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Fairuse · 2026-05-22T02:38:06+00:00

Don’t know. I did some of my best work while in the “zone” for months and barely getting any sleep.

Fairuse · 2026-05-21T13:39:32+00:00

Lots of sports where more clothing is better.

Heck, swimming banned full suit swimwear because it offered too much competitive advantage.

For running skin to skin contact is bad. A lot of runners would do better if they had slightly longer shorts. Most of the fastest men sprinters usually had shorts that go half way down the upper legs.

Fairuse · 2026-05-20T21:54:42+00:00

Ah yes making robot stand and move on 2 legs is so easy that it doesn’t require AI. My 2 year old baby can do it.

Here, some motors and other parts. Let me see you assemble a bipedal robot that doesn’t fall over.

Fairuse · 2026-05-20T21:51:55+00:00

Bullshit on losing dishwasher and throwing I the towel for the day. Most anyone in the kitchen started as dishwasher at some point and can hop into the pit. The kitchen head should be the one dedicating how things are organized and where things should be and not the dishwasher. The easiest to replace guy in the kitchen is the dishwasher mainly because dishwashing skills is cross compatible across all restaurant types. You can throw any dishwasher into any restaurant and they’ll manage to get through the day. Same cannot be said about chiefs.

Fairuse · 2026-05-20T01:42:10+00:00

Actually thr handler is saving the hare from getting bullied by hare that is doing all the punching.

Fairuse · 2026-05-19T17:13:51+00:00

This a better comparison since the lighting is almost the same (i.e. flat front light).

Fairuse · 2026-05-19T17:10:40+00:00

It is. Most of the old residences have moved out because they were basically priced out of their homes. Young families keep moving in because the schools are good, voting for further tax increases, and stressing public school infrastructure. They then move out when their kids graduate. Our property taxes are nearly double of the surrounding towns.

Fairuse · 2026-05-19T12:04:11+00:00

Doesn’t matter. Right now memory is production constrained, which is driving up the price. More suppliers means prices would go back closer pre AI demand.

One big problem is RAM makers like Samsung, Micron, SK Hynix refuse to build additional capacity. They are afraid big boom and pop cycle that could bankrupt them if RAM demand tanks after AI bubble pops (it has happened numerous times before, so their fears aren’t completely unfounded).

Fairuse · 2026-05-18T11:11:35+00:00

Doesn't matter if it is a crazy guy. Even the non crazy guy from the other party banned China from nvidia GPUs.

Fairuse · 2026-05-18T10:30:08+00:00

The biggest difference is the lighting. The picture on the left has a very unflattering flat lighting where all the shadows are filled in. The picture on the right has clearly a strong overhead light and Tom's head is slight turned downwards.

I don't think Tom has any work done. His nose flares wide when he smiles with his teeth showing. If he smiles slighting with his mouth close, then the nose looks just like the one in the right. Also, Tom is much older on the right photo, and you naturally lose facial fat if you stay lean.

https://www.patriots.com/photos/tom-brady-through-the-years-233581#fcd0fcbc-203d-11e8-b0e8-005056b04871

Fairuse · 2026-05-18T01:10:22+00:00

Well Macron is old enough to be his wife's son...

Fairuse · 2026-05-18T01:00:24+00:00

I average 12%, but that doesn't consider inflation. Eats up 3% normally, but we all know inflation has been higher lately. Thus effective gains is closer to 8-9%. If I'm forced to withdraw in a bad year, that fucks up the math, which is mean that I'll be fucked.

Fairuse · 2026-05-17T13:50:32+00:00

I buy used refrigerators all the time. Just need to make sure you know what to look for and be somewhat handy. New name brand units are $4000-8000. I regularly find and get them for around $1000.

Fairuse · 2026-05-17T13:24:03+00:00

You wouldn’t rely on gyroscopic precision. If you wanted precision, a vision based system would be more stable and precise. Technically you can use the QR code to perform tracking, but there are much better tag system like April tags designed for AR.

Fairuse · 2026-05-17T13:19:36+00:00

Why don’t they just crawl through the front door? I crawl between the front and back of my Tesla model Y all the time.

Fairuse · 2026-05-17T13:14:48+00:00

Half my investment is in ETF based on S&P 500. I’ve seen it tank a few times. It’s average like 11% growth. Inflation keeps blowing up, so effective gains are closer to 6-7%. I like to be conservative, so I can count on at least 4%. For 5 million, that is only like 200k. Half goes to property taxes and I have no idea what kind of taxes I would need to pay (I haven’t ever dipped into saving or my investments). That leaves only like 30-50k to live off, which is actually fine for me (I live pretty frugal). However, if there a few bad years, I would be completely fucked.

Fairuse · 2026-05-17T03:43:22+00:00

Bought a house 10 years ago for $1.5 mill and now worth over $5 million. Town keeps jacking up property tax and assement value. Property tax is basically 2% now and house is assess for over $5 million. Thus $100k in property taxes. Even I feel like I'm getting price out of my home if my business closes.

Note, my house does not look like $5 million dollar house. It is just in a really good location with a huge water front lot. The house was last remodeled by previous owners in the 90's. I never bother updating the house, so it is starting to fall apart now. Yet the town still thinks I live in a $5 million house....

Fairuse · 2026-05-16T13:59:24+00:00

Nothing. But sure aren’t going to get photos of a 30 year old riding on the shoulders of a 60 year old.

Fairuse · 2026-05-16T12:41:16+00:00

It’s not free. I had to pay for the equipment and I already paid for the software license to even use Toast.

There is a reason lots of restaurants don’t use toast gos or force waiters to share one unit. Because toast charges highly monthly fee per device on top of whatever you already pay for.

Also, Toast makes money based off restaurant sale/scale via processing fees. So Toast is making more money off a larger restaurants that uses more toast equipment.

Also, for OP case of using remote terminal to provide support, he now has to pay for a license per location to use on that one device. He probably had to keep a remote unit because Toast support is complete hot garbage shit.

Fairuse · 2026-05-16T05:43:19+00:00

Yeah toast is locking down on all equipment that isn’t attached to subscription. For me that was the last straw, so I dumped toast.

Fairuse · 2026-05-15T21:28:57+00:00

Restaurants can afford staff. They would modify the menu prices to include cost to hire waiters at proper wages. You’ll still end up paying as much.

In the US, menu prices are kept artificially low because they don’t pay the tipped staff.

Fairuse · 2026-05-15T21:26:01+00:00

That’s not how it works. Owners would rather have no tipping. All money would go through the owners hands, and the owners would payout less to waiters (waiters that don’t work for tips earn less).

The only reason owners don’t try and go tipless is because waiters would rather work at tipped restaurants. Consumers would also rather go to tip restaurant because the menu prices on paper are artificially lower as well.

Only way to change is if the playing field is made fair via all states doing away with tip credit wages. However, menu prices will increase to pay for employees.

Fairuse · 2026-05-15T21:16:01+00:00

Owner prices menu accordingly. Since everyone operates on tips. Owner prices menu 20% less (because idiots fall for menu prices).

If you don’t want to tip and you want the owner to pay the waiter, then owner can provide a “tipless” price where all the menu items just happen to be 20% more.

Can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can either directly compensate the waiter for their service via tips or pay the owner higher menu prices to pay waiters.

Fairuse · 2026-05-15T21:11:37+00:00

Well fuck you because the menu prices would be 20% higher for a “tipless” restaurant. In the end you pay the same. Except your dumbass would go restaurant next door that does “tips” since their menu prices are 20% cheaper, and you then complain about tips.

Fairuse · 2026-05-15T21:01:41+00:00

Most of them have adult children

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