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this is like saying you don't own a lock because it won't open if you've lost the key

it's the most non-renewable resource, but it also goes away whether we use it or not.

I'm not an expert in this, but i think the first-sale doctrine only applies if the phone is in similar condition as the new ones you get from apple (or if it's used, you say that i…

I do not think it is fraud to print the Apple iPhone X US-version 64GB Black code on a box that does in fact contain an Apple iPhone X US-version 64GB Black Trademarking your UPC w…

if you have tons of proof about a murder, it's almost certain to fall under one of the exceptions to the doctrine. e.g, if law enforcement would have discovered the evidence anyway…

there's plenty of people who think defending a criminal at all is ethically dubious. Depriving criminal defendants of the most effective defense by applying social pressure to thei…

why? I do think there is a historical case, but what about freedom of expression makes it harder to build bridges, and is there a way to build bridges anyway?

How is making prisoners pay for the prison any different than a court fining someone convicted of a crime?

Will banks accept a faxed photograph to rebut a claim that the membership was cancelled?

Much of professors' salaries are paid from grants. The professor who barely does any teaching is (hopefully) pulling in research money.

I don't know whether this is feasible at the temperature gradients created by data centers, but it's not prohibited by physics. If there are chemical species in the water that are …

I agree, and if I were forced to answer I would say that even the CA constitution probably doesn't apply to Facebook et. al. I think the point I have in mind is that there are less…

This is wrong, even in the United States. There are rare circumstances where a company's property is open to the public to such an extent that they become subject to first amendmen…

Prices are not set to guarantee profits for landlords. If it's a cold rental market, the owner of the property still would prefer to lose only a small amount, rather than having th…

It seems like a high-variance strategy. Most of the time it would be a demerit, but that doesn't matter if most of the time you will not get past the HR screens regardless.

Generally speaking, a company communicating information to you does not bar you from trading unless you explicitly agree to refrain from making trades.

Chemical engineering: If you don't know what you're doing, your reactor will blow up and kill people. Here are some cases where people didn't know what they were doing. Don't be li…

China has clearly shown a capability to govern reluctant populations. I'm not sure why occupied NK would be different.

People have been competing against solar and wind for years

We learned about hereditary traits long before gene sequencing even existed. You do not need to know how something works on a genetic level to make strong conclusions about heritab…

>As long as you're doing the standard things that help you retain talent (like paying market rate, providing good opportunities, etc.), there should be no reason to worry, right? R…

Most companies cannot have their employees sign multi-year contracts. Outside of sports, there is a much bigger risk of your competitors poaching people after they've developed.

>The loss of Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef alone costing that region 1 million visitors a year, imperilling 10,000 jobs and draining $1 billion from the economy This is terrible …