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mikkupikku • yesterday at 2:57 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

We used to until quite recently. Anybody could buy dynamite at the hardware store. We had to end this because of criminals using it to hurt people.

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suzzer99 • yesterday at 4:11 PM

I admit I was surprised to see you could buy dynamite in a hardware store until 1970.

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jqpabc123 • yesterday at 3:04 PM

Look for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.

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jfengel • yesterday at 3:26 PM

Except this time the criminals are police.

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