What I have in mind for the "companion tool" is the sawblade, the metal file/metal saw, magnifying glass, and possibly pliers. Plus whatever else they can fit without making it any wider.

The problem is that they sell a knife that has everything my knife has on it, plus some or all of the above list. (Example: the Craftsman) I don't want the weight or bulk of a single tool with all of that stuff.

Brother, you better hope you never fall off a pier, or you're gonna sink like a stone.

According to my kitchen scale, everything I listed (other than the cargo pants and the extra money in the wallet) together weighs 360 grams. That's 12.7 ounces or a little over three-quarters of a pound, and it's spread across two pockets.

When I wear dress pants, like for a suit, I don't carry all that stuff but it's more because the pockets would visibly bulge and not because it's a lot of weight.

with far greater control might I add.

Technology is a great idea, but not using it to centralize currency manipulation by the government to seize and loot peoples assets is even better.

Yes, a cashless society would offer certain benefits, but it would prove to be far too tempting a target by governments and criminals.

Centralization of power is always a bad idea. Decentralized everything, from countries, to militaries to commerce.

The name of the game is to minimize risk, from psychopaths who are invariably attracted to power in government jobs.

With decentralization, no way could they organize stuff like the looting they did in 2007 by the banks of some 17 trillion dollars of American tax payer money to gve to all of their banker buddies/friends.

Among other things, changed so many times, quite frankly any narrative the governmental prosecutors would present already has me biased.

They on purpose, shot the guy in the throat after capture.

If this is a dangerous man, why would you not aim for the head?

Why would you shoot the guy in the throat?

Then there is the whole Russian government involvement which I won't get into as you can track that little rabbit hole anywhere on the internet, which leads all the way back to an American military, private company involved in lots of terrorist bombings and CIA nonsense in just about every field of operation currently ongoing in the middle east right now.

Finally what purpose could it serve to kill the kid? How is that going to solve terrorism?

I see lots of small children and young adults like this kid and they normally do not want to blow up and kill people unless a government or society somewhere conditions them to do so.

Almost all the time, I wear cargo pants because I want pockets.

On my keychain, I have a simple tool for poking reset buttons that are inside small access holes; I made it from a paperclip. I also have a SwissTech folding pliers tool, which I mostly use for its screwdrivers.

I also try to never be without a paper towel or at least napkin in a pocket. If someone spills coffee or something I have the fastest response time, and sometimes I want to dry my hands in a bathroom that is out of towels.

I carry a Swiss Army knife, one that isn't as thick as my forearm so it doesn't have pliers or a saw. It does have both scissors and a corkscrew. I used to carry one with a Phillips screwdriver, but the SwissTech on my keychain covers that now, and once when someone really needed a corkscrew I didn't have one. Never again! Not on my watch!

(By the way, I have always wished that the Swiss Army knife companies would make a "companion" tool, that doesn't have the basic knife blades and screwdrivers but has the saw, the file, and the other more exotic tools. I'd sooner carry two slim tools than one thing as thick as my forearm.)

I carry a Fenix E11 pocket flashlight. It runs for many hours on a single AA cell, with plenty of light, and it has a high-power mode. It claims 8 hours for the 35 Lumens mode, and less than 2 hours for the 100 Lumens mode. I haven't verified those numbers. I love this thing: it uses a Cree LED to produce a really bright white light. It's 21st Century technology; nobody could make such a thing in the 20th Century.

I carry a Spyderco "Delica" folding knife. It's just the thing for opening packages from Amazon or whatever. It locks open for safety, and I love the thumb hole for one-handed opening. (I'm amazed that they were able to patent that. Once that patent expires I reckon most lock-back knives will have a thumb hole for opening.)

I also carry a Spyderco "Rescue Jr." folding knife. It's specifically designed for tasks like cutting a seat belt when rescuing someone from a crashed car. I've never needed it for this purpose, so its other purpose is that I keep it clean, and if someone needs a clean and sharp knife for food, I offer that one. The Delica usually has little slivers of packing tape or other crud on it from opening delivery boxes.

I carry an "unbreakable" pocket comb. Not only do I use it to comb my hair, but I usually use it to prop a door open when I want to make sure the door doesn't lock closed behind me.

I carry a Fisher "space pen" in black ink, and a cheap disposable pen in blue ink. I can easily tell which is which, and if someone wants to borrow a pen I usually loan them the cheap one and don't get upset if I don't get it back. (If I loan the Fisher, I keep the cap; this reminds people that they need to give it back.)

I carry enough cash for cab fare or a meal, buried in my wallet. I try never to use this as I want it to be there if I ever need it.

I also have a backpack that has a whole bunch of stuff in it (USB charger and USB cables kit, mini first aid kit, etc.) but the above is what I carry all the time.

I'll state up front that I agree: Keurig coffee isn't great. The beans were ground months ago, the amount of coffee isn't a lot, and it's pretty easy to do better.

Yet these machines fill a niche. There is a reason why they are popular, and that reason isn't "everyone but you is an idiot".

Several places the Keurig works:

A small office, where a conventional coffee maker would result in throwing away half-full pots of unused coffee. The Keurig contains the mess, so the office won't have coffee grounds everywhere. (If you work at an office where nobody ever makes a mess and leaves it for others to clean up, great! Get a real coffee grinder and something better than a Keurig!)

A small restaurant like a burger shack, where sometimes people order coffee but it's not that common. The Keurig is fast and the coffee will be better than most ways a burger shack could make coffee.

At home, for someone who values convenience more highly than saving money or having tasty coffee. Or, as a way someone who doesn't drink coffee can offer coffee to guests. (The K-cup capsules have a longer shelf life than fresh coffee beans.) Also a way for someone who normally doesn't drink decaf to keep a little bit of decaf around.

I don't own a Keurig and I don't want one. But I don't sneer too much at those who choose to own one.

P.S. If you run a burger shack and you want to serve coffee, look into the AeroPress. Not as convenient as a Keurig but convenient enough, and makes better coffee.

The NSA ain't god, and this is *me* saying this. The NSA is an API for the governments's paranoid would-be supergovernment. They just do what they're told, being Slashdotty geeks, and then they go home. Hacking the evoting machines would be... problematic even for their kind of organization.

Much easier if billionaires just buy the voting machine companies and tell a few trusted IT people to install backdoors on the main accumulation points. Auditing is useless if the original votes are uncountable because of anonymity requirements. We trust the accumulated totals. And if you think the Koch bros. and others like them aren't capable of that, then you ain't paying attention.

Canada DID had (last I heard) a nationwide paper voting system. You draw an "X" with a pencil next to your candidate. They counted each card on a table with both parties looking on (It works if one side is not constantly contesting the reading to slow it down intentionally so their boy can win by running down the clock). They finish the count nationwide in three hours. Works, and you can recount in less than a day, if you have to (if one side isn't trying to delay, delay, delay).

I understand the Harper Government is rapidly shoving e-voting down Canada's throat.

Guess why. Go on, guess. Why replace a system that works and can't be cheated with a series of black boxes that can't be trusted? Why would you possibly want to do that. Golly. I can't. Why would they do that... it's like they *want* a system that can be hacked to win, esp. since their side owns the companies, one way or another. Nah, that can't be right. That would be dishonest, and plays to the public's idea that computers are always awesome and better than people.

If a company has a person who has access to the accumulated counts, then that person can change the vote, downstream, upstream, or final destination. The individual computers don't matter; there are no ways, given the constraints, the verify who voted for what - yes, there are established, effective ways of controlling the data, but if you can't audit the entire chain, it doesn't matter. The code, the counts, the data are owned by private companies, and they have established that all of that are their protected trade secrets. Past lawsuits show us that they refuse court orders and countersue, and that they destroy the data, such as it is. Puttering around with geeky analysis of the browsers and malware isn't addressing the problem which is: they who control the machines control the elections. Worrying about the "hackers" on the outside is specious. It's the hackers on the inside.

After watching a few of my friends go absolutely nuclear and destroy themselves at the hands of the court systems and treacherous women who just want a fetus and a monthly payment per month, I alone have emrged unscathed.

Funny, when was in High School, nobody even knew I existed. Now that I super computers for a living (basically industrial computing plants), and make a decent salary, I am all of a sudden "noticed" by lots of women and I am 48 years old.

Women who are just dying to latch onto someone and get that monthly payment going. I am not much too look at externally, so when a 34 year old chic wants me to date her someone is wrong.

Even after I say "I am very flattered but I do not have the time at the moment for a movie, bar, eat out....etc.".

What is surprising is some of these women won't let up.

Apparently the new sexy is anyone with a steady decent job, and monthly pay check!

But I watched my friends in their 30's get racked over the coals by women who drained them dry of cash, material possessions and even took the damn dog. Nothing will slap that little head between the legs into reality is a phone call from your pal at 2:30am in the morning sobbing on the phone she cheated on him, and said she is going to divorce him and take everything.

She didn't take everything, he did get the old dumper he drove to work everyday because the judge through the Expedition would be safer for her and the kids!!!!

BRING ON THE PORN I SAY!!!

LET IT FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAKING role!

Besides, turn on a little porn at night, helps me sleep better. BONUS: No bitch telling me I can't go to sleep afterwards.

This chic has an ON and OFF button, thank goodness.

Who in their right mind, would be stupid enough to get married in American society today?

If I do get married it is no going to be in the States THAT IS FOR SURE.