Re:StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop
by wtallis on Sunday February 12, 2023 @02:21AM
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> Those that offer tap water (that's most places) will usually (not always) charge you the same as a normal water,
I don't think I'll be able to make sense of what you're saying until you explain what you mean by "normal water". Are you referring to branded bottled water?
Re:StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop
by lucb1e on Sunday February 12, 2023 @02:51AM
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Ah, sorry yes, that was bad phrasing on my part. By normal I meant what was on the menu (water that is branded, bottled, shipped, sometimes stolen) instead of my out-of-the-ordinary request (tap water), but calling that the 'normal' is of course a culture-specific way of thinking, and a cultural feature I do not like.
Re:StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop
by ziml77 on Monday February 13, 2023 @07:55AM
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In these places where bottled water is the norm, do you have to specify what brand you want? Like if they ask what you want to drink and you answer "I'll just have water", is that an incomplete response?
Re:StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop
by SturgeonsLaw on Sunday February 12, 2023 @05:28AM
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They charge more for these things because people will pay it and they like making more money
It's often not offered because it sounds like asking for a free drink instead of paying ~13 euros per liter which seems to be the average norm. Those that offer tap water (that's most places) will usually (not always) charge you the same as a normal water, which in turn is the same price as any soft drink (demonstrating that the price has nothing to do with cost, it must be paying for the table or something but it doesn't say so I don't know).
Anyway, it's more about places charging dishonest prices to seemingly cover for something else, leaving the consumer to guessing why in the world this might cost so much and just going with another option. I can't imagine it achieves the intended goal, so it doesn't seem like a good idea for either side. If anyone ever did finances for a restaurant or has a better-than-guessing idea why SSDs are priced this way, I'd be very curious.