Comment on When society completely transitions to cash-less, what happens when the power goes down? End of the world?

untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• jagged_circle@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Solar panels are enough for power during the day.

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• qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cashless requires power all the way from PoS to wherever the servers live.

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  • CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not 100% true: I know some places in Norway that have unreliable internet connectivity, where they have terminals in the store that will save your purchase and wire it to the bank when connection is restored. Of course, this means you can over-draw your card, but I’ve never heard of that being a big issue in those small places.

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    • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Interesting, TIL — thanks!

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      • Nibodhika@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Also, I can tell you from personal experience, cards were working Monday during the blackout. Not on wireless machines obviously since we had no cellphone reception, but for example Supermarkets were letting you pay with a card.

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