Virtue signal recorded and accepted. We all understand who the villains and who the good guys are in this debate about a constitutional right now. One side has good points, the other side is villains. Got it. That’s how democracy works - the victory of us over them.

The media is talking about this as the nightmare of the self driving car industry. Yes, it’s a nightmare and horrible for the victim and their family, but it was also an inevitable fact of testing and deploying the technology. It was going to happen eventually, so Uber should be (on some level) prepared. Maybe it was…

I’m pretty quick to acknowledge that nonwhite people get a raw deal in some very real ways in this country but, I have to say, in this case I think you could not be more wrong. People don’t like it when you fuck around on the highways and 93 is a cluster even at the best of times.

I used to have a 98 Maxima and discovered the website and lawsuit during the time I owned it. Really happy that he finally won, really sad that a big company was able to bully him for years when it was abundantly clear that he was already operating using the name and bought the domain before they cared about it. I’m…

Interesting that it does HDMI switching. Nice feature for those of us with older high end audio gear that doesn’t know about HDMI. I switch it with the TV currently, but using a Logitech which sucks amazingly bad. The deal breaker here for me is that you can’t easily recover from a hiccup...my harmony is like that too.

That’s not the issue, though. The issue is that people are inconsiderate...they don’t park in their own empty driveway, or in the open spots in front of their house, or they block your driveway, etc. We had neighbors who would park their car on the street (illegally) in front of our house every time it snowed so we…

The government just can’t stop embarrassing itself on cyber-security. We’re talking about this nonsense while the FBI director is going around talking about how strong crypto is a threat to democracy. They’re all back in 1998 while the rest of us (including, most importantly, our adversaries) have moved on.

So we’re calling stopping someone with no probable cause and searching them, “constitutionally safe” now. Not all that surprising given the other ways in which the 4th amendment has been trashed.

Outback with a possible rooftop tent is the only correct answer. I know some people who sleep in the back of their outbacks, I’m probably a little tall.

In the northeast that old wheel hub would definitely not be considered “petrified”...it would be considered virtually brand new! I would love to pop off my wheels and see that.

Because the federal government is...good(?)...at information security or......

Seems like the obvious solution is grid dudes. As a photographer I’ve worked with lots of non-professional models and it’s absolutely legitimate for people to just enjoy modelling. At the same time, there’s an obvious gender bias and the argument about a little girl going to the race and seeing women only in these…

That’s the one that pisses me off more than anything. They’re clearly in the wrong and yet flip you off. One time it happened and I pulled up next to the guy at the light after we got off the highway and was like WTF. He wound up apologizing.

I bought a 2013 Toyota FJ and, after a couple years, put a big metal bumper on it. Only being 35 or so, I was naturally childish enough to want to bust some snowbanks with it. We were driving back from dinner and, despite my wife’s hesitance, I have to say I was wildly successful at busting them.

I’ve heard they revised the test in the last couple years but I found it somewhat trying because all of the information was so outrageously antiquated. I did pass on the first try though.

I call Southwest the, “grayhound bus of the sky”. You can very definitely tell that there are more people who don’t fly regularly, don’t know what’s happening, have no plane manners, and are generally cretinous mouth breathers on Southwest. Their asinine policy of not assigning seats is exactly the kind of thing…

Uuuuuggggghhh the phone thing is a nightmare. That’s a rule that goes for all public places and, in my world, literally anywhere. I do not want to see a video on your phone under any circumstances...I don’t think I’ve ever had someone show me a video on their phone that I enjoyed and was glad I saw. If it’s that good…

There’s an article on Vice that talks about why, “manspreading” may be at least partially a physiological issue. Then again, I’m only really sympathetic to that because, when some asshole wants to knee wrestle, I usually try to get out of the way because I don’t really want to be in physical contract with a stranger.…

+1 on people with bad backs. Maybe if the seats weren’t ramrod straight (I’m not going to try to avail myself of the minimal ability to recline due to the torture it inflicts on people behind me, and the fact that it doesn’t help), had lumbar support, or if there was enough space to shift my position even slightly it…

Hate to say it but as someone who can afford it, may be on a business trip that will pay for it, and is also tall and (currently) fat, I am firmly in favor of it being a premium option as long as the price is decent.

I flew from Boston to LA in the window seat of the back row with the two other largest guys on the…