TootGuitar
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- Comment on What is with America and the #9? For example stuff cost something like 9.99 or 3 payments of 39.99 or 9 out of 10 doctors or dentists or whomever agree? 2 weeks ago:
No prob! We never actually produced a 1 mill coin, but there was a half-cent (5 mill) coin produced until 1857!
- Comment on What is with America and the #9? For example stuff cost something like 9.99 or 3 payments of 39.99 or 9 out of 10 doctors or dentists or whomever agree? 2 weeks ago:
It’s actually just one extra decimal place (thousandths), so $3.999 or $4.009.
I’ve never seen a ten-thousandths place in a price in USD.
Fun fact: mills, or one-thousandths of a dollar, were actually officially specified as valid units of currency in the first several laws establishing the US mint and the coinage system, in the late 1700s.
But yeah, now they’re mostly just used to scam people at the gas pump.
- Comment on What is 3x/4x USB ?? 4 weeks ago:
Totally fair and sorry for the pedantry!
- Comment on What is 3x/4x USB ?? 5 weeks ago:
Except for USB 3.2 gen 2, which can in some cases be slower than USB 3.2 gen 1, formerly known as USB 3.1.
And USB 4, which defines two different possible operating speeds, one of which is equal in speed to USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (not faster than it)
And USB 4 Version 2 (lord help me) which defines a mode in which the upstream speed is halved in exchange for faster downstream speeds.
jumps out window
- Comment on Is putting black beans in my chili a bad idea? 3 months ago:
Chili with beans is an affront to humanity.
- Comment on If the next pres. is a Democrat and wants to roll back all of Trumps bullshit. How can they do that quickly and efficiently? 5 months ago:
I agree, but the Venn diagram of “is a member of the Democratic Party” and “has the fucking guts” is close to two separate circles. Which is why I said what I said.
- Comment on If the next pres. is a Democrat and wants to roll back all of Trumps bullshit. How can they do that quickly and efficiently? 5 months ago:
I would vote so hard for any party/candidate with all these items as their primary objective. But most of these sure as hell aren’t going to be on the Democrats’ plan of action.
- Comment on What type of laptop do you recommend for simply browsing the internet? 5 months ago:
FYI, Apple is not great for privacy. They’ve done a good job at fooling people into thinking they are, but they’re using the same twisted definition of “privacy” that every other big tech company uses. Privacy to Apple means that Apple can see all your data and track everything you do, but no one else can.
I use Apple devices and they’re generally well-built and last a long time. But they are not private.