I'm surprised Intel hasn't gotten into the planned obsolescence game yet. If your CPU goes out, the easiest, cheapest solution is always a drop-in replacement. Not like you can easily switch to a different brand. Just par for the course for the race to the bottom.
They're being paid minimum wage. It's not a great job.
Edit: And apparently they split their tips with the people working in the restaurant too, so I really feel like this is just exploitation.
The two examples in the headline are dollar stores which infamously have a huge margin on their inventory. You'd think these would be the retailers who are affected the least by "shrink" but I'm no economist so what do I know.
For whole blood, I've only ever been given a t-shirt. For plasma alone though, it was purely dependent on your weight and, therefore, how much they can take from you in the one session. I'm a tiny dude who barely weighed enough to qualify and got about $80 a couple years ago. It's honestly not worth it at all, but if you're broke it's easier than many other options. The place was full of the "undesirables" of society because of that. It drained me emotionally, seeing how blatantly exploitative it is.
Edit to add: these plasma donations can be done with a tighter window between them too, so the people who were always short on cash were in there every 2 weeks.
Edit again: I forgot that that was an introductory deal where they give you an extra $40, so it was actually $40 for me. Overweight patients could get around $70-$80.
Surely this decision will be a net positive for the average American and won't be used as part of a malicious scheme to widen the wealth gap. /s
This was my strategy every time. It never worked out great, because there's usually a reason people don't want to be paired up with whoever you end up with.
The dude tried to hang himself in duress. I really don't think this is the appropriate line of reasoning.
Please let this be real
Apparently similarly mechanically powered displays involving cams to actuate number segments were pretty popular back in the day. Here's a YouTube video I came across one day a while back about one: https://youtu.be/TANe2d0VTGQ?si=unBJmfzs6A_7PWkM
Good idea, let's put the guy who covers up for pedophiles into the discussion on ethical AI.
The scoring system for my upcoming first-person shooter
Yeah, that's just the stance you take when shooting from a standing position in competition. It's really awkward at first, but it does improve the stability of your aim significantly.
Well, the others are using pistols, while he's using a rifle.
source: two years of air rifle competition