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  1. Comment on Angine de Poitrine - Sarniezz (2026) in ~music

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    Huh, always thought Math Rock was the genre of nerd rock that literally sings about math. TIL what math rock is and that I am, unknowingly, a longtime fan of math rock. Thanks!

    Huh, always thought Math Rock was the genre of nerd rock that literally sings about math. TIL what math rock is and that I am, unknowingly, a longtime fan of math rock. Thanks!

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Angine de Poitrine - Sarniezz (2026) in ~music

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    With no lyrics, what makes this math rock?

    With no lyrics, what makes this math rock?

    1 vote

  4. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    If you've got proof of someone making the chamber of a barrel via 3D printed ECM I'd love to see it.

    If you've got proof of someone making the chamber of a barrel via 3D printed ECM I'd love to see it.

  5. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    A barrel is not just a tube with rifling, as covered by the last few words of the sentence you're arguing against:

    A barrel is not just a tube with rifling, as covered by the last few words of the sentence you're arguing against:

    [...] and a chamber that is meant to hold specific cartridge.

  6. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    Literally covered in the sentence after your quoted response. The conversation is about barrels of modern firearms and 3D printed versions of them. I have no interest in continuing a reddit-esque...

    Literally covered in the sentence after your quoted response. The conversation is about barrels of modern firearms and 3D printed versions of them. I have no interest in continuing a reddit-esque technically correct for every iteration of the definition of any word debate.

  7. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    The conversation is about barrels of modern firearms and 3D printed versions of them. I have no interest in continuing a reddit-esque technically correct for every iteration of the definition of...

    The conversation is about barrels of modern firearms and 3D printed versions of them. I have no interest in continuing a reddit-esque technically correct for every iteration of the definition of any word debate.

  8. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    That has been around a few years, but it is rifling a barrel only, Not machining the chamber. Which is why I specified that a barrel is not just a tube. This is the chamber dimensions of a 9mm...

    That has been around a few years, but it is rifling a barrel only, Not machining the chamber. Which is why I specified that a barrel is not just a tube. This is the chamber dimensions of a 9mm firearm. This is the chamber dimensions for an AR15, not including the actual barrel features or extension necessary to work in an AR15. This isn't being done (or even understood) by the unskilled and isn't being 3D printed.

  9. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    @AndreasChris, nukeman is correct. Reloaders don't make anything from scratch. They might cast lead bullets, but that's the closest they get to doing so. They aren't making powder, they aren't...

    @AndreasChris, nukeman is correct. Reloaders don't make anything from scratch. They might cast lead bullets, but that's the closest they get to doing so. They aren't making powder, they aren't making primers, they aren't jacketing bullets (most bullets are lead core with a copper jacket), they aren't stamping brass into casings.

    Reloaders are the equivalent of following the instructions on a package of ramen.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    I can kill someone with a bit of pipe, a ball bearing, and my air compressor. Doesn't make it a gun. All barrels are tubes, not all tubes are barrels. An actual barrel is chambered for a specific...

    I can kill someone with a bit of pipe, a ball bearing, and my air compressor. Doesn't make it a gun. All barrels are tubes, not all tubes are barrels. An actual barrel is chambered for a specific cartridge and has rifling (most shotguns notwithstanding, but people also aren't printing shotguns) and is the item that is most often purchased third party when 3D printing a firearm. It is possible to DIY through various means, but isn't as easy as download file+print, which is the main point.
    I have a Bridgeport milling machine, I can make something like an entire Beretta M9 or AR15 from scratch, but the entire point of anti-3D-printed-gun legislation is the fact that it takes the skill out of being able to create one. You'll never be able to stop a skilled individual from creating something, but you can put in barriers to stop the lowest common denominator from doing so.

    Not to say this legislation would work, because it wouldn't, but that is (pun intended) the aim of it. Legislating the gun isn't even the way to go about it, legislating the ammunition is. No one is out there making ammo from scratch.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on California’s new bill requires Department of Justice-approved 3D printers that report on themselves in ~hobbies

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    What's a "war gun"? Barrels aren't just a metal tube with a hole through the middle, they have rifling to spin the projectile and a chamber that is meant to hold specific cartridge. Comparatively,...

    What's a "war gun"?

    Barrels aren't just a metal tube with a hole through the middle, they have rifling to spin the projectile and a chamber that is meant to hold specific cartridge. Comparatively, a paintball barrel is just a tube with a specific sized hole through the middle.

    5 votes

  12. Comment on What are some bands you regret not seeing live (or, just never had the chance to see in the first place)? in ~music

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    David Bowie In a past life I did security for various venues (concert, sports, etc) and as a result got to see a lot of my favorite bands while getting paid to do so, is how I met Metallica twice,...

    David Bowie

    In a past life I did security for various venues (concert, sports, etc) and as a result got to see a lot of my favorite bands while getting paid to do so, is how I met Metallica twice, and got to pick and choose which I worked. Some I worked just to see a band (Metallica, Ozzy, etc.), others for the money (Celine Dion, boy bands, etc.). and I was simply unable to make it to the last Bowie shows I had access to.

    9 votes

  13. Comment on Third spaces: What do we want, and how do we get them? in ~life

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    To ask what my librarian wife would ask, especially as people will bring up cost: Why aren't you going to your local library?

    To ask what my librarian wife would ask, especially as people will bring up cost:

    Why aren't you going to your local library?

    16 votes

  14. Comment on Nine dead after shooter opens fire at Canadian high school in ~news

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    Won't know until they release the logs, but if it was bad enough that they flagged and then banned the account one would think the nature of the messages to be pretty intense.

    Won't know until they release the logs, but if it was bad enough that they flagged and then banned the account one would think the nature of the messages to be pretty intense.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on What are your architectural hot takes? in ~design

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    Right there with you and one of the things I loved about my trip to Tokyo. So many Showa Era buildings, so much diversity in styles, no two buildings the same.

    Right there with you and one of the things I loved about my trip to Tokyo. So many Showa Era buildings, so much diversity in styles, no two buildings the same.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Nine dead after shooter opens fire at Canadian high school in ~news

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    So per their own admission, if I'm reading it right, they flagged the account, they banned the account, they have their own threshold for if they think they should report it to authorities and...

    So per their own admission, if I'm reading it right, they flagged the account, they banned the account, they have their own threshold for if they think they should report it to authorities and decided it didn't meet their self-set threshold.

    OpenAI said the threshold for referring a user to law enforcement is whether the case involves an imminent and credible risk of serious physical harm to others. The company said it did not identify credible or imminent planning.

    Appears they need to reassess their threshold.
    The logs also need to come out, which I'm sure they have no interest in doing, to see how their little chat bot interacted with someone that was apparently planning a school shooting.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech

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    They elected to interject into the discussion when it wasn't asked of them, did so without actually understanding the question asked, and then others decided to enter the fray as well, so I don't...

    It's kind of odd to argue with someone else over whether a third person thinks it's an effective deterrent for themself. Like asking them makes sense, but debating it with other people doesn't.

    They elected to interject into the discussion when it wasn't asked of them, did so without actually understanding the question asked, and then others decided to enter the fray as well, so I don't find it odd to do so.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech

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    Your lock and your smoke alarm don't invade the privacy of others. Lots of people, especially on this site, love to go on and on about privacy while also having cameras pointing outward (and oddly...

    Your lock and your smoke alarm don't invade the privacy of others. Lots of people, especially on this site, love to go on and on about privacy while also having cameras pointing outward (and oddly enough inward) from their homes without batting an eye under the guise of "security".
    Privacy for me, but not for thee.

    Ultimately it evolves into things like this, creation of a crowd funded surveillance state. What's the (para)phrase... Those who are willing to give up freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Leaked email suggests Ring plans to expand ‘search party’ surveillance beyond dogs in ~tech

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    And yet with zero evidence, per your measure, it's referred to as a deterrent. So if effectiveness cannot be proven, the question remains why have it in the first place. All that's been shown so...

    And yet with zero evidence, per your measure, it's referred to as a deterrent. So if effectiveness cannot be proven, the question remains why have it in the first place. All that's been shown so far is the deterrent was ineffective at stopping a car being stolen, so thus far the effectiveness of it is zero.

    4 votes