I'm wanting to build my automation system over time. I've been wondering what is the best hub to take advantage of discounts in hardware. Does anybody's hub do everything, and if it does is it a piece of crap because it is trying to do too much? Am I just better off waiting and rewiring everything (from manual control) in a unified standard when I've saved a pot of money for automation?

Laying aside for the moment that mass casualty events are rare, this very article is about MI-5 saying that even with super-strict gun laws and super invasive surveillance, they cannot prevent every mass casualty event. The schools and cinema shootings are just hyper-emotional events used by gun-control advocates to drive change. Controlling for the real problem (that we treat our poor like animals) by discounting cities whose numbers are driven by poverty and criminal gangs that thrive in poverty, the US has a very low homicide rate even lower than some European countries. Further, comparing the numbers worldwide, gun ownership does not correlate to homicide unless you choose to specifically look at firearm homicide. Guess what vehicle homicide rates correlate to vehicle ownership too.

It also mentions that higher costs will destroy the economy, completely ignoring the fact that my ISP having a huge influence on where my money goes isn't exactly the ideal free market economy or healthy for any economy.

What happens when the target image changes significantly? Like a suspect with cover? Holding waiting to shoot and you get to the right pixel and the suspect has moved out of view.

Just because it is legal through other methods doesn't mean someone won't try to make it illegal because it is digital related. These guys are pressing the laws in ways that give a better pressure release than having actual harm occur.

So you'd rather just wait till some idiot does something actually harmful with them before we hash out the legal issues? Imagine what happens if the first legal restriction comes after someone makes a gun or other weapon and actually kills a child.

A coworker of mine bought a new Charger a couple of months ago. He wanted fog lights but couldn't get the deal he wanted for one that did. He bought some OEM fog lights and the final step of installation was having a dealership register them with the manufacturer and then the manufacturer confirmed with the car's local computer that there were fog lights installed. He had to drive 50 miles to find a dealership who wouldn't charge more than the installation fee to register the things.

If voice mail is gone then people might expect me to answer my phone. I'd much rather deal with voice mail than having to talk to people on the phone when it isn't necessary.

Come on now: The appropriate followup for that is "Open mailbox." It is far too bright to be eaten by a grue.

I don't get the presumption that people with well-behaved children have that people who do use more harsh discipline for their children haven't tried other methods. I absolutely hate punishing my difficult child. I hate it more the more restrictive and severe that I have to be with him. I most certainly use empathy and consequences whenever possible for discipline. Those methods are effective for long term discipline and work flawlessly with my other children (so far), but for him are not always effective for short term compliance. I'm not even particularly harsh with discipline being effective for short term compliance if his behavior isn't hazardous.

I clicked through to the article. I'm not sure what this has to do with "experiencing" race. When people talk about racism it is about how people treat them because of their skin color but this looks like a virtual mirror that turns your skin color dark. It might have some minor effects on my behavior but it doesn't really instruct me about what it is to actually be someone of another race.

Of those types of laws that I have read, they have been very specific. Even with the precedent that corporations are people, the wording doesn't apply to corporate entities.

Practically nothing, but denying a religious exemption in authoring the law bears the threat of an expensive battle over the constitutionality of the law and probably court ordered delays in implementation.

Do you understand the "why" of stand your ground and castle? It is an extension of self defense justifications. Self defense justifications are for protection against crimes that result in intentional, direct, grievous harm to a specific person; things like rape and murder. Online interactions just don't bear those consequences in any normal case (maybe at some point for connected medical implants); certainly not in the case of Sony protecting itself from monetary loss. Anyone trying to extend SYG or castle that direction is undermining the entire justice system. SYG, castle, and self defense exist because the justice system is not fast enough to protect victims from irreversible damage from the most heinous of crimes. Property loss can wait on investigation, prosecution, and judgement.

Just put on Comcast's hat, say thank you for calling Comcast support, and beat them with the pistol; it will be the best Comcast service call they have ever made.