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Comment Re:fascists roots (Score 1) 268

To be fair, Trump is pretty capricious and vindictive when people simply don't bend to his whims.

It's mostly when they publicly don't bend to his whims.

They need to be more non-committal about whether they will bend to his whims, delay as much as possible, make excuses when they haven't done what he asked yet, and stay out of the press as much as possible. Maybe even brown nose him when he calls so he forgets what he's calling about.

You know, do the same things a grifter does.

Comment Re: The only books they're destroying... (Score 1) 106

The American Booksellers Association, The Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, and the Independent Online Booksellers Association all agree that a "rare book" is defined by a combination of scarcity, high demand, age, and significant historical or aesthetic value.

So basically it's just a marketing term.

Comment Re: Wrong conclusion. (Score 2) 60

I'm not aware of any brownouts caused by people charging their EVs at inopportune times.

In the USA, the real threat to the grid is people arriving home and starting up their air conditioners when the sun is low and their solar panels are no longer producing electricity. Having more EVs with V2G will help to prevent brownouts in that situation.

Comment Re:Wrong conclusion. (Score 4, Interesting) 60

In a free market, business owners would be free to decide how much land to set aside for parking for their customers, just as restaurant owners decide how many tables and chairs to set out. Right now, parking requirements are set by cities and are "closer to sorcery than to science."

Let's do it. Because we all value freedom here, right?

The external costs of oil also need to be priced in if the market is going to make decisions. One example of these costs are the damage to our lungs caused by emissions. We could price in that external cost by adding a fee on top of the price of oil and use the revenue to pay medical costs and lost income to people affected by air pollution. I think that would be fair.

Comment Re:Privacy in public? (Score 1) 35

The problem is being able to access data from all observer locations with a single warrant. Normally with ordinary security cameras, you would need to show strong probable cause for each specific address whose cameras you want to search, and as you go farther from the scene of the crime, probable cause also drops until you collect more information. Then you get another warrant and the cycle repeats.

It ought to be the same with Flock cameras.

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