Hacker News Reader

Exploding? On average? nahhhhh https://www.bbc.com/news/57581270 . I'm sure some places are experiencing a surge here and there. My neighbor's car was stolen, and that raises my known crimes in my neighborhood by 100%. However, he did leave his keys in the car overnight, so yeah.

View on HN

Catalytic converter thefts. I would love a panopticon surveillance state if it would solve that problem and only that problem, but it'd probably used instead for voter suppression, general fascism, or stalking the mayor's ex wife or some other thing that benefits someone in power and not me

Yeah the government is just people in power who suffer all the same issues as the rest of us. That's why surveillance and government need to be limited because they always get abused and as power accumulates they just want more power; it's a lot like being rich, you can never be rich enough to assuage your desire for more.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com