What is it about bikes anyway? They're like candy for thieves. I've had dozens of bikes stolen over the years, many of them inoperable.

I've heard they don't get much for them. I have learned to never let my bike out of sight - keep it locked up in my office when I am at work and in my back yard at home.

I don't see a way to stop this. Cameras keep getting cheaper. In 20 years there are going to be cameras everywhere, nothing anyone does will be private or anonymous. The cams will all do gait analysis and facial recognition and everything everyone does will be documented. Many of the cameras will be privately owned, many will be government owned, and any attempt at regulation is doomed.

Our society can choose to adapt to this. A lot of victimless crimes will need to be decriminalized or we're going to enter an authoritarian dystopia.

On the other hand some aspects of it might be nice. There won't be any petty crime. If you steal or break something the cameras will record it, drones will follow you until you are apprehended, and you'll be forced to give it back or work off the damage or whatnot. When all crime, no matter how small is promptly punished every time it will change human behavior. Maybe for the better!

Many people don't feel their bite and don't react to it. They can get pretty seriously infested without knowing about it.

I'm a landlord and was making far more money from airbnb than traditional tenants. My city implemented some strict rules that were cumbersome to adhere to so I returned to traditional tenants.

I don't know the current numbers, but I was getting $1500/mo for a long term lease and roughly double that for airbnb after subtracting cleaning service, fees, etc. In higher demand areas the multiplier can be much higher.

My goodness, you really hate airbnb! I've had my fill of bad hotels and usually stay in airbnbs or one of the other house share places these days. The last time I stayed in a hotel I found bedbugs, took my luggages out of the bathtub and carried them to the front desk. Second room (distant) also had begbugses. Slept in my car that night. I haven't had a bad experience yet in maybe 100 stays at peoples houses.

That's what makes this country great. You can angrily avoid airbnb and I'll angrily avoid hotels. Win-Win!

You're confused about this. Nobody trying to save seeds relies on naturally pollinated seeds, you want to be sure you are getting something useful. Seed farmers are very careful to net their crops to keep pollinators out for many crops.

What most farmers rely upon pollinators for are production. No pollinators means no almonds, soybeans, or whatever the farmer is trying to sell.

There are some exceptions. Corn is self pollinating, making pollinators irrelevant. So the monsantos find other ways to control seed production.

Your mobile plans seem expensive, but they do come with health care. And you can pay with Loonies!

Apparently this is weird behavior, but I know how much things I buy tend to cost. I do a lot of shopping at various stores and the best price on things varies quite a bit.

If I see onions for $.49/lb I will buy a bunch. A tub of yogurt for $7.50 marked down from $12 will be a hard pass.

Namecalling, blaming, and hatred. Thank you for concisely demonstrating why I have given up on the privacy movement.

Frankly it is pointless to fight it. Once facial recognition and micro drones are everywhere nothing anybody does will be anonymous or secret anymore.

I suppose it depends on your perspective. Property crime is getting much worse around here, and it is such a frustrating crime. The thief gets $20 if they are lucky per break-in and each victim has to pay $500 for repairs, $1000 or whatever for the stolen goods, waste a day dealing with body shop, police, and then feel stressed out for weeks or longer.

The tiny benefit for the thief is dwarfed so thoroughly by the suffering and damages to the victim it is maddening. If things keep getting worse we will have mobs demanding big brother as long as it gets the crime down.

I don't trust a surveillance society to always look out for my best interests but I think it is inevitable. Between government and private approaches there is no stopping it. In 20 years I think property crime won't be a thing anymore, due to ubiquitous surveillance. All crimes will be trivially linked to the perpetrator and they will be punished promptly. Nobody will bother doing car breakins when you can count on a swarm of drones following you until a cop grabs you, removes the stolen items, and puts you in forced labor until you pay for the broken window.

Give it a try! I'm doing 16+ hour fasts almost every day for the past few months, and it was way easier than I thought it'd be.

I always loved breakfast foods the most so I was wary of trying it, but you can eat breakfast anytime you want. I have it for dinner sometimes. I like how I feel towards the end of a 20 hour fast and am considering pushing for >24 hours. I am wary of this since I have trouble sleeping while hungry, but maybe it will be easier than expected. Skipping breakfast was way easier than expected!

I don't like prison labor, gives society bad incentives.

However we have an army of homeless people, and people without steady work. I think we could solve a lot of problems if we paid for this work and offer them a place to park their RV or whatever. People probably wouldn't NIMBY over hobos living by the dump.

You can order some zenni glasses. $6.95 plus $4.95 shipping. You'll have them in a couple weeks. Get 2 and you'll never be without glasses again.

It's fine that you are OK paying $650 for glasses. Maybe you have money to burn. It's also fine that I bought some for exactly 1% of that price. Most people don't have extra money, and I think it is sad that it isn't common to get glasses for under $100 due to monopolistic cartels.

Space Ghost said it best: "Lasers for eye surgery?!? Your culture is primitive!"