Toothpaste Null-Terminator

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Post by userm0d » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 4:40 PM UTC

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Post by bediger4000 » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 4:58 PM UTC

I had a roommate that kept a can of "King Oskar" brand fish balls. When that was visible on the shelf, he went to the grocery store.

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Post by jxnsjxjjdn » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 5:03 PM UTC

Inline signaling is often flawed. Nevertheless the real life analog would be more akin to kanban not sentinal value

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Post by teaearlgraycold » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 5:20 PM UTC

Am I the only one that has no trouble buying toothpaste when I have to squeeze the tube extra hard?

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Post by 38 » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 5:31 PM UTC

teaearlgraycold wrote: post #4

Am I the only one that has no trouble buying toothpaste when I have to squeeze the tube extra hard?

sense... this comment makes none.

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Post by Retr0id » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 5:37 PM UTC

teaearlgraycold wrote: post #4

Am I the only one that has no trouble buying toothpaste when I have to squeeze the tube extra hard?

I only buy new toothpaste after the squeeze returns nul.

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Post by adontz » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 5:37 PM UTC

I believe neurotypical and neurodivergent people have very different understanding of this article.

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Post by kjhcvkek77 » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 5:41 PM UTC

teaearlgraycold wrote: post #4

Am I the only one that has no trouble buying toothpaste when I have to squeeze the tube extra hard?

I treat the hard to access part as an emergency supply for when I forget to buy more in time. So normally I will throw it in the trash.

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Post by jmorenoamor » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 5:41 PM UTC

Buy two tubes, while true, when you finish a tube, add one toothpaste tube to the shopping list, done.

Works great for an average person who usually visits the store. Adjust the initial putchase if you visit the store twice a year.

Also works great for many suplies like coffee, pasta, legumes...

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Post by jphoward » Sat, Aug 17, 2024, 5:41 PM UTC

I don’t understand how this works with systems like toothpaste? I get if you somehow stored your toothpaste in some queue-like structure where you only see 1 at a time, then yes, reaching the last would be helpful. But surely they are in a cupboard or drawer or something?

To know to start the sentinel toothpaste he must search around and prove it’s the only one left - by doing this he doesn’t need the sentinel anyway, as the searching process with yield only one, sentinel or not?

If it doesn’t need a search, e.g. they are in a line/all on easy view - then it’s obvious it’s the last even without a sentinel?