"What could possibly go wrong?"

The grid could stabilize as a side effect. And the cars are already connected to the internet.

You could connect to an on-premise server. As a bonus, the manufacturer cannot disable them and extort money in this case.

Monitoring requires one-way announcements, not bi-directional connections

> t sounds like you are victim blaming.

It sounds like you think victims are necessarily blameless.

Yes, I always find it very useful to condemn the mosquitoes when someone is bitten. If they aren't heartily condemned, they will be legitimized and emboldened.

The evil victim blamers say "why was she wearing that short skirt?" They don't realize that the mosquitoes are sexist, and that we can and should eliminate all of the mosquitoes so she can wear what she wants.

Gallipolli, 1915:

"Hey, maybe we shouldn't send men over the top only to die in a barrage of machine gun fire..."

"That's just victim blaming--it isn't our behavior that needs to change; it is the enemy's behavior that needs to change."

Victim-blaming is another term that is apparently becoming a meaningless vibe.

Russian car mechanics know how to "unlock" Chinese cars that operate only within China and require a Chinese SIM card (they are sold locally at lower prices, so some people find it cheaper to buy a car in China and unlock it). Finding and disabling modems is definitely an easier task and can be done.

Turns out it's mandated by law in the EU too

Easy, go to the used lot and get one of the remaining actual cars before they become collectible antiques.

Slate says “any minute now!”

I don't think the definition is changing at all. To me, we've just lost the ability to comprehend sarcasm.

That's because calling an idiot an idiot plainly is apparently considered uncouth and attracts downvotes, flags and downvotes often mean oblivion. In fact you will find do-gooders chome in with "be civil" but you flip the word and it's all kosher. The thing is all of us do and say idiotic things. So that makes a bit tricky indeed.

> in the future being called a "genius" will always be seen as pejorative.

If you are not a genius and someone calls you a genius, well, for you the future is already here, genius! (Shit I didn't really mean that :P)

There should be a name for this style of speech, using "good" to mean "bad".

just like 'Nimrod' becoming an insult

Genius take!