tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post371218883516026615..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: The strange mathematics of tippingMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-79406247377847304102008-05-06T07:38:00.000-07:002008-05-06T07:38:00.000-07:00A couple items on compensation for waitrons:http:/...A couple items on compensation for waitrons:<BR/>http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos162.htm#earnings<BR/><BR/>http://www.dol.gov/wb/faq26.htm<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, if the tips come in too low (i.e., under full minimum wage), the employers are supposed to make up the difference. I did not know that before googling this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-84210378642471108672008-05-03T20:48:00.000-07:002008-05-03T20:48:00.000-07:00You can think of tipping as wiki-compensation.You can think of tipping as wiki-compensation.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-47287174644483360982008-05-03T03:50:00.000-07:002008-05-03T03:50:00.000-07:00John,Usually one says "down 10 percental units" wh...John,<BR/>Usually one says "down 10 percental units" when you mean 12% becoming 2%.<BR/><BR/>In my country tipping is getting more common, which is awful, because the prices at restaurants and hairdressers etc. are already set quite high to include the pay of servers, annd now people get mad when you don't want to spend even more on their services. I've had to change hairdresser 3 times now because they get mad!Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656339934440122958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-70848513223109733912008-05-02T14:30:00.000-07:002008-05-02T14:30:00.000-07:00Daniel,thanks for the link! My native language is...Daniel,<BR/><BR/>thanks for the link! My native language is in fact English (my father and his parents immigrated to the US from Cuba); I can read Spanish but would be hard-pressed to write or speak in it.<BR/><BR/>And we definitely have the same confusion between "logarithmic" and "exponential" in English as well.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-71862272581649150472008-05-02T14:25:00.000-07:002008-05-02T14:25:00.000-07:00Isabel,Your point is similar to one made by me in ...Isabel,<BR/><BR/>Your point is similar to one made by me in the last post of my blog. It's about an example that I found in a Colombian newspaper (http://estocasticas.blogspot.com/2008/04/la-importancia-de-las-matemticas.html)<BR/><BR/>It is in Spanish but by your name I guess you can read it... I hope so.Daniel Andréshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516170604765651879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-18651625925847069002008-05-02T12:29:00.000-07:002008-05-02T12:29:00.000-07:00Your post raises a rhetoric question I wonder abou...Your post raises a rhetoric question I wonder about from time to time. What's the best way to make it clear whether you're talking about an absolute or relative change in a quantity that is already a percentage? How do you do this without sounding pedantic, especially to a non-technical audience? For example, how do you avoid the ambiguity of "a ten percent drop in interest rates" that could mean 12% dropped to 2% or could mean 12% dropped to 10.8%?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07480208135315956118noreply@blogger.com