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Cake day: September 5th, 2023

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  • Garcia was later treated at the renowned Grossman Burn Center, where he received not one but two skin grafts on his penis. Garcia’s attorney, Trial Lawyers for Justice co-founder Nick Rowley, said Garcia’s penis was permanently discolored and disfigured, with less length and less girth.

    Rowley said the key evidence during the trial was the surveillance footage of the incident taken from inside the coffee shop. Rowley said the footage clearly showed the barista secure two of the cups in the caddie but not the third, causing it to spill less than two seconds after Garcia took it into the car.

    https://www.courthousenews.com/starbucks-hit-with-50-million-jury-verdict-for-hot-tea-that-scalded-and-disfigured-postmates-drivers-penis/

    He didn’t hold 3 drinks, he was handed a drink carrier and one of the drinks was negligently secured. The jury took 40 minutes to determine that Starbucks was at fault, and Starbucks themselves offered $3m and $30m settlements at different points. How much do you think two skin grafts to your genitalia are worth?








  • Hey, really great work on this!

    I used to run low voltage wiring professionally, and that looks pretty great. One tip for next time: You can use clues such as that nail to help connect what you see “up top” with where you’re looking down below. The wall itself will have a “bottom plate”, a 2x4 laid flat horizontally across the floor, and it’s nailed through the floor and you’ll often see nails such as that one exactly where the wall is.

    There’s no 100% hard and fast rules, but you can also look for the presence of other holes for things like electrical wire, or HVAC vents as clues too. One really important thing to remember is that 95% of the time, electrical outlets will be mounted directly to a stud. You can knock on the wall or remove the cover plate and use a small flat screwdriver to probe around and determine which side of the outlet is against the stud, and which is in an open wall space. That helps you plan where to drill down below to give you the best shot at hitting your intended location. If you remember that studs are generally 16” apart, it can help you visualize that section of the wall.

    Avoid running wires close to windows, doors, or corners. Studs can do some really funky things in those spaces, and you’ll have a much harder time.




  • Obviously it varies from business to business. Some may not want the hassle, some may see consumer sentiment against fees and not feel it’s worth the impact. Some are content to merely leave prices 3% (or more) higher.

    Ultimately, very few businesses price things based on their costs…instead they price based on what they think people are willing to pay, or what the market will bear.

    It’s also worth considering, at the scales of many of these businesses, accepting and handling cash is very much not a free option. If I’m a supermarket chain, I pay a card company a few percent and maintain my payment terminals and I magically get my income deposited daily directly in my preferred bank account. I’ve got some risk with stolen cards and chargebacks, but the big Chip Card and Mobile Wallet rollouts have dramatically limited my exposure to that liability.
    With cash I have a substantial cost to handle, collect, count, and deposit at each location. I have concerns about counting accuracy, interval and external theft, counterfeit currency, purchasing change from my local bank (which typically has a fee assessed for businesses), etc.




  • I’ll try to give better context since you’re coming in blind.

    As in many sports, “fired” isn’t generally the term used when athletes are dropped from teams, but it’s true that he likely would have preferred to continue racing at least for his current team, Sauber.

    Bottas is generally very well liked, and there’s no indication that there was a personality conflict between himself and Sauber. Unfortunately, this is a very competitive sport and Bottas is nearing the natural end of his career. He has been blisteringly fast before, but was never a serious world championship contender, and the team he’s with have decided to move on with other drivers.

    Prior to racing with Sauber, he was a reliable and quick #2 driver at powerhouse Mercedes, cementing them as one of the most dominant teams of all time, and helping them to a string of championships. During this time, one of their fiercest rivals was Red Bull. Red Bull has their own pipeline of talented drivers, and while they likely respect Bottas’ skill, it’s unlikely that they’re interested in hiring aging talent that is firmly associated with their rivals.

    If I could use a strained example, it’s a bit like saying that Steve Ballmer of Microsoft wouldn’t get a job at Apple because Steve Jobs didn’t like him. It may be true, but Jobs has no control over Ballmer at Microsoft and couldn’t fire him in any case.