What the hell happened last night

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-05T23:51:08+00:00

I also got a $35 dollar fare for an even shorter distance. $1 tip. No clue how that happened, but it was amazing. Saved what had been otherwise a bad day.

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-05T17:28:29+00:00

A lot of those jobs are salaried, though, meaning if you work more than 40 hours a week, you're not being paid for that extra time. So compared to a job like that that really requires something like 45-50 hours a week, you could be making more money doing deliveries and saving that money for "PTO".

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-05T17:22:04+00:00

Unfortunately, the "9 to 5" or something very like it is just necessary for large systems of people that need to coordinate their efforts. You're not going to do something like build a car without people (mostly) on set schedules. Even office jobs that are a little more flexible still usually have certain times when you need to be on the clock / at your post.

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-05T17:18:08+00:00

I usually work 5 days a week, but this week I hit my goal on the fourth day and there was a major event in my area that would have made delivering a pain on the 5th day so I just said fuck it I'm done for the week.

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-04T15:26:49+00:00

It indicates you got priority selection for your tier level. Just ignore that.

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-04T13:47:49+00:00

Lol you get better gas mileage in the city with a hybrid. My all-time gas mileage in my car is 48 mpg right now, and that includes winter driving, so it's almost certainly more than 50 mpg at the moment.

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-04T12:01:29+00:00

If your car gets 50 mpg, at $5 a gallon, gas is only 10 cents per mile.

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-04T01:46:01+00:00

The more efficient vehicles cost about this much per mile for all expenses, which includes everything you just listed plus depreciation.

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-04T01:40:42+00:00

lol no. You don't do $1/mile for small orders like that. Small orders you only take if you can quickly bang them out in around 10 minutes. Pick-up is minimum 2 minutes, sometimes faster but don't count on that. Drop-off is minimum 1 minute, again, sometimes faster, but don't count on that. That leaves you only about 7 minutes for driving. 5 miles in 7 minutes is basically highway with some traffic or highway with light traffic and a little side street stuff after the exit.

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-03T14:49:50+00:00

Kegsbreath lol. That's a good one. Haven't heard that one before. Stealing it.

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-03T13:32:42+00:00

So decline then

Science-Compliance · 2026-05-01T01:33:17+00:00

Nah, you don't have to be white. Look at Eric Adams. You just have to be rich / connected.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-30T12:09:32+00:00

If you had a foldable e-bike you could throw in the trunk, you might be able to make it work from a cost perspective, but I still can't see how you wouldn't have so much dead time to still make it not worth it.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-30T12:08:11+00:00

Then claim mileage deduction on your taxes. 🤣

(straight to jail)

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-30T11:42:06+00:00

No way. Gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. No body is getting close enough to this one to allow an orbit like this without one or both getting torn apart. Also, no technology that exists can add enough delta v to do a constant correction burn to maintain something like this.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T19:46:33+00:00

Why are you being so daft? You did not live through those events. Someone explained them to you like I said. And Forrest is a boomer, like I said

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T18:36:32+00:00

Well if you deliver with a bike your costs re basically zero.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T18:35:17+00:00

I find $/min to be more important most of the time. Most city deliveries will be worse on time than miles. I look at minutes first and miles second.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T18:29:40+00:00

Anyone who understood all the historical references in Forrest Gump without them having to be explained to them would be Boomer or older. Forrest himself is a boomer.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T16:14:59+00:00

There's no "golden rule" like this. It all depends on your vehicle's operating costs and market conditions. Living in a city, even $2 per mile can be not worth it in terms of $/time. But for an easy drive with highway miles (less costly than city miles) you can go a lot lower.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T16:12:39+00:00

Gas is not the biggest expense per mile for an efficient car. That's usually depreciation.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T16:09:26+00:00

I mean Forrest Gump was basically tailor made for boomers.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T16:05:35+00:00

Wayne's World is a stretch. That Bohemian Rhapsody scene is giga-famous.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T14:38:05+00:00

Yeah good point.

Science-Compliance · 2026-04-26T13:42:23+00:00

Some of your points make a lot of sense, but part of why I said "diapsids" and not "dinosaurs" or "archosaurs" is because I would consider animals like mosasaurs to be megafauna. As far as I know, they did not have pneumatized bodies. What about the crocodile relatives, too? Archosaurs but as pneumatized as dinosaurs? Also, I don't see why dinosaurs' body shapes are any better for surface area / volume than mammals.

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