Ah, that may be true with seatbelts, but not true with guns. There are 3 states in which a gun can exist:

1) Doing nothing
2) Being a useful tool
3) Being a danger to people you don't want it to be a danger to.

Seatbelts don't have a habit of accidentally killing people, or being so dangerous to possess that they're more likely to kill you or a member of your family than to be used successfully as a "useful tool" (in defense).

No, we have a democracy and we can change the rules of society. We can completely shut down the federal government and if you want to have single payer in your state, go ahead and have it, just don't foist it off on everyone else's so you can feel good about for yourself for wrecking the lives of those people that are managing their health risks in ways that makes more sense to them.

First off, let's establish that these 20% don't want the coverage. Otherwise, there would not be a law that forces them to buy it. So, why don't you rephrase your tragedy as "not everyone is paying for what I want.", which is more accurate.

In the sense that, if your country was so voluntarily willing to pitch in for health care, then you wouldn't need taxes to make it compulsory, would you? Just saying. As it is, there is at least a credible minority of people in Canada who are essentially slaves - they are working for something they don't want, and, you don't speak for them....

Let's cut to the chase and admit that the ACA is a moral argument. If there was a benefit to me, somehow, I'd have a check in the mailbox. There isn't one. The only reason that we put up with this federal slavery is to make a few people feel good about themselves, that, we're all pitching in for their causes because the people doing the most preaching don't really want to pay for their causes themselves.

The rest of us are just slaves to their dreams. No matter how good they are, they are still tyrants, and that must never be forgotten, and no man that preaches, should ever be trusted. Always remember that to make someone else's life better, government ruined yours.

The US Health Care System would be fine for the middle class if states didn't screw it up with all these mandates for stupid stuff like birth control.

Paging the world's smallest violin, you're needed on board the waaaamublance.

Nope, polygraphs DO work....but only because people THINK they work.

They trick people into confessing things they wouldn't otherwise confess, because "the machine will find out" anyway and at least there may be some mercy if they voluntarily confess.

All bullshit, of course, but it does work....just not for the reasons we assume it does.

I bet your economy likes the $ they spend, though...

No blue carpet or gold curtain rods?

I thought SF86 only asked about the last 7 years, or since you were 18 if you're under 25?

I reported my arrest (no conviction, and it was a misdemeanor) and past drug use on my SF86 and still got a Secret clearance, never heard boo about it. Hell, I never even got pee tested.

Crashplan is exactly what the OP is looking for.

Computers don't have to be on constantly (they'll back up when they both happen to be on).

All 3 of those statements are true.

Paying your credit card bill doesn't raise your debt. The debt has already been incurred, you're just authorizing the servicing of that debt.

I'm sure they could program something along those lines.

"Weird object enters roadway = engage cautious mode for next X seconds."

And even if it does kill the occasional child in that scenario, it'll save thousands more from fiery wrecks and other instances where they're passengers.

A human would respond the same or worse in every one of those scenarios.

Autonomous cars don't have to be perfect, they just have to be better at driving than humans (which is a *really* low bar to clear).