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  • On the post: Airbnb's Tone Deaf Ads Are Absolutely Terrible… But The Proposition They're Protesting Is Worse

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 23 Oct, 2015 @ 05:03am

    Re: Re: Re: Must be me

    Fair enough. I suppose I can see that side of things but it was not my initial reaction.

  • On the post: Airbnb's Tone Deaf Ads Are Absolutely Terrible… But The Proposition They're Protesting Is Worse

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2015 @ 01:10pm

    Must be me

    I oddly enough don't see how those ads make them seem entitled. To me it just comes across as pointing out "hey, our business generates a bunch in taxes" and not much else. I have a hard time seeing how they are just that darn evil. That being said, I don't really ever deal with airbnb round these parts or hardly ever on my travels which are few and far between so maybe its just my lack of familiarity with the company?

  • On the post: BestNetTech Podcast Episode 47: Trademarks: Intellectual Property Or Consumer Protection?

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2015 @ 01:53pm

    Monster Cable

    I almost got the impression from these discussions that when it came to Monster cable suing everyone else over the use of the word Monster that Hirsch would actually support that because we don't want possible confusion that somebody might somewhere be confused for a few minutes.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Eating At Chipotle

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2015 @ 09:31am

    Re:

    I also prefer Qdoba. Primarily for the queso. Since I always got queso with every order anyways, it is roughly only 15 cents more for me now, and I can add on fajita veggies and anything else. Works out to my benefit in this case.

  • On the post: Should Your Self-Driving Car Be Programmed To Kill You If It Means Saving A Dozen Other Lives?

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2015 @ 10:27am

    Perspective

    Americans take around 250 billion vehicle trips killing roughly 30,000 people in traffic accidents annually, something we generally view as an acceptable-but-horrible cost for the convenience.

    If only this was shouted every time somebody brought up the threat of terrorists. Perspective would help people realize that giving up our freedoms is NOT a fair trade.

  • On the post: Congress Resolves To Create Stronger Copyright Laws In Honor Of Famous DJ Who Won First 'Remix' Grammy

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2015 @ 01:08pm

    Incentives!

    But, but, without stronger copyright protections, how is Congress going to encourage Frankie to continue creating? Surely if the incentives were just a little bit more, and a little more crazy, certainly he wouldn't have died yet.

  • On the post: Daily Deal: VPN Unlimited Lifetime Subscription

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2015 @ 06:16am

    After a bunch of the points raised here, I don't think I will be getting this offer. While it seemed great at first, it definitely comes across as a too good to be true. I really want to sign up for a solid personal VPN, but have a hard time making sure that what I am signing up for is great.

  • On the post: Daily Deal: VPN Unlimited Lifetime Subscription

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2015 @ 01:15pm

    Re:

    No, I had asked them about changing devices in case a computer dies or something. You are allowed to delete a device per week. The guy who emailed me the response to my questions was Yuriy Popov (Simplex Solutions Inc.).

  • On the post: Daily Deal: VPN Unlimited Lifetime Subscription

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2015 @ 01:14pm

    Re:

    Actually no, its not. While we don't know how long this service will last, the 40$ offer has been around since the store launched last week. I don't know when the offer will truly expire since when it launched it said 2 days left, and after the expired came back for another week. 40$ is low enough though that I am picking this up this evening. Even if I get just one year out of it, it will be worth it.

    Two things to mention though from my questions with the company. They do not retain any logs related to specific traffic carried (or so they told me). Also, they are owned by a US based company.

  • On the post: Cops To Congress: Please Leave Us And Our License Plates Readers Alone

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2015 @ 11:58am

    Privacy Screens

    What is somebody made a license plate cover that restricts viewing of the license plate. You know how there are the monitor privacy screens so you can only see your monitor from a mostly directly in front of position? What is somebody used those types of screens to make it so license plates could only be read from ground level? That way anything up higher aimed down would have a very hard time reading the plate. Does something like this exist already?

  • On the post: BestNetTech Podcast Episode 15: What's It Like To Drive For Uber And Lyft?

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2015 @ 10:51am

    I know I don't post much on TD compared to my days of years past, but I do still at least read every post title and a good half of the posts. I am enjoying the podcast so far. Thank you guys for doing it. This one particularly was enlightening as to how both services work and how far they've come. Being where I am at in Michigan I don't think I have ever seen the mustaches or other signatures in person. Although, as stated in the podcast that doesn't mean as much these days.

  • On the post: Proposed Florida Body Camera Law Riddled With Exceptions At Behest Of Police Union

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2015 @ 07:37am

    Wait wait wait, THEY are concerned about privacy?

    So, now the cops are concerned about privacy. And they are talking about what goes on in their cars and while they are out in public? Why are cops and organizations like them pushing for so much surveillance then huh? The exceptions to the bills should not have been allowed until at least all license plate scanners and similar tracking had been completely halted. They are pretty clearly just trying to maintain their system of cops being above the law, and everyone else gets to be monitored. Despicable.

  • On the post: Canadian Newspaper Under Investigation For Violating Ban On Publishing Names Of Child Pornography Victims

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2014 @ 10:39am

    Re:

    The sexual assailants. They probably are pretty interested in keeping all of their names under wraps since they assaulted her when she was not in a capacity to resist or give proper consent. I am not going to judge one way or the other how that poor girl ended up so drunk, whether it was her fault or whether they technically drugged her. Either way that took place, those boys had no right whatsoever to do what they did.

    They probably have a very large interest in keeping the names hidden though. They got away with rape and don't want their names associated with the heinous act they committed.

  • On the post: WTF ATF: The ATF's Fake Retail Stores, Bad Behavior… And Why It Only Came Out Because They Failed To Pay Rent

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2014 @ 10:31am

    Re: This American Life

    I also download and listen to them. I actually started because Podcasts was something I sort of wanted to do, and then TD had the article that focused entirely on podcasts.

    The circle is now complete. TD gives me that final little push to start listening to Podcasts. Mentions This American Life. I listen. Now I read back on TD about what I listened to. =)

  • On the post: Awesome Stuff: Podcast Apps

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2014 @ 11:55am

    I use Podcast Addict on Android. Contains most of the great features that were mentioned about most apps. I am not sure about syncing between devices and I only fast forward at 1.6x speed so far so I am not sure about anything over 2.

    It is the second app I tried for podcasts and since I only use on phone while in car so far, it has sufficed nicely.

  • On the post: Feds Gearing Up To Try, One More Time, To Force James Risen To Reveal His Source

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2014 @ 05:59am

    After the Awesome Stuff article from TD related to podcasts, I finally got a podcast app (on android, settled for Podcast Addict for now, which feels pretty good actually) and so far have subscribed to This American Life and Fresh Air. One of the Fresh Air podcasts was an interview with Risen and related to his book Pay Any Price and he was talking about confidential sources and how the federal government has been harassing him for these years over it. I agree with him that he should not have to talk about his sources, period. That is journalism and out congress really needs to get around to passing the federal shield law so that the feds can't harass people like Risen anymore.

  • On the post: Wisconsin Town Sends In The BearCat Tank To Collect Civil Fine From Seventy-Year-Old

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2014 @ 08:29am

    Nuff said

    http://www.musclecarparts.biz/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/punish-and-enslave.jpg

  • On the post: A Tale of Two Riots: 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Vs. 'Bring Out The BearCat'

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2014 @ 05:41am

    Re: Re: Re:

    Or they could have been yelling don't shoot because the cops were POINTING GUNS AT THEM an awful lot of the time.

    Just sayin'

  • On the post: Austrian ISPs Sued For Actually Wanting A Court Order Rather Than Just Blocking Websites Based On Entertainment Industry's Requests

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2014 @ 08:50am

    Or

    seems immensely worrisome if you believe in an open internet or basic principles of innovation.

    Since they target entire websites and not just specific content (also wrongly) we could continue that sentence with a few items.
    or freedom of speech.
    or artists right's. (the industry has taken down music that artists wanted shared before)
    or due process.

    There are others of course, but there are tons of reasons not to let a few asshats with a proven track record of abuse and disregard for others to have power over anything at all, let alone sites on the internet.

  • On the post: FCC Releases All Net Neutrality Comments As Giant XML Files For Data Analysis

    Killer_Tofu ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2014 @ 01:09pm

    Re: Obama is slipping

    That is the way all American (and hopefully other) administrations are supposed to work. They just happen to behave in as opposite a way as possible usually.

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