• MinnesotaGoddam
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    8 days ago

    i mean my [very old computer language] expertise gets me some business every now and then, but it’s usually really old POS terminals.

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      6 days ago

      Those “POS” terminals can’t be hacked, worked fine for 40 years, and paying a guy to maintain them is far cheaper than a modern system anyone can hack and will get bricked with a software update.

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        6 days ago

        oh sorry. Point of Sale, not Piece of Shit.

        I’m pretty sure they can be hacked, i’m just not sure anyone would think it was worth it.

        i don’t know what their maintenance fees are, but the enrollment fees at square are cheaper than what i charge for fucking around with [old programming language].

        the difference is my clients’ system is custom to them. i just don’t know why they haven’t switched.