borkcorkedforks

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[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

5.56, typical rounds for ARs, aren't high caliber. In many states it's illegal to hunt deer with that caliber because it's under powered. Who told you it's high powered?

People absolutely use "high capacity" mags when these laws say more than 10 is too high. Take something like a Glock handgun typical capacity there is 15 to 17. For a modern rifle capacities of 20 to 40 is extremely common. For ARs the standard capacity is 30. Certainly any rifle anyone would consider for self defense is going to have mags larger than 10.

Overpenetration is a concern for any round a person would use for self defense. That includes 9mm and buckshot. Using 5.56 or 300 blk isn't actually that much more dangerous when just about anything is going through a bunch of wall if someone misses. And 5.56 might actually stop sooner than a slower moving handgun round because ballistics do weird things.

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Some people like the idea but to me that only makes sense if you are basically doing the nomad thing at a cheap location. You'd want to stay in the place for awhile as you're still spending most of the "vacation" working all day. On your days off you could do more. On an actual vacation you would actually be enjoying yourself the whole time. Traveling to just spend all your time working seems like a waste.

Also just try to work on just a laptop for a week. It sucks. I'm not doing that.

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

I feel like that is too on the nose. Prague U and related media is just propaganda and alternative history. I suppose some of it is close to what is already being taught for some parts of US history.

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@crow Not really sure how someone faking it would expect things to work out. Someone could decide they could get a bunch of clout and followers by faking it. But at some point they get shown to be a fraud then they lose any following they had. Are the people who claim to have discovered something notable before this or could they just be riding a wave for a min for a quick buck? I guess there have been cases in more proper scientific circles of faked results.

Reporting on it is kinda whatever as that's kinda just talking about what someone else claimed.

Another possibility is that some other mechanism is at work or there is a fault in the test setup. At that point the person making the claim could be wrong but not necessarily aware of it. Maybe due to a lack of knowledge.

@science @technology @dzen

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

If you're expecting 100 hour plus experiences in open worlds or detailed campaigns like AAA titles for $30-60 then there aren't that many. There are still good titles. Might want to check out steam and see what's popular in their VR section. Maybe see what has longer play times if that is what you're interested in.

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have music or whatever it's called now because I music and red together where the same price as just red. I still have it because I use YouTube more than streaming services like Netflix and don't mind supporting creators I'm watching. I use some of the features of premium on the app on my phone and fire stick too which could be worked around but would be a hassle.

For a vast majority of people who mainly view YouTube as a free service I highly doubt they'd be willing to pay $7 a month let alone $14. A large portion of their viewer base is kids and they aren't going to pay. Maybe if they add stickers or whatever TikTok is going nuts over as part of the monthly sub.

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

You're the one randomly commenting to defend a government. Plenty of governments and orgs find problems with the policies and actions of the CCP not just the US.

One I have a problem with is how people in China can't really criticize their government without risking being targeted by the government. If I said the Pooh Bear comment in China the CCP would be on my ass because WeChat reported me.

On the other hand criticize my government all the fucking time including leaders in particular. Watch. Fuck Biden I don't like his gun policy and I don't think he should run again, he is too fucking old. Here, I'll do it again. Fuck Trump, he has tiny hands and I'm pretty sure he did those crimes he has been to going to court over. Also the DMV sucks and inflation is bad.

I could get into more important things the CCP is responsible for like the genocide but you probably think those are lies or want to get into whataboutisms.

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

How do you keep your breath so fresh? Does the pooh bear use mint flavored shoe shine or do you just pop in a mint after going to town?

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

If they have to use code words they're not going to be getting care in their state, not legally anyway. That's part of how they can even be charged with something.

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I do wonder how the subs get split. Like is it just a bonus based on general stats or stats of users paying?

For me I use the phone app and on a TV so not having to setup extra ad blocking nonsense is nice. I also watch it all the time and do want to support people making content. I've done the Patreon thing some and tried to bounce around who I was giving a few dollars to. More convenient if the YouTube sub just benefits the people I'm watching.

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

RFK Jr is an anti-vax and conspiracy theory nut. DeSantis is basically the home schooled version of Trump.

DeSantis vs RFK Jr wouldn't really be much of an improvement. Just a different flavor of shit. Like lemon flavored shit instead of lime flavored shit.

[–] borkcorkedforks@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Often time scammers put a few typos and whatnot into initial contact to weed out smarter people. Mainly if the scam is going to involve phone calls or something. Scams just trying to get passwords or infect your computer might try harder to look legit.

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