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Jill the Pill

@CiaraNi @analogfusion

This is a good collection of these problems. Add the common situation where an uncurated search engine or map platform will give directions to facilities that no longer exist, particularly a problem when searching for electric car chargers on a low battery.

And fragility: when the credit card network or machine malfunctions, no-cash businesses just can’t function. Underfunded cities wasted millions on electronic parking meters and kiosks that couldn’t survive ice.

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King Kaufman

@jill_the_pill @CiaraNi @analogfusion

It's even more annoying when a business that does take cash WON'T function if their system is down. They refuse. Write down what people buy and enter it into the system later? Take cash? Nope.

Ciara

@jill_the_pill Those are real problems. Even just seeing the card-swipe machines go offline for a short period in a supermarket - utter chaos. Everyone paralysed, staff and customers alike.
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