• hperrin@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    It’s because of fancy algorithms and waste reduction, not laziness and capitalism. That’s what Jeff Bezos told me.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Always figured that was the case, no joke. Ever try to automate anything even slightly complex? Edge cases and weird shit crops up all the time. Maybe something in the product description triggered this ridiculous box.

      People doing the packing probably don’t have a path to get the occasional issue resolved, and likely don’t care.

    • datavoid@lemmy.ml
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      9 days ago

      Going by their job interview questions it probably has something to do with optimally packing boxes in a truck