Also while I was looking through the history this post[0] got a smile from me, Nostradamus walks among us.
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
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33995402