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Background: In most cases, the listed price of a product is also its actual price. But sometimes this is not true. Airlines, cell phone providers, and restaurants (among other businesses) occasionally add non-obvious “bonus” costs to the final fee. Sometimes, these are temporary: in New York City in 2021, a ~10% “COVID surcharge” was authorized…
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Background: In many cities, there is no substantial funding for public transit. This results in extremely poor service (routes with minimal coverage of the city and few buses). This leads to a “death spiral” where people stop taking the (terrible) public transit, the service gets even worse, and so on. These problems can, in theory,…
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One trick of common courtesy that would give you a new sense of satisfaction from paying your taxes!
Background: It’s always polite to write a thank-you note when you get a gift. Especially if it’s a large sum of money! For example, a thank-you note from a child might look like this: “Dear Grandma, thanks for the money for my birthday. I used it to buy a bicycle. Here’s a picture… (etc).” Proposal:…
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Background: Some games are notorious for having extremely complex rulesets. For example, the card game Magic: The Gathering has pages and pages of additional rules, commentary, and clarification. An actual example: “8/1/2005 Goblin King now has the Goblin creature type and its ability has been reworded to affect *other* Goblins. This means that if two…
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