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Yeah I knew it was time to get out when my neighbor's dog started telling me about this hot new ICO.
Hey, WoofCoin is going to change the world! Only WoofCoin uses blockchain technology to finally solve the age old question "who's a good boy?"
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So he brandished a weapon when his life wasn't in danger? Isn't that illegal?
His life was most definitely in danger.
They just asked for his cash, nothing show any sign in danger in that. Would you pull out a gun because someone asked you for food too?
Was there a threat? Which kind of threat? Did it look like these guys had the means to carry that threat and did it look like they actually were going to carry that threat?
I wouldn't kill a guy in hope to get a few thousand dollars. There are cars that are worth much more than I could steal and risk much less than a homicide sentence (which I guess is pretty high in Arizona).
I don't believe his life was in danger, but I'm also not living in a country where people think their life is constantly in danger and they have to carry gun for their safety. That mentality is dangerous in itself and may justify itself sadly. Having a gun in any interaction escalate way too quickly any risk.
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Luckily for them it didn't have to go that far, but he did pull it and they immediately took off. He then got in his car and called the police to report what happened.
So he brandished a weapon when his life wasn't in danger? Isn't that illegal?
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And a big piece of gold's value is that it's been a store of value for longer than recorded history. Hell, if the world went belly up, Mad Max style, there's a good chance that whatever gold you have would be worth even more.
Serious question: what value would gold have in a post-apocalyptic world? If I'm selling something, why should I take gold in exchange for it, instead of something useful, like ammunition or food or water?
Ammunition is better, but for something that can be stored indefinitely without great care, it's hard to beat gold.
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His life was most definitely in danger.
There seems to be missing something in your story to show danger. They just asked for his cash, nothing show any sign in danger in that. Would you pull out a gun because someone asked you for food too? Was there a threat? Which kind of threat? Did it look like these guys had the means to carry that threat and did it look like they actually were going to carry that threat? I wouldn't kill a guy in hope to get a few th…
Time to buy?
Downvote me all you want, but HN really needs to cure this bitcoin-jealousy. Yes, people who invested early became millionares and billionares with a single mouse click. I know it feels unfair when you spend countless hours creating and innovating and not being rewarded. But some of you here needs to stop hating and being bitter. I have been watching HN and bitcoin related threads for months now. Same pattern.
Cryptocurrencies have been rising in value at an astronomical pace the last few months, and Bitcoin may currently be the biggest asset bubble in human history [1]. It would seem it is only quite logical that the general HN comment would be quite skeptical at the very least.
[1]: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-12/its-official-bitcoi...
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Luckily for them it didn't have to go that far, but he did pull it and they immediately took off. He then got in his car and called the police to report what happened.
So he brandished a weapon when his life wasn't in danger? Isn't that illegal?
1. He just has to justify that he had a reasonable fear for it. 2. Anyway he was protecting his property
In fact, he did a very honest thing: he brandished his gun. Which means he showed the would be criminals that he was packing.
Steps to shoot a would be assailant legally:
1. Show that you're packing 2. if the would be assailant doesn't leave, aim 3. if the would be assailant doesn't leave, shoot.
Its a very fast, but choreographed dance. The point of it being that you don't just get to shoot anyone right away, you have to give them a chance to bugger off. Which they did.
EDIT: I've never owned a gun and don't really want to own one (shooting is a lot of fun, but I don't want to be a gun owner). I might buy a .22 rifle (hardly relevant for this story)
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Yeah I knew it was time to get out when my neighbor's dog started telling me about this hot new ICO.
I was suprised to hear someone mention DOGE's market cap was over 500 million.
As someone who owns and believes in cryptocurrency, I'm actually glad this happened. I was getting sick of all the get rich quick people who've been driving the price lately, even for the coins that shouldn't be pumping. It was almost as if the entire cryptocurrency space had turned into a huge unregulated casino. I was at a couple of Bitcoin meetups recently and was surprised to find that most attendees were proudly…
Just FYI and very anecdotal, I know a guy who was confronted in the parking lot after a bitcoin meetup by 2 guys demanding that he send some coins to their wallet. Be careful at those meetups.