Cash register makers seek 1% food tax rate, citing extra time needed for 0% rate

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• cromka 2 hours ago
  We all wonder how bad all the future, AI-written code will be, yet we forget how bad majority of the existing software actually already is.
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  • Semiapies 57 minutes ago
    Which was naturally used to train the models.
• JumpCrisscross 4 hours ago
  > Whereas a zero-percent tax rate would require building new systems from scratch, a tax rate cut to 1% would only need three to six months for cash register system revisions, according to an industry source.

  Wat.

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  • 1970-01-01 3 hours ago
    I'm with you. Why is 0% not valid?
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    • JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago
      > Why is 0% not valid?

      The only things I can think of is these are analog registers or otherwise have hard coded dividing by the sales-tax number.
    • metalman 2 hours ago
      0% is valid, but only for the koolaid.
  • deanmen 4 hours ago
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• nitwit005 1 hour ago
  A year to not include a line item based off of a simple condition is an incredible claim.