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Comment on Nothing CEO Carl Pei gives employees two months to return to office full-time in ~tech
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Comment on Nothing CEO Carl Pei gives employees two months to return to office full-time in ~tech
Spacepope Link ParentWhat I said was not combative. As an employee of someone else, you don't get to make those kinds of decisions. In a good job you might be allowed a degree of influence but that's the exception....What I said was not combative. As an employee of someone else, you don't get to make those kinds of decisions. In a good job you might be allowed a degree of influence but that's the exception. Your ability to walk away is power. It's withholding labor. Unfortunately, not everybody has that option.
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Comment on Nothing CEO Carl Pei gives employees two months to return to office full-time in ~tech
Spacepope Link ParentYeah I agree it's not reasonable to demand. I would absolutely be upset if I worked there. The bottom line is that when you work for someone else you don't get to make those kinds of decisions....Yeah I agree it's not reasonable to demand. I would absolutely be upset if I worked there.
The bottom line is that when you work for someone else you don't get to make those kinds of decisions. The workers ability to walk away gives them power in aggregate. It's why the ability to survive a reasonable time without employment is so valuable. It gets harder every year but it's still true imo.
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Comment on Nothing CEO Carl Pei gives employees two months to return to office full-time in ~tech
Spacepope Link ParentYes thank you. You have said it more eloquently than I could have.Yes thank you. You have said it more eloquently than I could have.
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Comment on Nothing CEO Carl Pei gives employees two months to return to office full-time in ~tech
Spacepope LinkEveryone needs and wants something different out of a workplace. Some people thrive in offices and some people don't. It's all a part of your stay/go calculation. If you don't like it look for...Everyone needs and wants something different out of a workplace. Some people thrive in offices and some people don't. It's all a part of your stay/go calculation. If you don't like it look for another job and quit when you find it. It's not like the white collar people complaining about the end of wfh are living paycheck to paycheck because they are making minimum wage.
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Comment on Size matters? "Size" dissatisfaction and gun ownership in America. in ~science
Spacepope LinkThe obsession with this topic correlation vs inverse correlation is something I always found weird. It's all just culture war nonsense and I'd rather read a book.The obsession with this topic correlation vs inverse correlation is something I always found weird. It's all just culture war nonsense and I'd rather read a book.
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Comment on Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows in ~tech
Spacepope Link ParentIt's good for setting in slideshow mode to keep your work laptop from going to sleep while you "work from home".It's good for setting in slideshow mode to keep your work laptop from going to sleep while you "work from home".
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Comment on Ghost of Tsushima's Steam Deck performance is fantastic so far - first impressions in ~games
Spacepope LinkI really hope it's a good pc port. Sounds like it might be.I really hope it's a good pc port. Sounds like it might be.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link ParentYes, I can read in-between the lines. I'm not ignorant of what people mean when they say well you should have followed the law or that gun owners shouldn't travel to the rest of the "civilized"...Yes, I can read in-between the lines. I'm not ignorant of what people mean when they say well you should have followed the law or that gun owners shouldn't travel to the rest of the "civilized" world.
The majority of the people I have had polite exchanges with are just misinformed about an over politicized issue. It's understandable and I'm glad that they were receptive to at least reading what I wrote. Nothing about how I manage my firearms is negligent. Implying that I am because I admitted to a round of ammunition finding its way under my car seat is unreasonable. It is not negligent to accept that you should expect to lose track of a few rounds in your life.
Some of those people may own a gun in their future and I hope they take the time to learn about the 4 rules of gun safety and why the firearm is so important in keeping yourself and others safe. To not learn them and how to apply them to safe gun handling is in fact negligent. Losing track of a round is not.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link ParentYeah, not sure that I disagree with anything you have said. It's just the reality of the world that we live in that an honest mistake can get you locked up like a violent criminal for over a...Yeah, not sure that I disagree with anything you have said. It's just the reality of the world that we live in that an honest mistake can get you locked up like a violent criminal for over a decade. A serious amount of care is indeed warranted.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link ParentIt's just not realistic to suggest a system where nobody ever makes a mistake. Layering procedures and systems makes for proper firearm safety. The 4 rules of gun safety are the fundamentally most...It's just not realistic to suggest a system where nobody ever makes a mistake. Layering procedures and systems makes for proper firearm safety. The 4 rules of gun safety are the fundamentally most important part of firearm ownership.
Worrying that a round came out of my range bag and rolled under the seat and I didn't notice is unreasonable. It's an inanimate object that can't harm anyone unless seriously molested or paired with a firearm. I can assure you that I am very serious about firearm safety. Part of safely handling them is knowing where and how to be most vigilant.
To fire the gun you need a round and the firearm itself. However those two objects are not of equal importance to the safety of yourself and the people around you. The round is easy to assess at a glance but the firearm cannot have its condition assessed without a visual or tactile inspection of the chamber which requires opening the action and inspecting the feeding mechanism.
The delta in the time and handling it takes to assess the firearm inherently makes it more dangerous and of a higher priority. The reason that the round in the floorboard is an understandable (read not necessarily negligent) circumstance is because I don't keep a gun under my car seat. It's in a holster on my person, in my night stand when I sleep or it's in a safe.
The reason I have left so many replies in this thread is to share knowledge of safe and responsible firearm ownership and handling. There was, at the time initially commented, a bunch of commentators in this thread that were suggesting that these people deserved jail for the criminal negligence of having a spare round of ammunition end up in a travel bag. It's just fundamentally not true and it stems from a serious misunderstanding of how to safely handle and keep firearms.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link ParentYeah, I pretty much agree with everything you have written here. I don't recall advocating for leaving rounds laying around but there are many reasons to remove a round from your carry guns...Yeah, I pretty much agree with everything you have written here. I don't recall advocating for leaving rounds laying around but there are many reasons to remove a round from your carry guns chamber from cleaning to dry fire practice. Ofc you should keep track of it.
However, in the hypothetical scenario presented of leaving the room while cleaning the gun and having a spare round not secured, the major issue is leaving the firearm unattended. The spare round is a contributing factor but every firearm owner I know would prioritize the safe handling of the firearm over that of the spare round. It's more dangerous because it cannot be easily assessed to be shown to be in a safe condition.
You should never assume that it's safe to leave a firearm unattended with a child around. Accidents happen and remembering that is an important part of firearm handling. When I pickup a firearm I always visually or physically inspect the chamber and feed mechanism. I don't just assume all the rounds are in the safe.
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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
Spacepope Link ParentI'm not big mad at everyone who criticized me. There were like 2 comments last night when I posted and I just wanted to disagree with them. Today I was kinda surprised to see my inbox all blown up...I'm not big mad at everyone who criticized me. There were like 2 comments last night when I posted and I just wanted to disagree with them. Today I was kinda surprised to see my inbox all blown up but I get it. I'm just kind of annoyed I can't talk about lotr entertainment without straying into election topics I had no intention of raising.
Maybe I should have mentioned that I enjoyed the elrond / durin bromance. It might have balanced it out a little more.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link ParentYa you are not wrong. That's why it's such a serious topic. However, not everyone has kids and everyone's circumstances are different. My daily carry spends no time in the safe. If I needed it...Ya you are not wrong. That's why it's such a serious topic. However, not everyone has kids and everyone's circumstances are different. My daily carry spends no time in the safe. If I needed it while at home there is no time to open a safe in that circumstance and thus it has a good reason to be where it is. I could understand accidentally letting a round fall off my night stand because I took the round out of the chamber and it rolled into a bag. The thought of making a procedural mistake and going to prison over it because of the politicization of the issue is frightening to me and every other cc I know.
That is not an idightment of the responsibility of gun owners, who are in my experience extraordinarily responsible, it's just a reality of day to day handling and use of a firearm. While responsible storage is important it's not a tier 1 safety issue because a spare round rolling around is not an inherent danger by itself. It will always take a back seat to the 4 rules of gun safety because you just don't have that luxury when handling a firearm. While both the round and the gun are not inherently dangerous by themselves you treat them differently , if you know what you are talking about, because you always treat a firearm as though it were loaded. It's literally the first thing you are taught about handling a firearm and with good reason.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link Parent"Bullets aren't a stray french fry or a random pen." They are not but I carry a firearm every day. They are a part of life for me. Firearm safety is an important and serious topic. However, it's..."Bullets aren't a stray french fry or a random pen."
They are not but I carry a firearm every day. They are a part of life for me. Firearm safety is an important and serious topic. However, it's also not very well represented in this thread. Leaving an unattended loaded firearm around a toddler is not the moral equivalent of having a loose round from a broken box of ammunition get lost in a bag.
In general though I agree that responsible handling firearms is an important issue which is why training is so important. This is especially true for new firearm owners who have little to no experience.
Having plinked with a 22 a couple times and locking it in your basement for 15 years is just fundamentally not the same thing as carrying a defensive pistol on your person every day. I'm not implying you specifically do or don't have that experience but I can tell you that a lot of the very opinionated commentors here do not.
While I agree with you that ammunition should be stored properly and not rolling around on my floorboard (oops), it's also true that a single round of ammunition is not inherently super dangerous. Even if you did something phenomenally stupid like hold a lighter to the primer or strike it with a nail it's unlikely to hospitalize someone. Perhaps a large rifle round might do some serious damage to your hand but without a chamber to contain and direct the force it's just not as deadly you might think. The round is just an object. It does not have any inherent moral qualities and it won't go off on its own without a serious amount of molestation.
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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
Spacepope Link ParentI have 0 interest in the culture wars. Anyone reading culture warrior stuff in what I wrote is jumping to conclusions. From my perspective, that's on them.I have 0 interest in the culture wars. Anyone reading culture warrior stuff in what I wrote is jumping to conclusions. From my perspective, that's on them.
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Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel
Spacepope Link ParentI had a round rolling around in the floorboard of my car the other day where it fell out of my range bag. Lock me up. I'm irresponsible.I had a round rolling around in the floorboard of my car the other day where it fell out of my range bag. Lock me up. I'm irresponsible.
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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
Spacepope Link ParentWhat I said was not completely serious. I am a pretty big fan of the books and I find the contrast in between the high production value and the terrible writing/characters/storytelling to be...What I said was not completely serious. I am a pretty big fan of the books and I find the contrast in between the high production value and the terrible writing/characters/storytelling to be extraordinary. It's one of the worst things I've ever seen.
That is an opinion that I am entitled to express. Given the opportunity I would do it again but perhaps I would explicitly state that enjoyment of an entertainment product doesn't make anyone less human. It's just fun to disagree about things sometimes.
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Comment on The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power | Season 2 official teaser trailer in ~tv
Spacepope Link ParentWell I think it's really bad and deserves a huge amount of criticism. Enjoying a TV show that I strongly dislike doesn't say anything about you as a person outside of some aesthetic disagreement...Well I think it's really bad and deserves a huge amount of criticism. Enjoying a TV show that I strongly dislike doesn't say anything about you as a person outside of some aesthetic disagreement about entertainment.
Well it was not my intention. My point was that this is a class of people, in general, who have the means to do what I suggested. Wfh is great and I'd personally like to see it be an option in more places but that won't happen if workers just take it on the chin for fear of financial ruin.
Perhaps I could have phrased it better but I don't see any malice in what I wrote.