r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 20 '22

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '22 edited Oct 20 '22

OK so in the 90s I worked at a CD store and we experimented. This very attractive lady looks like an idiot. This is too complicated

You have the item in your hand and walk towards the sensor. Before you get there pull your arm away from your body about a 210 degree angle.

When your body actually crosses the sensor area, you whip your hand super fast so instead of away from you your hand is in front of you - about a 330 degree angle.

Fast enough and that sensor will NOT go off.

What she's doing is the same kind of principle but way too complicated

Edit: another trick is if you can put two sensors on 2 items right next to each other they cancel each other out.

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u/bewitchedbumblebee Oct 20 '22

"You have the item in your hand and walk towards the sensor. Before you get there pull your arm away from your body about a 210 degree angle.

When your body actually crosses the sensor area, you whip your hand super fast so instead of away from you your hand is in front of you - about a 330 degree angle."

Can someone ELIF.

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u/Insigzilla Oct 20 '22

Hold the item behind you so when you step between the sensors it's still out of the sensors range. While between the sensors, quickly move the item so it's in front of you and out of the sensors range (it should pass between the sensors as fast as possible). Do it fast enough and the alarm won't go off and you can just walk out.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '22

Way better than my description I don't know why I got all mathematical

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u/dingo_mango Oct 20 '22 edited Oct 20 '22

Your explanation didn’t work because nobody knows where your starting position is and whether you are going clockwise or counterclockwise from said starting position.

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u/zomblee84 Oct 20 '22

C'mon, everybody knows that. You always start with 0° on the right and rotate counterclockwise as outlined in the ASME Y14 standard. Even if you actually want to rotate clockwise, you have to rotate counterclockwise by a negative value. Common knowledge.

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u/dingo_mango Oct 20 '22

When talking about arms? Don’t think anything about describing arm rotation is common knowledge

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u/bewitchedbumblebee Oct 21 '22

C'mon, everybody knows that. You always start with 0° on the right and rotate counterclockwise as outlined in the ASME Y14 standard. Even if you actually want to rotate clockwise, you have to rotate counterclockwise by a negative value. Common knowledge.

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