Correction: blog post comment sections are anti-social media.

I don’t know what a submarine gun would be, but it sounds like something I would want.

Shotguns are loud. Shotguns in confined spaces are really loud. But if you really have an intruder in the house, you may not have time to get your hearing protection and put them on. And even if you did, it may not be such a good idea, since you’d have more difficulty making out what people are saying. So this doesn’t…

I saw a reference to payment tokens and thought they’d have enough brains to do it right.

MST transactions are not tokenized in the usual sense but rather use a generated number plus extra data to form a token.

Well, the reason it doesn’t work with dip-style readers is because the signal it broadcasts—which is directional—is too weak to be picked up. So that should give you some idea.

Unless you are comfortable handing them your phone

I loved the part where you didn’t notice that the signal was picked up, or else it wouldn’t have prompted him for his PIN.

I suspect the non-business end of the banana slicer would be even more painful, if used properly.

T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi calling solves that problem.

How do we feel about hardcover/deluxe/omnibus editions? For some strange reason I can’t stop buying them, despite the fact that the trade paperbacks are often cheaper.

If the only comics you know about are “super heroe bullshit”, that’s your own fault.

You can on T-Mobile.

Time to dust this clip off:

I don’t really care for garnets; I’m more of a sapphire type of person.

So you’re saying that when immortality and/or mind uploading is invented, time capsules will die?

“Is there going to be any pizza left?” “Don’t worry about it.”

Gotta say, this is a rough way to end a first date.

Ugh, Flash?

Our “chip and signature” method could pose a problem if you’re visiting a “chip and PIN” country. Since other countries use PINs to verify purchases, you might not be able to process your card at some overseas merchants.