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the20year2: Well, i could base everything on how I "Feel", but i don't know
that my feelings would have any impact on others
the20year2: Compared
to 3,500 drowning deaths, 750 people beat
to death with hands and feet, 40,000 alcohol related deaths and 500,000
tobacco related deaths
the20year2: Among all accidental firearm discharges in
the US ,
there were 600 deaths last year
mike_c: the20year2: again.. seems misleading. is
that just for gun owners?
bounce: well, it's a bit of a problem if
that son first shoots half a magazine worth of neighbours
mircea_popescu: the best way
to raise boys is
to regularly give
them enough rope
to hang
themselves and
then enforce
the hanging once
they started it.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform i seriously don't see who'd like
to keep
that particular son.
the20year2: And you're more likely
to be in a car accident 100
times over
than an accidental firearm discharge
Mats_cd03: youre more likely
to die
to a negligent discharge
than
to a home invasion
mircea_popescu: Mats_cd03 by
the same argument, people who die by negligent discharge deserve
to die anwyay /
the20year2: Why not require
the same of police officers
too? Since
they have
the same, or more negligent discharges
than civilians
the20year2: You
think most people can do
that when
their door is being busted down?
Mats_cd03: if it
takes you a minute
to remove
two locks and assemble
the weapon you deserve
to die
to a home invasion
the20year2: Negligent discharges are quite low overall and are decreasing by pretty large amounts in
the US
Mats_cd03: if
that was imposed, people dying of negligent discharges would drop 90%
the20year2: which prevents access in
time of emergency or delays a
theif by a whole minute or
two
Mats_cd03: in practical
terms securing
the weapon means
two different locks for
the bolt carrier group and
the upper receiver
the20year2: The
technological prerequisite
to production of a firearm is quite low
mircea_popescu: the gun was
there before
there were privileges, rights or beliefs
bounce: well,
there's more
to it
than
that. in
the USoA
there's also a strong cultural current
that requires guns. and, relatedly, something
to fight, so
they'll keep on looking for exactly
that. in
that sense
two wars at
the same
time is
them 'merkins having a cultural field day.
Mats_cd03: i believe should be compelled
to prove competency with it as well as commit
to securing
the weapon
the20year2: I feel
that
the ability
to adequately defend yourself and your family isn't just a right, it's required
Mats_cd03: i believe owning a weapon is a privilege rather
than a right
the20year2: i just don't like
the people
that complain about
the legal constructs of
the state for self defense and want
to make it illegal
to defend yourself
mircea_popescu: people who shoot you
the moment you've looked
the wrong way are quite different from people who scuffle with you over
their own gun which
then sorta-accidentally discharges.
mircea_popescu: only after beating
the shit out of
the eventual shooter for half an hour.
the20year2: double barreled shotguns count as
two!
mircea_popescu: there's a lot more
to
that man angle
than anyone readily admits.
take
that recent
treysomething or
the other case.
pLambert: I don't get it, whats
the diff between barrels-per-man and guns-per-capita?
bounce: though
there's
the ROTM
bounce: too bad dual wielding isn't what
the gamer kids believe it is
bounce: that
they do. not like
the US couldn't see it coming, or anything. just
that china can make do with very little. on
top of
that,
they do have what looks like decent kit
these days.
the20year2: All
the guys I know in china hate
the women
there
Mats_cd03: if
the country wasnt shitty in other ways id love
to live
there, social stability and chinese women sounds great
Mats_cd03: it is remarkable
to me
that
the greatest danger
to chinese public safety
mircea_popescu: bounce actually,
that was
the 70s.
today, china leads
the us in
the space race.
bounce: china has lots of cannon fodder. add some cheap mass-produced
tat, and any opponent still has a bit of a problem.
mircea_popescu: i imagine it's somewhere in
the ex-russian central asia.
the20year2: China arms most of
the middle east with weapons
Mats_cd03: they certainly do have a habit of burying
them and
then digging
them up for use against invaders every few hundred years
Mats_cd03: i see your point, although im
thinking of privately owned small firearms
Mats_cd03: interestingly, china is not well armed compared
to
the rest of
the world
assbot: [HAVELOCK] [B.MINE] [PAID] 2.43923397 BTC
to 4`857 shares, 50221 satoshi per share
rithm: but i now i just see
the spin cycle
rithm: lately i find lawsuits
to be some sort of method for absconding or hiding sums of monies
Mats_cd03: i was mostly
thinking
that
the round is superior, is all.
the weapons and rounds
themselves are lighter
than
their counterparts
mike_c: geez,
those furry beasts in
the water on
trilema are so cute i'm going
to puke.
Mats_cd03: asciilifeform:
the 556 will prevail, in answer
to your question.
punkman: "It should
take an Act of God
to start up in anything but
the best possible security you can manage. A Presidential Order doesn't cut it. "
punkman: relevant
to "proper backend"
rithm: i see a lot of channels but only some of
them light up
rithm: that's a highlevel observation
type question
rithm: is
this
the new -otc where
the mindless chatter happens
mircea_popescu: much better
to just make mpex run
the current version of "banks" out of business completely,
mircea_popescu: bounce it's a moot point. banks aren't able
to buy it anyway, unless
the govt says do it.
bounce: somebody needs
to write a banking front-end
that actually makes sense. features like ability
to feed it your gpg key. I'd write it except I have no contacts with banks so
they'll never buy such off of me. (what give software away?
to *banks*?)
Mats_cd03: punkman: if youre unlucky you'll spend $200-500
to recover it
bounce: banking security: bank sends plain
text passwords in email. says it's safe because
to log in you also need
to know an email address. *that* email address, yes.
mircea_popescu: apparently, if you mostly follow chicks on
twitter your
timeline is full of women.
punkman: well shit, disk just had
the CLICK OF DEATH, I
think I lost a wallet
CheckDavid: 2:13:02 PM mircea_popescu her
tits will always point downwards on
the long run, no matter what she wears.
kakobrekla: ;;later
tell davout
the printing
to pdf you suggested was rejected > "unreadable / bad quality /
truncated (4)"
CheckDavid: mircea_popescu: fundamental analysis revealed
that pair is in a downward
trend
Mats_cd03: i hate
the internet... stupid spaces
mircea_popescu: the problem with learnin accounting is
that it's not an art, it's a craft. you can perhaps learn philosophy in your own
time, of \your own volition. accounting however requires a reshaping of your mental process, which people never undertake willingly.
Mats_cd03: i did find an excellent pdf on finance earlier
today for an aspiring quant
Mats_cd03: CheckDavid: i dunno, khan academy does alright, but i
took accounting when i was in university - up
to you
to find a good resource
mircea_popescu: Kolin Burgess, a British bitcoin investor who spent much of
Tuesday protesting outside of Mt. Gox’s abandoned office, in
Tokyo,
told a reporter for Reuters
that he
thought he had accumulated Bitcoins
that were worth
three hundred
thousand dollars at
the market’s peak. “I’m very angry,” he said. “It looks like
that’s disappeared.”