The_Franz posted:

These days even “bad” internet will download 50gigs of data faster than the postal service gets you a package.

Unless you are talking so bad that you still have a 512k DSL line from 1999. Anything below 25mbps can’t even be referred to as broadband anymore.

ReidRansom posted:

It's a small market, but people forget there's a world of stuff going on away from civilization, where people still need poo poo to kill time other than masturbate. I spend several months a year on a research vessel, for example, and though we do have a pretty solid internet connection, it's $20k/mo for a speed that would be considered far below average on shore, shared between like 60 people. Ships that aren't government research vessels mostly don't even have that. And remote mining/drilling operations on land. Forward military installations too, probably. But we get by on physical media out in these places. And when that's not available, pirating up while you're back in the world.

Biplane posted:

Good argument for high speed global wifi.

Picnic Princess posted:

Canada would still be getting throttled and charged double the rest of the planet.

Duckman2008 posted:

Yeah, current FCC isn’t exactly enforcing this poo poo (gently caress Ajit Pai), and with net neutrality dead it isn’t changing anytime soon.

Spring Heeled Jack posted:

The question is also cum

poopinmymouth posted:

Cum?
Cum.

Mercury Ballistic posted:

There are multiple spaced based internet networks in various planning stages right now. Not sure if any will make it to the operational stage, but they are promising gb speeds. Virgin Mobile and SpaceX are both working on their own versions.

Biplane posted:

Cum cum Cum cum cum cum Cum cum.

ReidRansom posted:

It's a small market, but people forget there's a world of stuff going on away from civilization, where people still need poo poo to kill time other than masturbate. I spend several months a year on a research vessel, for example, and though we do have a pretty solid internet connection, it's $20k/mo for a speed that would be considered far below average on shore, shared between like 60 people. Ships that aren't government research vessels mostly don't even have that. And remote mining/drilling operations on land. Forward military installations too, probably. But we get by on physical media out in these places. And when that's not available, pirating up while you're back in the world.

ChickenOfTomorrow posted:

poopinmymouth posted:

A bit late since Lazytown the show is basically already shuttered, but since we're on cum talk, story time!

I worked at Lazytown on season 3 and 4. I didn't know in my first two weeks that the actor who plays sportacus was also the owner. He came in to help direct the scene where he eats a poisoned apple from robby rotten that was filled with sugar syrup. They shot a plastic apple with bite out of it falling, but needed me to add "sugar goo" in a 30 frame clip (it's in the final episode). Magnús came to me and was describing how it should be thick, viscus, and honey colored, but "it should not look like cum". I couldn't help myself and blurted out, "well you came to the right person, because I'm a cum expert"

I could hear the gasp of my female german boss from across the room and every other person in the VFX room stopped what they were doing. The only sound was my poo poo eating grin getting bigger. He just replied "right, okay" and left.

I think it looks like honey, mission accomplished.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlSkG5eqQOw

quote:

In a two-month investigation, that began with a concern from a viewer, KARE 11 found Target’s app changes its prices on certain items depending on if you are inside or outside of the store.

For instance, Target’s app price for a particular Samsung 55-inch Smart TV was $499.99, but when we pulled into the parking lot of the Minnetonka store that price suddenly increased to $599.99 on the app.

To test this further, we selected 10 products on the Target app at random, ranging from toys to bottled water to vacuum cleaners. We found that when we entered the store, four of the 10 products jumped up in price on the app.

An Apple Watch band went up $2, a Shark vacuum went up $40, a Graco child car seat jumped $72 and a Dyson vacuum shot up $148 on the app while inside the store.

Our list of 10 items was a total of $262 cheaper in the back of the parking lot on the app with no indication that the prices had changed.

...

In an emailed statement from Target, the company said "The Target app shows in-store pricing while in store, and online pricing while on the go. If a guest finds any item for a lower price across any of the ways they can shop Target, we'll price match it."

Trabant posted:

Target isn't circling the drain, but they are in drain-circling retail and this is incredibly dumb:

Trabant posted:

Target isn't circling the drain, but they are in drain-circling retail and this is incredibly dumb:

Trabant posted:

Target isn't circling the drain, but they are in drain-circling retail and this is incredibly dumb:

Trabant posted:

Target isn't circling the drain, but they are in drain-circling retail and this is incredibly dumb:

FlamingLiberal posted:

That’s impressively terrible

dude789 posted:

I can totally see the logic behind it. A customer comes into the store to purchase something they saw online for a certain price. It's more expensive in the store and the person ringing it up says they can price match it to the online price if the customer can show them the lower price. Customer pulls up the item on the app and oops it's gone up! Guess that promotion must have ended.

Also an old story from when I worked at Sears. When the drain circling started really accelerating they started telling the managers not to price match online prices at the register. We had to go to one of the online kiosks and order the item to be picked up in store from the kiosk. It took twice as long and most customers hated it but I guess managers were tracked based on how many price adjustments they did and also how many online kiosk orders they got.

Fried Watermelon posted:

Just have to disable location services and don't log into the store wifi

Last Chance posted:

....and then you always get the highest prices by default. no problem!

quote:

Lampert has long faced criticism that he's capitalized on the complicated financial transactions he's executed to keep Sears afloat. USA TODAY reported in June that Lampert was receiving up to $220 million a year in loan payments from the retailer, which also owns Kmart, and had structured loans to guarantee that his hedge fund gained access to key assets.

Segmentation Fox posted:

On one hand it would seem to make some sense - customer does an 'order online, pick-up in store' order and all they need to do is have whoever's not busy at the moment grab it off the shelf, stick it in a bag, and drop it off up front for the customer. No wasted time standing in check-out, don't need as many cashiers working at once, etc.

On the other hand, you'd think they'd want customers to spend as long as possible in the store itself to encourage impulse buying. I know when I go into something like a Target for a single item, I'll inevitably be like, "Oh yeah, I could use some TP...and maybe laundry soap...and while I'm here I may as well look at..." etc.

I'm sure somebody in corporate thought it was a good idea.

Edit for thread content:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/04/sears-esl-deal-could-unravel-judge-continues-bankruptcy-hearing/2731794002/

Looks like Lampert's plan to buy out everything with his hedge fund may be in jeopardy. There are a number of unsecured creditors objecting to the deal who just want the whole operation shuttered and liquidated, and if the judge in the bankruptcy hearing isn't convinced by ESL's argument, they could get their wish.

A fun excerpt:

Queen Combat posted:

I want to but everything is like $10 minimum and they don't give you bags.

Queen Combat posted:

I want to but everything is like $10 minimum and they don't give you bags.

Iron Crowned posted:

I live in an apartment, I don't have room for 96 rolls of toilet paper