dubyakay
@dubyakay@lemmy.ca
- Comment on When did it become normalized to start passing credit card processing fees to the customer? 6 days ago:
I work in fintech, serving the US market. Fees are varying but not specific to AMEX/Discover/MC/Visa. There’s card fees and then there’s gateway and payments processor fees. Often this is cumulatively just a flat fee, like $3-4, which is why some places will have signs saying “$3 extra charge for CC purchases below $20”.
- Comment on Australians banned social media. Now they are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes 2 weeks ago:
GenX has a right to bitch about anything. They’ll be forgotten about like always anyways.
- Comment on What is the definitive way to play certain games? 2 weeks ago:
Pyre Light intensifies
- Comment on Trump Is Obsessed With Oil. But Chinese Batteries Will Soon Run the World. 4 weeks ago:
Well don’t leave us hanging. Tell us more!
- Comment on Ubisoft Closes Canadian Studio After It Unionizes 1 month ago:
But union busting being illegal is the state getting involved.
- Comment on Ubisoft Closes Canadian Studio After It Unionizes 1 month ago:
So how do they do it?
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 1 month ago:
You really think the US military would start killing their own on the command from the president?
From what my buddy in the US Army tells me there’s a lot of political maneouvering going on that basically circumvents a lot of shit that Elon’s stupid ass tried to force on them.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Wait until you go even further south and every receptacle that can hold liquids is “kübel”.
- Comment on Why do US airports have a lot more jet bridges than EU airports? 1 month ago:
The reason for this is that a lot less people care about planes in Europe when you have an amazing high speed rail network that bankrupts Airlines all over the region.
- Comment on Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash 1 month ago:
I did not get an ad.
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 2 months ago:
Which part of the celery? Only North America sticks to using the stalk only like it’s some miracle growth. Most European cuisine discarded stalk for centuries, using only the root for soups and stews as a staple. It wasn’t until fairly recently when celery stalk started seeing use in salads in Europe.
- Comment on Someday, someone will invent something that can ‘envelope’ small flat items so they can be shipped more efficiently. Until that day … 2 months ago:
This can happen if lettermail is exclusive to be delivered by the country’s postal services but the vendor is using a courier.
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 2 months ago:
The plates are limited to 2 letters only for the state/province. The reason Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck have their own province code is due to their provincial level city status retained from the middle ages.
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 2 months ago:
Since at least 2006, possibly earlier.
- Comment on If WW3 breaks out, who is going to be on which side? 2 months ago:
Just stay close to the border and slip through when they will start interring other Asians.
- Comment on If WW3 breaks out, who is going to be on which side? 2 months ago:
Come up north.
- Comment on The most invasive cookie/tracker option is listed as “Platinum” while the most privacy-respecting option is merely “Silver” 2 months ago:
Fair enough. We could try both and see which one sticks.
- Comment on No parking pavement marker being right beside a parking slot 2 months ago:
That looks like a bike/moped lane with parking spots plopped into it.
- Comment on The most invasive cookie/tracker option is listed as “Platinum” while the most privacy-respecting option is merely “Silver” 2 months ago:
Ah yes. More regulation for stuff barely understandable to boomer politicians.
I think we should eliminate profit incentives instead.
- Comment on Is gold investing a scam? 2 months ago:
When was the last complete societal collapse?
Gold is a good hedge against inflation. When was the last hyperinflation in your country?
- Comment on Wayback Machine saves 150000 GB of webpages every day 2 months ago:
I can only tell you in dishwashers.
- Comment on Sony cracks down on Concord custom servers, issues DMCA takedowns on gameplay videos 3 months ago:
I thought the 250m was fake news?
- Comment on It's OK to just like lemon water. 3 months ago:
Mixing sodium bicarbonate into water, even with just a teaspoon of acid like vinegar or lemon juice added, is still a good antacid.
- Comment on It's OK to just like lemon water. 3 months ago:
It’s not dumb in the sense that water that is not alkaline is not the same as water that is alkaline with some added acid.
In Eastern Europe the soft drink created by mixing sodium bicarbonate into water and then adding a tea spoon of lemon juice or vinegar to it was an oft used refreshment before the 80s.
- Comment on Anon has had enough 3 months ago:
Nope.
- Comment on Cope 3 months ago:
This needs a follow up panel of Turkish dude and French dude making out and blushing.
- Comment on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, now on GOG 3 months ago:
And this is why I got hooked on roguelites. Hades, Spelunky, FTL, Enter the Gungeon, Slay the Spire, Crypt of the Necro Dancer, Rogue Legacy, Dome Keeper, Runestone Keeper. There’s probably so much more out there.
- Comment on Where is modern Punk? 3 months ago:
Yeah, I wanted to avoid recommending that exactly due to the period substitution.
- Comment on Never buying milk from Walmart again 3 months ago:
Amazing. Thanks for the info.
Any ideas on how I’d make dry cottage cheese out of it at home?
- Comment on Never buying milk from Walmart again 3 months ago:
I somehow doubt you can do much with pasteurized and homogenized 1% milk.
There’s a reason that most dairy products in Europe are made from raw milk.