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  1. Comment on Indiana judge rules tacos, burritos are sandwiches in ~food

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    So...sandwiches are tacos?

    So...sandwiches are tacos?

    3 votes

  2. Comment on France declares state of emergency in New Caledonia after deadly riots in ~news

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    Not sure if it's meant that way, but this comes across as very condescending to me.

    Does that help you understand why they're upset?

    Not sure if it's meant that way, but this comes across as very condescending to me.

    6 votes

  3. Comment on I am a witch. Well, a well witcher... in ~talk

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    So what makes something pseudoscience if not proof that it's a bunch of hooey that doesn't actually work?

    So what makes something pseudoscience if not proof that it's a bunch of hooey that doesn't actually work?

    7 votes

  4. Comment on I am a witch. Well, a well witcher... in ~talk

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    I think it's time to admit that you're a littlestitious.

    I think it's time to admit that you're a littlestitious.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on I am a witch. Well, a well witcher... in ~talk

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    Then why use dowsing rods if a compass would just go haywire over the water (and over which part of the water? It's not like all in a vertical column.

    Then why use dowsing rods if a compass would just go haywire over the water (and over which part of the water? It's not like all in a vertical column.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Indiana judge rules tacos, burritos are sandwiches in ~food

  7. Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel

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    Yes, flying with your range bag would be idiotic even without the risk of stray bullets because it's probably covered with gunpowder residue.

    Yes, flying with your range bag would be idiotic even without the risk of stray bullets because it's probably covered with gunpowder residue.

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel

  9. Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel

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    I have no interest in ever owning a gun, but these questions seem to be pretty simply answered. If you're going to the range and your magazines hold 15 bullets, you may not have the 34 magazines...

    Why have loose ammo at all, vs loaded magazines? Why would you clear the bullet from the chamber and leave the bullet loose, or take bullets from a magazine? Were you carrying boxes of ammo with you and one for loose? Loading or unloading magazines in the car?

    I have no interest in ever owning a gun, but these questions seem to be pretty simply answered. If you're going to the range and your magazines hold 15 bullets, you may not have the 34 magazines necessary to hold the 500 bullets that come loose in a cardboard box. It's pretty easy for something to fall out of one of those boxes and it's going to be nearly impossible to realize what happened. Even if you notice you only fired 499 rounds, you'd likely think it was an error at the factory.

    I'm not "defending" someone who flies with a bullet, but it seems like an comprehensible, if stupid, mistake. It just seems extreme to jail someone over it. Fine them (harshly), go through all their bags, and deny them entry if you want; I'd be all for that. But actually sending them to jail over a bullet or two seems excessive. I understand the motivation that it only takes one bullet to kill someone, but jail time for just one seems worse for someone who made an innocent mistake but probably not much of a factor for someone who was planning on killing someone.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel

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    Seems pretty stupid to do that. Can't be fun to get randomly inspected and have them find traces of gunpowder.

    Seems pretty stupid to do that. Can't be fun to get randomly inspected and have them find traces of gunpowder.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel

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    As a non gun owner, isn't it usually just in a flimsy cardboard box? Couldn't it easily just fall out while going to the range?

    As a non gun owner, isn't it usually just in a flimsy cardboard box? Couldn't it easily just fall out while going to the range?

    1 vote

  12. Comment on I am a witch. Well, a well witcher... in ~talk

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    Isn't the guy doing the dowsing, choosing the location, and doing the drilling all on his own? Wouldn't it be on him if he didn't hit water? Also, wouldn't he benefit from choosing a spot where...

    Isn't the guy doing the dowsing, choosing the location, and doing the drilling all on his own? Wouldn't it be on him if he didn't hit water? Also, wouldn't he benefit from choosing a spot where you have to dig deeper if the cost is based on the depth of the well?

    2 votes

  13. Comment on I am a witch. Well, a well witcher... in ~talk

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    No. The entire planet's magnetic field can't even move a thin piece of metal. Groundwater would have essentially zero effect. Like not even a nanotesla.

    No. The entire planet's magnetic field can't even move a thin piece of metal. Groundwater would have essentially zero effect. Like not even a nanotesla.

    9 votes

  14. Comment on I am a witch. Well, a well witcher... in ~talk

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    How many acres is it and where are you? What are the odds that you don't find water if you dig randomly?

    How many acres is it and where are you? What are the odds that you don't find water if you dig randomly?

    15 votes

  15. Comment on I am a witch. Well, a well witcher... in ~talk

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    Or there's just water pretty much everywhere so they're never wrong. Even in arid areas, an aquifer could be the size of a farm or larger so dowsing will often work 100% of the time or just not at...

    Or there's just water pretty much everywhere so they're never wrong. Even in arid areas, an aquifer could be the size of a farm or larger so dowsing will often work 100% of the time or just not at all so you can blame the effect on other environmental variables.

    16 votes

  16. Comment on Apple Music's 100 best albums list in ~music

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    You answered it properly at first. I must have scrolled too far and replied to the wrong comment.

    You answered it properly at first. I must have scrolled too far and replied to the wrong comment.

  17. Comment on Apple Music's 100 best albums list in ~music

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    Why are you saying the tracks are "added?" Edit: clearly scrolled too far and replied to the wrong comment.

    Why are you saying the tracks are "added?"

    Edit: clearly scrolled too far and replied to the wrong comment.

  18. Comment on What is a value or belief you have that is extremely outside the norm? in ~talk

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    Not just ham, but specifically "long pig."

    Not just ham, but specifically "long pig."

  19. Comment on What is a value or belief you have that is extremely outside the norm? in ~talk

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    It would be neat if we could make everyone take special classes on parenting that teach you to think through what effect your actions will have now and down the line. And I don't mean it's a...

    It would be neat if we could make everyone take special classes on parenting that teach you to think through what effect your actions will have now and down the line. And I don't mean it's a requirement to have kids; I mean it's just a requirement in general. There would be plenty of moaning about it, but I think it would teach a lot of great lessons to society. (This is coming from someone with no plans to have children)

    3 votes

  20. Comment on GPT-4o in ~tech

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    It's still the old version. The new version isn't just the calling portion; it's everything else that goes along with it. It's using 4o, but it's not the part that they were demonstrating in the...

    It's still the old version. The new version isn't just the calling portion; it's everything else that goes along with it. It's using 4o, but it's not the part that they were demonstrating in the videos.

    7 votes