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To answer my own question: Yes, police in France also under scrutiny: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-once-again-critici...

I admit I haven't followed the French protests as closely as I should have. Do they shoot protestors in the face with teargas canisters there too? Maybe they do. Do those protestor…

Yes. If costs are up AND profits are up or steady, it implies that the squeeze is being felt by consumers rather than by the large companies seeing profits. To me that implies the …

Never been happier that I've turned into a retro-gamer. This is more the result of being old than a principled stance, but never the less. Increasingly I don't view myself as actua…

This is actually very difficult for a significant number of people. Some people really struggle with saying "no" or enforcing boundaries, some people are very wary of negative inte…

My car won't let me flick the windshield wipers while the car is parked. I don't know why, maybe they think I'm throwing rain onto... already wet pedestrians? Similar problem with …

Another way of thinking about this, is by thinking about who defines what is productive or what produces value. I tend to be a little old fashioned, I think that doing the right th…

> overregulate, overtax and raise barriers Also known as labor and environmental protections. I am in favor of labor and environmental protections, but when producers are allowed t…

Parts availability can be a problem, but especially if you drive a once popular model and are willing to do work yourself, the mileage you can get out of junkyard parts is signific…

For the last few years I've been working on a project, before I buy anything online I try to find it at a local retailer (ideally locally owned). If I do find it, I pay cash. I tre…

This is both one of my pet peeves and a thing that legislators seem to love: Somebody does a thing that is already illegal, but in a slightly novel way. Perfectly valid statute exi…

Increasingly headed in this direction. Already have the old Toyota and use cash. I've been saying for years that advertising ruined the internet, we're getting to the point where s…

You are punching down instead of up. The problem is not children, or parents, but the state trying to enforce restrictions.

As an old man yelling at clouds, I've been hanging onto a car from the 80s. Not only does it have physical controls, the controls are directly attached to the mechanical systems th…

I'm not a gambler, but when I consider it I think the worst thing that could happen to me would be to win a substantial but not life-changing amount of money. I think that's where …

I would argue the opposite, that having members of government who CANNOT be prosecuted like normal citizens is not compatible with democracy. I would think arguments to the contrar…

They say the fish rots from the head. I think the U.S. has been rewarding lawlessness at the top for quite a while now. I concur on missing the turn of the century optimism that te…

Carriers have also sold customer location data, no search warrant required. Though we can rest assured that the FCC has slapped the carriers' wrists with the utmost seriousness.

And my axe! Let me know if you do. (Also WI)

Two such instances of police using Flock to track current or former romantic partners: * https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article29105... * https://www.fox6now.com/n…

> but no one wants to use a pay-phone when they have their own mobile! I have a hobby-level interest in avoiding pervasive surveillance, and have been thinking about ditching my ph…

To me this suggests that the problem is not cost, but lack of competition, either in production or in pricing. My understanding is that there are sufficient laws to ensure competit…

I'm sorry that happened.

I agree with everything you've said. To me the next question is: If nobody has a job, who will buy all the robot-produced goods?

I agree with all your points about Trump's actual behavior, and assure you that nobody dislikes him more than I do! That said, I think "Trump's voters are all assholes" is a talkin…