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by bwhite 11y ago
In situations in which it is legal for you to employ deadly force, you won't be convicted of any criminal statute if you apply that force or any lesser force. That is, if you have an adequate reason to shoot to kill, a application of f
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by bwhite 11y ago
Is there really a situation in which the punishment for killing is lighter than for wounding, especially with a weapon/vehicle?? Or are you speaking less formally: that you might never get caught for the kill if there's nobody to
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by bwhite 11y ago
It might depend on the circumstances. Even if the driver is fully at fault, though, it doesn't have to financially devastate the individual. This situation is tailor-made for insurance.
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The Prison Population Forecaster(webapp.urban.org)
2 points by bwhite 11y ago|0 comments
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by bwhite 12y ago
Appending to #2 above, if you're creating an exchange (or crossing network, dark venue, etc), how do you deal with settlement and counterparty issues?
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by bwhite 12y ago
The SEC proceeding on this [0] is quite readable and goes into some technical detail as to what exactly went wrong. [0] http://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2013/34-70694.pdf
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by bwhite 12y ago
Sure enough, it's been MLB-approved! One thing in particular that might be useful for non-pros is that the handle is CNC-cut to orient the grain in the correct way.
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by bwhite 12y ago
The spec for baseball is available. [0] Regarding the bat itself, the regulations say it must be "round" (1.10), which probably rules out this particular handle. Other than round, the maximum weight, length, and diameter are speci
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by bwhite 12y ago
You are describing a Direct Public Offering [0], which was widely used in the US in the 19th century but waned in the 20th. Loyal3 does not appear to be underwriting GoPro's IPO. If they are being traditionally underwritten, some other
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by bwhite 12y ago
Rifled barrels which have been machined to tight tolerances are non-trivial to make. But a smoothbore barrel is just a tube. For plenty of low-power cartridges, it doesn't even need to be metal. http://en.wikipedia.org/
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by bwhite 12y ago
You need a Federal Firearms License if you are "engaged in the business", which is clarified further as having a "principal objective of livelihood and profit through the sale or distribution of the firearms manufactured&quot
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by bwhite 12y ago
This is so true. I remember how irate I was when I realized that Rambo III insisted that a thinly mocked-up Browning was actually a DShK. That annoyed me but not nearly as much as Neo's Scorpions ejecting what looked like 5.56 casings
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by bwhite 12y ago
I assume you mean to say that you think this is a lousy idea and indicates that BTC/USD is about to fall. However, if you're serious, the answer is that while there is no mechanism to short BTC/fiat like you can a NYSE-traded
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by bwhite 13y ago
In many places, none of these suggestions would help someone who realizes he is carrying a handgun. 1) There are guidelines for how the firearm must be shipped; simply sliding it into your checked baggage will not work. 2) Handguns are gene
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by bwhite 13y ago
Like many office buildings, it is of pretty good size and houses a goodly number of workers. What sets it apart from almost all other buildings its that it is symbolic. The financial reporters are still frequently "on location" th
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by bwhite 13y ago
Getting rich and improving the economy is almost certainly the best thing you can do to combat disease, pollution, poverty, etc.
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by bwhite 14y ago
I assume the NCLB standardized tests cover things which are widely considered to be core reading and math skills. PBS has a number of sample questions here: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/education/no_ch... . The topics seem
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by bwhite 14y ago
Lithium-ion batteries are supposed to be pretty good as resisting self-discharge, losing only .3-.5% per day (or around 10% per month). The Tesla S has the 60 kWh or 85 kWh battery, so replacing around half a percent of that each day is 300
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by bwhite 14y ago
Gas stations are incredibly common. Public EV charging stations will never be as common unless a different business model is adopted. If EVs become common, people will have home charging stations. Demand for non-at-home charging stations wi
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by bwhite 14y ago
You're not the first person with this idea: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/05/better-place/ To some extent there is a standards problem: there is not a common battery pack (like there is a gas tank fill point). But even if there were,
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by bwhite 14y ago
You can push the argument further. Postulate that climate change is real, and that you could accurately describe the policy steps necessary to eliminate it, and that you could bring about those policy changes on a global scale. What are the
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by bwhite 14y ago
It is apparently due to sites embedding Netseer ads: https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=netseer
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by bwhite 14y ago
Not just that, but two palindromic primes!
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by bwhite 14y ago
You want EasyDNS ( https://web.easydns.com/ ). Transparent, care about (D)DOS, pretty good UI.
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by bwhite 14y ago
The Federal Constitution (amended over time) has a list of reasons and qualifications which cannot be used to deny the vote. It is otherwise silent on the matter. Until the 14th and 15th amendments (1868, 1870), that list only included "rel
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by bwhite 15y ago
In a couple weeks, options will be available on the stock and you can buy puts. The upside isn't as good but the downside is capped instead of unlimited.
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Open Source Electric Vehicle(wired.com)
29 points by bwhite 15y ago|3 comments
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by bwhite 15y ago
The cost of market data and a system equipped to process it are not inconsiderable. Historical tick data (quotes and trades) for US equities will run you $20k/year, minimum. US equities runs about 30-40GB/day so you are looking at almost 10
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by bwhite 15y ago
Start at: http://www.traderslog.com/proprietarytradingfirms/ Some of these are purely manual trading but many have software APIs.
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by bwhite 15y ago
It is straightforward, but impractical. Getting good historical market data is very, very expensive. Even recording current market data is not cheap and not without significant difficulty.

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