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I can sleep at Burning Man with ear splitting sound camps blaring mere feet from my tent. It's called earplugs, they work well and they're very cheap. I've used them to equal succe…

I've had a couple employers offer to transfer my personal number to my work-provided cell phone. I said no thanks, and carried two phones around instead. But it was a surprisingly …

And yet, kids still drink and smoke. Yes, age restrictions are foolish and invalid, century of public policy notwithstanding. Not every policy that has existed should continue to e…

That's no different from showing yourself to your theater seat replacing ushers, or throwing your hamburger trash away replacing busboys. Pumping your own gas. Or bagging your own …

>The number of sexual partners adults have has been steadily rising Got a cite for that? I was under the impression the opposite was true. And even if it is the case, see the book …

Why would you expect more people to miss books? Books didn't go anywhere. Anyone who wants them can easily buy them or borrow them. You know what I miss? Dead tree user manuals tha…

The main answer is "minorities". Look at the American South during the Jim Crow era. Minorities need protection from majorities in democracies. And not just racial, religious or et…

Democracy is not a synonym for "good". Whether something is democratic or not tells you very little about whether it is worth keeping. Most things are not democratic, nor should th…

If a homeless person was living in your home, even if you invited him there in the first place, you still have every right to kick him out of your home if you decide you don't want…

Farm living shows it isn't a paradox. 1) Animals on family farms are actually treated pretty well. "Torture" is absolutely not the word for it, though it probably does apply to var…

If a fish were living inside your body, you'd have the right to expel it, too. That has nothing to do with the treatment fish deserve or don't deserve, and everything to do with hu…

What if it prevents one accident today, but causes two accidents tomorrow?

This is a "feature" I actively avoid. Why in the world would anyone want to buy something online without a chance to review their purchase? Other web pages don't even let you leave…

Consider the question of why humans evolved to make art in the first place, and you'll probably conclude that it was sexual selection. In other words, artists get laid. Though it m…

I'm not trying to weasel out of anything. Of course they're monopolies. My point is simply that a monopoly isn't some sort of God-emperor who can do anything without consequence. E…

There's always a choice. Suppose your ISP started charging you $10,000 per month for the service you have now? Would you pay it? Could you? No, you'd probably just go without home …

Then why doesn't society pay for it?

I've been drinking things in grocery stores before buying them since I was a baby. When did this become "shoplifting"? After all, we eat in restaurants before paying too, and nobod…

My guess is they're just hedging their bets with regard to wording. Presumably, there will be some crimes that entail losing your basic income, and it's probably up in the air whet…

Don't the cops already have her fingerprints? This is partly why biometric authentication is useless. You're supposed to change passwords frequently. How do you change your fingerp…

Why don't more people just ignore the gag orders? I would. I understand most people won't, but there certainly should be more than one guy who illegally revealed his NSL in the 15 …

And here's what their "about" page says: "Our mission is to help protect you, your children, your communities, and your businesses from the most dangerous threats facing our nation…

And good luck getting the locals to agree to compete with unpaid forced laborers.

Is "Federal Bureau of Investigation" really that hard to write out once in awhile? We know what POTUS and FBI mean. Google the acronyms, if you don't.

You can create wealth out of thin air. The economy is not a zero sum game.