Pinckney

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by Pinckney 8y ago
Doesn't India actually have a fairly low Gini index? Lower than any country in South or Latin America, save Uruguay.
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Neat. It reminds me of the study that asked people to draw bicycles: https://road.cc/content/blog/90885-science-cycology-can-you-...
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by Pinckney 8y ago
The protocol on blinding laser weapons prohibits employing or distributing weapons designed to cause blindness. Is it possible that this weapon is actually intended to be used as a blinding weapon, and the claims about its incendiary capabi
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Talking about demand exceeding supply is somewhat nonsensical without reference to a price. What you're saying is "at the price my company is willing to pay, we're unable to find qualified candidates." That means you can
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by Pinckney 8y ago
I played this twice the other night and enjoyed it, which shocked me because I the Resistance. I'm not sure if there's actually something different about it, or if I just enjoy the novelty of it.
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Citadels: A game of repeatedly drafting different secret roles while trying to puzzle out what your opponents have taken. I don't know how to describe it in a way that makes it sound exciting, except to say that it can be very tense an
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Site has auto-playing audio if you scroll to the end of the article.
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by Pinckney 8y ago
This is called Cube, by the way. There are a ton of resources out there for building a good cube.
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by Pinckney 8y ago
The first world war is a bad example. While the war was absolutely started by royalty, they did send their sons to the front to die along with commoners. > Although the great majority of casualties in WW1 were from the working class, the
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Sam Melville? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Melville#Bombings The IRA also phoned about many of their bombs. The Omagh bombing is mostly notable because their phone-call didn't accurately identify where the bo
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by Pinckney 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_oxygen_generator#Oxyg...
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by Pinckney 8y ago
That will substantially increase the cost of power lines. Is PG&E allowed to decide that running expensive lines through rough, fire-prone terrain isn't worth the cost, and to simply stop distributing power to cities like Paradis
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Right, you would definitely want some oxygen candles if you were trying to hunker down and ride out a fire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_oxygen_generator
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by Pinckney 8y ago
See also: You and the Atomic Bomb http://orwell.ru/library/articles/ABomb/english/e_abomb
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by Pinckney 8y ago
I suspect the parent was referring to mopeds like this $1k 50cc RTX. I see plenty of Vespas, but I don't think I've ever seen this style of moped in the US: https://www.redfoxpowersports.com/50cc-upgrade-rtx-scoote
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by Pinckney 8y ago
AFAIK, the Soviet tax only applied to people who obtained higher education in the USSR. Essentially the Soviet government didn't want to pay tuition for people who were simply going to leave for higher pay abroad. I don't have an
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by Pinckney 8y ago
It's not about wanting , it's about having an economic motive. Cities like La Cinconada and Norilsk are doing fine, because they have industry.
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Amazon TOS: > Any dispute or claim relating in any way to your use of any Amazon Service, or to any products or services sold or distributed by Amazon or through Amazon.com will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court &g
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Isn't that why we have scihub?
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Why isn't the shockwave a DD? It's has a bore diameter greater than 0.5", and it's not a shotgun (because it's not designed to be fired from the shoulder).
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Just to add to your comment, the earliest usage of "Zip gun" the OED lists is 1950. The earliest usage of "zip" as a slur is listed in 1968 (and this usage presumably originated during the Vietnam war).
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Because high-status people drink, while smoking is mostly a habit of low-status people.
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by Pinckney 8y ago
This is likely to be struck down, as it conflicts with the FAA https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/...
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by Pinckney 8y ago
DUKWs performed well enough to stay in US inventory into the Korean war, and France didn't retire theirs until the 80's. Gen Eisenhower called them "one of the most valuable pieces of equipment produced by the United States d
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by Pinckney 8y ago
As a counterpoint, Canada (and presumably the US too) has seen a dramatic decrease in unintentional injury mortality among children over the last 70 years. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28026710
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Forgotten Weapons and InRangeTV, both for firearms stuff.
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by Pinckney 8y ago
Card packs are also obviously gambling.
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Just Kills: How the Marine Corps Blew the Biggest War Crimes Case Since Vietnam(taskandpurpose.com)
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by Pinckney 8y ago
I won 14 times, back in high school when I had way too much free time. Once with every class, plus an illiterate barbarian. One of the big thing is knowing enough to recognize when you're in danger, before you're in danger. Stuff
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by Pinckney 8y ago
IMHO, the logic is that catching people in the act (of burglary, robbery, etc) is difficult, and convicting them if they're not caught red handed can be difficult. Catching and convicting people for drug possession is relatively easy.

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