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by bardworx 11y ago
No argument there - that's actually what you try to do with larger tables to "ease" the pain. If you have a 7 top, you do your best to keep yourself as organized as possible to save as much time in the end. After a while, mos
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by bardworx 11y ago
I've been out of the industry so that may be the norm now - when I worked, we were expected to present the checkbook already split for the guest. If that's the case, I doubt most waiters would have issues with check splitting.
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by bardworx 11y ago
I'm not sure where you're coming from with this comment. Most tables are couples and families...So should you separate a check for husband and wife/brother and sister? How do I know if two guys are together or "together&
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by bardworx 11y ago
Perhaps. After a while, there are certain tendencies that are exhibited by guests which can be profiled. Just like a good electrician can tell if the lines in your house are "home runs" or daisy chained based on the gauge of wire
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by bardworx 11y ago
This is a difficult subject to discuss objectively since both (customer and server) experiences are very personal. Argument #1 happens frequently at locations that host larger parties (steak houses, for example) while almost never occurs at
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by bardworx 11y ago
1. Some POS don't allow to split a check more then X ways 2. If a waiter spends 10 min at the POS splitting a check, other tables are being ignored and management might not like that. Interestingly enough, a server works for three part
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by bardworx 11y ago
As a former waiter who spent over a decade in the industry, working everything from casual to high dining, this comment irks me at a personal level. These examples are not directed at you but an explanation of how a waiter sees the situatio
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by bardworx 11y ago
> Isn't that quote itself just a false rationalization - 'I cheat but so does everyone else so it's not immoral'. It could be - Here's a moral question: If you are an athlete who is attempting to get into the pro
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by bardworx 11y ago
It's cynical, but true. A famous sports mantra is: "if you're not cheating, you're not trying". (Mark Grace, 1B, Chicago Cubs) Corp and individuals cheat all the time. However, in most cases, the cheating are littl
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by bardworx 11y ago
I don't know how VW gets audited but in US, when a company is audited by their accounting firm, one of the sections is a "Process Audit" - checking to make sure that regular business practices are followed. In a perfect world
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by bardworx 11y ago
I'm not from PlanGrid, just discovered the tool and my co-workers are running some tests with future projects. However, the answers to your questions (From my POV): - ELI5 what "free for 50 sheets" mean : This means that you
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by bardworx 11y ago
Just checked out your site and I have two things to say: 1 - this is getting forwarded to our construction manager. This should help them tremendously. 2 - I got a bit of a funky layout on 6+ (safari). Not sure if it's me or not but a
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by bardworx 11y ago
> I should also point out that "could be due to chance" isn't in itself very interesting. That means that with the methods and data the authors happened to use, they didn't happen to find a statistically significant e
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by bardworx 11y ago
> No. I want to automate mine. There are plenty of resources for home automation, I posted this previously, and if you have an Android phone, this works really well for simple tasks: http://www.amazon.com/NFC-tags-Writeab
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by bardworx 11y ago
>Working a help desk you don't really see the every day user, you see the subset of every day users who had problems. I didn't work a help-desk for a bank or large corporation but for a hospitality group where I "touched&q
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by bardworx 11y ago
> Maybe our continued repetition that "the regular consumer doesn't know the difference..." is why "the regular consumer doesn't know the difference". I've worked helpdesk for users and being exposed to
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by bardworx 11y ago
I agree with you but the regular consumer doesn't know the difference between LAN or WAN, nor what a VPN or SSH are. They just want it to work, and that's difficult to achieve unless you are proficient with basic networking concep
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by bardworx 11y ago
> Still better than having your government locked-in with a single vendor, where the vendor is a mega-corporation from another company that may or may not be your ally at all times. I think you meant to say country. > There will be
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by bardworx 11y ago
Unfortunately I won't be very helpful here as I really just stopped listening/readying/watching news actively. I'll browse a news aggregate like Hacker News and bi-weekly do a Google News browse but that's about it.
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by bardworx 11y ago
Great video. I just posted it in a reply to another comment. My biggest takeaway is that all systems are safe until the bad guys really try to break them.
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by bardworx 11y ago
This is a good overview by some researchers in the different ways Chip and Pin can be hacked. This explains this hack as well. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks0SOn8hjG8
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by bardworx 11y ago
Currently, I believe social media is the best source of news; usually it is a first person account. I was referring to a internal system which reporters and producers share which doesn't have a public feed. If you watch some news repor
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by bardworx 11y ago
> I can speak from first-hand experience that this is exactly how matters of this nature are handled. > i.e. the heroism of the SEALS vs that our "ally" was hiding a terrorist. Perhaps I'm a jaded New Yorker with a fami
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by bardworx 11y ago
Looking into it further, I think I made a mistake. It was my belief that PaymentTech and BAMS are corps but instead they are "alliances". First-Data owns x% of the BAMS alliance which is different then BAMS of BoA fame. Also, I ha
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by bardworx 11y ago
Thanks for sharing that article. The CCP world is so convoluted that when I start thinking "I got it", I realize the rabbit hole keeps going. Here are two articles for anyone who is interested in learning more: [0] : https:/
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by bardworx 11y ago
Your comment is solid but it "feels" jaded. The credit card fee "pie" is HUGE. There is room for square and many other alternatives. As you've said, there is a middle man of the middle man who manages the middle man
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by bardworx 11y ago
Its way, way more complex then that. Please see my answer above. Square's competition is stripe and paypal... And all the new "mobile" payment platforms coming out. Companies you mentioned are HUGE and some are subsidiaries o
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by bardworx 11y ago
I'm going to attempt to answer you in the best way that I can, however, I would like to post a disclaimer: Credit Card processing is an incredibly shady/grey business with several companies fighting for a fraction of a basis point
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by bardworx 11y ago
Volume isn't the only thing in CC realm. Visa, MC, AMEX charge a pass-through rate. If the deal with Starbucks didn't push the pass through rate and charged south of 10 basis points, then they're not making money but still ha
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by bardworx 11y ago
Coming from a world that deals with credit card processors, their deal with Starbucks could have been a sweetheart deal and causing some of their losses. If they're loosing money on the deal, they could potentially reduce their loss. C

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