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bluGill

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  • US Adults Are Throwing Away Over $250 a Year on Unused Subscriptions, CNET Finds

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  • Which is why I'm careful. That is why I always reject the "no payments or interest for 6 months" offers stores sometimes have - I "know" they won't remind me to pay it off in 6 months and then I'm paying more.

  • Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered in-person final; scores fell 50%

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  • I don't know where you went to school, but in my college I was allowed to use calculators on the math tests. I never did because I quickly realized the professors intentionally wrote problems such that doing math in my head would be easy. Those who used a calculator missed the important crutch of, 'oops, this math is getting hard - That must mean I'm making a mistake' and go back to fix the problem.

    Physics and chemistry, dealing with real world constants that are often not particularly around easy numbers, you pretty much need a calculator in order to get anything close to a correct answer. But even then, the correct thing is to simplify without a calculator first before plugging the numbers in.

  • Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

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  • A nail is common enough that I refuse that objection.

    Barrels are 3d printed. They are single use because the heat and pressure will destroy them, but they work. They also can't get good rifling patterns so not accurate. This is why a 3D printed gun is always going to be a novelty that is useless, but it is enough to work.

  • Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

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  • People have 3d printed guns and fired them. They work. Not well, and last I heard they are one shot because plastic can take the heat. Still they do exist.

  • Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

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  • Basic hand tools can make a ak47. Skill is needed there though.

  • Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

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  • I'm not quite understanding your question.

    3d printers have made guns. They are always bad guns because plastic isn't great for the purpose. They work and prove the point enough to scare people who know nothing about guns and thus don't realize why other methods are better and faster.

  • Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

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  • CNC lathes are very common these days.

  • Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

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  • Not that you are wrong, but that isn't hard to teach somebody. Sure they will get a few failed parts, and likely break a few cutters. However all the instructions you need are there, there are plenty of how to machine parts videos on youtube (as always of various quality levels).

  • Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

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  • bullets are cheap

  • Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

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  • Not only can you cast bullets, many do cast their own. You can apply much better quality control in our small batch runs at home than a factory will, which will make for more accuracy. A factory could be better, but most people buying factory runs care about cheap and so they won't be as consistent - most than good enough for hunting or war use (even snipers), but if you are trying to win sharp shooting competitions you need that little extra.

  • Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.

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  • I wouldn't be against my toilet monitoring my movements. But the data collected needs to be shared with my doctor only - since she could potentially do something useful with it.

  • Elon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”

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  • No, I'm saying that the ships would like it. Also having used geosynchronous satellite internet I have first hand experience that the lag sucks. Better than nothing, but Starlink has less lag. Probably faster but I don't know what the latest speeds are. Still geosynchronous covers a lot of area which means you are sharing with a lot of people.

    Cruise ships pay a lot for internet because their customers want it. Crew on all ships want it for their breaks.

    Starlink isn't worth it for just the above, but add in rural people on land and it makes sense. Though I understand the astronomers hate it.

  • Elon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”

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  • I also remember it was cautioned early on that they had limited bandwidth and so focused on rural areas and a backup for cell phones. For rural areas this is better than having to run fiber (rural areas typically didn't have cable, though they were running fiber close enough to get DSL - better than nothing but very slow)

  • Elon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”

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  • Fiber without cell towers are pointless. Ships and boats commonly have starlink internet now, because it is so much better than any alternative. Cell towers are needed for fiber to compete.

    The pacific has some deep trenches, I don't think fiber runs across them.

  • Elon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”

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  • I'd like to see someone setup cell towers across the pacific ocean. I even started dreaming up what it would take/cost - but I soon realized it would never be worth it so I'm not asking for investors. (though probably I should have... Anyone know a VC with money to burn?)

  • How should i organize my passwords?

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  • Make sure the password to that master database is written down someplace safe. Make sure your will specifies where to find it. This means the witnesses to your will and your lawyer know where to find it, so make sure you can trust them. (A lawyer might even know of a good safe place to put it). If you don't have a will and won't get one, find an alternative for at least these.

    When you die your estate needs to get into your account and pay your bills. A few online forums are personal enough that you should have them post your obituary (most are too anonymous - but some you get to know the other members). Hopefully your death is a long ways away, but it will come.

  • SpaceX Is Junk. That’s What the Bond Market Says

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  • You want it at home. The real value in your of gold is when society collapses it still is a nice metal and so has value. Iron would work to but your house isn't big enough for your life savings in iron.

    I don't think society will collapse and lacking that scenario gold isn't a better investment.

  • If every star in the night sky is a signal is it possible to send data to other galaxies by intermittently blocking out the suns light in that direction?

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  • Even if there is life, the speed of light is so slow and signal degradation over distance so high it is unlikely we could detect each other even if everyone was trying.

  • Bring Back Crappy Forums: Web forums were rough around the edges and faded in relevance as seemingly better options emerged. But what if we had stuck with them?

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  • What I still miss from uunet is the concept of 'I've already read this ' going back to old threads is tedious because I keep re-reading the same things I did last time.