ArcaneSlime

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 38 minutes ago

Usually don't do the comment history thing but I was specifically curious about said state, which appears to possibly be Ohio?

If so yes, people do carry in Ohio.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 49 minutes ago

Tbf they actually view the other side as the tyrannical one and think their side is the savior, it isn't actually that hard to understand their feelings on that one.

Not saying that they're right, just that this is the explanation for this oft cited "disconnect." Basically just "nobody thinks they're the bad guy."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

You could, for example, make it illegal to sell/own guns under 30.

When do people become adults? I think if we're doing shit like this we also have to raise the age of adulthood to (in this case 30). Meaning no military until 30, no smoking/vaping/drinking until 30, on your parent's insurance, they can't kick you out until then, can't be tried as an adult, age of consent, etc, and frankly we likely shouldn't trust kids with other deadly instruments such as cars until then either, they're clearly causing problems with those too considering the numbers on car accidents.

Frankly there is some scientific basis for all this, being that our brains don't stop developing until 25, but this half-adult stage where all of the negatives but none of the benefits apply is ridiculous to me. Fwiw I have this exact same argument about raising the smoking age, etc, it's not just guns, but talk of raising the age makes them relevant to that opinion for me. I'm not even necesarily against it, but for me personally to be on board it has to be bigger than "no guns til 30 just because." Besides, people 18-29, especially women, have a very good reason to have tools with which to defend themselves, and I personally think it'd be a shame to deny say a woman who is escaping an abusive ex those tools, especially considering often women date slightly older men meaning he may be able to get them while she can't, if she's 25ish and he's 30+.

You could ban magazines

Not really. You could ban detachable magazines, which is 99% of guns made after 1910, but that won't fly here because duh, you could ban detachable magazines over 10rnds, but that is entirely ineffective as it's defeated by "carrying another magazine or two," and reloading takes less than 2sec literally (way less if you train it which you can do in your room while watching TV.) That also includes almost every 9mm pistol in the country btw, which mostly have 14-17rnds standard, magazines aren't only in AKs and ARs.

You could limit the caliber of bullets sold.

I mean, in theory maybe that is legally possible? Maybe? But even still the venn diagram of "the deadliest calibre" and "the smallest calibre" is actually just a circle containing the word ".22lr" This is mostly due to quantity (availability/price), of course, but at any rate it illustrates that limiting calibre wouldn't do much since even the smallest calibre commonly available can kill with ease. On top of that the .223 rnd commonly used by mass shooters for example is .003" bigger in diameter than a .22lr, about 25gr heavier of a bullet, but with more powder making it carry about as much kinetic energy as a hot .357 rnd, they don't usw "high powered" rounds like the .50bmg or .338 lapua already, .223 is one of the weakest rifle rounds commonly used for self defense or hunting coyotes.

You could make gun manufacturers civilly liable for the advertisements they put out.

Where are you guys seeing gun ads, like, in Guns & Ammo magazine or something? I don't think I've ever seen one but I hear about them with the whole Daniel Defense scandal. At any rate, they already would be to a degree, like Juul was, that would apply to guns too if it is proven to target kids or something. But there would be a court case to determine culpability which they could win, that's just the way our system works really. Seems easy enough to just not buy those magazines for your kids or whatever. Do they even still have print magazines?

I'm not opposed to something that would actually work and couldn't be abused by some racist sheriff or governor to deny guns to POC et al. But most of the proposed legislation I've seen falls short of one or both of those (personal) requirements. Most things will be used to further burden marginalized populations in overpoliced neighborhoods just like drug prohibition is, it won't affect the people in gated communities at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Tbf, they have before. Ron Paul for instance was a Libertarian who ran as a Republican and won, and they do run for local offices a lot (at least the Libertarians, never seen a local Green on the ballot), they just also put forth a presidential candidate because if they can get like 5% or 15% of the vote (I can't remember which) they get federal funding and have to get included in the next debates instead of the debates only being R vs D.

Idk about the other third parties, but the Libertarians are doing exactly that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

His name is Bingo Gas Station Motel Cheeseburger With A Side of Aircraft Noise And You'll Be Gary, Indiana.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SSyI1luWog

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

You don't have a authority that decides what is useful and useless, what gets produced and what doesn't.

Well sort of, the "authority" in the case of a truly free market is The Market (or The People, if you will.) If it sells it sells, if it doesn't it doesn't, The Market will decide.

That said, I agree with the rest of your statement and realize that you meant authority in a truer sense, and I in more of a metaphorical sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Ads and tracking, same as always.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Frankly either way I laughed. But it seems their official story is "accident" and they're sticking to it lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At least I'll always have the comics lol.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Tbf I thought unintentional hitlertoaster was pretty funny, but I definitely wouldn't go with it haha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That sucks. The producers (or directors or someone idfk) have just been charged with making the first screen adaption of one of my favorite ongoing comic series. I'm nervous.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Tbh I call because

"Pick up or delivery?"

"Pick up."

"Name?

"[Name Redacted]"

"Alright and what can I get ya?"

"16" pepperoni, jalapeno, pineapple, that's it."

"Alright 20min"

Is like a 1min conversation, and I'd rather do that than get charged $5 more for using online.

 

Hey I figured I'd make a post and see the state of current lemmy appage, since I'm looking for a good one. So far I've used Jerboa, Thunder, Eternity, and Voyager.

Eternity seems to be a dead project, it's full of bugs and hasn't recieved an update since The Exodus

Thunder seems ok and is what I'm using right now, but I can't seem to send direct messages, and can't "Don't blur NSFW preview on NSFW comms" which sucks. The messaging is the dealbreaker for me.

Voyager I used momentarily but the UI was not my favorite.

Jerboa seems OK if unpolished (which is ok to me) but I don't trust the rabid idealogue that makes it and using another instance of his site is one thing, but installing an app is another. Has it been audited to confirm lack of spyware?

Ideally through this I can find one with instance blocking, DMs, and a decent UI. What're your experiences with the current state of lemmy apps?

 

This week's list is up! Let's see..

Lester of the Lesser Gods #1 - Sounds interesting enough,

"Lester, the larping bastard son of the Odin, wanders the post-apocalyptic wasteland after thwarting Satan’s attempt to bring about the end of days. But can this hero of the downtrodden survive the battle arena of Will Frye the Technomancer Guy."

Minor Threats II The Fastest Way Down #2 - I'm all in on Minor Threats, Patton Oswalt done did it again.

Blood Brothers Mother #1 - "For fans of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly." Well, that's me.

Light week for me it seems, what about you?

 

Free comic book day, first Sat in May (May 4th 2024)!

Here seems to be a list of the releases, I'll be grabbing

Hellboy

And/or

Tons of strange

What're you grabbing?

 

Man's Best #2 - I liked #1 a lot, looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Rare Flavours #5 - Ram V is killing it in this one and I love Filepe Andrade's art.

Dawnrunner #2 - Mechs vs ...eldritch kaiju? I'm in.

Operation Sunshine Already Dead #1 - If you missed the first run of Op Sunshine check it out. Made by the Last Podcast On The Left guys Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski (aka Gary from Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell), who also did Soul Plumber. The last run sets up the world and the plan for an Arcane Oceans 11 situation, this run they execute the plan. Art by David Rubin.

Spectregraph #1 - I'll probably pick this up, the dude who does w0rldtr33 is doing it.

Mythologies And Apocrypha #1 - If my shop has it, they usually neglect Fantagraphics.

Six Fingers #3 - Following both sides of this one.

Universal Monsters Black Lagoon #1 - SOLD! And it's Ram V? Sold again.

W0rldtr33 #9 - This series is great!

Honorable Mention: Pooh vs Bambi #1 - What the FUCK?!

"In war there are rules, but the forest has none. Abandoned by his country, betrayed by those he once called family, and hunted by those who want nothing more than to keep him as a trophy, Pooh is on a mission and no amount of honey will sate his thirst-he wants revenge!"

 

Lotus land #6- Been ok, kinda just finishing it up because I already have the rest.

Blue book 1947 #3 - I like this one, the story of the origins of our alien lore

Batman off world #4 - I love this one, weird little batman series.

Golgotha Motor Mountain #2 - Meth from space turns people into cronenberg monsters. I'm in.

7174AD #1 - Idk shit about it, I'm 100% judging this book by its cover, but it looks interesting.

That's it for me this week, what about you guys?

 

List is up! Short list for me but one I'm excited about:

Bat-Man First Knight #2 - 1930s The Bat-Man (just had to lable it that way instead of "Batman" huh?) #1 was great!

Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees #5 - You know me, love this series

I Hate Fairyland #13 - This one is right up my alley as well

Napalm Lullaby #2 - #1 was ok, not sure I'll stick with it.

What're y'all reading?

 

A lot this week it looks like, might have to make some cuts, let's see..

Minor Threats II The Fastest Way Down #1- I have loved the first series and The Alternates, gonna keep going on this one. I like Patton Oswalt's writing and the art is great.

Geiger #1- I liked the last series on this one too.

Redcoat #1 - Ghost Machine, shared universe with Geiger and Rook

Rook Exodus #1 - Damn man all in the same week? Can we stagger these?!

Sacrificers #7 - New arc, probably most excited about this one this week, or tied with Minor Threats.

Deadpool #1 - I did read all of Deadpool Vs Cable back in the day, maybe I pick this up.

 

They went easy on me this week!

Primer #1 - I totally didn't used to write graffiti so I'm definitely not intrigued by the cover. We'll see, if she's more bomber than "street artist" I'll be picking this up.

Six Fingers #2 - I think I prefer The One Hand so far but it's really cool having both sides. The One Hand (Ram V) follows the detective, The Six Fingers (Other Guy) follows the murderer.

That's it! Thankfully, because next week might be kinda heavy. What're you pullin'?

 

Lotus Land #5 - Been pretty good, almost over may as well finish it.

Man's Best #1 - Maybe, gonna flip through it. Pets in space.

Dawnrunner #1 - Ram V. All I know, but the cover looks intriguing and Ram V is good

Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees #4 - Perhaps my favorite book out right now, if you've been sleeping on this one check out the reprints or trade when it comes out.

Deer Editor #3 - Didn't see that twist coming, this is the last book in series.

That's it for me, what's on your list this week?

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Or what has been your go to lately? I'm usually a whiskey and ginger kinda guy but I'm trying to branch out a little these days. What're you drinking?

Currently sipping on a Paloma:

  • 1.5 oz Tequila (blanco)
  • .5oz lime juice
  • 4 oz Grapefruit soda (Jarritos today)
  • Pinch of salt
 

I'm running out of mullvad in 23hr, and I'm excited to have port forwarding back! Hit a small snag though: I have the acct and have Eddie running on my phone as I type this, however when it comes to my Fedora install I'm paralyzed by choice.

Should I install:

  1. Eddie GUI,

  2. Eddie CLI,

  3. both those,

  4. or "Suite - based on our own AirVPN OpenVPN 3 library?"

I'm pretty comfortable with CLI especially if there's docs (actually prefer it typically), so that isn't really my concern. I'd like wireguard though which I'm not sure if "suite" yet supports, and port forwarding is the most important (slsk) so that would sway my decision as well (if it's only working on Eddie gui or something, for instance.)

My other main concern is I want the ability to auto connect to the VPN during the bootstrap, which "Suite" says it can do with bluetit, but idk if eddie CLI or GUI can do it. Would it be worth it to ditch wireguard until Suite supports it in favor of the bootstrap connection?

Any info at all that y'all have on these clients would be much appreciated, thank you.

 

I need to upgrade my laptop and one of the things I'm looking for is repairability/upgradability. I've been told thinkpads are good in this respect, how true is that? In terms of replacing batteries and memory, at least. I'm also looking at the frameworks, but those black friday deals are looking alright at lenovo.

With that in mind, any particular series of thinkpad (L, S, whatever) I should look for? I'm hardline against nvidia but is there a reason to pick AMD over Intel (or vice versa)? They both are privacy nightmares, right? And there is no "good alternative?"

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