Kevin OB
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I’m usually a strong tipper. I respect the work and understand how tough restaurant jobs can be—but tipping is still tied to service.
Tonight started off rough. I walked in, waited at a “please wait to be seated” sign, and got no acknowledgment. Eventually, I had to ask if they were even seating people. I got seated, ordered, food came out, and yes—the server checked in.
But when it came time to leave, everything fell apart.
I had cash ready—a $20 and a $10—and planned to ask for $5 back, leaving about a $7 tip on an $18 tab. I know I’m a one-top, so I try to tip a little extra to make up for it.
The check gets dropped… and then nothing. No follow-up, no effort to close it out. I’m just sitting there, clearly ready to pay and leave. At a certain point, I’m not going to wait indefinitely just to hand someone a bigger tip.
Total was $18.36. I left $20 and walked out.
That’s not about being cheap—it’s about not being stuck waiting just to pay. If it takes longer to close out than it did to eat, something’s off.
Take care of your customers, and they’ll take care of you.
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@uxtigersdotcom @asanwal So we shouldn’t teach math because they can use a calculator?
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But it is ridiculous to have the assessment of the students be without AI access, given that every single job they will be doing after school will be *with* AI. It’s like having a course for warehouse workers where you teach them how to use a forklift, but then grade them on how well they lift heavy boxes unassisted.
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Wharton researchers gave nearly 1,000 high school math students access to ChatGPT during practice problems
Result: chatGPT is the perfect trap.
Look at the red bars.
Students with ChatGPT crushed their practice sessions.
The basic ChatGPT group solved more problems and those on the "tutor" version did even more.
Now look at the gray bars. That's the exam.
No AI allowed.
The ChatGPT group scored 17% worse than kids who practiced with zero technology.
And the fancy tutor version?
No better than working alone.
The researchers called AI a "crutch."
When they analyzed what students actually typed into ChatGPT, most of them just wrote - “What’s the answer?”
The kicker: students who used ChatGPT believed it hadn't hurt their learning.
They were confidently wrong.
This is the AI trap in education.
Outsourcing your thinking.
Of course, lots of half-baked AI literacy curricula being rolled out in schools now
Let’s of course ignore that basic literacy (the ability to read) is possible for <50% of 8th graders
Source: Bastani et al. (2025), "Generative AI Can Harm Learning," PNAS
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What is your opinion on individuals who continue to wear masks in 2026?
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💰How Much Tip Would You Leave On this? Let’s say the server did a very good job. 👏🏼
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@nobleisawinner If 40% is their expectation- then we have a big disconnect.
I max at 20%, unless it is breakfast where I’d go 25% bc those meals are a lot cheaper
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What is your first thought when you see this?
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VISION TEST :
What number do you see in this image? 🧐
Can you see any?
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@gotrice2024 Cancel the order - buy from a competitor. You’re already inconvenienced- make it hurt them now
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This man was expecting his new furniture delivery, he took the day off from work so that he could have them carry the heavy new ones in since he was alone. Later that day during their ridiculously long delivery window, he gets a text saying that he missed the delivery and to click a link to reschedule.
He was confused because he’s been home all day and he never gotten any indication anyone came. He checked his door cam and saw that they did come, pretended to ring the doorbell while taking a picture to prove to the boss that they came, and then left.
At this point he had already taken out the old sofas and his living room is bare, he has nowhere to sit now and the next delivery window isn’t for a few days next week, what would you have done in this situation?
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Anyone have a magic hack to stop snoring?
My husband does noes strips & mouth tape, we have white noise but still- he wakes me up, I shove ear plugs in, can still hear him & I start thinking about the all the other things I can do with the pillow…
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How much money did your parents give you for good report cards when you were a kid?🫣
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@BillSimmons I’ve always felt that limiting high picks across three seasons fixes this. Can’t get multiple top 3(or 4/5) picks in a 3 year span
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0 for 3!
Also — notice how none of the ideas involve shortening the season which is partly how we fell into this tanking sinkhole in the first place. They come up with 3 “solutions” and none of the 3 are “what would 72 games look like?”
This league is so frustrating
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources. 1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks. 2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently. 3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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@KrissBergTweets I may donate if they were required to also stay off social media forever
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Dual income no kid friends are raising $4k for their dogs cancer treatment. She’s an attorney, he’s in IT.
You donating?
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Why do they need to over complicate this?
Just have a true lottery where every non-playoff team has the same odds.
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The NBA presented three comprehensive anti-tanking concepts to its Board of Governors on Wednesday, with modifications expected to each before a formal vote in May, per ESPN sources. 1. 18 teams in draft lottery (seeds 7-15 in each conference) – flattened odds, with bottom 10 teams having an 8% chance, the remaining 20% odds distributed in decreasing order for 11 through 18, and and a lottery drawing for all 18 picks. 2) 22 teams in lottery using 2-year record (seeds 7-15, plus the four playoff first round exits in both conferences). Lottery teams would reach a minimum win total floor in each season, such as 25 wins. If a team falls short of the floor, it gets slotted to meet the floor. Top 4 drawn as part of lottery, as is currently. 3) 18 teams in a "5 by 5" lottery – bottom 5 teams have equal odds for the top pick, with lottery formed for picks 1-5. Bottom 5 teams have a floor at 10; those that fall out of top 5 get sorted in a separate drawing.
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@John_Zannis I was at the game last night and every OKC player seems coached to bait the refs into foul calls - creating a huge grey area where the refs just guess half the time
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This is what people mean when say “unethical” hoops. This is simply not Basketball. Try to stick your arm underneath someone else’s to make it look like you got hooked. No real effort to try and get by them. Call it crafty if you want, I say it’s lazy.
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