>except you can't build a gun from scratch in your basement
Can't build a a very sophisticated gun, but it is certainly possible to fabricate something that shoots bullets after nothing but a trip to the hardware store. For both your legal and physical well being, I do not recommend trying it.
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While it does seem like their TOS gives them the legal out to do this, is it not more likely that this is merely a CYA measure to cover any data they happen to collect and any way they happen to use it? If their TOS narrowly covered only the data they planned to collect and the uses they expected to have for it I would imagine every change to their code would become a potential legal liability.
I would add, when mixing money and friends/family is unavoidable absolutely insist on a well worded contract. I know many people think that this is some sort of taboo among people you are close to, but it is essential all parties are very clear about what to expect from one another once money enters the picture.
It doesn't guarantee a trouble free time, but it at least avoids the tragic and very common "miscommunications".
>>If we are still emitting carbon in 2100, the planet will become uninhabitable.
Do you have any sources for this claim? From what I understand, the science does not support this claim. I've seen models predicting 200ft sea level rises, a drastic increase in deserts, and a possible failure of our current agricultural system, among other things. These are undoubtedly bad, but are far from rendering Earth "uninhabitable".
Exaggerations like this remind me of the anti-drug adds of my childhood. So much harm is done by over reaching the bounds of reality when trying to convince someone that an action could lead to harm. It's a quick way to have them doubting every part of your message.
If it's still about punishment, it's still coming from the wrong place, imo. Furthermore, everyone will have different opinions on which crimes are more heinous than others.
While it is true that some of the most diverse cities fall on the east and west coast, I think you'll find that the south is not unrepresented. As a resident of Houston, Texas (#23 on their list) it always bugs me to see people paint an entire region and people with one uniform brush. Something kind of bigoted about it, actually...
I would assume dolphins still die from lack of food, disease, and predation. One(human) would assume they might want to build something to reduce those odds?
This can't be true 100% of the time or the hiring/working condition would be roughly the same regardless of legal environment. This, at least to me, does not seem to be the case.
To my mind, it is not about funding or not funding security at airports/borders/etc. It's about if terrorism poses enough of a threat to be worth compromising our standards of governance. We can fund and support security in these zones without suspending our civil liberties and we should.
I heard a bit about this on NPR the other day. They had a desalination expert on to discuss it. He seemed mildly optimistic about this technology for certain niche applications, but did not seem blown away by it.
I think we'll be asking this question over and over in the coming decades.
I personally think it would be foolish to take a hard-line stance on our law enforcement agencies adopting new, more powerful tools to do their job. We don't need to freeze our law enforcement agencies in the 20th century. We do need to open them up to increased transparency and oversight to ensure these tools are used correctly.
Can't build a a very sophisticated gun, but it is certainly possible to fabricate something that shoots bullets after nothing but a trip to the hardware store. For both your legal and physical well being, I do not recommend trying it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_firearm