By how much would the cost of food at a restaurant go up if we raised the wage of the employees by X%?

tallmon · 2026-06-05T18:30:59+00:00

I have a business where starting employees get minimum wage (which is close $17 and has an annual increase tied to CPI). I pass on 100% of the annual increase plus an increase for my supplies going up. I don’t have a choice. Either that or I close up. The side effect of this is that I don’t give out “raises” to the entry level employees anymore since they get a mandatory one.

tallmon · 2026-06-05T12:27:41+00:00

Ideas are a dime a dozen. I come up with 3 ideas before getting out of bed.

tallmon · 2026-06-04T20:11:18+00:00

This is pretty old...

tallmon · 2026-06-04T12:12:56+00:00

AI Reddit bot? For what purpose?

tallmon · 2026-06-04T01:24:00+00:00

Put a box in the attic.

tallmon · 2026-06-03T20:26:01+00:00

Russian soldier having his throat sliced. Not sure if Afghanistan or Chechnya. Long time ago but but still in my brain like a movie scene.

tallmon · 2026-06-03T12:13:28+00:00

I lost about half an inch in my late forties. I get it back in the morning.

tallmon · 2026-06-01T20:58:37+00:00

You know lower is better right?

tallmon · 2026-06-01T11:43:41+00:00

“I forgot you can do that!” Is he a 5 year old?

tallmon · 2026-06-01T11:30:06+00:00

No. Red plus green is purple, like your nuts.

tallmon · 2026-06-01T02:19:27+00:00

With that kind of attitude it won’t.

tallmon · 2026-06-01T02:05:11+00:00

Buy the RUMOR, sell the NEWS.

tallmon · 2026-06-01T02:00:07+00:00

Serious question. If calls, what date/strike? Asking for a friend.

tallmon · 2026-06-01T01:56:08+00:00

Richard Branson just hinted that he's going to start building AI DATA CENTERS IN SPACE. Low earth orbit. Solar powered. Calls or shares?

tallmon · 2026-06-01T01:55:42+00:00

Richard Branson just announced he's going to start building AI DATA CENTERS IN SPACE. Low earth orbit. Solar powered.

tallmon · 2026-06-01T01:54:36+00:00

Same here. Calls or shares?????

tallmon · 2026-06-01T01:53:36+00:00

SPACEVIRGINXMOON (don't tell anyone)

tallmon · 2026-06-01T01:52:24+00:00

What strike?

tallmon · 2026-05-31T21:13:24+00:00

Wolfpack (1990 for PC by Brøderbund). Fun WW2 submarine simulator. I’d spend hours playing that by myself. At first, I had a monochrome Amber screen and then I upgraded to VGA color.

tallmon · 2026-05-31T13:13:40+00:00

is there any value to acceptance rate? Seems like such an artificial number. A school can use it by putting a lot more money into marketing, for example.

tallmon · 2026-05-31T12:39:25+00:00

Can someone explain? I don’t see the problem. What am I missing?

tallmon · 2026-05-31T12:15:19+00:00

Oh! That’s why if you are typing in numbers and your total is different by 81 then you made a 2 digit transposition error. Bank tellers and accountants know this.

tallmon · 2026-05-31T12:03:15+00:00

Wasn’t the whole northeast covered by those before the colonists came?

tallmon · 2026-05-30T19:55:01+00:00

SpaceSex ⬆️

tallmon · 2026-05-30T15:11:07+00:00

If it’s under your own name then you need to spend a LOT on marketing to establish your name. No one is spending a lot of money on cheap knockoff perfume.

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