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0 pointspixl973y ago0 comments

I mean, a short stock is unbounded. A sentence for an individual charge is bounded.

Lots of things lawyers do are easy for lawyers to figure out. That doesn't mean a programmer is going to be able to make a reasonable estimate unless they both understand the law and the history of the accused.

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Dylan168073y ago

> I mean, a short stock is unbounded. A sentence for an individual charge is bounded.

Okay fine. Local man shorts 1 share of IBM and pays a penny to get a call option at $huge. He faces a loss of up to $huge!

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