasses style coating.
Or what did you mean with "not sunglasses"? Mirroring will make it darker, but not necessarily to an extend where you have trouble, hence my questioning of your reasons.
Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”
#253Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”
#254I do not blame cooler screen for selling this technology to anyone. But I want everyone to consider how much it takes to bring about a technology like this to a grocery store. If this is any of the big chain groceries, the manager doesn't even have the authority to put a sticker on the glass door. This was vetted by hundreds of people and none of them thought... glass? Business class tickets were purchased, hotels we…
> will be replaced with an ad I'm not sure what that means. These already are ads. They are directly advertising the products literally inside the case.
I wouldn't call a pure index of product locations in the cooler an "ad," any more than it's an "ad" when you look through the glass and see the logo on the Coke bottle you want.
When it breaks the index function to display a full-height animated Coke bottle, that's an ad.
Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”
#255My gas station has installed video on the pumps and while pumping, I must listen to whatever dreck is being sold. It irritates me that I have no choice but to listen. Is there anyone, anywhere, who believes this is helping consumers make their choices? I fully expect an updated movie script where some lunatic sticks his head out the window at 2am and shouts, "I'm mad as hell and I don't want to listen to it anymore."
For the ones with 3 or 4 buttons on each side, you can sometimes hit the second button from the top on the right and it will mute.
Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”
#256Earlier quoted context omitted.
Counterpoint: all else being equal, I'd rather not have these because I think they'd be annoying, so if one of my local grocery stores were to install them I would then give more of my business to the other (largely interchangeable) ones going forward. You're right that I wouldn't rage quit and leave without doing my shopping the first time I saw these, but I also might not be back. Sure, I'd learn to live with it if…
Some people really care about pricing, others don't. There are 'bargin' stores in my area, and higher end stores. The higher end stores have lots more bio stuff to buy, and other fancy goods, but also stock major brands of everything else. Even though the product is the same, the pricing is 15% average more expensive for those common products. I suspect they get away with it, because you're already there, and I never…
Makes sense. As I said, all else being equal I'd rather not have these. Presented with a situation like Kindle devices, in which the ad-supported item is cheaper, the choice is a little harder.
Thinking more about the product, there's probably also a long-term vision wherein it becomes more useful than it is today. e.g. maybe it automatically handles tracking quantities and greys out the item photo when it's out (and alerts them to restock), shows prices in a more user-friendly way than regular shelves, makes promotions more prominent (but hopefully not too obnoxious), slightly reduces labor costs (by automatically updating prices), and allows various user interactivity such as clicking an item to see metadata like nutrition and ingredients. It's easy to make fun of something at an early stage when we're just seeing the tip of the iceberg, but 10 years from now this may become a repeat of the infamous Dropbox thread.
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#257Brick & mortar retail is trying its very hardest to kill itself. The bigger a tremendous fucking hassle it is to go to the store instead of ordering online, the fewer people are going to come in. Supermarket window : "we now use anti-shoplifting face and license plate tracking" [e.g. auror.co ] Supermarket aisle : can't see any products, have to open every door to look at actual products instead of TV ads Supermarket…
This was always the problem with capitalism based on short-term gain, it will inevitably sacrifice loyalty for a quick buck. The same will happen or is already happening to online stores who do the same, eg by showing ads.
That said, at some point a failing business will realize the end is coming and cash out as much as possible, accelerating its own end in a calculated profit maximization scheme. Brick and mortar stores might as well self-destruct if they also believe they're going down anyway... It's not like anyone works there for the fun of it.
Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”
#258The year is 2050 and your dingy old toaster has finally given up it's last crumbs. You hop onto Amazon in hopes of finding a suitable replacement as there's no longer any box stores you can travel to. Dumb appliances have been phased out and newer internet connected appliances have taken over. It's better for the consumer they claim. Not wanting an overtly fancy contraption you pick a no frills unit that includes a t…
WiFi password? Even by 2035ish it’d come with integrated mobile data so the user won’t have to worry about ensuring it has consistent network access to the mothership.
So I noticed this week that my Canon printer was able to connect to my "secure" Wi-Fi during its initial setup without at any point prompting for a password. How worried should I be? Did it steal the keys from my computer?
Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”
#259I think I'd be fine with this if the image were from cameras inside the cooler, displaying the product in realtime.
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Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”
#260The year is 2050 and your dingy old toaster has finally given up it's last crumbs. You hop onto Amazon in hopes of finding a suitable replacement as there's no longer any box stores you can travel to. Dumb appliances have been phased out and newer internet connected appliances have taken over. It's better for the consumer they claim. Not wanting an overtly fancy contraption you pick a no frills unit that includes a t…
2 years later, Amazon discontinues updates on the toaster. No one notices, but it still toasts. 8 years later, people hack them and cause them to burn down some houses. Of course, it was the owner's fault - they were running a discontinued toaster that wasn't receiving software updates anymore.
WD's My Toaster