If you are fat, eat less, you will get smaller. If not, eat even less.

Article which goes more in deep on "dynamic pricing" for products (esp food) https://www.vox.com/money/24105250/fast-food-restaurants-dynamic-pricing-algorithm-wendys Amazon, for example, reportedly changes prices millions of times per day, with the average product’s price shifting every 10 minutes. The FTC, which sued the e-commerce giant last year accusing it of being an illegal monopoly power, alleges that Amazon used an algorithm to test whether competitors would match the company’s price increases on certain products and keep their own price high if they did match. The FTC estimates that Amazon made about an extra $1 billion in revenue through this automated pricing process. Amazon has said that it no longer uses the algorithm and that it was a brief experiment to see whether its price-matching system could lead to unsustainably low prices. (Over a decade ago, Amazon’s algorithm did go haywire and priced a book at almost $24 million.) and Variable pricing for food also isn’t new to the restaurant industry, particularly in fine dining where eating is more about the experience of high-quality food and ambiance than it is about filling caloric needs, as fast food is more likely to be. More so than fast food, dynamic pricing is “very likely to come around to table service restaurants,” says Zagor, not only for the food itself but even for the tables. Reservations for the best seat in the establishment at primetime on a Friday or Saturday, for example, could come at a higher cost than a midday reservation during the week. Dynamic pricing could even come to grocery stores as more US retailers install electronic shelf labels that allow merchants to effortlessly tweak prices for thousands of products.

Unfortunately no. https://www.ettoday.net/news/20240314/2700468.htm#:~:text=張姓、廖姓男大生,理，才遭到識破。 Male university students surnamed Zhang and Liao, in an attempt to fraudulently claim insurance money, came up with the outrageous idea of Zhang placing his feet in a bucket filled with dry ice for 10 hours, leading to the amputation of both legs below the knee due to frostbite necrosis. They then applied for a total of NT$41.26 million in claims from 8 insurance policies, claiming the injuries were due to frostbite from night cycling. However, police, after checking data from weather stations, discovered that the temperatures during the alleged time of night cycling ranged between 6 to 17 degrees Celsius, making frostbite impossible. The injuries' neat symmetry and the absence of marks from shoes or socks also defied logic, exposing their scheme. Investigations revealed that the 24-year-old university students, surnamed Zhang and Liao, planned to fake frostbite for real amputations to defraud insurance companies. They insured themselves with 6 companies on January 26, 2023, taking out a total of 8 life, accident, and travel insurance policies worth NT$41.26 million. They then bought dry ice and placed it in a bucket, with Zhang immersing his feet for 10 hours. Liao tied Zhang to a chair to prevent him from giving up. After seeking medical treatment, Zhang's injuries met the severe criteria for frostbite, resulting in the amputation of both lower legs. Starting from the end of February, the two claimed to have ridden their bikes to areas like Yangmingshan, Jinshan, and Tamsui during a cold spell, seeking insurance claims for frostbite. However, they only received NT$230,000 from Fubon Insurance, ultimately losing NT$210,000 after spending NT$440,000 on prosthetic legs. This move alerted the insurance company, which then reported the fraud to the Criminal Investigation Bureau. The police first checked the meteorological data from the Tamsui Station in New Taipei City and the Saddle Area Weather Station on Yangmingshan for the day of the supposed bike ride. The temperatures ranged between 6 to 17 degrees Celsius, which medically could not result in frostbite. However, the injury examination photos from Mackay Memorial Hospital showed severe frostbite with symmetrically neat injuries and no signs of socks or shoe marks, indicating the injuries were artificially induced. Upon investigation, it was found that Liao and Zhang were high school classmates from Yunlin. After graduating, Liao attended Yunlin University of Science and Technology, and Zhang attended Ming Chuan University. Liao lured Zhang into signing a promissory note for NT$25 million, citing losses from a joint investment in cryptocurrency. To attempt insurance fraud, they first tried causing burns with plaster powder mixed with water, but Zhang only suffered second-degree burns on his palms requiring skin grafting, which was not severe enough for an insurance disability claim. They later devised the "dry ice foot amputation" method, which was ultimately uncovered by the authorities, leading to their prosecution for fraud and aiding in causing serious injury.

@George-K said in "Suggested Tip": @Renauda this was supposedly at a restaurant. But 15% of $20.05 is $3.00, not $5.02. As Lufins Dad pointed out they would like you to tip for the inconvenience of them having to collect and submit the taxes in addition to din-din service.

@Axtremus said in The Twitter Files - a FOIA workaround: Interesting. Which statute or legal principle says the state cannot delete a social media post after a certain time frame? Does that apply to all appointed and elected government officials too? Musk isn't talking about social media posts, he is talking about private communications between the government and Twitter. Why should they be covered under FOIA? Because the public has a right to know what their elected government is up to, outside of designated state secrets?

@LuFins-Dad said in Not a good start to the day: @Horace said in Not a good start to the day: @LuFins-Dad said in Not a good start to the day: @Horace said in Not a good start to the day: My gym is 24/7. Is this you? https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1770450725728129261 I bet he qualifies for TRT He’s probably getting the estrogen That's one way to qualify for TRT.

I have been subscribed to office for years, I just pay out of habit.

Tilting the blade forward is how you get your forward thrust. I think the default position is leaning slightly forward so the fuselage and seats are level. Otherwise you would always be leaning forward in the seat - just a guess. Don't ever go near the blade, even when it isn't moving. Never trust a propeller either.

I am surprised the numbers are that small actually. LOL

@Axtremus said in It's Different: Not sure if they talk while outside in the cold. Extreme cold should be very motivating for those in that environment to adapt their speech. Your face/lips feels frozen, you breathing changes because you try not to suck in too much cold air too quickly, often times you have to talk through thick, heavy, and muffling face coverings, etc. Lots of factors motivating you to talk differently. And you feel this is more acceptable because you know the people you talk to also experience the same challenges and will understand why you adapt your speech in certain ways. For most of the workers down there, they spend most of their time indoors.

@George-K said in George Stephanopoulos vs Nancy Mace: Trump sues … Does Trump have the money to start a new law suit? Or does the lawyer can to take this on contingency?

That's freaking great.

The article says it was "local charges". Maybe something unrelated to the court hearing?

@jon-nyc said in The future of the $50 minimum wage: @Horace said in The future of the $50 minimum wage: Dinners or parties or walking groups or workplace or family interactions. Thats not what came to mind when I read ‘social interactions with random people’, especially in a thread about cashiers disappearing. I agree that one can navigate waiters at restaurants without getting into a heated debate about global warming.

@Jolly said in The Top Ten: @Aqua-Letifer said in The Top Ten: I don't think it works like this. You can't read 10 books and then call it good. Gotta learn how to know what to read at the time the book is right for you, and then keep reading. I guess "Mindset" by Carol Dweck would get them started. Consider the target sector: American 25 and under. We used to have more of a shared identity. Much of that was a grounding in some of the things which made America, America. So many young people today have no understanding of who or what we are. I don't know why that's your stopping point. So many young people today have no grounding in religion, and so they fumble their way into making up their own by way of enviroradicalism and other nonsense on the left or what Father Schmitz calls moralist therapeutic deism on the right. You have to start with understanding yourself, which they certainly do not, and from there understand other people. Only after that can you talk about the idea of America.