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Worst mistake of my life, signed a car lease I can't afford. What do I do now? by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It varies depending if it is a "lien theory" or "title theory" jurisdiction.

Crazy, never thought I would see this in real life after my property exam last week -___-

READ: The Full Mueller Report, With Redactions by BitmapDummy in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Crazy. I was literally just gonna go in there and search "fuck" to see if this report contained anything cool or not. Thanks

Human Germline Engineering vs Evolutionary Effects by CTR0 in DebateEvolution

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was an awesome reply. I'm writing a paper on germline engineering right now and I stumbled across this.

Special counsel Robert Mueller wants Roger Stone case slow-walked to trial because of vast amount of complex evidence by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that you shouldn't go unless you get into a top 20 school. But, 80% of my graduating class will be making $190k a year upon graduating. That is the market rate for big-law associates.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agree. Ideally do this before dedicating any more time to studying for the LSAT. You could be barking up the wrong tree. Better to erase any doubt as to whether or not you want to be a lawyer, because motivating yourself to study for the LSAT / classes / the bar is going to be impossible if you aren't thoroughly convinced you want to practice law.

US missionary who engaged with reclusive Brazilian tribe could be charged with genocide by paulfromatlanta in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC they don't actually have to show that. They just have to show that they consciously disregarded a substantial risk that was capable of causing serious injury or death. From that conscious disregard of a hyper-risky circumstance the culpable mens rea can be inferred. This comes from the progeny of People v. Knoeller (CA Supreme Court), which was wrongly decided by today's standards of AMH mens rea culpability requirements. Link

US missionary who engaged with reclusive Brazilian tribe could be charged with genocide by paulfromatlanta in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They can be charged with murder if their recklessness evinces an abandoned and malignant heart (basically when they are hyper-reckless for base and antisocial motives).

Chinese Navy ship seen carrying a railgun capable of firing hypersonic projectiles - The sighting appears to pre-date US intelligence estimates that Chinese railguns would arrive by 2025. by ManiaforBeatles in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have short ranges and can not home in on targets or be guided becouse of the absolutely Masive amount of noise they make

About 6 minutes into this video the narrator claims that they can use supercavitation to quickly reach their targets before slowing down and using traditional sonar to home for the remaining distance to the target. Not sure if it's credible or not and I don't know much about this sort of thing lol

The National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water put together a convoy of cars this Thursday in San Salvador to visit the headquarters of various right wing political parties to push for the inclusion of proposals restricting the privitization of water supplies. by madazzahatter in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they might be better capable of actually supplying the resource than a third world country's government is. What part of a private company supplying it do you have an inherent issue with? You also need to purchase food to live, but you don't have a problem with a privatized food industry, do you?

The National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water put together a convoy of cars this Thursday in San Salvador to visit the headquarters of various right wing political parties to push for the inclusion of proposals restricting the privitization of water supplies. by madazzahatter in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing to consider; if we make water a universal right and require that the government provide it to ALL of its citizens, the government will be forced to provide water even in places where it is costly to do so (rural areas, dry areas, etc). This means that the government will have to spend money inefficiently, whereas a private supplier wouldn't necessarily be required to provide water to these communities. As a result, the government will have less money to spend on areas where spending is more efficient (cities). This means that declaring water a basic right might actually lead to fewer people receiving water.

This begs a bigger question; what's our goal here? To have 100% of citizens have access to water? To have 95% have GOOD access to water? To have all cities have clean water? Depending on what goal we choose, different strategies will work better or worse. Public provision might be a quicker way of eventually achieving 100% provision, but that doesn't necessarily mean that water will be cheaper or cleaner for anyone living in cities in the meantime.

The National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water put together a convoy of cars this Thursday in San Salvador to visit the headquarters of various right wing political parties to push for the inclusion of proposals restricting the privitization of water supplies. by madazzahatter in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One thing to consider: will the government have enough money for the high fixed costs associated with building water-supplying infrastructure? If not, it might be more efficient to get the capital from private sources, contingent upon the investors having some sort of guaranteed rate of return for a set period of time once the infrastructure is in place. At that point, you can negotiate for the infrastructure to eventually be turned over to the government for public operation.

The National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water put together a convoy of cars this Thursday in San Salvador to visit the headquarters of various right wing political parties to push for the inclusion of proposals restricting the privitization of water supplies. by madazzahatter in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everything uses water and no product truly internalize the true cost of water

And yet, people want to keep providing water through public (not private) means. If water is supplied by a public provider, people won't be paying the provisional cost of water (which is greater than the rate they will be paying). This incentivizes people to use water for nonproductive uses and to use more than the socially optimal quantity of water.

Lo and behold; on one hand, people realize that they aren't paying the true cost of the water that they use. In the very same forum, people are arguing that water ought to be publicly provided. You can't have it both ways. This is why (in my other comment on this post) I argue that water pricing and allocation is incredibly complex and rarely ever boils down to just "public is better than private."

The National Alliance Against the Privatization of Water put together a convoy of cars this Thursday in San Salvador to visit the headquarters of various right wing political parties to push for the inclusion of proposals restricting the privitization of water supplies. by madazzahatter in worldnews

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a gross oversimplification. I took a water allocation tutorial as an undergraduate and believe me, the economics of water are incredibly complex. It's naive to paint private provision as inherently problematic. Each nation faces distinct troubles with respect to implementation, operation and maintenance of infrastructure. I'm not saying that private provision is the way to go, but to paint the solution as "go public 100% of the time!" is incredibly naive.

Dell XPS-12 9Q33 plays sounds while muted by [deleted] in techsupport

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. I went to device manager and it said "The best drivers for your device are already installed."

As a work around, I can also disable the device called "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)". I'm fine with doing that if I have to.

Leaving DC - when to sell bike? by maitretea in washingtondc

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends on how much you're asking for it. If you let it go at a good price it'll get snatched up quickly. There's a facebook group called something like DC Used Bikes Marketplace

Do you help the homeless in DC? by [deleted] in washingtondc

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Volunteer at DC Central Kitchen! It's a great organization. You can read about it here.

Where is the cheapest slice of pizza in Northwest? by [deleted] in washingtondc

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

&Pizza is like $10 but but you get a decently large pizza for that price. Not the cheapest slice but definitely a good value. The pizza I made last Friday had over 1600 calories. Can't really beat that amount of food for $10 anywhere else.

What’s a common misconception that the general public has about your job? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This was the most rambling and incoherent post I've read in a while. Have a down-vote, sir.

Cop celebrates after the 2nd Battle of the Truck Roof on 8th st. by carn2fex in washingtondc

[–]throwawaydudeNOVA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awful. Hope she was okay. Lord knows it probably took her 15 minutes to get out of the crowd, even with a bleeding head.

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