Milk_Sheikh @ Milk_Sheikh @lemm.ee

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The grift evolves

Even better that the smoking wrecks are almost certainly S-300/400 air defense systems… At least three launchers, couldn’t even protect themselves

An artifact of its time - 2004. Console FPS as a genre was drowning in WWII themed shooters then, but online play wasn’t big outside PC until the Xbox 360 launched service in 2005. If you were playing online FPS then, it probably was on PC, and either Unreal Tournament, Quake, or Counter Strike.

Though I managed in chemistry, I understand that kcal is just an expression of energy and the reaction’s event total time is important in judging ‘violence’ of reaction - but for the uninitiated like myself, how do I quantify “433 kcal” compared to a more mundane reaction?

The actual text of the rule (all 466 pages) does a decent job of closing out loopholes, but it does (in theory) provide an avenue to address unlicensed dealers.

pg. 457

Whether a person is engaged in the business as a dealer under paragraph (a) of this section is a fact-specific inquiry… there is no minimum number of transactions that determines whether a person is "engaged in the business" of dealing in firearms. At all times, the determination of whether a person is engaged in the business of dealing in firearms is based on the totality of the circumstances.

This is a good framework for a prosecutor to build from, but it’s not a firm line that immediately introduces legal peril like say, a “10 guns max per year sold” limit would once crossed. This will prevent bad enforcement against honest sellers, but lets off the ‘smaller fish’ who aren’t in flagrant violation and a prosecutor may not feel is a good case.

It will likely survive in a post-Mock v. Garland legal landscape, but its timidity was doubtlessly influenced by the legal beatdown the DoJ got on that other issue the last few years. ATF needs primary legislation to build from for enforcement, especially as scotus are eying up the Chevron doctrine that has guided courts and bureaucrats for decades.

M4 SOPMOD Block I and II would like a word with you…

Paddle magazine release isn’t a negative really, but it’s a weird thing to hold onto a very Euro-centric handgun feature, when selling to Americans who are used to a side button. You gain ambi use though

The IAR is dope; tinfoil theory of M16 replacement or no, it’s a legit (especially maritime) upgrade with a solid out the box issued package. Weight freed from individual load aside, the M249 accuracy is seriously lacking;

The M249 is not a particularly accurate weapon, accurate to only twelve minutes of angle

Cry as we may about belt fed rate of fire and suppression, volume fire is anathema to a resupply limited strike force. It’s the right choice as SAW replacement and rifleman weapon - volume fire on demand, but accurate fire first otherwise.

Disagree. They do dumb little things akin to Apple because “that’s how it’s designed to be used”. See: not offering multi-position collapsible stocks for decades, PMAG incompatibility for multiple 416 generations, pistol paddle magazine releases (even on US contracts), weird optic rail height on the 416, HK never really caring about aftermarket parts or third party accessories…

They build quality, well/over designed firearms with quirks - everyone does, the Belgians, Italians, Americans, etc. The 416/417 is the obvious choice because: the time they’ve spent iterating issues and, it’s top class AR variant with a proven G36 piston system. Not special HK wunderwaffen krautmagik

Given production stopped in 1994 the receivers are at a minimum, 30 years old at this point. The MoD may want a domestic supplier, but BAE tore those facilities down decades ago after privatization. There’s no competition - if you issue optics and want the best for your ‘pocket army’, it’s a 416 variant or FN SCAR.

… could you describe it as modest?

I Am Jack's Complete Lack of Surprise
\ I Am Jack's Inflamed Sense of Rejection
\ I Am Jack's Smirking Revenge

“It’s much easier to bomb a family’s home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.”

… the IDF imposed pre-authorised limits on the number of civilians it deemed acceptable to kill in a strike aimed at a single Hamas militant… The IDF judged it permissible to kill more than 100 civilians in attacks on a top-ranking Hamas officials. “ … earlier in the war they were authorised to kill up to “20 uninvolved civilians” for a single operative, regardless of their rank, military importance, or age.

So to recap;

1. They knew/had a very good idea the death toll their actions would have
2. There was a conscious decision (born from apathy and indifference it seems) to target the homes of militants instead of individuals directly
3. All this activity has operational oversight and signify - this is not a rogue unit/drone operator but a policy course that is being pursued even now.

Given the recent triple airstrike on the WCK aid convoy, quotes like this help see behind the curtain and speaks to their mindset:

“…you don’t want to invest manpower and time in it”. They said that in wartime there was insufficient time to carefully “incriminate every target”. “So you’re willing to take the margin of error of using artificial intelligence, risking collateral damage and civilians dying, and risking attacking by mistake, and to live with it,” they added.

Sure, you get to live with it.

When you read about the Holocaust and the Nazis, you like to imagine you'd be the good guy. You'd fight the Nazis, you'd free the concentration camps. But apparently I wouldn't. Apparently I would have just sat there paralyzed, incapable of doing anything about the genocide I see every day. Unable to think of any way to help. All I can do is retweet and protest and write a stupid blog post. I feel so stupid.

• Paul Bigger

11. What this tell us is that the IDF will kill an almost unlimited or undefined number of civilians in order to potentially kill one Hamas member of unspecific rank or commitment

Did we already forget the Jabalia camp strike? The IDF felt comfortable purposefully and deliberately bombing women and children taking refuge, as long as they kill a Hamas mid-level commander with the +195 civilians.

This is more about denying Al-Jazeera and/or any ‘hostile’ media groups a location or office to station journalists. Qatar could broker a deal to set up high power broadcast towers along the border, plus there’s the internet, denying Israelis and Palestinians the ability to see Al-Jazeera content is not the goal.

The goal is to stop you and I from seeing what has been happening since Oct 7th, or make reporting with any hope of accuracy impossible. Without an office to base journalists to do fact-checks, interviews, on scene investigations, etc they are forced to rely on the same bad methods as someone overseas - public information and social media.

…now that the marketplace has been altered.

Zoom was disruptive in the market because the other options SUCKED - Skype, GotomyPC, WebEx, etc all did a lot of rapid maturing during the pandemic to catch up to Zoom, and this ‘bundling’ of Teams with Office has built user lock-in via Office 365.

Well played Microsoft, once again ducking a well deserved anti-trust suit. ‘Historic injury’ should count equally as ‘current injury’ for prosecution, arguably especially so if that historic injury is what created your current market share

Don’t look too hard into who would have to sign off on funding for a bridge overhaul project either, Annapolis wouldn’t like that if Baltimore didn’t take the fall for them