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PayPal Demos Auto-Debit Gumball Machine

Posted by samzenpus on from the candy-card dept.

ForgedArtificer writes "At their recent developers conference in San Diego, CA, PayPal unveiled a proof-of-concept gumball machine that would instantly pay for a gumball through a PayPal account using a smart phone and a QR code, sending a confirmation of the purchase through Twitter. Ok, maybe we all don't really care if we can get a gumball without a quarter, but the possibilities for this technology are endless."

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  1. My credit card doesn't run out of batteries by igreaterthanu · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My smart phone does. This will never be able to replace other forms of money until they get that one sorted.

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  2. A: Because it disrupts the flow of a message by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Q: Why is starting a comment in the Subject: line incredibly irritating?

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