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  • Same, zero cats.

  • Concept for deterring the selection of "no tip" (not real)
  • And with inflation, I can't afford to tip. If I to go to a bar I budget for it, but these minimum tip barriers preventing me from tipping without breaking the bank lead to me saying no tip if they wont allow me to customize it.

    That said I go to a bar once a year now because of the cost. I mostly hit this BS on the rare occasion I need to drive my wife to a doctors appointment and I stop at Starbucks or the closest coffee shop and get a brewed coffee. They take thirty seconds to pour a cup and pass it to me and then expect a 25% tip. Meanwhile their CEO flies his personal jet to work everyday.

    I tip at bars because servers are providing an experience. But even then, if i cant get the persons attention for half the night, and they are just on their cellphone talking to the bartender... no tip. I worked in bars. I watch. I reward good service. I wont reward half-assery.

  • Concept for deterring the selection of "no tip" (not real)
  • You're not really grokking what I stated. No one should ever rely on tips. They should rely on a fair wage. Tips are a thank you, a gratuity, and no one owes them to anyone. The rich bastards not paying a living wage and turning this into an "us vs them" discussion are the problem here, as is the mindset of tips being earnings.

    Eat the rich, not your clientelle.

  • Concept for deterring the selection of "no tip" (not real)
  • You don't work for tips. You work for a wage. And yes I worked years in the service industry and still have many friends in it.

  • Concept for deterring the selection of "no tip" (not real)
  • I think you're missing the fact that the bosses of the establishment aren't paying their employees fair wages and thats the only reason the tip is needed. Im not paying 25% for shit service. Tips are a GRATUITY for doing a good job and equate to a BONUS. They are not, nor were they ever, a defacto part of someone's earnings.

  • Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World
  • Lol, Niantic coding anything that actually works well is hilarious.

    I'd also argue that Ingress players likely gave them way more useful data than PoGo

  • Remember kids, only genociders are allowed to fight, victims must meekly submit or be Just As Bad(tm)
  • When the side you are negotiating with is a bully that keeps "negotiating" after invading more of your homeland and will just do that again in a few years, you stop negotiating and take what is yours back and make sure they remember that.

    Sometimes negotiating amounts to enabling.

  • It's getting late, and I should be in bed
  • It's an interesting culture difference, but I live in Campbell River on Vancouver Island and have lived in several areas of rural Canada but generally when celebs come here and they are out to eat, as humans do, people let them be.

  • It's getting late, and I should be in bed
  • Yes cause god forbid he should be able to exist outside his house with his family. Fuck this attitude is self-centered. When people are out doing their thing and not at work being a star, leave em the fuck alone.

  • Examination you say? What kind?
  • Fetal Heart "custody"?

    I mean if it's a fetus I'm pretty sure the mother gets custody by default.

  • AMD captures 28.7% market share in desktops
  • Still not ready to trust AMD/ATI again. I used them exclusively right up until they bought ATI and then decided fuck open source and the drivers for Linux tanked.

    I hear all the issues folks have had with Intel/NVIDIA but I have yet to experience any of them. From where I'm sitting they are still working great. And their open source has not been perfect but its consistent. Instead of going from being golden to fuck you Linux folks overnight.

  • What is the smallest city in your country that everyone can still instantly recognise the name of? What is it famous for?
  • As much as I love Vulcan, AB... based on the qualifiers for this post, it is disqualified by Dildo, Newfoundland.

  • What is the smallest city in your country that everyone can still instantly recognise the name of? What is it famous for?
  • Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada: 803 people as of 2021.

    Someone here mentioned Vulcan, Alberta - however given the qualifiers of country and size, its 1769 people disqualifies it.

    Also, though I am a Trekkie myself and know that Vulcan is well known in those circles, it's virtually unheard of outside them.

    Meanwhile, Dildo:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/odd-stories-of-2019-1.5389442

  • Bombs Awat
  • I have never seen this and thank you for sharing it because good god I needed it.

  • Bombs Awat
  • Gotta weed out the weak ones with the fall.

  • If you could go back in time for 24h, no consequence on the timeline, what would you do?
  • I'd go back to the Yukon Gold Rush and make sure Fred Trump never made it out of Canada.

    Edit: Doh! No consequences... huh. I'm not really sure it would be worth the trip then.

  • As AI and megaplatforms take over, the hyperlinks that built the web may face extinction
  • Time to build a new one and this time, dont tell investors.

  • I just WON'T
  • In Canada, it must contain cream. Milk based desserts are labelled ice milk, and anything using oil or solids is a 'dessert'. The primary determining factor of the definition is the milk fat content.

    https://inspection.canada.ca/en/about-cfia/acts-and-regulations/list-acts-and-regulations/documents-incorporated-reference/canadian-standards-identity-volume-1

  • Was the planet where "The 37's" were found ever given a name or revisited in STO or in Novels?

    As the title says, I'm curious if they ever named or revisited this Human civilization in the later parts of the timeline in any way? It seems like too good of an opportunity to not revisit it at some point.

    My searches did not reveal any answer, so thought I'd ask my fellow trek nerds.

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    www.theatlantic.com The Case for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

    A candidate who has many interesting things to say about lots of stuff.

    The Case for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

    This is the most unfiltered article I've read from The Atlantic... by the time I finished the second paragraph I had to re-read the title to understand how I got here.

    Edit: To be clear, this has been revealed as satire, its just so close to reality one could be forgiven for confusing the two.

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    The Dad Trilogy

    Just had this one shared with me directly on signal and could not find it in here, nor could I find a source. Too good not to share though. If someone knows the meme creator I'll update this with proper credit.

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    Data; Engage the Acid Drive

    Riker came down on a whole other deck and wants answers.

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    About the "darkspace" Theme

    Is the darkspace theme something that comes packaged with Lemmy or something the server admins are throwing together? I love where it's going but its in need of some love.. there's nothing to make the posts readable against the background.

    Complaints are not intended here, I could likely help if someone points me to a place where I can make PRs.

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    Routhinator Routhinator @startrek.website
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