Get rid of fines completely in any cases involving cars. Parking tickets and moving violations.

Replace it with community service, which MUST be done by whoever is in control of the vehicle. If that's uncertain, it's the registered owner's responsibility to either do the community service, or provide proof of who was driving.

As it is now, a $300 ticket will financially devastate a lot of people, and will be such a minor inconvenience it's simply a cost of driving to many others. Give everyone a community service fine instead. If a guy worth millions has to spend a few weekends out picking up trash off the side of the highway because he was going an unsafe speed or ran through a red light, he might think twice next time. If a guy who can't afford to feed his family and pay the fine gets a ticket, he'll think twice the next time and won't have to worry about how he's going to make rent in addition to paying.

In your example, make the corporate board of Waymo responsible. If they don't think their vehicles are advanced enough to drive around without committing traffic offenses, then they're not ready to be on public roads.

It earns no interest but inflation serves the purpose of interest for a precious metal.

I just go back to the example of the 1964 silver quarter.

In 1964, the minimum wage was $1.25 per hour. If you had 5 1964 silver quarters today, they'd be worth over $21.

That's just under 5% annual return over the past 59 years.

By no means is that exemplary but it's also not just a dead asset either.

LK

Maybe 10 years ago, and maybe in some markets. But around here, even shitbox fixer-upper starter homes are going for around $1 million, and there's people lined up to buy them with cash for over asking price.

If I was selling in this market, I'd avoid the agent and hire a lawyer to make sure everything is done properly and save that $60,000+.

I doubt that there's more than a handful of performers who will create a unique show for just this one venue.

They need a resident act there, with a really compelling and well-designed show. Change that act every 6-12 months. I bet cirque du soleil could come up with some interesting shows there.

That's great that you've never been driving through a small town in a different state and have the cops pull you over while you're not breaking any laws, write you a completely bogus speeding ticket while knowing full well that to fight it you've got to travel back across the country to the little podunk town for at least one court appearance and likely two that will be heard in a small town court by a judge that's likely as corrupt as the cop who wrote the ticket in the first place. And of course they'll let you plead it down to a non-moving violation without needing to show up in court, but the fine for that is the exact same as if you paid the original fine, just as long as they get their money.

Fuck you, Jennings, LA.

How about they fix their suggestion algorithm on the front page first? It keeps suggesting things I've already watched, things I have no interest in, and things tangentially related to something that I watched once several months ago. It's showing me suggestions for everything except videos from channels that I've subscribed to.

And yes, I know I can go to the "Subscriptions" tab to see all of the newest stuff from my subscriptions, but I'd like a mix of new and old stuff from my subscriptions that I haven't seen yet. Their algorithm is absolutely useless.

A while ago I decided to try the family YouTube premium plan. I signed up for the trial, then very quickly found out that since my email is using one of the Google Suite plans that they heavily pushed on early adopters with personal domains years ago, I can't actually use the service.

Which is the same experience that I had when I tried the Google Music family subscription, a Nest thermostat I bought (And had to return), a Google Home device that I was given, and YouTube TV, as well as a handful of other services they've offered through the years.

So now I just avoid paying Google any money at all, and typically look for non-Google alternatives to give my money to. And I refuse to create a new gmail account to log into these other services with because Google can't get their shit together.

Hunter Biden's laptop.

LK

Some people have a real problem with "congress shall make no law".

LK

If this was what was happening, few people would have a problem with it.

What was happening is that factual information, that ran counter to the approved narrative was being squelched via collusion between the public and private sectors. That's a problem.

You may not mind when you agree with the censors but the day always comes when people with whom you disagree get the reigns.

LK

You think Tesla is any better? Frankly I'm shocked that they're still allowed to market and sell "Full Self Driving", let along having it enabled on public roads with ordinary drivers.

Tesla Emergency Brake Test — Full Self Driving Beta 11.4.4

Watch a Tesla Run A Red Light on FSD Beta!

Tesla Automatic Emergency Braking - Real World Test

How to Bypass Tesla Driver Monitoring System

Speaking as someone who frequently rides a bike to work, Teslas are terrifying.

I do have a Thunderbolt docking station connected, it's never really occurred to me that that might be the culprit.

Is there any way to prevent this with the docking station, beyond always turning the machine on while it's either connected or disconnected?

They've got other ways.

For example, on one of my laptops about half the time I'm powering it up, it would require me to enter my recovery key. Which would require me to use my phone, log into their service, then copy a 48 character key from my phone to my laptop. It's a complete and total pain in the ass, but if I want my drive encrypted, I have to leave it enabled. Thanks, Microsoft.

I live in the suburbs (Orange County, CA - Not the really rich part, either), and have a 5GB fiber option available at my home for less than $250/month. We also have 2 other fiber providers available, one "only" offers 2GB, the other a lowly 1GB synchronous connection.

So yeah, a lot of people either have access to this capacity now, or will in a short time.

Not to mention the benefits of intranet traffic, like if you have a media server or file server on your home network.

$160 million, and they couldn't spring the $25 to throw an air tag in it?