PSA: The excellent #murderbot series by Martha Wells is available as a Humble Bundle right now, all 7 books in the series + 7 short stories and other novels. DRM-free epub files. Highly recommended.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/martha-wells-murderbot-and-more-tor-books

"Despite being a powerful and lethal security unit, Murderbot is an extreme introvert. Its primary goal is to be left alone so it can spend its time watching hours of its favorite soap operas and other media. It's highly cynical, sarcastic, and finds human interaction to be awkward and tedious. However, it also finds itself unexpectedly forming bonds with the humans it's supposed to protect, which leads to a lot of internal conflict and reluctant heroism."

#SciFi #bookstodon #books

Drives me mad trying to explain...

Why don't people want to tip?
Because they want to pay the price stated and agreed, like all other goods and services.

But it goes to the staff... They need it...
So pay the staff more.

We can't afford to pay staff more...
So charge more, so you can.

But we can't put up prices...
But expecting a tip *IS* putting up prices, except it comes with deception about the price.

Please don't let mandatory/expected tips get in to the UK as well.

"The insurance business is completely screwy now. You know they've reintroduced the death penalty for insurance company directors?"
"Really?" said Arthur. "No, I didn't. For what offense?"
Trillian frowned.
"What do you mean, offense?"
"I see."

#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

Every fucking time

- A YouTube short appears on the screen and starts playing.

- Because of the inexplicable way YouTube shorts is designed, the short is slightly taller than my screen.

- Before my conscious thought even has a chance to get involved, I reflexively tick my mousewheel down one tick to center this video on my screen.

- Because YouTube shorts interprets ANY attempt to scroll as "show me the next video", the short I was trying to watch flies completely off screen and is replaced