
Title text: I'd like 0.4608 apples, please.
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I'd like 0.46082949308 apples please.jozwa wrote:I did the math: 0.4608 * 2.17 = 0.999936
Garnasha wrote:Europeans continue to be amazed that in the US, VAT is a tax on goods bought rather than a tax on goods sold. And that all levels of government seem to add their own, causing it to vary on very small distances.I'd like 0.46082949308 apples please.jozwa wrote:I did the math: 0.4608 * 2.17 = 0.999936
Tigerlion wrote:Well, I imagine as the game progresses, various people will be getting moody.
BoomFrog wrote:I still have no idea what town moody really looks like.
jozwa wrote:I did the math: 0.4608 * 2.17 = 0.999936
How much maths did people do, surely?ucim wrote:No. It's how many maths did people do.
Jose
yangosplat wrote:So many amazing quotes, so little room in 300 characters!
edo wrote:2019? does that mean we're in the future? explains the lack of friction
Mutex wrote:Yes, the idea that in the US the price on the shelf isn't what you pay is still really weird to me. If you don't have much money on you, it must be hard to work out if you have enough.
I think when this has come up before, the reason has been that there are a few different levels (county, state, federal) of the tax and the amount could change any time, making you re-price everything in the store, and it's possible for that to happen frequently enough to be impractical.
NotAllThere wrote:How much maths did people do, surely?ucim wrote:No. It's how many maths did people do.
Jose
I'd like 0.460829493087557603686635944700 recurring apples please.
NotAllThere wrote:How much maths did people do, surely?ucim wrote:No. It's how many maths did people do.
Jose
ucim wrote:NotAllThere wrote:How much maths did people do, surely?ucim wrote:No. It's how many maths did people do.
Jose
No, it's how many maths. How much of something you measure, how many of something you count. The 's' implies something you count.
Jose
Mutex wrote:Yes, the idea that in the US the price on the shelf isn't what you pay is still really weird to me. If you don't have much money on you, it must be hard to work out if you have enough.
I think when this has come up before, the reason has been that there are a few different levels (county, state, federal) of the tax and the amount could change any time, making you re-price everything in the store, and it's possible for that to happen frequently enough to be impractical.
AndrewGPaul wrote:Mutex wrote:Yes, the idea that in the US the price on the shelf isn't what you pay is still really weird to me. If you don't have much money on you, it must be hard to work out if you have enough.
I think when this has come up before, the reason has been that there are a few different levels (county, state, federal) of the tax and the amount could change any time, making you re-price everything in the store, and it's possible for that to happen frequently enough to be impractical.
… which is why I ended up with a huge pile of shrapnel when on holiday in Florida. The only time I managed to pay with the right money was when I was in the cafeteria in one of the theme parks; I just dumped all the smash onto the tray and handed over what the cashier asked for.
DanD wrote:AndrewGPaul wrote:… which is why I ended up with a huge pile of shrapnel when on holiday in Florida. The only time I managed to pay with the right money was when I was in the cafeteria in one of the theme parks; I just dumped all the smash onto the tray and handed over what the cashier asked for.
Pretty much how it works. In my experience, US people don't generally spend coins, with limited exceptions for things like vending machines and laundromats. As a rule, they just sort of accumulate until we have an absurd quantity, and we're in the process of moving, at which point they get dumped in a coinstar machine. Come to think of it, this may also help explain the lack of uptake for dollar coins.
Belial wrote:I am not even in the same country code as "the mood for this shit."
Pfhorrest wrote:Mutex wrote:Yes, the idea that in the US the price on the shelf isn't what you pay is still really weird to me. If you don't have much money on you, it must be hard to work out if you have enough.
I think when this has come up before, the reason has been that there are a few different levels (county, state, federal) of the tax and the amount could change any time, making you re-price everything in the store, and it's possible for that to happen frequently enough to be impractical.
Also involved is the idea that the store itself is only charging you the sticker price, and anything above that is something the government is tacking on, and the store wants to be clear about what they're charging vs what the government is charging.
freezeblade wrote:DanD wrote:AndrewGPaul wrote:… which is why I ended up with a huge pile of shrapnel when on holiday in Florida. The only time I managed to pay with the right money was when I was in the cafeteria in one of the theme parks; I just dumped all the smash onto the tray and handed over what the cashier asked for.
Pretty much how it works. In my experience, US people don't generally spend coins, with limited exceptions for things like vending machines and laundromats. As a rule, they just sort of accumulate until we have an absurd quantity, and we're in the process of moving, at which point they get dumped in a coinstar machine. Come to think of it, this may also help explain the lack of uptake for dollar coins.
Can confirm. Everyone I know has a "coin jar" where coins are summarily tossed when returning from the store, etc. If said person does not have access to their own washing machine, expect this jar to be almost 100% devoid of 25 cent pieces.
Heimhenge wrote:freezeblade wrote:DanD wrote:AndrewGPaul wrote:… which is why I ended up with a huge pile of shrapnel when on holiday in Florida. The only time I managed to pay with the right money was when I was in the cafeteria in one of the theme parks; I just dumped all the smash onto the tray and handed over what the cashier asked for.
Pretty much how it works. In my experience, US people don't generally spend coins, with limited exceptions for things like vending machines and laundromats. As a rule, they just sort of accumulate until we have an absurd quantity, and we're in the process of moving, at which point they get dumped in a coinstar machine. Come to think of it, this may also help explain the lack of uptake for dollar coins.
Can confirm. Everyone I know has a "coin jar" where coins are summarily tossed when returning from the store, etc. If said person does not have access to their own washing machine, expect this jar to be almost 100% devoid of 25 cent pieces.
Yep, used to have a coin jar myself. Actually a cookie jar. Then my wife (who needed the jar back) bought me one of these nifty gadgets as a birthday gift:
https://www.staples.com/Royal-Sovereign ... uct_736778
Kinda ironic since it doesn't much speed up the coin dump process ... I collect coins so I pretty much look at each one individually. Then I dump them all into the hopper and let the machine work its magic. Very cool to watch.
Archgeek wrote:I suspect it's an increasingly common situation, save that others have probably thrown out their coin sorters and cast the contents into either a coinstar or one of those vast empty water cooler bottles, never to be fully filled, or if filled, never to be emptied on discovery of its mass.
Belial wrote:I am not even in the same country code as "the mood for this shit."
SuicideJunkie wrote:PS: Does anyone know the current exchange rate between basic algebra and combinatorics?
freezeblade wrote:Everyone I know has a "coin jar" where coins are summarily tossed when returning from the store, etc.
Mutex wrote:Yes, the idea that in the US the price on the shelf isn't what you pay is still really weird to me. If you don't have much money on you, it must be hard to work out if you have enough.
I think when this has come up before, the reason has been that there are a few different levels (county, state, federal) of the tax and the amount could change any time, making you re-price everything in the store, and it's possible for that to happen frequently enough to be impractical.
heuristically_alone wrote:Those are some expensive apples.
rmsgrey wrote:When I was there in 2002-3, Australia had abandoned anything smaller than 5c - prices were still in any integer number of cents, but, at point of sale, if paying cash, the customer got to keep the odd cents (or the shop gave a few extra cents in change) to get to a multiple of 5c.
rmsgrey wrote:When I was there in 2002-3, Australia had abandoned anything smaller than 5c - prices were still in any integer number of cents, but, at point of sale, if paying cash, the customer got to keep the odd cents (or the shop gave a few extra cents in change) to get to a multiple of 5c.
sotanaht wrote:rmsgrey wrote:When I was there in 2002-3, Australia had abandoned anything smaller than 5c - prices were still in any integer number of cents, but, at point of sale, if paying cash, the customer got to keep the odd cents (or the shop gave a few extra cents in change) to get to a multiple of 5c.
I've heard something about an "odd cent" rule. Didn't make any sense though. If they are going to cut out the 1 cent then just round, the same way we already round anything under 1 cent.
ucim wrote:NotAllThere wrote:How much maths did people do, surely?ucim wrote:No. It's how many maths did people do.
Jose
No, it's how many maths. How much of something you measure, how many of something you count. The 's' implies something you count.
Jose
yangosplat wrote:So many amazing quotes, so little room in 300 characters!
Yes. That was the joke.NotAllThere wrote:Perhaps the confusion arises between UK usage of the abbreviation "Maths" and the US usage of "Math".
x7eggert wrote:In order to reduce the amount of coins you have, take out 9 ¢ to pay the last digit. (4 ¢ might be a good value, too.)
If you can't do that, take out one dollar / euro in {10,20,25,50}-¢-pieces. Pay the last two digits using that (possibly slightly more).
If you can't do that, Europeans need to consider euro coins.
If you can't do that, you succeeded. I frequently have exactly the minimum amount of coins in my wallet, and by not considering more than one kind of coin, it's fast.
Keyman wrote:x7eggert wrote:In order to reduce the amount of coins you have, take out 9 ¢ to pay the last digit. (4 ¢ might be a good value, too.)
If you can't do that, take out one dollar / euro in {10,20,25,50}-¢-pieces. Pay the last two digits using that (possibly slightly more).
If you can't do that, Europeans need to consider euro coins.
If you can't do that, you succeeded. I frequently have exactly the minimum amount of coins in my wallet, and by not considering more than one kind of coin, it's fast.
For extra fun, do this bit with the change after the young clerk has punched your payment as "Cash - $20" into the register. As in, for a $7.59 purchase..."Oh wait, I have the nine cents".
But only when you have time, and there's not many people waiting behind you.
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