joeseppy
Re:Coronavirus kills more people in the US in one day than on Septembe...
on Thursday December 10, 2020 @10:55AM (#25375009)
I don't tip more than a few dollars unless the server did something well or was especially nice. Seems like many servers these days just expect the 20% bonus just for taking an order and carrying food around, regardless of attitude
Re:Diem – A rebrand of Facebook’s Libra
on Sunday December 06, 2020 @12:38PM (#25325054)
https://www.upstreamdata.ca/post/natural-gas-venting-how-bit...
An eco friendly Cryptocurrency mining use case is that gives electricity generation a baseline price regardless of where it is generated.
Re:Is the US Banning Crypto Wallets?
on Thursday December 03, 2020 @07:14AM (#25288113)
That's only for big time criminals, terrorist organizations and human rights abusing corporations and their Ilk. Small timers gotta get creative
Re:The mystery epidemic striking Nicaragua’s sugar cane workers – a ph...
on Monday November 30, 2020 @06:09PM (#25260220)
Reminds me of The Octopus episode of the Swindled podcast. I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually came out that pesticides/herbicides/etc are the cause.
Re:Bitcoin Price Hits All-Time High of $19,786, Topping 2017 Record
on Monday November 30, 2020 @02:36PM (#25257925)
Look at the bitcoin CME futures. The all time open was 20650, and went straight down from there. Closing over that is key for sustained upside
Re:Almost 60 percent of business closures are now permanent, new Yelp ...
on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:23PM (#25141204)
I think the local guide system google set up is the only reason I bother to read Google reviews. It's nice to have the guarantee of "here's a review by what is probably a real person who lives near this business and reviewed this out of kindness/boredom"
Re:A Little Money Laundering Can Have a Big Impact on Real Estate Pric...
on Friday October 30, 2020 @12:36AM (#24939207)
Georgism? On my Hacker news? What a time to be alive.
Re:The Corporatization of Nursing Homes
on Friday October 30, 2020 @12:18AM (#24939113)
Have you tried paying higher than the market rate ( like what you would pay a travelling nurse/CNA) instead of signing bonuses? CNAs make less than amazon warehouse workers in my area. If I'm a nurse, it's only natural I'm going to seek a less demanding patient population asap unless there is a significant incentive not to do that, especially given that every hospital in the country is hiring nurses at all times.
Re:Hands-Free Coding: How I develop software using dictation and eye-t...
on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @11:08AM (#24848562)
Sounds like an interesting idea for a VR/AR game. I'm picturing somewhere between fruit ninja and a vana white simulator
Re:U.S. House's antitrust report hints at break-up of big tech firms: ...
on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:51PM (#24705121)
After they just let 2 out of the only 4 National cell networks merge, this looks a bit like shutting the barn door after the horse has left