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When I worked in a restaurant we still had paper bills in the office we could write up if our system was down. If you wanted to pay with card, we would offer to write down your card info and charge it later, or accept cash only. We'd always inform new customers of this before taking their order.

If someone already ordered and was unable to pay we'd just take the loss on good faith that they'd return to pay, no holding ID or anything like that. It's a relatively small loss for the restaurant to maintain a good reputation. Orders get comped all the time for more trivial reasons, and food cost is already a major part of a restaurant's overhead.

But if power is out, then that generally means the kitchen isn't functioning either unless the restaurant has generators

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Penn Jillette

I'm really glad to see this.

Penn Jillette played a big role in who I am today. Bullshit! helped shape my skepticism in my late teens, and I was fascinated with magic even earlier than that. I went on to adopt some libertarian views and listened to his podcast for years, but I grew away from him during COVID because I was seeing how his position was harming people. I always thought he was a smart respectable guy, so seeing him reflect and change is heartwarming.

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'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions

We need a big resurgence of the custom rom scene.

We used to be seeing all the innovation in that space, with google and handset manufacturers lagging behind. Between the innovation advantage and the privacy focus of things like grapheneOS, we really could build out a grassroots fork into a third, open and private/secure phone OS. It doesn't need to be big just thriving enough to adequately serve those of us who care.