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  1. Comment on Students invent quieter leaf blower in ~engineering

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    Is there a printables link yet?? Would love to adapt this to my Ryobi later tonight

    Is there a printables link yet?? Would love to adapt this to my Ryobi later tonight

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

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    So let’s say that you have one peanut unaccounted for. What would you do? Keep searching for endless hours with no luck? Buy a brand new bag to guarantee there is no missing peanut in there? Or...

    So let’s say that you have one peanut unaccounted for. What would you do?

    Keep searching for endless hours with no luck? Buy a brand new bag to guarantee there is no missing peanut in there?

    Or assume it fell out and carry on with your packing?

    I’m going to guess it’s the latter, as the first are not appropriate responses imo

    Keep in mind that smaller caliber rounds can theoretically fall into nooks and crannies where locating them can be difficult, especially if you’re older and don’t have as great of vision, or you’re less mobile and lack the dexterity to turn your bag inside out

    Now with all this being said by no means am I saying it’s okay to leave ammo in a bag you’re flying with intentionally as that would be idiotic. All I’m saying it’s that this is not as black and white as many seem to think

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

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    I think you should have a general awareness of where your ammo is, but I do think it’s unreasonable to expect every single gun owner to think “okay, I loaded 13 rounds in my magazine but I didn’t...

    I think you should have a general awareness of where your ammo is, but I do think it’s unreasonable to expect every single gun owner to think “okay, I loaded 13 rounds in my magazine but I didn’t end up using that one today. When I get home I will unload the magazine and count to be sure they’re all there”

    Personally I have a good idea of where my ammo is, but I 100% do not count my ammunition when I get home. I do search my bags to be sure there are no stray rounds, but even still if one disappears am I going to start pulling hairs searching through my bag for it until located? Very unlikely, unless it’s a more expensive cartridge ($1+/round)

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

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    Keep in mind there are different reasons to leave the house with a gun, and most reasons other than self defense would typically warrant packing and bringing a bunch of ammo with you, such as...

    Keep in mind there are different reasons to leave the house with a gun, and most reasons other than self defense would typically warrant packing and bringing a bunch of ammo with you, such as hunting or a range day

    For range days to cut down on ammo packaging bulk, I’ll store my ammo in magazines so everything packs away neater versus if it was kept in the box. For hunting (assuming it’s pest hunting where the goal is to drop the animal versus getting a clean kill shot to preserve meat) I’ll do the same

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

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    When being stored, yes but you would generally transport them together and it’s very possible for one or two to fall out without realizing it When you have 13 rounds in a magazine, you’ll never...

    When being stored, yes but you would generally transport them together and it’s very possible for one or two to fall out without realizing it

    When you have 13 rounds in a magazine, you’ll never notice if one or two is missing, and I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect that every single person ever will check their bags for a stray round. Most people should if they knew a gun was in there, but if you packed the morning of your vacation and were in a rush are you going to be thinking about that?

    10 votes

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

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    Bullets are way smaller than a bag of weed though, less smelly, and their brass casing allows them to fall deeper into a bag (as opposed to a plastic baggy that’s going to get caught on things and...

    Bullets are way smaller than a bag of weed though, less smelly, and their brass casing allows them to fall deeper into a bag (as opposed to a plastic baggy that’s going to get caught on things and resist getting buried)

    Again though depending on the size of the caliber bullets can be significantly smaller than most bags of weed

    Standard 9mm ammo dimensions are 9x19mm fyi

    5 votes

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

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    Not intentionally, but if there were some loose they really can be quite small, and even get tucked into the cracks/flaps/fabric etc Think of it like if a few peanut M&M sized things were floating...

    Not intentionally, but if there were some loose they really can be quite small, and even get tucked into the cracks/flaps/fabric etc

    Think of it like if a few peanut M&M sized things were floating around your bag (assuming these are 9mm). You might have to turn the thing inside out to get them all out, but since again they’re easily missed you might not even realize that you have some floating around

    It’s super easy to assume this is an irresponsible gun owner, which if there was a full magazine or an entire gun then yes I would agree. If it was a few bullets however, it’s entirely possible that it was a simple mistake (unless it was a larger rifle caliber, which is way harder to miss)

    When I’m packing, I don’t actively check for contraband that was already in my luggage. I generally just check what I’m packing to be sure it’s safe to fly

    With that being said, I also have totally separate gun bags from my personal bags, but I could see people using the same bags for both purposes

    11 votes

  8. Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes

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    Don’t thank me, thank the the guy that runs it! @vadimyakhin

    Don’t thank me, thank the the guy that runs it! @vadimyakhin

    6 votes

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

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    I would imagine that a significant portion of this could stem from your own personal confidence and self-esteem For instance I am very much looking forward to having children because I consider...

    I would imagine that a significant portion of this could stem from your own personal confidence and self-esteem

    For instance I am very much looking forward to having children because I consider myself to be an exceptional individual, that has brought a lot of good into the world between my own personal values and my ability to help other people in various settings

    I think the world would benefit from having people in future generations that may potentially share some degree of the same values, ergo one root basis for my desire to have children

    Sure, they could turn out to be sub-optimal offspring, and obviously my beliefs are my own subjective truth. With that being said though I am at baseline an incredibly optimistic person so I am not at all worried about those potential risks, as no matter what happens the world will continue on so why not just do what will make me happy?

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

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    Keep in mind, you can still cheat in a polyamorous relationship I consider cheating to be sexual relations with an individual without it having been communicated to the primary partner...

    Keep in mind, you can still cheat in a polyamorous relationship

    I consider cheating to be sexual relations with an individual without it having been communicated to the primary partner (specifically this would apply to situations where the above is not mutually agreed on). To add some nuance, if you’re in a non-monogamous relationship where both parties establish they are free to sleep with whoever they want whenever they want, with or without telling the other primary partner I would not consider that cheating

    With that in mind, do you really not understand why people freak out about cheating?

    6 votes

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

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    What… what did it taste like

    What… what did it taste like

  12. Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes

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    This has been my primary source of news for a year or two now Highly recommended, if you're wanting to only be informed about big news once, and then only be updated again when there is a...

    This has been my primary source of news for a year or two now

    Highly recommended, if you're wanting to only be informed about big news once, and then only be updated again when there is a significant update

    The project uses ChatGPT to read articles and assign a significance score to it, meaning garbage and old news get filtered out

    12 votes

  13. Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes

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    Interesting! I did not realize one of the styles of knitting is called picking. That's pretty funny Since you seem to be involved in the knitting community, does that group ever say "knit picking"...

    Interesting! I did not realize one of the styles of knitting is called picking. That's pretty funny

    Since you seem to be involved in the knitting community, does that group ever say "knit picking" to extrapolate the phrase nitpicking (in a generally humorous way)?

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  14. Comment on Some observations about some of the conversations here in ~tildes

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    Your response was probably a joke but in situations where an incorrect word is used, would you rather stay uncorrected and continue using the wrong word or phrase indefinitely? Or do you welcome...

    Your response was probably a joke but in situations where an incorrect word is used, would you rather stay uncorrected and continue using the wrong word or phrase indefinitely? Or do you welcome said corrections

    I for one think a huge benefit to online discourse is the fact that commenters "pick nits" as this helps to offer a better/different perspective or understanding on various issues

    Your post for instance has now taught you nit (which is head lice) vs knit (like knitting something from yarn). "Picking knits" is not an actual phrase, and thanks to your posting here now you know should you ever choose to use the phrase again when posting in family/friend group chat

    To be quite frank though, I think the two points you raised are honestly applicable to virtually every online forum/messaging board; I don't think they're specific to tildes. Hell, the biggest difference between discourse on tildes vs reddit imo is that tildes has less toxicity and "asshole-ish" behavior

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  15. Comment on Chevrolet Malibu heads for the junkyard as GM shifts focus to electric vehicles in ~transport

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    For what it’s worth, as a daily Jeep driver it also infuriates me when I see other jeeps that are lifted or tricked out, but I can tell they would never actually take it off road

    For what it’s worth, as a daily Jeep driver it also infuriates me when I see other jeeps that are lifted or tricked out, but I can tell they would never actually take it off road

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  16. Comment on Chevrolet Malibu heads for the junkyard as GM shifts focus to electric vehicles in ~transport

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    Personally, I prefer either an suv or a truck because I frequently transport large bulky materials or lumber a few times monthly I also go camping in many places with rock trail roads that a sedan...

    Personally, I prefer either an suv or a truck because I frequently transport large bulky materials or lumber a few times monthly

    I also go camping in many places with rock trail roads that a sedan (or even some lower SUV’s) simply could not handle

    With that being said I do recognize that I am probably in the minority of people that use a larger vehicle

    3 votes

  17. Comment on My not so nice thoughts on Battlestar Galactica in ~tv

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    I’m still so upset by how they ended it. I get that the drama with Alex led to the “event” occurring in the show, and while idk if that led to them ending it where they did there were just so many...

    I’m still so upset by how they ended it. I get that the drama with Alex led to the “event” occurring in the show, and while idk if that led to them ending it where they did there were just so many unanswered questions

    Even with that being said I do greatly appreciate all the attention to detail, such as: the constant clicking of the magnetic gravity boots, the realism of suiting up for a gunfight (where duh the hull will depressurize after the first round hits), and honestly I felt like the way major events were portrayed was done so well like the stealth asteroid thing and even how the protomolecule progression was displayed

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  18. Comment on Hey GM: If you want to beat Apple, give people the buttons CarPlay can’t in ~transport

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    Does your current vehicle have wireless android auto?

    Does your current vehicle have wireless android auto?

    1 vote

  19. Comment on AI to drive natural gas boom as utilities face surging data center demand in ~finance

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    Hmm, that’s also a good point. I was imagining that per kWh produced (or I think plants might measure in gWh?) the natural gas consumption was 300% more efficient but honestly I didn’t confirm...

    Hmm, that’s also a good point. I was imagining that per kWh produced (or I think plants might measure in gWh?) the natural gas consumption was 300% more efficient but honestly I didn’t confirm those figures in the article

    Perhaps in the future this technology could be supplemented with some form of nuclear maintenance at night to eliminate the need for fossil fuels

  20. Comment on AI to drive natural gas boom as utilities face surging data center demand in ~finance

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    Wow, didn’t even think about that, but it does make sense Also somewhat related but I feel like saying it’s 300% more efficient bears more weight to it than 3x, right? I mean 300% more efficient...

    Wow, didn’t even think about that, but it does make sense

    Also somewhat related but I feel like saying it’s 300% more efficient bears more weight to it than 3x, right?

    I mean 300% more efficient is a pretty good step at this point I would say. Sure the space required is probably one caveat (I assume a solar plant is larger than a CCGT) but I would say it’s at least a better use of natural gas