So deaths is the only thing that should be considered when determining how annoyed to be with a group of bad actors?

I don't think it's just cars that bad bikers cause problems for. They are also a hazard for pedestrians.

Women just don't have the upper body strength to compete with men in Hearthstone.

Who are you to judge how we mourn the passing of this young man? It may sound like hilarious laughter, but it's all sobbing and tears on the inside.

You just solved for the equation robot=robot! However, there are subtle differences that allow you to distinguish between various mecha anime, like characters and plot. Even if these producers - not Netflix, who merely fund - had stolen the plot of an existing story wholesale (see: William Shakespeare), what's most…

Given that the process of hailing an Uber cab leaves a digital trail and that there are likely two trackable devices tied to that transaction, doesn't it actually seem that kidnapping is less likely than in a conventional cab, where there is usually no detailed logging of a street-hailed, cash transaction between the…

The thing that keeps cab licenses high is the limited number available. In cities like New York, the medallions are exchangeable commodities and the sky-high price is determined by the market. But you're right that the city essentially does a favor for current medallion-holders by artificially restricting the supply…

Is there any significance to this at all other than Polyphony paid for the relationship? If track accuracy were the deciding factor, then there are plenty of racing sims that should be in line ahead of a console racer. Unless this is just the FIA award for most Skylined racing game ever, in which case carry on.

I just watched it again and it still looks like she's ramming it around :20 right before the camera points away from the road. The truck does brake, but I don't see reverse lights on. It certainly doesn't seem like the truck created an unavoidable situation.

That report plus an insurance policy will sort the problem out. What this doctor will not be getting is a payment from the insurance company for his car after this. Getting all Texas on the thieves in this case will probably end up costing him much more than the deductible on whatever was stolen during the burglary.

Not the pursuit, but the ramming. The pursuers could potentially be charged for intentional contact with another moving vehicle. What the hell did they even hope to achieve by that. It's one thing to follow thieves until the police can intercede, but hitting an F150 with an Audi is just stupid.

It is absolutely a de facto control of the space, regardless of how it is framed as something else to create a weak legal justification.

I have no idea about medical privacy laws specifically, but western European nations generally have much stronger protections for personal privacy than the US does.

In most places it is illegal to be in possession of stolen property, regardless of whether you were aware it was stolen when you took possession. In the US, at least, people who are innocently in possession aren't usually targeted for prosecution. Still, the law is the way it is to prevent all thieves from saying "I…

This is why we have judges. In common-law judicial systems, they are there to filter bullshit behavior like this. Sure, the app just incentivizes a space holder to vacate and what's wrong with that? But it's an obvious fig-leaf. We all really know that these apps prioritize access to a public resource based on…

Supply and demand would argue that this is a problem for SF not because it's a shithole, but a very popular place that people are willing to pay an awful lot to live in. It is the more rural areas with large lots and low costs of living that are, economically speaking, unpopular shitholes that people choose out of…

If SF were to allow this, then they're essentially saying that a public resource meant to be equitably accessible to all comers can be entirely controlled by an individual with sufficient means. Since the city has to balance revenue with maximum public utility, pricing isn't necessarily based on extracting the…

Cheap to make. Familiar format. Decent numbers for an History Channel show. Possibly some re-sale opportunities to other markets (though the license from Top Gear UK might prohibit that). They don't spend a fraction of the money that the original does.

Even having watched that, it would take me quite a while to get one going sober. If I was drunk (and had a severe case of crazy-eyes) I'm not sure I'd ever succeed.

It was the result of a failed takeover attempt. Porsche thought they had a scheme to end up controlling the MUCH larger VAG. Instead, Porsche got owned by VAG.