Can we just take a moment and reflect upon the absurdity that the government has no clue about where the government’s money is going, or how the government’s money is being spent? And that we just accept this as a fact of life?

What’s wrong is calling tax-supported Internet “free.” What I object to is:

Neither of those services are free.

Please let Verizon know my phone and television services are free. Please. Let them know that.

If your router has a USB slot, it should have software to support NAS functions and an external hard drive plugged into that should work as a network drive. Most decent routers nowadays should be able to do that.

If your router has a USB slot, it should have software to support NAS functions and an external hard drive plugged…

If you know anyone in-person who could look at your hardware they could rule out things like outdated hardware or wifi signal issues. Really, slow speed can just be caused by dozens of different things, and my first guess would be Time Warner - and if it’s them nothing will help that.

If you know anyone in-person who could look at your hardware they could rule out things like outdated hardware or…

Ugh, don’t get the WD My Cloud. Spring a little more and get a proper NAS set.

Ugh, don’t get the WD My Cloud. Spring a little more and get a proper NAS set.

Unfortunately the answer is “maybe.” It depends on where your bottleneck is. It could be one of several issues with your modem, or your router, or your computer, or with Time Warner. A new modem would fix issues with the modem only.

Unfortunately the answer is “maybe.” It depends on where your bottleneck is. It could be one of several issues with…

Here’s a site using the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports to build an index of crime in the country over time. Comparing 2014 to 1989 by rate (scroll down for crime rates per capita) we can see that total crimes and most specific types of crimes have fallen by 40% or more. Yet most people believe crime is increasing and…

For me it’s not that he hasn’t seen it, it’s that he lied about having seen it.

You’re one of those people who makes up their own little special rules for how the world is supposed to work and act baffled when other people don’t follow them, aren’t you.

Pfft. Gawker networks? Fire people for doing shitty, sleazy, and just plain mean-spirited things? If they don’t get fired for publicizing sex tapes or assisting in no shit, fucking blackmail, they’re not going to get fired for spoiling Star Wars.

It’s this tweet.

It’s amazing how consistently relevant this show really is.

Or because of the crack epidemic.

And “stranger danger” is actively harmful.

I do wonder what they think will happen when that child goes off to college and experiences the unfiltered world they were shielded from for 18+ years.

And the funny part is, statistically, we were much, much less safe in the 80s.

Alarmism gets clicks.

Why should uber pay hundreds of thousands, or even over a million dollars, per driver? Most of uber’s drivers aren’t professional cabbies. They’re people looking to raise a few extra bucks with their private cars. That’s a ridiculous, unduly arduous requirement uber couldn’t possibly keep up with with their business…