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by _archon_ 10y ago
There's likely a subset of men who wear condoms when sleeping around so they can decrease their risk of babies (a measure so they don't have to trust that the woman they're with is both on the pill and taking it regularly). T
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by _archon_ 10y ago
It can not. Reuleaux solids must have an odd number of vertices, or they indeed don't work. It would appear that I didn't have my brain fully on this morning. To apply the principle of Reuleaux geometry to a regular shape with an
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by _archon_ 10y ago
The coin does appear to be a Reuleaux solid, which was a relief to me. British coins are some of the most common Reuleaux solids in the world. The sides are not straight; they are curved outwards. The curve is defined by an arc of a circle
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by _archon_ 10y ago
Hmm... I believe there may be a distinction here. Decrypting to the false virtual contents would be more like presenting a copy of the bank records that were correct, but the file had been corrupted and the data was unusable. However, the c
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by _archon_ 10y ago
>as I read it the police are asking for people who searched for pictures that were used in the fraud. Yes. This is the crux of why I'm uncomfortable with the court order. If the police don't have the criminal and files in custo
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by _archon_ 10y ago
I propose further bending the analogy to make it more correct: > a particular and rare style should be "a particular style", since we don't know how prevalent the image is in places that aren't major image search eng
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by _archon_ 10y ago
Google is legally obligated to provide that information. They can fight the subpoena's merit in court if they wish, but right now, the requesting police and the issuing judge are the problem.
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by _archon_ 10y ago
TFA is about Google being ordered to share information to police, by a (currently) legal court order . There's no call for [sic] in your quotation of GP.
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by _archon_ 10y ago
The judge would give the order after ascertaining that the video was relevant to catching the criminal, and specific enough that it only included the time period when the criminal would have been likely to be captured and no longer , and t
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by _archon_ 10y ago
Perhaps, but the perpetrator should be found and charged nonetheless.
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by _archon_ 10y ago
A procedural request for static information is very different than an intentional action to create interaction with another person. Also, in this case, the warrant asks for (to adapt your analogy) the numbers of anyone who called such phone
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by _archon_ 10y ago
>Is this really that different from police asking for security camera footage from a convenience store after a robbery? This is closer to police asking for all security camera footage from all stores in town which sell a product that
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by _archon_ 10y ago
1 stone is 14 pounds. I had commented earlier about stone being a unit of mass; this twinged my mind and I looked it up. Turns out I was conflating "stone" with "slug".
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by _archon_ 10y ago
The LexisNexis link 404s (added a space), I believe this is correct: https://www.lexisnexis.com/privacy/for-consumers/opt-out-of-... Also, the following can't hurt: https://www.lexisnexis.com/
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by _archon_ 10y ago
That depends on how involved humanity is in cultivating that atmosphere. There have been proposals to, for example, redirect comets/near-Mars objects that are icy/have oxygen or other desirable materials to burn up in the Martian
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by _archon_ 10y ago
In the F1 realm, improved fuel efficiency is a fringe benefit of lower weight, high-strength components. Low mass for improved acceleration, braking, and turning, as well as strength and stiffness for handling chassis and aerodynamic loads,
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by _archon_ 10y ago
I believe you are confusing eminent domain (forced sale of real estate) with asset forfeiture (cops pull you over, find something to arrest you for, then take all your stuff and never give it back to you regardless of whether you're fo
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by _archon_ 10y ago
I think instant runoff voting is optimal, but it's too confusing for an idiot in a hurry. I'd be content with simple approval voting. Every candidate has a checkbox next to their name on the ballot. If you approve of the candidate
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by _archon_ 10y ago
Can you share any examples? I'm a non-medical human and curious.
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by _archon_ 10y ago
This may or may not be true, but it doesn't matter from a higher-level viewpoint. If you want the olds to have less wealth and influence, why not consider how to make your app serve them so they'll give you their money? Further, l
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by _archon_ 10y ago
The obvious rebuttal is that you did this to hide your stuff from EVERYONE. Criminal mens rea doesn't exist; you're just a citizen who likes his privacy.
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by _archon_ 10y ago
This is neat. Also, there's nothing saying that a Mars trip couldn't bring a set of gut flora pills, each diverse and different, to be taken periodically. While sampling and isolation are interesting in their effects, actually har
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by _archon_ 10y ago
In a brief search, it appears that the ISS is within Earth's magnetosphere and is largely protected from ionizing radiation e.g. [1]. The radation and possible craft shielding question is at the forefront of my mind; not only for a Mar
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by _archon_ 10y ago
I agree with akytt, though I think there's a more general truth in play that hasn't been noted. Ongoing poverty perpetuates itself, which is why none of the short-term programs in the US have had lasting impact. We succeed, and fi
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by _archon_ 10y ago
It would appear that the nature of their approach is first and foremost to ensure that any change they make is data-driven best practice for the situation at hand. In iceland, it included prohibition of purchase by minors and provision to m
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by _archon_ 10y ago
This is a problem in every society, and must be addressed in a different way. If the role of government is to provide its children with a fundamental understanding of themselves and how to manage their individual motivations, perhaps the re
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by _archon_ 10y ago
I feel like the rotation clamp was too firm, and perhaps the camera could have had a mass on a torque arm to give it more angular inertia. This was SUPER distracting early in the presentation before the presenter was scaled down.
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by _archon_ 10y ago
Interestingly, he can still be arrested for DWI. This would be an interesting case, though, because the mens rea is clearly not present; the human intended to be conveyed by a capable transportation system, and didn't intend or attempt
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by _archon_ 10y ago
I was also surprised to not see any familiar names from the superrich industrialists in 19th and early 20th century America. Where are the Vanderbilts and Carnagies? I know the industrialists donated hugely to charity and public works, but
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by _archon_ 10y ago
There's a discrepancy between the number of visible blues and the number given. Say the person is a blue and doesn't know it. They can count b-1 blues on everyone else. Hearing "r reds, b blues, 1 yellow," he knows he mu

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