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Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by ViktorRay »

mk_stjames wrote: post #133
apt-apt-apt-apt wrote: post #52

I saw a guy (in america) charge his e-bike battery once at Starbucks. GPT estimates a full recharge to be around 30 cents.

>GPT estimates (...) Dude it's middle school math. Average pedal assist e-bike battery, estimate at 500 watt-hours. Electricity prices at my home are about 20 cents per kilowatt-hour. (0.5 kwhr) * (20 cents/kwhr) = 10 cents. With an additional 10-15% due to charging system inefficiencies (lost to heat). 11 cents. It can be good exercise to do an 8th grade level word problem every now and then.

The actual arithmetic is easy but most people don’t know about the batteries in e-bikes. They might not know about the electricity prices at the top of their heads either.

You could google those…but it seems easier to just use GPT if you’re going to google that stuff anyway.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by dismalaf »

ge96 wrote: post #138
samschooler wrote: post #99

There is a photo in the Korea Herald article linked in op's article. https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10550038

wonder if you can bring a tent inside and camp

Homeless people do it all the time in certain cities. And because judges won't jail them for crimes police have stopped trying.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by stockresearcher »

Nifty3929 wrote: post #137

Free, common-use things are awesome - until the tragedy of the commons sets in and ruins it for everybody. This is true of so many things that start free and then later require payment. And everybody gets mad about it.

Chicago has "residential zone parking" for the areas of the city that are primarily residential. For $30 per year per car, you get to park on the street in your local zone (2-3 city blocks). Nobody else is allowed to park on the street in that zone. For visitors, you can buy a sheet of stickers for $1 per sticker that enable 1 day of parking. But you can't buy more than 3 sheets in a month (they keep track).

I've always wondered why NYC and other big cities don't do this. It costs so little, yet makes it much easier to park where you live.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by gretch »

mrtksn wrote: post #148
onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> After university, the most I miss is the actual places that are mine to use and are made for hanging around or working and not necessarily consuming anything. You just pre-paid for the consumption in your tuition fees.

Well, then it was a great deal. Significantly better than what I'm getting for renting a table with a coffee for hour or two for $5.

> Well, then it was a great deal

You can go back to university.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by kjkjadksj »

stockresearcher wrote: post #164
Nifty3929 wrote: post #137

Free, common-use things are awesome - until the tragedy of the commons sets in and ruins it for everybody. This is true of so many things that start free and then later require payment. And everybody gets mad about it.

Chicago has "residential zone parking" for the areas of the city that are primarily residential. For $30 per year per car, you get to park on the street in your local zone (2-3 city blocks). Nobody else is allowed to park on the street in that zone. For visitors, you can buy a sheet of stickers for $1 per sticker that enable 1 day of parking. But you can't buy more than 3 sheets in a month (they keep track). I've alw…

Residents love these policies but local businesses tend to hate them.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by stockresearcher »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #166
stockresearcher wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chicago has "residential zone parking" for the areas of the city that are primarily residential. For $30 per year per car, you get to park on the street in your local zone (2-3 city blocks). Nobody else is allowed to park on the street in that zone. For visitors, you can buy a sheet of stickers for $1 per sticker that enable 1 day of parking. But you can't buy more than 3 sheets in a month (they keep track). I've alw…

Residents love these policies but local businesses tend to hate them.

Business zones (IE arterial streets) use metered parking

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by [deleted] »

mrtksn wrote: post #121
cmavvv wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The Cafe's are there to serve coffee, it's just courtesy as business model to let you hang around Traditionally it's the other way around, the drink is a by-product of a public house where people can gather. Could you imagine a bar where people are just supposed to drink and leave?

How does this work? Were these public houses literally owned by the public and someone noticed that they may sell something there? AFAIK it's more like people opening their premises to outsiders to hang around and sell them stuff.

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Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by mrtksn »

gretch wrote: post #165
mrtksn wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, then it was a great deal. Significantly better than what I'm getting for renting a table with a coffee for hour or two for $5.

> Well, then it was a great deal You can go back to university.

that’s totally among my retirement plans :)

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by paxys »

stockresearcher wrote: post #164
Nifty3929 wrote: post #137

Free, common-use things are awesome - until the tragedy of the commons sets in and ruins it for everybody. This is true of so many things that start free and then later require payment. And everybody gets mad about it.

Chicago has "residential zone parking" for the areas of the city that are primarily residential. For $30 per year per car, you get to park on the street in your local zone (2-3 city blocks). Nobody else is allowed to park on the street in that zone. For visitors, you can buy a sheet of stickers for $1 per sticker that enable 1 day of parking. But you can't buy more than 3 sheets in a month (they keep track). I've alw…

Density. If you paid for a parking permit then there's some expectation that a parking spot will be available for you near your house. Except in NYC residents outnumber parking spots 20:1 in some neighborhoods.
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