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[sudgy]

Is there any font that looks good that is just black pixels or white pixels?

[eHalcyon]

Is there any font that looks good that is just black pixels or white pixels?

http://www.dafont.com/bitmap.php

[qmech]

ITT: people worried that different sized notes/bills will be harder to sort.

[LastFootnote]

You remind me of the babe
What babe?
The babe with the power
What power?
The power of voodoo
Who do?
You do
Do what?
You remind me of the babe

Why oh why isn't there a downvote button!?

[Tables]

Oh, yeah, so I talked to that friend who works in a bank again today. He said that asides from the size and colour meaning you have to pay more attention while decanting them, he said the other issue is that they stick together due to the material they're made of. He says he can count up £1000 in £20's in the same time he can count $20 in $1's due to that.

[qmech]

That's only a 20% slowdown, which is probably made up by differences in tax rates.

[Tables]

That's only a 20% slowdown, which is probably made up by differences in tax rates.

I laughed, but then realised it's actually a 60% slowdown, or 2.5 times slower if you prefer. It's quite a big difference.

Although while we're on the topic of tax rates and dollars... it surprises me that US stores don't include VAT in the price tag. Like, how do you keep a quick running total of prices for when you reach the checkout? Well I know it isn't that difficult to work out an expected final figure and than add in your 20% (or whatever US's VAT rate is), but it's an extra step that most people won't be able to do. Most people can go around and do a rough running total of their price and know if something has gone wrong at the end.

[Teproc]

That's only a 20% slowdown, which is probably made up by differences in tax rates.

I laughed, but then realised it's actually a 60% slowdown, or 2.5 times slower if you prefer. It's quite a big difference.

Although while we're on the topic of tax rates and dollars... it surprises me that US stores don't include VAT in the price tag. Like, how do you keep a quick running total of prices for when you reach the checkout? Well I know it isn't that difficult to work out an expected final figure and than add in your 20% (or whatever US's VAT rate is), but it's an extra step that most people won't be able to do. Most people can go around and do a rough running total of their price and know if something has gone wrong at the end.

My theory is that Americans hate taxes (more than most I mean) so they like to know exactly how much the mean evil big government is sucking out of they hard-earned money.

[qmech]

Counting is hard: that's why I had to take a PhD in it.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

That's only a 20% slowdown, which is probably made up by differences in tax rates.

I laughed, but then realised it's actually a 60% slowdown, or 2.5 times slower if you prefer. It's quite a big difference.

Although while we're on the topic of tax rates and dollars... it surprises me that US stores don't include VAT in the price tag. Like, how do you keep a quick running total of prices for when you reach the checkout? Well I know it isn't that difficult to work out an expected final figure and than add in your 20% (or whatever US's VAT rate is), but it's an extra step that most people won't be able to do. Most people can go around and do a rough running total of their price and know if something has gone wrong at the end.

I hate to be the one to break the bad news, but the US doesn't have a VAT.  There are however, various state and local sales taxes on most things that are sold (the exceptions and actual tax rates depend on where you are, and to some extent what you are purchasing).

[liopoil]

Counting is hard: that's why I had to take a PhD in it.

People always look at me funny when I say counting is hard completely seriously. I don't have a PhD in it or anything, but I know enough to know that it is hard.

[Tables]

That's only a 20% slowdown, which is probably made up by differences in tax rates.

I laughed, but then realised it's actually a 60% slowdown, or 2.5 times slower if you prefer. It's quite a big difference.

Although while we're on the topic of tax rates and dollars... it surprises me that US stores don't include VAT in the price tag. Like, how do you keep a quick running total of prices for when you reach the checkout? Well I know it isn't that difficult to work out an expected final figure and than add in your 20% (or whatever US's VAT rate is), but it's an extra step that most people won't be able to do. Most people can go around and do a rough running total of their price and know if something has gone wrong at the end.

I hate to be the one to break the bad news, but the US doesn't have a VAT.  There are however, various state and local sales taxes on most things that are sold (the exceptions and actual tax rates depend on where you are, and to some extent what you are purchasing).

Isn't that just the same thing but with a different name? An extra cost added to products you're buying that goes to the government, excluding certain necessities. I think I did know it was state dependent but forgot that in my post.

[Seprix]

Taxes are stupid, and pointless too since we just 'borrow' money ad infinitum anyways.

[qmech]

That's only a 20% slowdown, which is probably made up by differences in tax rates.

I laughed, but then realised it's actually a 60% slowdown, or 2.5 times slower if you prefer. It's quite a big difference.

Although while we're on the topic of tax rates and dollars... it surprises me that US stores don't include VAT in the price tag. Like, how do you keep a quick running total of prices for when you reach the checkout? Well I know it isn't that difficult to work out an expected final figure and than add in your 20% (or whatever US's VAT rate is), but it's an extra step that most people won't be able to do. Most people can go around and do a rough running total of their price and know if something has gone wrong at the end.

I hate to be the one to break the bad news, but the US doesn't have a VAT.  There are however, various state and local sales taxes on most things that are sold (the exceptions and actual tax rates depend on where you are, and to some extent what you are purchasing).

Isn't that just the same thing but with a different name? An extra cost added to products you're buying that goes to the government, excluding certain necessities. I think I did know it was state dependent but forgot that in my post.

VAT is paid by everybody (who sells enough) on the difference between what they paid for an item and what they sell it for.  Sales tax is paid only on sales to consumers.  The effects are similar: more money moves around under the VAT system, but you don't have to define what counts as selling to consumers.

[Seprix]

[Kirian]

That's only a 20% slowdown, which is probably made up by differences in tax rates.

I laughed, but then realised it's actually a 60% slowdown, or 2.5 times slower if you prefer. It's quite a big difference.

Although while we're on the topic of tax rates and dollars... it surprises me that US stores don't include VAT in the price tag. Like, how do you keep a quick running total of prices for when you reach the checkout? Well I know it isn't that difficult to work out an expected final figure and than add in your 20% (or whatever US's VAT rate is), but it's an extra step that most people won't be able to do. Most people can go around and do a rough running total of their price and know if something has gone wrong at the end.

I hate to be the one to break the bad news, but the US doesn't have a VAT.  There are however, various state and local sales taxes on most things that are sold (the exceptions and actual tax rates depend on where you are, and to some extent what you are purchasing).

Isn't that just the same thing but with a different name? An extra cost added to products you're buying that goes to the government, excluding certain necessities. I think I did know it was state dependent but forgot that in my post.

It's not just state-dependent, either; it often varies from county to county (which are somewhat, but not really, analogous to counties in Britain), and in some cases city to city.

Also--I cannot make this shit up--in some places, you can be charged sales tax on your fast food if you sit down in the restaurant to eat it, and not be charged the same tax if you get it as take-out.

Not including the tax in the price makes things seem cheaper.  I think that's the single reason we don't do it.  Americans have an aversion to taxes for some reason.

[Seprix]

That's only a 20% slowdown, which is probably made up by differences in tax rates.

I laughed, but then realised it's actually a 60% slowdown, or 2.5 times slower if you prefer. It's quite a big difference.

Although while we're on the topic of tax rates and dollars... it surprises me that US stores don't include VAT in the price tag. Like, how do you keep a quick running total of prices for when you reach the checkout? Well I know it isn't that difficult to work out an expected final figure and than add in your 20% (or whatever US's VAT rate is), but it's an extra step that most people won't be able to do. Most people can go around and do a rough running total of their price and know if something has gone wrong at the end.

I hate to be the one to break the bad news, but the US doesn't have a VAT.  There are however, various state and local sales taxes on most things that are sold (the exceptions and actual tax rates depend on where you are, and to some extent what you are purchasing).

Isn't that just the same thing but with a different name? An extra cost added to products you're buying that goes to the government, excluding certain necessities. I think I did know it was state dependent but forgot that in my post.

It's not just state-dependent, either; it often varies from county to county (which are somewhat, but not really, analogous to counties in Britain), and in some cases city to city.

Also--I cannot make this shit up--in some places, you can be charged sales tax on your fast food if you sit down in the restaurant to eat it, and not be charged the same tax if you get it as take-out.

Not including the tax in the price makes things seem cheaper.  I think that's the single reason we don't do it.  Americans have an aversion to taxes for some reason.

Also why we price things $7.99 instead of $8.00, makes things look cheaper. It's a con, and I hate that. That's the one thing I love about Europe, they don't try to lie to you, and when you go to the 2 Euro Store, that's all you pay, compared to a Dollar Store being more than a dollar here in the US.

[sudgy]

One of my pet peeves: when something at a store is, say, $7.99, and someone says it's seven dollars.  NO!!!  IT'S EIGHT!!!!

Also, I don't have sales tax where I live

[Seprix]

One of my pet peeves: when something at a store is, say, $7.99, and someone says it's seven dollars.  NO!!!  IT'S EIGHT!!!!

Also, I don't have sales tax where I live

My lucky friend, we usually do not have sales tax where we live either. I think one of the few exceptions is organic produce or something like that.

[qmech]

Also--I cannot make this shit up--in some places, you can be charged sales tax on your fast food if you sit down in the restaurant to eat it, and not be charged the same tax if you get it as take-out.

That also happens over here.

[Seprix]

I was scrolling through some question and answers site, and the majority of it all were all odd or weird questions like these:



Other questions were whether the Earth was bigger than the Sun, and whether .05 was bigger than .5, and other stuff like that. And every answer is always simple with a short explanation, and the people answering these questions have PhDs and high caliber ranks in education. They must be pulling their hair out. XD

[qmech]

Grandma's chemistry tips:

If you have an oven that you care about keeping clean and do not have a sack of bicarbonate of soda then one of those things has to change.  It's fairly well known that bicarb and a little water will clean things (it's abrasive), but the real trick is to cover the entire base with a thin layer.  That stops stuff from reaching the oven in the first place.  A friend of mine suggest that saponification may be involved in binding the fats, but whatever the mechanism, it works: I've not touched my oven for 6 months and it wiped perfectly clean in a few minutes earlier today.

[Witherweaver]

A neat Q&A site is Quora.  People ask all kinds of random questions, and some are pretty interesting.  Lots are based on experience or opinion ("what's it like to do this?", "what are some of the key features or qualities of that", etc.)

[qmech]

I think of Quora as the obnoxious site that pesters you to sign up, but a few of the (first answers to) "What's it like to be a ..." type questions that I've been linked to have been interesting.  In my mind Quora is a cross between Yahoo Answers and the abomination that is ResearchGate, but apparently that's unfair.

[Witherweaver]

When my friend first told me about Quora, I had exactly the same feeling.  "I have to sign up for this?  What kind of world do we live in?"  But I eventually did, and since gmail separates the emails they send into the "Social" box, which I never have to pay much attention to, every once and a while I read the email and check out a few questions/answers when one looks interesting.  Usually it's worthwhile for the amount of time/effort.