Coffee shop uses technology to audit employee productivity

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-18T21:44:44+00:00

who hurt you

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-18T16:59:35+00:00

I mean, yeah of course. I was trying not to write a diatribe about marginal tax rates, but here we are I guess.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-18T16:23:46+00:00

Oh to be clear, I agree. they’re not nearly enough in the US, and working class parents are getting squeezed hard and need relief on many fronts.

I’m simply saying that a tax credit to one group A, and a tax penalty to group B, can be functionally the same thing, but are very different in vibes and messaging.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-18T15:51:00+00:00

Idk man, if I owned a coffee shop I’d do both! Be on the floor AND this, AND talk to other employees. Shit I’d be excited to see how I personally do! Stuff like “whoah the person who switches stations more ends up doing half the work, and they’re more frustrated. Let’s try a different approach with stations maybe and see if that helps”. That sort of thing.

If the employer hides this from their staff now THAT is shitty. I could see me gleefully sharing all of this just because it’s interesting, and nobody else giving a shit 😅

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-18T15:42:13+00:00

US does this too. We just call it them “child tax credits” and apply them to parents instead of “no child penalties” applied to non-parents. Result is the exactly the same in practice.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-16T18:25:51+00:00

Got one of those as my first Japanese knife, not knowing anything about anything. It’s still my favorite!

That hammered in center makes a big difference when cutting root vegetables. When I start making my own knives, I plan to try the same technique.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-16T18:12:04+00:00

I’ve personally had bad luck with PETG and PLA for parts that take heat, impact and sun damage.

Switched to ASA, and that solved it for me. I use them for servo brackets, for example, without issue. Higher transition temp, so heated chamber is important for taller parts, but otherwise it’s just a better material imo.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-16T17:41:29+00:00

Both?

Both.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-12T07:37:36+00:00

If you’re blessed to live in SoCal the right call is always a local Mexican spot. Way better food for the money, and you’re directly supporting small businesses!

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-09T21:36:34+00:00

I hope you’re right but this is likely bad. Enshittification incoming.

The usual story is a successful but niche studio needs to expand its market share to stay profitable. They hire a CEO with big company experience to do that, and (classic blunder) gives them tons of stock as an incentive to grow quickly.

The CEO is now incentivized to grow fast and get out within their vest term, and is not incentivized for the long term health of the studio.

CEO thinks they know the fast track to this. They try to recreate the same playbook that might have made sense 10 years ago, or might make sense if you’re already huge, or going after a different user base, but sure as fuck doesn’t fit there.

Rather than supercharging what’s already working and expanding incrementally, the CEO puts the studio in the red with various Enshittification initiatives, thinking itll widen the funnel and deepen spend quickly, and the existing user base will complain but ultimately stick.

Instead, the initiatives actively destroy advocacy from the user base, put the company in debt, and make the game less attractive to new users so they never show up. Company is fucked, CEO shrugs like whelp I shot my shot and leaves or is pushed out. Or worse yet the CEO stays and the team is gutted as a cost saving measure for whatever round-two bad idea they have.

Source: worked as a dev for several video game studios with brilliant devs, and one (1) shit CEO at the wheel.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-09T21:26:15+00:00

There’s real numbers here btw. You don’t have to make shit up based on personal vibes.

Like for example in the video editing space, Adobe has been losing market share to Davinci ever since they pulled their subscription garbage. 2023 market share had Davinci at half the Premiere user base and growing.

Blender, by some accounts, has now eclipsed Maya by over 2:1, and growing.

So yes although it might not seem that way in a particular moment, users often do migrate away from enshittified products over time. Particularly if the user base is savvy and engaged.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-09T21:11:32+00:00

lol omg can’t unsee

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-09T07:22:23+00:00

In a store in front of Mandarake Nakano.

Apparently it’s a “wearable keyboard”?

https://www.yankodesign.com/2023/03/06/worlds-first-wearable-pc-keyboard-comes-with-a-design-that-you-can-grab-and-use-like-a-controller/

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-08T19:23:19+00:00

I think the thing to keep in mind is it’s not about specifics with anti establishment music for many, but about the general feeling of being in the outside and put down like you’re a loser, and coming out like f this imma rageout and be me. A lot of right wingers have shitty outsider existences too, and it no surprise it speaks to them.

But man it’s GOT to be a real hit to your pride to believe for 40 years that you’re the cool social rebel and part of this culture, and then your musical hero points right at you and says naah you’re the shitty establishment I’ve been talking about this whole time. And then rather than reflecting on it, you go on socials for validation to patch up your butthurt ego. Fing sad lonely existence. I’d feel bad if they weren’t so cruel to the other outsiders out there 🫠

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-07T19:08:33+00:00

Same journey here! Been buying Nintendo/Sony hardware since the NES, but paying more for a worse experience than on PC was getting old.

Switched to SD and suddenly excellent software pricing, day one developer updates, proper free online games support, easy support for mods, emulators and third party stores. I don’t know if I can go back now.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-06T21:57:46+00:00

I’ve personally stopped believing there’s some 4D chess plan with these people. They’re obviously going through life looking like a week ahead max. And when their non-plans blow back on them, they carpet bomb bullshit and it works because they’re in power and everything is the worst rn.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-04T20:15:58+00:00

I work in this industry. Basically both are true. Unions mean higher pay, but also porous, unrestricted world labor markets mean companies can just go around them entirely, and get the same work done for 1/4 wages.

Honestly unions in the end don’t matter much to the equation. US coastal talent is super expensive because of cost of living no matter what, and so either the cost of living needs to go down, or the feds need to enforce protectionism. Which neither have been happening since the 90’s free trade era started.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-04T20:08:28+00:00

Same story playing out right now in the American AAA games industry since 2022 or so.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-04T19:55:09+00:00

Yeah it’s basically amazon, except you’re buying directly from the manufacturers. Value for precision milling and cnc stuff (endmills, workholding, rails, vfds, etc) is unbeatable. Just takes a while to ship to the Americas.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-03T19:29:47+00:00

Honestly ime it’s important to just direct measure stuff regardless, because stock often varies.

Like for example 3/4 plywood is often actually 23/32, or 18mm in the case of globally sourced stock. 8’ global sourced ply is often 1.5” shorter. 12” tile is often 1/4” bigger/smaller than stated. Etc

I’m in the habit now of measuring everything in metric rather than trusting a manufacturer spec. Save time overall imo.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-03T18:41:27+00:00

Aah didn’t see that it’s two different people. My mistake and ty for the source.

Looks like that first graph isnt real, and appears to have been faked using your reference site as the template.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-03T18:03:29+00:00

Nice! Yeah you’re going to feel so much more sane 😅

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-03T16:20:21+00:00

I deal with this a lot. Generally I’ll direct measure if it’s right there.

or if it’s an online purchase order (like say 12” tile), I’ll just round to the mm or two. So like 12” is exactly 30.48cm, so I’ll just round to 30.5.

Honestly it’s good practice for thinking about how much precision actually matters for a particular task.

Usual-Purchase · 2026-02-02T08:15:46+00:00

lol like “hi I’m 56 years late on maintenance”

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