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by Zimahl 13y ago
There are a couple issues with the article that I'd love to address. While DD was making progress with its 3D-printed gun experiment, the company managed to get a license to become a legal manufacturer and vendor of guns, somewhat muddling
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by Zimahl 13y ago
You are as naive as her to believe that setting this thing off at school shouldn't have consequences. You also seem to think the apparent illegality of the works bomb changes the situation for some unstated reason. I've never agreed with
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I have addressed this already. Yet you still seem to be shocked that she is being punished. Your previous posts equate this to just 'kids bring kids'. Even if we accept that what she did was horrifically dangerous, that does not mean a
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by Zimahl 13y ago
> "It's also funny because on the first link from google[1] (below the youtube video) it clear states: Warning! The Works bomb is illegal to make! Don’t do it! The information below is purely for educational purposes (such as research
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Zimahl, minutes after making the above comment: "a bomb is a bomb" A bomb is a bomb. Whether it's thermonuclear or a "works bomb" is irrelevant. However, even killing someone isn't always murder. How is popping a soda bottle equivale
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Your "sane jurisdiction" might not be the same as others. Personally, I don't think experimenting with explosive devices on school grounds is any more appropriate than having a gun on school grounds. I don't mind zero tolerance laws withi
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I baffles me. Ironic typo. How is an accidental shooting equate to murder? Manslaughter maybe, but it only escalates to that level in a case of negligence.
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Other than the discourse that is usually followed on HN, comments typically need to be relevant to the conversation. An accidental shooting (with no link to any source BTW) is completely irrelevant to a bomb going off at school. The accid
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I've seen one on Youtube and they are all fine and dandy when everyone is aware what is going to happen and moves away. Frankly, I wouldn't want to be anywhere next to one when they went off and possibly get Drano or toilet cleaner in my e
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I'm assuming you aren't an American because I have never heard the term "works bomb" before. It's also funny because on the first link from google[1] (below the youtube video) it clear states: Warning! The Works bomb is illegal to make! D
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Extracurricular schoolyard pranks with toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil do not rise to the level of a felony charge in any sane jurisdiction. Not in the USA and not on school grounds. The zero tolerance laws are enforced and have te
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by Zimahl 13y ago
And how is that relevant?
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by Zimahl 13y ago
> IED (perfectly fine name for what was made) You have got to be kidding me. The only reason to call it that is to invoke an emotional reaction. IED stands for "improvised explosive device". It might be emotional to you, however, i
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I absolutely am OK with students doing things on school grounds not sponsored by a teacher, not an actual experiment, and generally faffing about in the name of curiosity and learning. Really? I mean, it would've been OK if she did this
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I'm not sure fire is a great example. Fire can get out of hand and grow. Just as I don't want you playing with matches in my house, you probably shouldn't be playing with matches in school. In the end, it all comes down to intent. If you
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Does anyone have any links to better articles on this situation? I feel like we've only heard one side of this from the media. Now, the media could just be portraying the truth or they could be distorting the facts. Here are the question
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I agree. Making a statue in ancient times wasn't cheap or easy. Cheap in the aspect of always living on the edge of life, where a bad season could decimate a living group, and having time to do so. Easy in that tools weren't readily avail
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Worse: forcing you to the mobile site and when on it there's half the functionality and search doesn't return the same results. Are you not hitting the same API to search as the full site? Why wouldn't you?
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by Zimahl 13y ago
At one point he was making $4k per month on credit card referrals[1]. [1] http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/06/21/i-just-gave-up-400...
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Yeah, but is there time? I tend to find that these are long-term projects that could take 4 to 5 years to get done. You need a different type of person - and definitely the support of management - to make this a reality. The weak point is
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Please don't confuse what I'm saying. I don't know what type of developers that they are chasing but what happens after the startup phase and into the profitability/scaling phase is code cleanup. I've done enough of it to know that it's n
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I'd like to point out that this curve seems to follow the economy almost perfectly with a climb until the late 90s, and then the economic slowdown of the 00s into the 'Great Recession'. So, as we always say 'correlation doesn't mean causati
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Hate to say it but they are onto the boring stuff. The cleanup after the Superbowl, if you will. People just aren't that interested in coming in and fixing code to run better. It's a really tough sell because it's tedious, un-sexy work.
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by Zimahl 14y ago
This is turning into a Monty Python skit.
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by Zimahl 14y ago
Agreed. A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
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by Zimahl 14y ago
Oh don't be so obtuse. This isn't the same situation. No one (freely) elected Kim Jung Il/Un. Bloomberg was freely elected and does things that New Yorkers say they are against yet they continue to elect him. So, if you elected a guy tha
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by Zimahl 14y ago
You need money and time to run in an election. When you are rich you have one and the ability to get the other. That still doesn't explain that if the people of New York are so against his policies why he can make them happen. I'll assume
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by Zimahl 14y ago
Well, until the people of New York stand up against him and vote him out they deserve what they get. They seem to really enjoy a nanny state that even restricts what they can drink. You can't by a 32 oz. Coke but you can buy a jug of vodk
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by Zimahl 14y ago
The cafeteria anecdote is interesting because I've been in line in a cafeteria with a billionaire (former) CEO - Phil Knight. Very personable (he certainly didn't cut in line) and he seemed comfortable in his Nikes and jeans. Knight built
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by Zimahl 14y ago
From what they are showing us, Suspect #1 isn't seen as doing anything just walking in front of Suspect #2 and wearing sunglasses and a backpack. Like I said, from what they have shown us Suspect #1 might not have been involved at all.

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