Category Archives: So Stupid It Hurts

Demonizing Dollar Stores

Posted on December 9, 2019 by mikecane

Deal or no deal? The expansion of Dollar Stores I live within walking range of three Family Dollar stores (with a fourth under delayed construction!) and a Dollar General. My main gripe is that their damn shelves always need restocking … Continue reading →

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Tesla’s Cybertruck: Immediately Ban It From Cities

Posted on November 22, 2019 by mikecane

It’s not a truck. It’s a combat vehicle. It’s a Pedestrian Death Machine. If this thing ever gets to market, I hope police pull over its drivers again and again and again until the message is clear: Anyone who needs … Continue reading →

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I Should Sue The Wall Street Journal For Character Assassination

Posted on August 24, 2019 by mikecane

Paywall bypass via Twitter. Read it. “New Left Urbanists”?!!!? Me? There is nothing Left or New Left or even Old Left about me, goddammit. And I don’t ask people advocating for cycling about their politics. We have a mutual interest … Continue reading →

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The Worst NYC Mayor Of My Lifetime

Posted on August 21, 2019 by mikecane

Twitter:

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Worldwide Crybabies: Enough!

Posted on August 4, 2019 by mikecane

Twitter: There’s a video there. I’ve had enough of this bullshit.

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Chuwi Offers Strings-Attached “Free” MiniBook Fast Charger

Posted on July 24, 2019 by mikecane

I really hate it when companies misuse the word “free.” Here is Chuwi doing it: If you’re telling people to do something to get something, it’s not giving them anything for free. It’s asking for a trade. Back when Sony … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy Of The iOS Books App: Landscape With PDFs

Posted on June 19, 2019 by mikecane

Look: That’s a Google Books PDF opened in the iOS Books app on an iPad Pro 11″ in landscape mode. That’s the only possible view! There’s no way to show two pages — otherwise known as Facing Pages — at … Continue reading →

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Idiots “In Charge” Appease A Fellow Idiot To Legalize (Some) Alt-Wheels in NY

Posted on June 17, 2019 by mikecane

Apple Cored: E-Bike/E-Scooter Bill Move Closer to Reality, Thanks to Greenway, Manhattan Exemptions The new version of the bill specifically bars e-bikes and e-scooters from greenways, such as the Hudson River Greenway, the world’s most popular bike lane. Officials from … Continue reading →

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Android Isn’t A Joke. It’s A Nightmare.

Posted on June 4, 2019 by mikecane

238 Google Play apps with >440 million installs made phones nearly unusable The above-linked forum discussing BeiTaAd documents that the plugin has been menacing users for at least seven months. Google’s inability to detect the abuse, either initially when the … Continue reading →

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Hand-Wringing Political Temps Of NYC Fear eScooters

Posted on May 30, 2019 by mikecane

Electric Scooters Are Sweeping the Country. New York Says Not So Fast. Leaders in New York are reluctant to change the law and worry that scooters are too dangerous, especially in an increasingly congested Manhattan where cars, pedestrians and cyclists … Continue reading →

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