partialrecall

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by partialrecall 7y ago
> Literally the one difference between the "official", Hitler-approved definition of "assault rifle" and an AR-15 is that the AR-15 doesn't support selective fire. In case anybody isn't clear on what that
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by partialrecall 7y ago
Incidentally, the National Firearms Act (1934) was originally meant to ban handguns. The current regulation on short barrel rifles and short barrel shotguns are vestigial remnants of this intent (if you ban handguns, it only makes sense t
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by partialrecall 7y ago
All* full sized rifle rounds are supersonic and cause the cavitation the 5.56 has become infamous for (e.g. bruh it goes so fast it's basically explosive! - overheard in a cafe). The terminal effects of 5.56 on flesh are severe, bu
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by partialrecall 7y ago
A water-bucket trap can kill dozens of rodents in a single night. Your cat is not that effective.
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by partialrecall 7y ago
From the perspective of a consumer, the difference is totally irrelevant. Why should the particulars of the exchange between the shill and the company matter to me? They don't.
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by partialrecall 7y ago
> If not energy, by what metric could the latter be described as "high powered"? Well the Browning Hi-Power was so named for it's large magazine capacity. But I agree with the substance of what you're saying. 5.56
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by partialrecall 7y ago
It's about as significant as IBM dropping out of the PC market because Dell,etc are preferred by consumers. The platform is standardized and the vast majority of AR-15s the public own have no Colt parts in them. Colt are a big name, b
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by partialrecall 7y ago
fyi, methods being attached to structs/whatever is a property of single dispatch object systems, but not multiple dispatch object systems. The coupling/attached relationship derives from single dispatch systems privileging the fi
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by partialrecall 7y ago
> "PR and advertising are not the same thing." A distinction without substance.
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by partialrecall 7y ago
Watch out for the reverse too, ethernet over powerline is a thing!
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by partialrecall 7y ago
"Recommendations" is just newspeak for advertising. I don't want my TV doing that. Here is a novel idea: if your shit is so great for users, not contrary to their interests, why don't you ask them to opt-in?
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by partialrecall 7y ago
> "I just wish they make a dump TV with superior image quality and let the other streaming devices handling the "smart" features." They do, but from what I understand you'll pay more for such panels. As I und
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by partialrecall 7y ago
If you don't want to use SD cards, there are plenty of other methods available; at this point you're being deliberately obtuse. But I do find it amusing that you appeal to the requirements of "the majority of middle class
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by partialrecall 7y ago
You don't have to implement every possible solution all at once; you pick one that works for you. If you prefer Plex, use Plex. If you prefer keeping everything on a thumb drive or your phone's SD card, do that instead. With n
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by partialrecall 7y ago
> Exercising your ability to sit down and Just Do It Have you considered the possibility that he's a highly motivated person who simply has a more creative "It" in mind?
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by partialrecall 7y ago
> "I know this is to simplify the UI" Why is that even necessary? Youtube offers you the full list to choose from and I don't see users writhing on the ground clutching their skulls in agonizing confusion. Users can h
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by partialrecall 7y ago
Virtually anything you pirate these days will be supported on virtually anything you might want to watch movies on these days. The obscure edge-cases are things that HN users might be aware of, but simply aren't a practical concern i
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by partialrecall 7y ago
Plug the hard drive into the TV or mobile device. I'm pretty sure mobile devices support USB harddrives these days, but I know for sure "smart TVs" do. If you prefer dumb tvs (as I do) plug an old computer into that. Or
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by partialrecall 7y ago
Users like code with fewer bugs and rapid response time for new feature requests, right? If you start firing people for taking the time to write readable and maintainable code, you'll be doing a greater disservice to the users than th
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by partialrecall 7y ago
It shouldn't be a matter of choice for them. Obviously, if left to their own devices, they will fail to protect people.
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by partialrecall 7y ago
It's entirely possible to create systems of auditing that do actually involve in depth investigation and verification.
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by partialrecall 7y ago
If you throw in the rest of Pixar and Disney animated stuff, you're still probably talking about under 100 movies total, right? One cheap usb hard drive and an afternoon on the public library's wifi and you could own non-DRM co
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by partialrecall 7y ago
In truth, I am not as puzzled as I claimed. However I've found that on HN there is a pathological obsession with giving people and organizations the benefit of the doubt, even when they don't deserve it. Consequently I sometime
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by partialrecall 7y ago
Fully agreed.
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by partialrecall 7y ago
No doubt. But I'm still worried for the future of the FSF.
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by partialrecall 7y ago
Nobody else at the FSF has been anywhere close to as visible and vocal an advocate of software freedom as Stallman. It really shouldn't be hard to be more charismatic than Stallman... but where/who is such a person? That'
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by partialrecall 7y ago
"Aircraft" doesn't make assumptions about the power source. Piston engine, turboprob, turbojet and turbofan aircraft are all called aircraft despite all having different sorts of propulsion. All of those still breath air
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by partialrecall 7y ago
His late friend being Minksy, not Epstein. Which makes the headlines about him defending Epstein... puzzling.
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by partialrecall 7y ago
fyi the first 20-so flights of the X-15 burned LOX/alcohol, similar to the X-1 or V-2. Later flights burned LOX/ammonia. I'm not sure about the ammonia, but LOX/alcohol is not hypergolic.
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by partialrecall 7y ago
Oh yeah, the Chinese government is the model of restraint. Give me a break dude. Are you free to criticize your government or not? I freely criticize mine, and you should do the same.

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