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    Started using the last digit of my restaurant bill as a checksum, cause I've had the tip amount changed on me too many times now

    Decide your rough desired tip, calculate your tentative total, then add up the digits before the decimal point and use that as the number of cents
    Omaha, Nebraska, USA • 91°F
    Thu, Jul 19, 2018 6:07pm -05:00
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      Interesting way to catch tip modifications by waiters. However, I am always surprised that in this age of digital everything, where even currency has gone digital, we are still forced to depend on scam-prone manual tip checking.

      Sat, Jul 21, 2018 1:19am -05:00
    • William Henderson ride.report/join
      I tip 20% and round up to the nearest dollar. For amazing service, 25% and make it end in .50
      Fri, Jul 20, 2018 5:40pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Not Fake Adam Kalsey kalsey.com
      It’s that you have to tally up a ton of odd amounts.
      Fri, Jul 20, 2018 1:06am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      I thought the credit card machines make you enter the final total of the receipt when you cash out the stack of paper receipts at the end of the night. It's been a while since I've done that myself tho...
      Fri, Jul 20, 2018 12:49am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Not Fake Adam Kalsey kalsey.com
      Servers hate tips that aren’t round numbers because it makes it REALLY hard to cash out at the end of the night.
      Fri, Jul 20, 2018 12:34am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
    • Chris Aldrich stream.boffosocko.com/profile/chrisaldrich
      @aaronpk I always thought I was the only one to do something like this...
      Fri, Jul 20, 2018 12:31am +00:00
    • Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
      Total pre-tip bill: $15.90
      Rough tip: $3.00
      Pre-checksum total: $18.90
      1+8 = 9
      Final total: $18.99

      Now if someone changes the tip to $4 or $5, the checksum fails.
      Thu, Jul 19, 2018 6:12pm -05:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

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