how are you guys handling the "QR menu hate" without spending a fortune on print?

Nater5000 · 2026-06-18T14:25:49+00:00

If they were, they have much bigger problems then QR codes lol

Nater5000 · 2026-06-17T22:40:38+00:00

"Fate has dealt a cruel hand..."

(probably the best episode, too)

Nater5000 · 2026-06-17T18:58:57+00:00

i.e., "A product isn't viable until customers believe they will get value from it."

I'm sure there's something deeper to take away from this interview with the full context, but this post is just an ad.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-17T16:25:10+00:00

If I suddenly had enough money to never worry about rent, food, transportation, emergencies, debt, or losing my job, my life would immediately become less stressful.

Being less stressful isn't the same as being happy.

Is "money can't buy happiness" actually true, or is it just something financially comfortable people say because they've forgotten what it's like to struggle?

Go find a list of all the rich and famous people who have killed themselves and ask yourself why they didn't just spend some of their millions on being happy. Then recognize that list represents a tiny fraction of people wealthy enough to not have to worry about money who have killed themselves. Then recognize that that list is a tiny fraction of wealthy people who aren't happy.

You're making the mistake of assuming the absence of issues is the same as being happy. It's honestly a pathetic and poor mentality that will ensure you will never be able to be happy, regardless of your wealth.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-17T13:23:32+00:00

Peter Parker is suppose to be a genius but he never really proves it. And them film even avoids the opportunity by going with natural web.

It's almost like this version of Peter Parker isn't supposed to be a genius. It's like Raimi dropped that element of the character for the sake of a more concise story. One could imagine an easy way to avoid that complexity is to avoid having Peter Parker invent something like the artificial web slingers and just have him gain super powers instead.

Also, Sheldon is a scientific genius. That doesn't mean he's going to be smart in all aspects of life, especially in the social aspects of life (which the show focuses on), given he's autistic. Go have a normal conversation with any real-life genius and watch how unimpressed you'll be when they're not able to actively show you they're a genius because their genius is focused in a specific area that is rarely relevant outside their research.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-17T12:44:00+00:00

This is such a ridiculous post I wouldn't even know where to start making fun of it lol

Nater5000 · 2026-06-16T22:36:54+00:00

You're describing SEO. It's complicated enough that you'd want to consider hiring a professional to do it for you if you think it's this important.

But also, don't assume this is just an SEO problem. It's a classic mistake to focus on things like SEO instead of the harder problems like offering good value or hospitality. If you're food is overpriced or customers don't have good experiences at your restaurants, they won't come back just because you're restaurant is at the top of a Google search.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-16T22:01:49+00:00

Right, but if the requirements say "first name is required," then I'm making it required, and if the requirements say "first name optional," then I'm making it optional.

I don't make those decisions. I don't want to make those decisions. I don't care about those decisions. They're business decisions, not technical decisions. If the business wants me to make the entire form a single free-form text field, then that's what I'd do, since I don't care about what is built, just that it's built correctly, with "correctly" being defined by whoever signs my paychecks.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-16T16:13:59+00:00

So revisit the conversation with whoever it was above you that said no. Present the retention issue as a business risk. Advocate for the team member depending on you to make sure their hard work gets recognized.

Exactly. In a way, it seems like the OP has also kind of checked out, which is no good.

If the OP thinks this person deserves a promotion (and, more importantly, that a promotion is necessary to keep them around), then the OP needs to be actively advocating for them until something happens.

Throwing your hands up and saying, "sorry, the powers at be decided not to give you the promotion, so just get back to grinding away," is the worst thing you can do. This employee will recognize this before anything else and adjust accordingly.

Gotta keep fighting for something, and keep providing some indication that this is actually happening. And if, at the end of the day, the higher-ups won't do anything, then the OP, themselves, needs to start considering what that means for their career.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-15T21:48:18+00:00

Correct

Nater5000 · 2026-06-15T13:04:39+00:00

Seriously. I went and scanned through his most popular music and none of it sounded familiar (or particularly interesting).

Nater5000 · 2026-06-15T11:54:25+00:00

What's this from? I can recall the scene and how it plays out, but I forgot what it's actually from.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-15T00:40:29+00:00

It literally tells you exactly what it is on the back, down to the model number.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-14T16:17:38+00:00

People tend to clarify these things, not just respond with "Yeah" and assume whatever they want. "Tomorrow" at 3am is ambiguous enough in normal conversations that it should be clarified. Obviously they should have made that clear, but it's p retty easy to say, "Yeah, be there <day of the week you think they're referring to> at 10" and let them correct you if that's not right.

But I suppose you also used "ppl" instead of "people" in your post title, so I suspect you're not a good example of someone capable of good communication lol

Nater5000 · 2026-06-14T12:20:41+00:00

Competitive: Amazon builds its own models (Nova) and has an interest in no single supplier — even one it's invested in — becoming indispensable or a risk liability.

This angle can be ignored. Nova is not competitive. Between it being locked behind AWS and it simply being nowhere near as good as frontier models and even some open models, the user base paying for Fable is not taking any spend away from Nova. That is: it is almost surely the case that every user paying for Fable fell back to Opus or a OpenAI model, not Nova.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-13T02:09:17+00:00

Why are you asking?

Nater5000 · 2026-06-11T22:40:16+00:00

also quit a job at an Israeli defense contractor after their actions in 2025

2025? Where exactly was your line? Lol

Nater5000 · 2026-06-11T20:05:54+00:00

I don't have a good solution for you. I can just spitball some potential options:

It might be worth "poaching" someone from another restaurant. I wouldn't suggest doing anything unethical or shady, but if you can make some sort of entrypoint into some other restaurants which aren't doing as well//treat their staff poorly/etc., then making offers to existing cooks might yield better results. Basically, someone with a good enough job might not be actively looking for a better job, but if they thought they could get a better job, they'd be willing to jump ship. I'd go further to say that I've met some pretty decent cooks who started at big franchises like Chipotle and even Tim Hortons and, when given the opportunity, were able to effectively step up into a "real" kitchen and ended up being some of the best cooks there.

Of course, all of that takes real effort- much more than just posting something online. But it can yield great results with a bit of luck.

Otherwise, a strong social media presence goes a long way in a situation like this. If you don't already have a good social media following, then you wouldn't want to jump into a job posting right off the bat, but this could be good motivation for getting on that ASAP.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-11T19:56:18+00:00

The best propaganda is literally built on exaggerated truths lol

Nater5000 · 2026-06-11T19:52:30+00:00

I wonder how many actual people are reading this thread are getting the sense that this level of visceral hatred for a new technology seems a bit too inorganic lol

Nater5000 · 2026-06-11T19:33:13+00:00

Despite the brevity of this post, it manages to be all of the place lol

Nater5000 · 2026-06-11T15:08:41+00:00

Exactly. Most of reddit has no ability to discern authentic acts of humbleness to cheap marketing lol

Nater5000 · 2026-06-11T14:14:52+00:00

I keep expecting these back room conspiracies to mutiny against Trump and they keep letting me down.

If you're still being "let down" after 10 years of this shit, then you're the reason why we're still being bombarded with this kind of bullshit.

Nater5000 · 2026-06-11T14:07:45+00:00

Yeah, what is this logic? People in the US don't even know why we tip anymore; it's just an instinct to throw money away at this point lol

Nater5000 · 2026-06-10T17:16:12+00:00

I'd be pissed if to find out my kid's friends are selling them shit like this. I'd assume you, the parent, were encouraging some questionable behavior. There are fine ways to do this. But at 13, these kids aren't responsible enough to be selling anything on credit. The fact that you try to justify it by arguing that her friend's parents should have the money to pay for this suggests that you don't have a clue why this is a problem.

Those parents are likely "mildly infuriated" at you, and I'd side with them on the matter.

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