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  • Turning on and off increases wear in cars not designed for it. The cars that have the feature have beefy starters, it is a non-issue. And it does save a bit of gas and emissions at red lights, and stopped in traffic, and especially for assholes that leave the car on while their partner goes for a “quick” grocery run.



  • Yoddel_Hickory@piefed.catome_irl@lemmy.worldme irl
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    28 days ago

    No lol.

    I know 21 °C is confortable for a room, no idea if it is even survivable in a pool.

    I know I bake cookies at 350 °F, don’t even know if it boils water.

    As with most things, blame the Conservative government who stopped metrification a while ago.












  • Because in most countries you don’t need a phone, internet, and maybe even an app to solve this problem.

    A lot of countries have had chip cards decades before the USA. When you are done eating they bring the bill and a terminal, which looks a thick cell phone, to your table. You insert your card, type your pin, pay, and leave. Bonus: you never get your credit card taken elsewhere by a stranger.

    If you live in a country which sadly still do not pay serving staff a living wage, the terminal also allows you to enter gratuity as an amount or as a percentage, while you pay. No need to do any math.

    The phone payment seems like such a tech-bro solution for a very simple problem which has a very simple solution which is already in place nearly everywhere!