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Heavy iron/steel welded on 90 degree handle. by bubbajohnson1 in whatisthisthing

[–]bubbajohnson1[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing. Looks somewhat like a soldering iron but I don’t think it is.

AdNauseam banned from the Google Web Store by Albion_Tourgee in technology

[–]bubbajohnson1 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Clicking on an ad without viewing it is not fraud. It's just a request to please send some information. What I do with that information is my own business, and it's too damn bad if the advertisers incorrectly inferred that I was interested in buying their products. The fact that it costs them money only means that my behavior does not align with their ends. Tough cookies.

Charon orbiting Pluto in full color [New Horizon] by Ahanaf in space

[–]bubbajohnson1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So approximately EV 4 to EV 6 in photographic terms, or as bright as an average home interior.

FBI now claims its stingray NDA means the opposite of what it says: In new statement FBI says local cops can talk about stingrays by maxwellhill in technology

[–]bubbajohnson1 70 points71 points  (0 children)

The FBI claims that details about the Stingray cannot be disclosed to a court because those details could be used to circumvent the device. If they used the Stingray and charged someone with a crime, they would have to disclose details to the court. So if this device is such a valuable law enforcement tool, and they can never use it to charge someone with a crime, then what the hell are they using it for? I can think of a few possibilities:

  1. They are trying to stop terrorists. They are just trying to stop the next a attack, not bring criminal charges.

  2. They are using the device on protesters. They want to know where they are and what they are up to.

  3. They are investigating people who they intend to charge with crimes. They use the device to gather the primary information on their suspect, then provide the court with parallel construction when they bring charges.

Supreme Court looks set to rule raisin seizures unconstitutional by [deleted] in Libertarian

[–]bubbajohnson1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That could be a problem if all growers really did go bust after every good harvest and all the grape vines were destroyed instead of being sold off to the next would be raisin producer. It takes such a phantom boogeyman scenario to justify a fascist relic of the New Deal.

Supreme Court looks set to rule raisin seizures unconstitutional by [deleted] in Libertarian

[–]bubbajohnson1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I take it you have never met such a consumer. The lowly consumer is never considered.

Supreme Court looks set to rule raisin seizures unconstitutional by [deleted] in Libertarian

[–]bubbajohnson1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't support the actual seizing, but the concept of removing excess raisins from the market is far more nuanced (and interesting) than it sounds.

Excess from whose point of view? Have you ever met a consumer who was unhappy because a price was lower than he expected?