This guy is a modern hero. He works extremely hard to make the world a better place. He's well-spoken, selfless, and kind. I'm glad people like Louis Rossmann are out there in the world, doing what they do.

He reminds me a bit of Mister Rogers. Someone who you can look to and say: "This is how all people should be. This is how all people should act." And then smile.

Thanks for helping us out, Louis. I hope we can find some ways to help you out, too. Remember, don't be hesitant to take help from people. There are a lot of us in your court.

Louis Rossman.

This.

Android File Transfer sometimes fails (for no known reason and unsearchable solution) transferring files to the Mac, so I pop out the SD card, put it in a card reader, and I'm fine.

If my phone dies, I buy a replacement, put the SD card in, and all my music/pictures are there. I have a 128GB MicroSD card, so there's a lot of music and pictures (and videos) on there.

No MicroSD card slot == No Sale for me, too. At least until there is no phone with a MicroSD slot. Then I guess I'll figure out how to deal with the shit sandwich I've been given.

Ah, yes, the one fellow who wiped away a trillion dollars of value. What do you call it when something loses a trillion dollars of value, solely due to the actions of the people who hold full ownership of the thing? A bubble.

It seems there's a small class of people from whom, if you shift value to yourself, will guarantee you become a criminal, even an international one. And another large class of people from whom, if you shift value to yourself, will guarantee wealth.

The 2008 mortgage-backed securities fiasco contrasted against this case is very telling. Where's the list of names of who went to prison in 2008-2009? From whom did they make most of their money?

I watched the video. I don't know why this is rated "informative" instead of "funny."

I laughed a lot and was very cheered up. So thanks for improving my mood. But it does seem somewhat... offtopic.

Wow. This needs to be modded up for the subject line, if nothing else. That's the best short analogy I've ever seen.

Yeah, that's going to happen. 1.2 billion people. Every one of them will voluntarily hand over their fingerprints and eyeprints.

Methinks either "voluntary" or "every one" is being grossly misrepresented here.

Time for me to go to my voluntary re-education classes sponsored by the Ministry of Love.

Birds, when ill, will feign being perfectly healthy right up until they drop dead. Many humans, when ill, will feign being healthy until they can no longer hold up the façade and fall over unconscious.

Most animals, when witnessing another similar animal that is very ill, will react with revulsion and fear.

It's prossibly* a result of a few millions years of natural selection. Those who stay away from their brethren when ill tend to live, whereas those that stick around and contract the disease tend to die and/or limit their reproductive potential.

I think a lot of the scary shit humans do comes down to these sort of innate psychological traits. They're left over from an era that no longer exists and is largely irrelevant (not entirely irrelevant, see Norovirus and Influenza etc etc).

*prossibly: it was a typo that I decided, as a sexual descendant of possibly and probably, was a good word and deserved to live.

That is precisely when children are NOT cute.

...I keep trying but no matter how hard I work at it, no useful syllables are formed.

This probably encompasses the user experience of an MSNokia phone, so maybe that's apropos.

As to the above drama about mixing measuring units, the article says:

So there you go. Both measurements in Imperial European Units.

But then I read on, and was pretty stoked to see them discovering things like this.

Nice! I'd love to see a time-lapse video over the course of the next million years watching this black sheep star get flung out of its little flock.

I know, I shouldn't feed the troll. But since trolls are tireless, we must be also tireless in trying to talk sense.

It isn't stealing. When I steal, you don't have what I took from you.

The copyright contract has been broken. It is specifically mandated to be for a LIMITED TIME. Since copyrights are now unlimited, there is no longer an obligation to follow copyright.

The justifications aren't tortured. At this point, the justifications of the copyright cartel are pretty tortured, though.

The people actually producing the art work don't get much compensation for their work. The copyright cartel makes sure of that. Musicians don't get their royalties, and film crews are constantly the victims of bizarro accounting rules where no matter what happens, the film always "lost money."

And your flippant dismissal of calling politicians corrupt flies in the face of extremely extensive and well-documented history.

What do you call the opposite of a tinfoil hatter? Someone who in the face of overwhelming evidence still believes the lies of the slave driver? A Stockholmer? This is you. Welcome to your new label.

Clearly what they are doing (the airport officials) isn't right. But so far as I can tell, airport officials have made a career of doing wrong things and saying it's in our favour. From little things like taking away our water, to major things like irradiating us. It's a little disconcerting.

Mod this up. These people aren't "conspiracy theorists" anymore. When in doubt, you should assume a theory about the US gov't spying on you is true. The burden of proof is on the person suggesting the UNLIKELY event: aka the government acting above-board.