• Redacted@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Yes, supermarkets use speculative forecasting. They guess what you want, but they don’t guess based on magic; they guess based on your past behavior and the behavior of millions of others like you. When you buy meat, you are not just a passive participant; you are the input data for their next forecast. You are the reason their ‘speculation’ becomes a reality.

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      1 month ago

      They guess what you want, but they don’t guess based on magic; they guess based on your past behavior and the behavior of millions of others like you.

      and they could guess based on any other factor they chose (the level of the tide, the temperature of their coffee at the drive through, etc.). i’m no more responsible for their decisions than their barista.