"Tipped employees must receive a minimum wage of $2.13 per hour, known as a cash wage. That cash wage is combined with tips to reach the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. (Many states and localities, listed below, have minimum wages set above the federal rate)."

The idea being that you will fit the bill for their labor costs through tips instead of paying it themselves. Somehow the tipping idea perpetuated such that they can and do pay less than minimum wage because of the prevalence of tipping.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/tipped-minimum-wa...

0Thread HN

Safety benefits of roundabouts 3 years ago

There is ambiguity in practice. Accidents do happen in roundabouts and t intersections without anyone driving like “a maniac”. The point is that the article doesn’t really discuss the drawbacks of roundabouts of which there are many.

0Thread HN

Safety benefits of roundabouts 3 years ago

Hey kids. Big Ben. Parliament.

https://youtu.be/iAgX6qlJEMc?feature=shared

0Thread HN

Safety benefits of roundabouts 3 years ago

It’s not the same though. Red means stop. It is ambiguous as to who must yield precisely because there is no red light to indicate it. What would the rule be? Your best guess as to the speed and distance of the other driver?

0Thread HN

Safety benefits of roundabouts 3 years ago

I could see how these have benefits in some cases. There are also drawbacks… the uncertainty of who is yielding (except maybe by AI). What about snow and ice? If you do some searching there are plenty of reasons why you might not want roundabouts.

0Thread HN

Apple’s Self Service Repair now available 4 years ago

It’s a nice gesture, but what is the point if most of the parts are soldered and can’t be upgraded anyway.

0Thread HN

Obvious and possible software innovations 5 years ago

I actually really like this whole post. Every time I think about quitting HN altogether a rare gem like this comes along. You should be able to have a little fun with common pain points we all have to deal with. The author has some pretty good suggestions as well. But I almost lost my drink with this one:

“ Imagine if the EC2 were as clean as, I dunno, z/OS, which has more or less been around since the 1960s. That would be pretty cool. I could read a single book instead of 100 books on all the myriad tools and services and frameworks offered by Oligarch Bezos. He would be hailed as a Jobs-like technical innovator if he had some of his slaves do this, and he would be remembered with gratitude, rather than as the sperdo who dumped his wife for sexorz with lip filler Cthulhu.”

Comedy gold.

0Thread HN