minus-squareYaksDC@lemm.eetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What’s the worst piece of technology you’ve ever owned?linkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoThe Cuecat: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat Came at a time when there weren’t barcodes everywhere and QR codes didn’t exist yet. Companies had to publish Cuecat specific barcodes, it was much easier to just type in the URL by the time you figured out you could use it at all. linkfedilink
minus-squareYaksDC@lemm.eetoWorld News@lemmy.world•Israeli soldiers who drove with wounded Palestinian tied to their vehicle 'violated orders', military sayslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThe orders: “Don’t get caught” linkfedilink
The Cuecat: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat
Came at a time when there weren’t barcodes everywhere and QR codes didn’t exist yet. Companies had to publish Cuecat specific barcodes, it was much easier to just type in the URL by the time you figured out you could use it at all.