Did you just say that none of the tip goes to the shopper!?!?! If that's the case, then should everyone set the tip to zero all the time?

Excellent point!

Since the tip is known to the employers they can use that to pretend that they are paying more.

Maybe all these "gig" sites should list the average tip *percentage* the customer pays. Then all of these cheapskates would show that they are "zeros" and the workers would know what was expected.

No...you *and* me.

In the rain or
at night or
dew covered or
ice covered?

I can clean the mirrors. Where would the cameras be?

Re: Consumers pay it all, in one fashion or another. The buck stops there.

I tried to make argue that corporate taxes should be zero with a colleague the other day, but was shouted down with the arguement that companies would simply pocket the money to increase profits instead of increasing wages or lowering prices on their products. Of course I didn't have any evidence one way or the other, so we had to agree to disagree.

Their only arguement that I agreed with with him on is the coporate responsibility for externalities like environmental damage.

I like the idea of corporate taxes being zero so that there's no "game" for them to win.

I don't like 3D movies because 3D doesn't improve the story. Apart from some very visual movies like Gravity, I couldn't care less about it being 3D. I don't see how 3D could ever improve Driving Miss Daisy.
Additionally, I already have glasses and the 3D glasses always get uncomfortable after a while.
 

That's the first thing I thought about too! How does the car know it's an officer?

I wonder how easy it would be to mistake someone simply waving to another person and then the car drives onto the sidewalk?

Seems messy.

And the answer is NO!

Proof: see https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidhaney.io%2Fnpm-...

I've been saying the same thing about (name the item that can't be recycled now) for decades.

I imagined the day when we *mine* landfills.

Randy -- exceptthatmostlandfillswillprobablybehousingdevelopmentsbythen

I also prefer this approach when there are lots of people with lots of work. Each person does a little bit of the task...and before you know it...everything's done. This is usually for volunteer work, mind you.

(Not that I would approve of *exploiting* anyone...of course!)

...and that's all anyone ever needs!

Agree 100%. I have always thought that cheap/free energy would cause a huge societal shift. Think about anything you consume and estimate how much energy it requires to manufacture and deliver. With cheap energy, you don't need to work as much to live.

(But you said this so much better.)

My two favorite features of my phone (Nexus 5) are the GPS and flashlight!

Re: or the "DNA tests" are not accurate

That was my first thought. The testing organization should have tested a piece of fresh chicken from a grocery store meat counter and published what that percentage.