Isn't the logic behind it that you're supposed to slow down anyway while pulling into any intersection, to make sure you won't intersect with traffic coming from the sides? Why not extend it to also paying attention you don't run over any pedestrian that wants to take advantage of that and cross safely?

IANAL, but I do remember my driving instructor saying any intersection is a legal cross walk (i.e. the pedestrian isn't doing anything illegal), but if an accident does happen in an unmarked intersection, the pedestrian can potentially be found guilty and liable for damages to the driver's car. Keep in mind this is in Europe, so you may wish to consult your local laws before taking it at face value. I find it interesting how driving culture can vary from place to place.

They don't track anything specific about you, just like billboards you can see on the street, serving the exact same content to everyone (maybe regularly cycling through a predefined list).

They're perfectly acceptable to me as well (and I wish more webmasters would head in that direction), but my point was that AdBlock creators don't need to *do* anything to classify them as "acceptable" since they should already slip through unimpeded. GP's dream of seeing ads served from the same domain as the webhost is probably already happening.

I thought ads that get served from the same domain as the website you're visiting couldn't possibly be picked up by AdBlock? (and I do know of a few websites off the top of my head that circumvent ad-blocking simply by serving un-targeted, static ads)

Is there some kind of deep inspection going on within AdBlock, because I thought it was literally just a list of blacklisted domains that are known to serve ads?

I wouldn't. Then again I live in the EU, so the cost of electronics for me is usually at a significant markup compared to what you would find in the US on newegg for instance.

Plus, I'm already paying a few bucks extra per month for a Gigabit internet plan that allows me to download any game in minutes instead of hours. I don't do much gaming on consoles, but I have an extensive Steam library and find the arrangement quite convenient.

Is this trolling? You've singled out Jack LaLanne, probably the last bastion of "pure" bodybuilding from the 50s, before rampant steroid abuse became the status quo, and Vin Diesel, a semi-ripped movie star that never competed in bodybuilding competitions (that I could find)?

Sure, there are some fitness buffs and trainers out there that don't use steroids, but they don't stand a chance in the world of competitive bodybuilding (and they know it). Nowadays, you need an insane mix of good genes, steroid cocktails (they work best if taken in combination) and hours upon hours of workouts before you can go toe to toe with the likes of Jay Cutler or Ronnie Coleman. Of course it helps if you have the cash to support this expensive lifestyle, and don't mind the occasional heart attack and the prospect of dying young.

"Protein supplements" won't destroy your vital organs, at best they'll make you shit bricks if you don't get enough fiber in your diet while taking them. Marketing tries to sell you the idea that the pros only use protein powder and weight gainers, and you can be just like them if you purchase their off-the-shelf merchandise. In reality, you have to work much harder and longer to get any significant "gains", especially if you have genetics working against you and don't subject yourself to a steroid regimen.

Yeah, this is very much reinventing the game cartridge, and the only company that I can see pulling it off today would probably be Nintendo.
Wrap it up in a nice amiibo package, and the damn things will be flying off the shelves!

What, you mean apart from making games prices balloon from hilariously overpriced to ridiculously unattainable?

It sounds laughable, but a lot of accidents DO happen and they DO cause harm to people. There are plenty of places that either already have laws in place or they're working towards them. See here and here for more info.

I remember reading a while back about drunk cycling being a commonplace issue in Russia, to the extent that authorities began considering requiring licenses for riding a bike (similar to the way driving licenses work). I can't find a source for it now, so take that with a grain of salt.

If cycling is to become popular enough to displace driving to any significant degree, we need to take whatever impact it may have seriously.

You may not have heard of them, but they are fairly well known in the country and ranked fairly high in Google searches for common terms (although I don't remember ever using them myself).

In a place where a Gigabit consumer internet connections are readily available for 14$/month, it's very easy to set up your own server to host pirated content to locals. This would generate an enormous amount of traffic and allow you to skim some money off of it by serving some well-placed ads. I'm guessing this is probably what got them the attention of the FBI.

(source: http://www.rcs-rds.ro/internet...)

This doesn't strike me as a massive crackdown, but it may pave the way for future actions. "serialepenet.ro" looked like a very dodgy attempt to set up an incredibly illegal pay-per-view online system for pirated material. I feel like it's the sort of thing that would be taken down instantly if it had been set up anywhere else than the backwoods of Eastern Europe. Plus, "fisierulmeu.ro" was likely just a free file hosting site that became popular for sharing pirated media (much like the defunct megaupload).

The cynical view would be that this just an attempt to kill off competitors in preparation for launching a similar service. Something very similar happened a few years ago, when they took down the massively popular "vplay.ro" (essentially a free youtube clone that featured all the popular TV shows). Only a few days later, one of the local media moguls launched his own site "voyo.ro" providing the same things vplay had before, only now requiring a monthly subscription.

Meanwhile, private torrent tracker "filelist.ro" is still alive and kicking, and it's gotten so immensely popular everyone's grandma and their dog have an account for it. This action will affect the most PC-illiterate pirates, but won't likely make a dent in overall piracy.

7 years old article, back from when Windows Mobile 6 was a thing? I'm not saying things have "definitely" changed (never been to Canada, myself), but can you find a more recent example?