JohnnyCanuck

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[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hey, can I get Gamedec? That looks like the exact type of game I'm looking for this weekend.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

I avoid using single use bottles, but when I do, I often crush them after I'm finished to save space, so they don't blow away and roll around as easily, and to save space in the recycling.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do they not take crushed bottles where you live?

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've never liked Uline. Their prices always seem to be way higher than they should be. The only reason to ever use them is for a product you can't find anywhere else - and even then it's worth taking a second or third look first.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Absolutely.

There's probably someone out there who paints their gold miniatures.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's pretty cool that this tech basically hasn't changed in 3000 years.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, that's why you pay with credit/debit. To avoid the round up.

I changed "will" to "would" to hopefully make it more clear.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Think he'll eat crow when Trump brings it up again in the next couple of days? My prediction: "If CANADA wants in on my GOLDEN DOME they can become the 51st state. It's a GREAT DEAL for them. Free military which frankly they're already getting. They're ROBBING US BLIND and they want our dome too. I don't know why they're so against it. They can be part of the greatest country. It wasn't the greatest, not under Sleepy Joe but poor guy was being abused, and now it is again. It's the greatest and we'll have the best dome and they can be the 51st state if they want it. "

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

We follow normal rounding rules in Canada. 1, 2 round down to 0. 3, 4 round up to 5. 6, 7 round down to 5. 8, 9 round up to 10.

Can you game the system? Yes!

As a business, make sure all your prices (plus tax) come to a price ending in 3, 4, 8, or 9. When consumers buy a single item you'll get the rounding up (edit: if they pay cash) and make sweet, sweet profit. But if they buy more than one item, you're SOL on controlling the rounding.

As a consumer, you have way more control. First, pay with cash whenever the price will round down and you can probably "profit" 5 or so dollars a year. (Assuming you pay with cash on or two times a day, saving 1 to 2 cents each time.) Pay with credit or debit each time the price ~~will~~ would round up.

Second, you can get real fancy. You can learn tax rules in depth so you know what items will or won't be taxed and at what rate (we have federal and provincial taxes but they don't apply to everything and they don't follow the same rules on what is taxed.) But, you can use this info to always know what the final bill will be and always buy combinations of items that end in 2 or 7 (or 1 and 6 if you're lazy) and always pay cash. You can profit like $20 a year or something doing this.

In reality? No one gives a shit until that one rare time you're paying with cash and it rounds down. It's your lucky day and you do the Six Flags Man dance. It's like finding a penny and picking it up.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

And no, you don't, I do.

 
 

The source of the meme. There's a more popular upload from 6 years ago, but this is the OG I think.

 

Is this real life?

 
 

Bonus 10 hour version: https://youtu.be/DKP16d_WdZM

 

I find it funny how certain wordings will trigger the AI and others won't. It also gets it right for a bunch of numbers (which I checked after seeing this error).

 

This description of C++ is misleading at best (C++ is used for "Air Travel"?), but saying its used to "make Linux" is just wrong.

 

There are different versions on various news articles but I found this one with a search: https://www.meansandways.ca/news-articles/poilievre-takes-popular-axe-the-tax-mantra-on-the-road

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca to c/ArtificialIgnorance@lemmy.ca
 

I was watching a video on orangutans and it made me wonder how well google would handle this question.

Didn't get it quite right... But maybe it's a subtle dig?

Note: I accidentally scrolled the "AI Overview" notation off before taking the first screenshot, but it is there:

 

Make up your mind Google AI. Is sound faster in air that is less dense or more dense?

Honestly, there is so much wrong in the AI answers that it's hard to know where to start, but the direct contradiction of itself seems like a good start.

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