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This isn't legal advice, but a lot of the restrictions around buying and using explosives on your own land for personal purposes is waived for binary explosives

This isn't legal advice, but a lot of the restrictions around buying and using explosives on your own land for personal purposes is waived for binary explosives. You can go and buy tannerite, mix it on-site, and use it as an explosive firearms target and blow stuff up. Zero licensing required to do this. NB: Do not do this if you have a felony conviction since this that makes it a crime.

colechristensen 7y ago
I just read Ignition! so I have lots of ideas about doing irresponsible things which are fundamentally incompatible with a Mountain View apartment. Converting a bit of a cornfield into a rocket test stand is a reasonable thing to do, right? But if anyone wants a remote employee in a central time zone moving back to the family farm so I have a few hundred acres to screw around with instead of about 20 sq ft...
- souprock 7y ago
  If a different farm would do, my workplace is about 20 to 30 minutes away from an area where you could buy about 10 acres without trouble. It's low-level hacking, in Florida, a few dozen miles south of Cape Canaveral: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19797601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19797601
- sudosteph 7y ago
  I'm sure all the employers on HN are just chomping at the bit to have you on their company health insurance plan after that post :P But on a more serious note, if you're considering the remote work life, I do recommend it.
  - colechristensen 7y ago
    I did about three years of remote work, I have mixed feelings about it, really depends a lot of the environment.
- ThrustVectoring 7y ago
  You definitely need to stay abreast of fire safety and toxic chemical regulations here, and you probably want an explosives license anyhow for some of the materials you might want (particularly for ignition I think). Again, not a lawyer, highly suggest you consult with one before doing amateur rocket science.

colechristensen 7y ago

I just read Ignition! so I have lots of ideas about doing irresponsible things which are fundamentally incompatible with a Mountain View apartment. Converting a bit of a cornfield into a rocket test stand is a reasonable thing to do, right? But if anyone wants a remote employee in a central time zone moving back to the family farm so I have a few hundred acres to screw around with instead of about 20 sq ft...

souprock 7y ago
If a different farm would do, my workplace is about 20 to 30 minutes away from an area where you could buy about 10 acres without trouble. It's low-level hacking, in Florida, a few dozen miles south of Cape Canaveral: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19797601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19797601
sudosteph 7y ago
I'm sure all the employers on HN are just chomping at the bit to have you on their company health insurance plan after that post :P But on a more serious note, if you're considering the remote work life, I do recommend it.
- colechristensen 7y ago
  I did about three years of remote work, I have mixed feelings about it, really depends a lot of the environment.
ThrustVectoring 7y ago
You definitely need to stay abreast of fire safety and toxic chemical regulations here, and you probably want an explosives license anyhow for some of the materials you might want (particularly for ignition I think). Again, not a lawyer, highly suggest you consult with one before doing amateur rocket science.