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shalafi ,

You started with serious questions, worth talking about, but thinking fluoride is a drug killed it. That tells me you’re not educated enough to have the conversation.

shalafi ,

You can skip the MS account, but it takes effort.

Do NOT connect to the internet, or you’re hosed and will have to start over.

SHIFT+F10 to get a command prompt.

cd oobe

bypassnro

It’ll reboot and now you’ll have options to skip the MS account for a “limited experience”. Once you get a desktop, connect to the internet.

shalafi ,

Sir Terry is all to easy to quote. This one always gets me thinking:

“There had been that Weapons Law, for a start. Weapons were involved in so many crimes that, Swing reasoned, reducing the number of weapons had to reduce the crime rate. Vimes wondered if he’d sat up in bed in the middle of the night and hugged himself when he’d dreamed that one up. Confiscate all weapons, and crime would go down. It made sense.

It would have worked, too, if only there had been enough coppers—say, three per citizen. Amazingly, quite a few weapons were handed in. The flaw, though, was one that had somehow managed to escape Swing, and it was this: criminals don’t obey the law. It’s more or less a requirement for the job. They had no particular interest in making the streets safer for anyone except themselves. And they couldn’t believe what was happening. It was like Hogswatch every day.

Some citizens took the not-unreasonable view that something had gone a bit askew if only naughty people were carrying arms. And they got arrested in large numbers.

The average copper, when he’s been kicked in the nadgers once too often and has reason to believe that his bosses don’t much care, has an understandable tendency to prefer to arrest those people who won’t instantly try to stab him, especially if they act a bit snotty and wear more expensive clothes than he personally can afford.

The rate of arrests shot right up, and Swing had been very pleased about that. Admittedly, most of the arrests had been for possessing weaponry after dark, but quite a few had been for assaults on the Watch by irate citizens.

That was Assault On A City Official, a very important and despicable crime, and, as such, far more important than all these thefts that were going on everywhere. It wasn’t that the city was lawless. It had plenty of laws. It just didn’t offer many opportunities not to break them.

Swing didn’t seem to have grasped the idea that the system was supposed to take criminals and, in some rough-and-ready fashion, force them into becoming honest men. Instead, he’d taken honest men and turned them into criminals. And the Watch, by and large, into just another gang.”

And that from a liberal Englishman. I was taken aback reading Monstrous Regiment. "Did this guy write a book full of trans characters 21-years ago?! (Honestly, it got a little silly at the end with all the characters ending up trans, and a couple gay I think.)

shalafi ,

I’ve spent decades trying to learn a little about everything. And I do know quite a bit! Yet I’m always taken aback to find some dumb thing I’d never heard of or considered, some new angle.

At this point I think I might be well knowledgeable about the time I hit 200, maybe 250. Not gonna make it.

shalafi ,

Heinlein experiments with loads of social structures and governments. Starship Troopers is the fascist example, not an example of all his work.

shalafi ,

Any wonder LGBT folks are one of the largest gun buying demographics in the past few years? Ain’t that something?

shalafi ,

Got me. Danmnit.

shalafi ,

Got me. Danmnit.

shalafi ,

Roll up on me in an unmarked van and open fire, my bullets won’t be made of rubber.

shalafi ,

Fembot is originally from the Six Million Dollar Man. Scared me shitless as a child.

bionic.fandom.com/wiki/Fembot

shalafi ,

LiberalGunNut™ here. I sure as hell don’t want a national registry. As we slide further into fascism, you want a man like Trump knowing who has what?

And no, it really can’t be enforced. Guys like me will obey the law and other won’t, just as it is now.

shalafi ,

Anecdotal, but I’ve read comments in the past exactly like OPs.

shalafi ,

states that do not legally require a background check

Bald faced lie, not even going to read the rest. Background checks are federally required. States can impose additional restrictions, but they cannot bypass this. It would be a Bulgarian cluster fuck if they did. They do not.

shalafi ,

It’s pretty mundane looking. I’ve always just got a plain brown box. Same for ammo.

BUT, it’s not legal to ship guns directly to you or I. I order a gun on guns.com and it goes to my FFL guy. I go sit in his kitchen, fill out the forms and give him his $20.

shalafi ,

Just restarted Discworld #1 today! Be awhile till I get all the way to the post office novel.

shalafi ,

Right?! These posts are so dumb. And yes, some people think we should force fossil fuels immediately off the map. But, ya know, mass starvation and death. You forgot war. Basically the worst parts of the Bible.

shalafi ,

I roll my own olive oil soap, no scent. Would you like to know more?

shalafi ,

Where there’s a will there’s a way! Don’t give up.

For example: Use a small and VERY hot nail to melt a sideways hole. Patiently. Use the same nail as a tab. (Probably have to shorten in before the final push.)

shalafi ,

I have this haircut still.

[OC] Shipwreck of Hephaestus (lemmy.world)

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shalafi ,

You should be wildly proud of that!

Can you tell me about printing on reflective metal? I’ve printed on the reflectorized vinyl like a street sign, but not directly on the steel. That looks like a million bucks!

shalafi ,

I live on the edge of town and have some swamp out in the sticks. We’re going balls out on solar.

shalafi ,

Can I nitpick a thing? 01/06 gave me fucking PTSD. I watched for 8-hours that day and can’t watch 60-seconds now. I really can’t. I can barely glance at a picture. Now I truly know what triggered means.

But those animals weren’t “armed” in any sense of the word as we typically understand it. Yes, some had guns “off campus”, but they were too pussy to bring 'em.

Anyway, sorry. I’ll be the last human on Earth to downplay that day.

If they want to start showing out armed? Aight. Not all liberals are gun shy.

shalafi ,

You got some solid answers here, but I’ll add this: Puerto Ricans don’t necessarily wish statehood. The issue is controversial down there.

shalafi ,

That’s one hell of a wise post. Good job!

shalafi ,

But you gotta get the loan first.

shalafi ,

I agree, but that ain’t gonna fix $1.7 trillion in student loan debt.

shalafi ,

I wouldn’t trust a doctor to clear a weapon. It’s stupid easy, if you know what you’re doing.

I just learned that the Time Cube is no more. (lemmy.world)

Some of you may remember this absolute diamond of insanity that was the “4-Day Time Cube.” This was the go-to example of the internet as a universal amplifier for communication - for both the sane and insane alilke. It was there from nearly the start of the world-wide web, back in the 1990’s. Alas, it ceased to be some...

shalafi ,

That is the best username I’ve seen in ages.

shalafi ,

Got a close friend in CO training. They love him because he denies the inmates anything they ask for. Told him long before he started, they’re going to change him for the worse. And it’s happening.

shalafi ,

Oh BS. Ever been in jail? You’re in with some of the dumbest, and incorrigible, members of society. It’s stunning how many of those dudes take county jail as a fact of life, totally used to it. They are constantly lying, faking and scheming for anything they can get.

So what’s a CO to do? Apparently their default answer to anything is “NO.” I have a friend in CO training who has been lauded for denying any and all inmate requests. That job is going to make him a bastard, I can see it.

Then you got the guy they transferred in one day. Dude has a clearly infected tooth, face badly swollen on one side. They packed him full of gauge, gave him a cloth to hold his jaw up, like an old Bugs Bunny cartoon, and 2 Tylenol. Damn.

Point being, jail is a fucked up mess and the CO’s are barely brighter than the inmates. Nobody’s calculating all that. Hell, if they knew her neck was broken, they also knew they might get their ass sued off.

shalafi ,

He’s 21 with no education or skills. Here he gets offered a job that pays decently, has free training and has solid benefits, best thing he’s ever been offered.

He has no idea what he’s getting into. And now that he’s into it, he’s succeeding and being lauded for once in his life, told he’s doing great, for once in his life.

Take your judgement on down the road. I’m doing what I can for him.

shalafi ,

Mississippi is the very definition of geologically stable. Weather events are rare enough. Tornados aren’t much of a thing. Katrina levelled Gulfport like a nuclear bomb but go as far as Hattiesburg and there were only a few shingles blown off.

As for cooling, water is plentiful.

shalafi ,

People here talking about decompiling code. Maybe you meant to ask how they’re certain it’s not stolen from home base?

All our goods are hidden behind a VPN or MFA (multi-factor authentication). Unless someone does something stupid, you’re not getting in our BitBucket or AWS account.

shalafi ,

I cuss like a maniac. Some systems seem to pick up curse words and escalate the caller to a rep. Used to work better than it does now.

shalafi ,

a functioning alcoholic in IT who was somehow able to pay for extra rent increases yet also didn’t have his shit together enough

Son?

shalafi ,

As to the auto industry bailout, would you rather have had a major American industry simply collapse?! Don’t know about the others, but Chrysler paid it all back, with interest, years ahead of schedule.

The Treasury made a profit on the bank bailouts.

en.wikipedia.org/…/Emergency_Economic_Stabilizati…

And all of that put together is chicken change against the $1.7 trillion owed in student loan debt.

shalafi ,

Extracted lidocaine from butt lube.

shalafi ,

There’s a country town north of me where those idiots often bolt straight into the sides of cars.

shalafi ,

LOL, my first thought. There’ll be deer guts everywhere.

shalafi ,

I would have preferred a rope, but 87-months will do well enough.

shalafi ,

I will never not watch that video.

shalafi ,

That’s what you hear about. You don’t hear about the other 40,000 gun deaths (almost half suicides) anymore than you hear about the 40,000 vehicular deaths.

Kis shoots up a school and kills 5? All over the media for a solid week. Asshole ripping down the interstate takes out a family of 5? Meh. Quick local news blurb.

OP’s point is that rifles, legal or not, aren’t what’s doing all the killing. It’s the pistols. Nobody will talk about it because there’s no way in hell for a pistol ban to pass. But words like “assault” and “military” get traction.

Remember Virginia Tech? Worst mass murder at the time? Kid did most of his killing with a .22 pistol.

shalafi ,

Gonna overturn the 1st Amendment?

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

I’m sure there are ways to dial in the abuse, but what legislator is gonna vote for that?

shalafi ,

I want to believe. But there are questions.

If the price tanks too hard, China will dial back production. The article talks about this. Seems to already be happening.

Also, why am I not seeing a penny drop in price at the hardware store in my corner of America? Anyone know of deals I can take advantage of?

I have many uses for solar cells, mainly personal stuff. Charging 12V lead and lithium batteries (mostly have this covered) and powering my camp for a start. Love to get my home going as well, but prices aren’t there yet and I’m kinda broke.

shalafi ,

This is mostly because they don’t want you eating inside. Maintaining a dining room takes extra staff and other expenses.

shalafi ,

I’ve been in 3 situations where I knew I was going to die if I didn’t find a solution in seconds. Not merely dodging a car wreck or being scared shitless, knowing death is here and now. Saved myself each time because my brain “shutdown”.

All unnecessary thoughts, fears, etc. dropped instantly. Finding a solution was all the process my brain would entertain.

Had 2 kids since. Hopefully evolution worked as well for them in this case.

shalafi ,

First time, I was drowning. Like a Bugs Bunny cartoon, sinking straight down with my hand in the air, 3 times. Never happened before or since.

Second time, I was frying on an electric pole. Grabbed a guy wire, that shouldn’t have been electrified, support only, but it was. Rocked and screamed like a schizophrenic.

Third time, the toughest guy I’ve ever known was quite intent on torturing me to death. Seems there was a misunderstanding about a neighbor getting busted for drugs.

Got out by:

Chilled. Remember my childhood lessons on floating. Go my lips above water, got a sip of air. Kept doing that till I could float. LOL, and my friend was a certified lifeguard and only 40’ away! Damn her.

Couldn’t move from the waist up, locked on that wire. Realized I could still control my legs. Pushed off on the telephone phone till I broke loose. (Scared of heights, then and now, didn’t care.)Landed in a rotten bush, surrounded by chicken wire stakes, bumped my ass. I was shaking for 20-minutes. Finished the internet install.

Kinda blotted the third one out. If I had panicked or acted scared, I have no doubt he would have… begun. I chilled and calmly explained, while this giant is sitting on my chest, that I had zero motive to narc. Kept it simple and factual, kept calm. Got let go.

shalafi ,

Sure! But as with all searches, you have to know the words to start with. And again, they physically can’t stuff a .50 ball and patch.

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