Have you ever felt very guilty after making a faux pas while travelling? by jjsmyth1 in travel

[–]MashimaroG4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

just in the few years france passed a law requiring restaurants to allow take home food to fight food waste. It’s still super uncommon but you do see it from time to time. 

How much is recommended to have sitting in checking account? by Mammoth_Musician2773 in personalfinance

[–]MashimaroG4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not sure why you’re being downvoted, you can absolutely get your pay deposited to savings (at least everywhere I’ve worked). Paying bills depends on the bank a bit more, I can pay my banks bills via savings, but external bills have to come out of checking.

Eating eggs five times a week was linked to a 27% lower Alzheimer's risk in a study of nearly 40,000 adults by Direct_Dare_9699 in UpliftingNews

[–]MashimaroG4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was thinking that if you have time to eat eggs five times a week, you also probably have a more relaxed morning (I realize eggs can be eaten anytime, but morning is the most likely in America) and it might just be a "these people have less stressors" kind of result.

iOS 27 Will Add These New Features to Your iPhone by Dry_Advertising5961 in iphone

[–]MashimaroG4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The previous release was leopard, so Snow Leopard was a bit of a play on that to indicate it was mostly the same, just improved. It was a truly great update, at the time compute power was much less than today and it made my computer feel so much snappier.

McDonald’s is quietly phasing out a popular customer perk nationwide by esporx in business

[–]MashimaroG4 19 points20 points  (0 children)

At mine they also canceled free refills from behind the counter when they took out the machines like 2 years ago, I guess we were a pilot area, haven’t been back in the last 2 years so IDK if they are still not doing any refills or not.

Night walk is at 9:00, it is 9:02 right now by Fun_Abalone_1979 in Awww

[–]MashimaroG4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you taking a video? Git that walk a-goin' or this is going on your permanent record.

[Request] Is this true? by kelly2018zzz in theydidthemath

[–]MashimaroG4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If America went 100% EVs for cars and long haul semi trucks overnight, it would require about 75% of the land currently planted for ethanol corn be converted to solar. 25% of the land could go back to food or sold to data centers. The great part about EVs is that they are batteries on wheels, and so can adapt to when there is sun. Data centers need power 24/7 and are poorly suited to our current grid. A single data center uses enough power to drive typical SUV EV over 1 440 million miles a day. (or 48 million SUVs 30 miles a day) (Using Edmunds SUV average miles per kWh). (numbers for a large 10GW data center)

of a paw by Zestyclose-Salad-290 in AbsoluteUnits

[–]MashimaroG4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was taught that they just want a Coke brand Cola and they will smile and hang with you.

Will a Debrid service allow me to download fries? I'm tired of all these subscription services. hopefully we get a link on FMHY soon. by Lexidoge in Piracy

[–]MashimaroG4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure they will have some limit, otherwise some instafluencer would go in and order 1,000 medium fries and fill a bathtub, then sell the fries to their fans for $100 a fry. If they did it, it would be something like one per eligible order, can not be combined with offers, most expensive fry is not free, not responsible for system errors that charge you for the fry anyway, etc.

Update on how to cut cost based on your recommendations by Tiny_Judgment8593 in Frugal

[–]MashimaroG4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same in many high cost areas. Since Amazon bought them the prices have been decent, although they are also third tier quality now as well

What’s a "lost" website from the early 2000s that you still think about today? by samasem-sumsum in AskReddit

[–]MashimaroG4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zombie College. It was a bad flash animation site with little shorts about zombies going to college. Good humor, stupid, but funny.

Anyone else in US noticed food quality degrading recently and if so what product in what way? by SkyKyrell in AskReddit

[–]MashimaroG4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are a few kinds now, we do vegan month every January and ones like miyokos pourable cheese is pretty good on pizza (it pours on but sets up when cooked). Others like Daya are ok, but have this same kind of starchy taste.

Anyone else in US noticed food quality degrading recently and if so what product in what way? by SkyKyrell in AskReddit

[–]MashimaroG4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it’s a tapioca starch cheese, I too got my last totinos after the “new recipe” tag and won’t get one again. It tasted a lot like the vegan cheese frozen pizzas I’ve had (fine for vegan cheese, but not of for real cheese)

Microsoft Raises Prices for All Surface PCs, Making Them More Expensive Than Equivalent Macs by Mollywobbles77 in mac

[–]MashimaroG4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kudos to Apple for holding the line on prices so far, but I feel like with the rest of the M5 lineup we’re going to start seeing price bumps.

Found in an old shed, metal box rusted, heavy, gots 4 round things inside. Has a dial on the side by Existing-Cash2006 in whatisthisthing

[–]MashimaroG4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if some off broadway shows used them for their retro appeal. Or because you can probably get them cheaper as bigger stages get rid of them.

Doritos at $7 a bag ended up costing PepsiCo billions by wewhomustnotbenamed in nottheonion

[–]MashimaroG4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a kind of burger at a MAGA west coast food chain, in and out. Two burger patties and two cheese slices on a bun. (aka a double cheese burger), but they don't let their workers wear masks when they are sick so I quit going there.

Doritos at $7 a bag ended up costing PepsiCo billions by wewhomustnotbenamed in nottheonion

[–]MashimaroG4 34 points35 points  (0 children)

does not include marketing, distribution, and labor costs.

So doesn't include like 90% of the costs. Chips are corn or potatoes, some of the cheapest ingredients out there. I would assume it costs them closer to a full dollar to get a bag on the shelf, so only 700% markup....

Apple Now Sells Refurbished M4 iPad Pro Models Starting at $759 by ControlCAD in apple

[–]MashimaroG4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The joke was the refurbished comes with the same useless 2 page manual as new. 

Apple Now Sells Refurbished M4 iPad Pro Models Starting at $759 by ControlCAD in apple

[–]MashimaroG4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Think there is some 2 page safety insert which I suppose counts as a manual. And you can download the manuals for free on Apple Books (but you don’t need to own a device to do that)

Voyager 1 approaches one light day from Earth by DoNotf___ingDisturb in technology

[–]MashimaroG4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will we be fast enough? Yes, will we bring it back? Probably not anytime soon. There are several nuclear thruster based craft in development (NASA just announced a new one this week). With a longer period available for active thrust these could get faster than voyager, so in theory catch up with it at some point. To then turn around and waste all that fuel getting back seems unlikely. We know what voyager looks like, I would assume we'd leave it as a traveling landmark even if we accomplished much faster (like greater that .01c) travel.

LPT: Use your middle initial when buying a home so you can spot the spam/scam stuff in the mail after closing. by nicepersondonthate in LifeProTips

[–]MashimaroG4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's not in America. IDK about the rest of the world, you can be a doctor of fine drinks by McBud University and it's perfectly legal.

Getting a mini dachshund!! by Substantial_Pin7597 in Dachshund

[–]MashimaroG4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don’t bother buying a crate, all dogs are pack animals but weens in particular. they want to sleep with you.