wizardwes

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by wizardwes 3y ago
I'm personally a Noodler's X-feather fan, but that's mostly because I usually found myself writing on bad paper back in my school days when I got it, and you just get so much of it too
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by wizardwes 3y ago
Of note, any heat will erase these, even including leaving them in your car. For anything that you need to make sure that what you wrote is still there when it is next read, I wouldn't trust these. Also, IIRC, extreme cold can bring
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by wizardwes 3y ago
Your average glass bottle or can is 12 oz. That's not some arbitrary measurement, it's literally the most likely size for you to get. Sure most people aren't asking for an (imperial) cup of beer, but the idea is to recognize
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by wizardwes 3y ago
Part of the issue is that some of these companies are the only companies in the US capable of this scale of manufacturing, which is expensive to maintain, and only the government really uses. In other words, they're too big to fail.
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by wizardwes 3y ago
Except fairly doesn't mean the same deals with different customers? It's perfectly fair to charge lower fees to someone already proven, while charging higher for someone who is just starting out. It's perfectly fair to have t
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by wizardwes 3y ago
Zotero might work, but only as a highly imperfect solution, since it is more focused on research
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by wizardwes 3y ago
Did see an interesting thing recently about mist showers. You run them hotter than a normal shower, but they also use significantly less water, and therefore energy. That's always something to consider.
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by wizardwes 3y ago
Trust me when I say, being in those high echelons isn't worth it for a driver. Everyone will be happier with this. Getting a higher rating priority usually means that you lost money, and are just planning to be dashing a ton at a lower
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by wizardwes 3y ago
Dashed for 3 years, it's highly variable. I probably averaged 50% or less tbh. Also, un-tipped orders are weighted more into the pay-by-time in my experience, since you can't say no. It also means you can't avoid slow/ba
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by wizardwes 3y ago
So, it has changed over the years, but it used to be {roof(basePay + $5, floor(mileage) * 2)} so with the $3.50 base pay of the day, anything under 5 miles had a max showing of $8.50, and then anything over would be like, $10+. It still ro
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by wizardwes 3y ago
So, I did doordash for three years during the pandemic, working through college. In that time. I received 5 tips post-delivery, out of nearly 2000 deliveries. It was so uncommon that I remember all of them. At the same time, regardless of d
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by wizardwes 4y ago
Easy way to consider it, when you look at another human being, you innately understand that their right is your left, so you're rotating your perception of their directions around the vertical axis. The mirror isn't actually flipp