Mathematically, in then end, there isn't a difference.
The difference is in reality vs expectation.
People have the expectation of one price on the menu and a 20% higher final total. This is an unconscious habit built over a lifetime of it always working that way. So when they go online to see the menu of various places, they'll see the tip-less restaurant has having higher prices. Even if they know it is tip-less, they'll still unconsciously call it more expensive anyway. So they'll go to the other restaurant that looks just as nice, but has cheaper prices on the menu.
It's similar to why all stores, corporations, and business fight against having to include taxes and fees in advertised prices. They want to bring people in with the lowest possible price, then hit them with the full cost only at the last moment, when they're least likely to back out.
They don't take in hundreds of people per day. They might not even average one person per day. There's no way it would be worth the $150-200K it would cost.
The problem with one place going tip-less, is that they're still competing with tipped places.
Going tip-less inherently means the prices need to go up. If the average tip is 20%, you need to raise prices at least that much, to match what your people got from tips. So if you have a restaurant with menu prices 20-30% higher than others, you'd expect to loose business to competitors. If every restaurant in the area had to raise menu prices 20-30% with you, that wouldn't happen.
I have a dine-in movie theater near me. Which I grant, is different than a standard restaurant. This last year they changed their POS system, and removed from the bill an automatic 18% gratuity they used to have. Something like a month later, they added it back. Because everyone complained. Customers, and servers alike.
If a single restaurant really wants to go "tip-less", that's the way to do it. Automatically add a minimum tip to every bill.
I don't do Apple unless I'm paid to. What did she say?
True. That was just the first fund (That doesn't require 100K) on the first link in the article.
256GB is 256GB. It doesn't matter if it's a HDD or SSD. The SSD will be faster though.
DISCLAMER
Owning fossil fuel stock as part of a broad index fund isn't an "endorsement". Not owning fossil fuel stocks does nothing to hurt fossil companies. They made their money from the stock in the IPO. Any trading afterwards doesn't effect their bottom line at all.
Even if they have similar performance, the eco-friendly funds charge you much more every year. The article mentions VTSAX (Vanguards total stock market index) fund. It has an expense ratio of 0.04%. That's how much they charge you each year to own it. AMAGX (Amana Growth Investor) fund on the other hand has an expense ratio of 0.87%. They charge you more than 20x as much; Which more than erases the slightly better performance they've had.
If it helps you sleep at night, that's fine. That's great! It's well worth it for that alone. But don't for a moment think this is helping the environment at all. The only functional outcome it will have is putting a 0.5% or more drag on your portfolio.
It is quite good.
I never saw it as a wide audience kind of movie. It's absolutely for movie lovers. More than a little inside baseball, history. If you're into movies and old Hollywood. It's absolutely for you.
We aren't talking about They/Them vs she/her.
This is about They/Them vs they/them.
I can see there might be an argument for people to capitalize all pronouns.
Doing it only for 1st and 2nd person pronouns might be my preference. I can see it accentuating a dialog happening between the reader and writer.
But asking everyone to break a grammatical convention, specifically only for you; Giving no justification other than "I like it", seems insufficient.
If I were to tell you to use all caps when referring to ME, would that be reasonable?
What about all lower case, even when starting a sentence?
No. If you want everyone to change a standard grammatical convention specifically for you alone; One that's been in place since the invention of the printing press (that's when we started to capitalize "I"); You need to give more reason than you would for your favorite color.
Of course you and I both, can capitalize any word, however WE Want, for our Own empahAses.
That never uses or explains the use of "My".
It's actually not even explaining anything I imagined. It's explaining, that some people want others to capitalize the pronouns used to refer to them specifically. I was thinking of a grammatical choice to always or never capitalize pronouns uniformly. But changing grammar rules on the whims of the person being written about, seems exceptionally odd. The closest I ever heard of to that, is in the spelling someone's name.
In reality it doesn't explain anything other than to say, some people want it that way. It never goes into actually explaining the logic of that desire. It merely tries to shame people for not doing it if requested.
Yes there is plenty of track-able info on this person's phone.
Law enforcement still needs to know exactly who they're looking for, in order to know exactly which phone to track.
If the individual in question is undocumented, by definition they can't know exactly who they're looking for. They can't tie them to a specific individual phone.
How would they know who's phone to track if the individual is undocumented?
How exactly would it deter competition more than Google owning it?
I can't see how those dots are connected.
If she and her brother covered the entire A Kind of Magic album, and they used those songs in the movie. Just like the original. I could get on board with that.
Investing is boring.
When it's a game it's called gambling.
I'd say you're assuming modern context.
The institutions were created centuries ago by the constitution.
It was written with a presumption of a certain kind of honor. One that's no longer shared by modern sensibilities.
I believe that's what cmbabul was referring to.
No mention of Google Maps?
And Kagi is absolutely worth the 10€. Give it a couple months. It's very hard to go back to free search.
Maybe they should offer a full refund if you cancel within the first 3 months or something.
Do you consider this to be [like] email?
Yes! Absolutely! It takes social media, and makes it work the same way email does.
Again, do you consider email to be local first?
How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"?
I'm genuinely curious about peoples thoughts on this.
It made sense for a while. But the branding change was 16 months ago. The URI change was 3 months ago. Everybody knows now what X is. Yet for some reason, I still see in news stories today: "... on X — formerly known as Twitter — and said ..." I really don't think that's needed anymore. But I'm always one to want changes as fast and painless as possible.
So what do you think would be an appropriate amount of time to keep reminding everyone that Twitter is now X? Months? Years? How many?
Transparency expert says ABQ City Council may have violated state law - City Desk ABQ
New Mexico’s Open Meetings Act requires public bodies to conduct their business out in the open. But after watching this week’s City Council meeting, reporter Elizabeth McCall discovered councilors may have violated that law when discussing a potential lawsuit. Find out more about what a local transparency expert has to say about all of it and what the council was actually discussing behind closed doors in today’s featured story.
Voters to weigh in on $11M in park bonds - City Desk ABQ
> With election season underway, Bernalillo County voters are being asked to consider six bond questions that could lead to $40.5 million in capital projects.
It then goes on about what many of them are.
Trash talk: Bin repair and replacement delays compounded by a large back order - City Desk ABQ
> Alex Bukoski, a spokesperson for the department, told City Desk ABQ there are nearly 2,000 outstanding requests for either residential trash can repairs or replacements. > > “The problem is certainly there and we acknowledge it, but there are a lot of plans in place for not only building back our supply, but also building up the team of how we’re going to be more efficient and work on that,” Bukoski said. > > Complicating things is the 4,500 trash cans and 1,300 trash can lids Bukoski said are on backorder from a manufacturer. He said the order should be in by early November.
City Council ditches controversial sidewalk proposal amid emotional pleas from the public - City Desk ABQ
Amid passionate public objections to a proposal to put more pressure on vacant property owners and ban sitting or lying on sidewalks in Downtown Albuquerque, city councilors voted down the bill almost unanimously Monday night.
Lawsuit: SpaceX took over "pristine" land CAH bought to stop Trump border wall.
Kagi AI summery: Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing SpaceX for allegedly taking over a plot of land on the US/Mexico border that CAH purchased in 2017 to prevent the construction of Trump's border wall. CAH claims it maintained the land but SpaceX later moved construction equipment and materials onto the property without permission. The lawsuit seeks up to $15 million in damages to restore the land and cover losses, and also requests punitive damages. CAH says SpaceX never asked for permission to use the property and never apologized for the damage. The lawsuit includes before and after photos purporting to show SpaceX's use of the land.
And CAH's website all about it
Google search is in the news.
Kagi AI Summary: The document discusses the recent court ruling that Google's search business is a monopoly. It explains Google's search architecture, including the search index, search engine, and advertising business, and how this has created a powerful self-reinforcing cycle. While Google has innovated and provided valuable services, the document argues the ad-based model has led to misaligned incentives and harm to users through biased and low-quality search results. To address this, the document proposes treating Google's search index as an essential facility, allowing fair access and enabling more diverse search experiences and business models. This could foster innovation, competition, and better outcomes for consumers without attacking Google's core business.
The priorities of the South San Pedro Neighborhood Association wouldn’t be strange to other neighborhoods across Albuquerque: Increased safety and - Housing & Homelessness
Kagi AI Summary: The South San Pedro Neighborhood Association in Albuquerque is focusing on housing solutions and services for those experiencing homelessness, which is less common for neighborhood associations. The association formed a housing solutions committee to address homelessness and advocate for more affordable housing options. While safe outdoor campsites had some initial support, the idea has lost traction in recent years. The association's chair Tawnya Mullen believes the neighborhood should get involved to help their vulnerable neighbors, and that positive change can come when neighbors work together. Other neighborhood associations like Fair West have been inspired by South San Pedro's efforts to find community-driven solutions.
The whole thing is worth a read. It's so nice to see some YIMBYs
I-25 improvements between Comanche and Montgomery to begin next month | News
A project aimed at addressing traffic bottlenecks and improving pedestrian and bicycle safety on the Interstate 25 corridor in the middle of Albuquerque will begin soon.
Kagi AI Summery: The document announces that improvements to I-25 between Comanche and Montgomery in the United States will begin next month. The improvements will involve work on the interstate highway. The project aims to enhance the road infrastructure in that area. No additional details about the specific nature of the improvements are provided. The document serves as a brief announcement of the upcoming construction project on I-25.
I didn't expect an AI to point out how little info there is. That's impressively bad for The ABQ Journal. But at least it's a warning of construction that might slow things down.
Like Albuquerque, cities across the West rely on fragile water sources — and aging infrastructure.
Kagi AI Summary: The failure of the El Vado dam in New Mexico has disrupted the water supply for the Albuquerque region, forcing the city and nearby farmers to rely on finite groundwater resources. The dam, which has been collecting irrigation water for nearly a century, is suffering from structural issues that have caused it to be out of commission for the past three summers. This has threatened the water supply for both agriculture and the growing Albuquerque metropolitan area, which had previously reduced its groundwater reliance by importing surface water from the dam. With the dam's future uncertain, the region is struggling to balance its limited water resources and find alternative storage solutions. The challenges facing the El Vado dam highlight the broader water infrastructure issues affecting communities across the drought-stricken American West as climate change exacerbates water scarcity.
Drive-thrus, tribal consultation and other changes to the city’s zoning code
At their eight-hour meeting Monday, city councilors voted on multiple zoning changes that could impact neighborhoods and businesses, including allowing - City Hall
Kagi AI Highlights:
- The city council voted on several zoning changes, including allowing tribal representatives to comment on land developments near the Petroglyph National Monument, allowing drive-thrus in certain areas, and creating design standards for developments near the planned Rail Trail.
- The ordinance allowing tribal representatives to comment on land developments near the Petroglyph National Monument passed unanimously, as it was seen as important to protect sacred tribal lands and cultural resources.
- The proposal to allow drive-thrus in the Volcano Heights Urban Center was controversial, with the Planning Department and Environmental Planning Commission recommending against it, but it ultimately passed in a 6-3 vote.
- An ordinance was passed to require development standards like landscape buffering and building design restrictions for properties next to the planned Rail Trail in downtown Albuquerque.
- The council voted on several amendments to the Integrated Development Ordinance (IDO) Annual Update, including increasing alley lighting, allowing more duplexes, and adjusting fence/wall heights.
- The amendment to allow duplexes in more residential areas failed in a 3-6 vote, while the amendment to require energy storage systems to meet neighborhood standards passed unanimously.
- An amendment to have neighborhoods and developers meet after a development is proposed (rather than before) passed 5-4.
- The amendment to allow tribal representatives to meet with developers about land-related applications passed unanimously.
- The proposal to increase allowable front yard fence/wall heights to 5 feet failed 1-8.
- The amendment to allow overnight shelters in certain zones also failed 3-6.
Albuquerque is throwing out homeless people's belongings
The city has violated a court order and its own policies by discarding the personal property of thousands of homeless people, who have lost medications, birth certificates, IDs, treasured family photos and the ashes of loved ones.
Kagi AI Summary: Albuquerque, New Mexico has been aggressively clearing homeless encampments, resulting in the loss of personal belongings for thousands of homeless individuals. The city has escalated these efforts despite a court order prohibiting the destruction of unattended possessions. Homeless residents have lost critical items like medication, identification, and survival gear, making it harder for them to find housing and jobs. The city claims it provides notice and resources, but advocates say this is rarely the case. Lawsuits have been filed challenging the city's actions as unconstitutional, but the issue remains unresolved as the city continues its encampment removal program at an accelerated pace.
Teams of volunteers are set to fan out across the city on Tuesday in an attempt to count Albuquerque’s homeless population. Armed with surveys, volunteers will canvass neighborhoods, alleys, parks, encampments and meal service sites. They’ll count those who are unsheltered and in emergency she...
Kagi AI Summary > The New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness organizes an annual point-in-time count of the homeless population in Albuquerque. Last year's count found over 2,300 homeless individuals. Volunteers will canvass the city on Tuesday to survey unsheltered people and those in shelters. The count provides data required for federal funding and gives officials a sense of needs. However, it is acknowledged to be an imperfect undercount, as it depends on conditions and willingness to participate. Notably, the 2023 nationwide report found that New Mexico saw the largest increase in homelessness at 57% over the past year, along with high rates of unsheltered veterans and chronic homelessness.
Restaurant inspections: Rodents, roaches and long fake nails close one New Mexico staple
Kagi AI Summary: The passage lists the addresses of various food establishments in Albuquerque, New Mexico that have recently been downgraded due to health code violations. Many issues were observed like rodent droppings throughout facilities, food debris built up under kitchen equipment, and employees not properly washing their hands. Major violations included lack of date labeling on food items, food stored at improper temperatures, and chlorine sanitizer buckets lacking test strips. Several restaurants had gaps in external doors and walls allowing pest entry. Overall, the list shows that many popular food locations were cited for health code violations and risks to customers if issues are not addressed properly.
We’re out! AVANGRID cancels $8.3 billion PNM merger
It's official: Global energy giant AVANGRID is walking away from a three-year $8.3 billion plan to acquire New Mexico's largest utility, PNM. For three
Kagi AI Summary: The merger between PNM Resources and AVANGRID has been officially cancelled after three years of negotiations. While the $8.3 billion deal had overcome initial opposition, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission ultimately rejected it in 2021 due to concerns raised by advocacy group New Energy Economy. AVANGRID appealed the decision but the court did not rule in time. With the deadline expired at the end of 2023, AVANGRID chose to withdraw from the merger. PNM had proposed extending the agreement until a court decision was made but AVANGRID declined. As a standalone company, PNM remains committed to transitioning to 100% renewable energy for its customers with or without AVANGRID's investment.