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> "The US Securities Exchange Act defines market manipulation as "transactions which create an artificial price or maintain an artificial price for a tradable security"." They are …

> It's because they want to be able to move the stock price when they publish something. Publicity helps move the market which is how they make money. Why do you think that make [h…

As I said, I think it's probably his real name. But it's a cool name for sure; his name would be right at home in a cyberpunk novel.

It might be insider trading in some countries, but it isn't in America. It's perfectly legal to trade on information you found out through your own research and didn't tell anybody…

I guess it's actually his real name, and Zeke short for Ezekiel isn't uncommon. But Zeke can also mean 'cloak'.

> "Netflix Ditches 5 Star Rating System, Is Amy Schumer to Blame?" > "This past week, Netflix officially debuted their new Amy Schumer stand-up comedy hour The Leather Special. And…

Analogue video (e.g. television) interlacing did actually begin in the 1930s, a few years before the Hindenburg disaster. But the original disaster footage would have been shot on …

> bad air quality over half a continent away If you mean that Californian fires are smoking out states like Nebraska, that's something I haven't heard of. But if you mean smoking o…

I guess you're alluding to KSC or Cape Canaveral? As far as I know they pipe their water in from a neighboring town. Do they actually have enough fresh water to support the launch …

Supposing the EPA is gutted as you suggest (my sibling comment suggests otherwise), it surely still has more capability and expertise when it comes to environmental regulation than…

> The EPA is also a national security concern. I strongly agree, but not for the reason you give. Environmental destruction is likely to start more wars than it prevents...

Copyrighted music won't prevent video of cops breaking the law from being used in court, so don't let that tactic dissuade you from recording the police.

TBQH, even poor people in America can afford better guns from a store than homemade guns. The main exception to this is people who aren't permitted to buy guns. Wikipedia says the …

This makes sense. If the EPA is slacking and rubber-stamping things, that warrants investigation and criticism. But I'm not buying the angle that the FAA should be expected to enfo…

If you think wildfire smoke makes a region unlivable, then consider that before deciding where to live. Wildfires are a natural part of the ecological cycle in some parts of the wo…

Not really, not in the sense that most people think of it. It can be composted, but certainly not in the backyard pile of vegetable matter most people will imagine when you talk ab…

> "he's at best exploiting loopholes and at worst operating extrajudicially. [...] But, more importantly, it's irrelevant to the problem at hand, sidestepping the regulation proces…

"During the Medieval Warm Period, there were at least two century-long megadroughts with only 60-70% of modern precipitation levels. Paleoclimatologists believe that higher tempera…

How could it be that SpaceX is answerable only to the FAA and is immune to the EPA? Why is it on the FAA to regulate a well? I think the author of the article should work on includ…

> Hydrogen does not burn energetically, especially before it has been mixed with oxygen. Drop the word "especially" and I might agree, but a mere party balloon of hydrogen mixed wi…

Instead of trying to craft legislation addressing 3d printed guns directly, it might be more effective for governments to target the 3d printing hobby using environmental rhetoric.…

>There's no way the NRA would let this loophole get closed, right? They might, since people making rifles at home aren't buying rifles from manufacturers. Licensed FFLs don't use t…

They can afford better guns.

> For the ghost guns, do you still need to have professionally manufactured elements standing pressure, like a barrel, Yes, the 'ghost guns' politicians fear the most are built lik…

That link works and sounds fine, thank you.