Put them in school zones and activate during the speed restriction times. Give ticket money to schools. Profit

The legislators will, flat on their back , taking it and enjoying it.

Itâ(TM)s the moments of sheer terror that made it fun. Submarines once, submarines twice.,,

Yea, but as long as the size of your budget determines how much staff you get and how important you are, no.

John Boyd was part of those battles, recounted in Comer's excellent biography of him, titled "Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War."

They were the ones who publicized the $400 hammer and $600 toilet seat.

While I like those stories and many pointed out serious problems in government procurement, some also fail to tell the whole story because the headline is what someone wants since it causes outrage.

We used bolts that cost a lot of money and looked the same as a 10 cent one from a hardware store, but ours were designed to perform to an exact spec, traceable to the ore, and tested to ensure they meet specs. You don't want that bolt to fail to performa at a critical moment when you are above, on, or below the ocean. We had bronze tools that cost a lot but looked like ordinary tools because sparks around oxygen tanks can cause issues. My point: There is a lot of wastefull spending and overpriced stuff in government contracting, but sometimes there is more to the story than simply "Military spends $x00 for something that is $10 at Walmart..."

One big problem is how the government budgets. You generally have to spend all you money on an annual basis, and if you give money back that you saved, you risked getting less next year because "you didn't need as much as you said last year..." So, come Q4, you go on a spending spree to spend whatever is left; trying to spend more is better than trying to spend less.

Yup. I know teachers whose districts have all sorts of "safety" controls in place for computers the kids use; all that does is make it harder for teachers to go to sites they use and are approved while the kids access porn and anything else they want. The stupid get caught, like the one that thought it was a good idea to print the porn on the schools printer...

Anyone can click yes a question, or put in a fake birthdate. Scanning a drivers license would work, but not everyone has a license and using someone else's or a fake one (depending on if it uses a barcode) is pretty easy. So, how do you really effectively?

Clicking on it it is not the goal,seeing it is so that the product registers in your mind. Clicks are just a bonus.

Yea, 100 billion in Treasury Notes at 3.6 would be 36 billion. That's a high hurdle rate and basically zero risk; I'm guessing their hurdle rate is much higher and will be tough to clear.

I am not a fan of ads, but will tolerate them if I find the content worthwhile and it is free, as in someone else is buying the beer. There are sites I like and do not block ads because I want them to be around, and in the end they either need to paywall or run ads to stay in business. If I pay for a site, then I want it ad free. That's the deal.

For sites like Netflix, with ads + subscription price, I need to decide where the value/cost trade off occurs. For some sites, it's cancel and forget about them, others pay at some level.

Unfortunately, ads are here to stay. The days of Archie, Veronica, Lynx are long gone...

If you just put in the tip there is no income tax.

Apple never promised anonymity, at least not broadly. All they promised is a unique email address that does not expose your real address when used. The official explanation is pretty clear that it is to help you prevent your email from view, not that it protected your identity from being revealed. Frankly, anyone that sends threatening letters to government officials and thinks a provider won't turn over their info is doubling down on stupid.

I can agree with it. If someone can't afford what I've created and it helps them have a better life, I'm all for it. What does piss me off is where I see people steal my work and make a profit off of it. I'd happily license it for very small fee, but they figure why bother if they can just take it for free? It's not worth going to court over it because the cost likely far outweighs any verdict, and then I'd have to collect.

If you want to go back to the times of the founders, many of the colonies and later states had laws regulating ownership, carry and storage of weapons;. some required a regular muster of citizens as well. "Original intent" if you will, might indicate that the 2cd was not intended to prevent any government regulation of weaponry.

Including tariffs...