I agree, but without the linit, they own tens of thousands.

Corporations can still own up to 350 homes per investor group, and they can keep the ones they already own.

Right, but then it’s not really “without fuel.” It’s hopefully less fuel, and if you can run it on solar panels, it would be without resupply, but nuclear power could also provide long-term functionality. As always, the most fuel is spent getting things into orbit.

For me, the exciting bit is the magnetic radiation shielding. If we’re going to leave earth behind, radiation shielding is currently a significant missing piece of the puzzle.

Except right now, superconductors only work at very low temperatures, and keeping things at low temps in space requires energy.

Well, not that shocked.

Good that it’s being brought back, but this is exactly what conservatives count on to spackle over their own deficiencies.

Also, kicking down the door leaves evidence and usually require some sort of justification or approval. If they have a key to a backdoor, they don’t have to tell anyone they were inside, or ask for permission to use it.

Then this conversation isn’t about you. Many places have exceptions to minimum wage for tipped employees. That, plus tip-out policies means that serving a customer that doesn’t tip can actually cost the server money.

We’re talking about the problem of tipping culture and complaints about being expected to tip too much. If you live in a country that pays waitstaff well, then this conversation isn’t about you. You can self select based on context clues.

I agree with you, and I don’t have a job that relies on tips. But I live in a place where tips are the source of income for servers, so if I use their services, I tip. I also vote for politicians who want to raise wages for servers and eliminate the exceptions to the minimum wages.

Tipping culture sucks. You and I agree on that. Servers should be paid decent wages, and tipping should be optional.

That ain’t the system we got, though. And you don’t change the system by abusing the victims of the system.

Did someone say this, or did you imagine it? 20% is standard for good service, but anything less than 15% is message that there was something wrong with the service. If you cannot afford to pay for good service, you should not seek good service.

Edit: Lotta downvotes, but all I’m hearing are the same tired arguments from cheap keyboard warriors who hate poor people. Nobody can point to anybody saying 40% is standard, and nobody has a solution to tipping culture that doesn’t involve victimizing tipped employees. You want to fix the system, let’s do that, but until we do, pay for the services you asked for.

There’s no design, so there’s no intent. We can predict what might happen, which ecological areas will collapse, which species will thrive, and as humans we can intervene to try to prevent disasters we se coming. The “endgame” is the heat death of the universe, at which point all life will be long dead.

I’ve literally never seen that once. Maybe the algorithm thinks it’s something you need to see?

They covered the Epstein files and nobody had any consequences.

Oh no, an economic parasite has been siphoning unearned value from society for years.

Why be an asshole? This isn’t reddit. The number of comments from people in the thread who have experienced the exact same thing should clue you in that maybe you’re the insane one? This is a space for venting, so you are welcome to vent as long as you allow others the space to vent about their shit, too.

No.

No, it’s better to have awareness of both. What needs to be done, how long it takes, and what dependencies exist. I feel like taking a nap, but I have work and house chores. So I’ll take care of some small things that aren’t too taxing while I drink coffee and regain some energy.