grumplestiltzkin posted:My fav part of this loophole is that the buffer tube on ar pistols is basically a de facto shoulder stock, but because it's a part of the firing mechanism it doesn't count Most people usually give shouldering the buffer tube a try exactly once before realizing why you shouldn’t do it.
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The largest Norwegian crypto-mining company is complaining about having to shut down now, as politicians have moved to exempt crypto-mining companies from a data-centre subsidy for power usage. ( Norway currently has a subsidy where datacenters using large amounts of power, 500KW and up, only pay approx 0.48 øre per kilowatt. The øre is the local equivalent of a penny. ( Thus, 0.00056 usd / KwH. )) They now have to pay the normal fee of 16.58 øre, 0.019 usd/KwH. Or nearly 35x as much. (If companies pay the same kind of 'usage fee' that private customers have, this doubles to a 70x increase.) This is of course enough for the owner to screech about how unfair this is, and how the politicians are unfairly handling thing and shouldn't micromanage what datacenters do. And they of course whine that this is enough to kill off the company. (Which I hope is the case, as they've been the centre of a couple cases about noise pollution, making life actively worse for the people living nearby.) As is the case with all these loving companies, I always wonder how much of their profits they actually report, vs how much just vanishes into the ether. Or how the servers are running 'maintenance', but actually mining coins that goes straight into the owner's pockets.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-46286215 'Hey that island of people that kill anyone who go near them? I bet they'll be stoked to meet me!!!!' They weren't. Eta- Yeah me too, but this idiot was so dumb. HE tried to get there 4 times and they kept firing arrows at him. Dude, get the hint. VVVVV (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Rondette posted:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-46286215 I don't usually laugh at people getting themselves killed in stupid ways but this one is ![]()
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Handsome Ralph posted:This is a few weeks old, but it's good. I promise. there is not rant in that. its just him explaining how an open forum works and saying he will hold everyone to the 2 mins then passing the floor to the person to call people up to speak.
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Handsome Ralph posted:Bonus, one of the council members started going on an "all lives matter" rant. The Schadenfreude is on me for watching this video a couple of times to try and catch the rant and figure out why the gently caress you posted it. Its just a guy explaining meeting procedure. e: drat YOU!
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What are you loving gagging about , oval office? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6l2py68WY4&t=67s
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Old Racist Man, Old Racist Man Old Racist Man hates Black FedEx Man They have a fight, Old Racist Man dies Old Racist Man https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...m=.00ded6730e80
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Tony Snark posted:Old Racist Man, Old Racist Man The fact that it doesn't look like he'll be prosecuted is honestly pretty surprising.
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Dude is extremely loving lucky he didn't catch an ATV to the chest and die, holy poo poo ![]()
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I expected it to go wrong sooner
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LifeSunDeath posted:https://i.imgur.com/3DXpq1Y.mp4 Sabin had to start somewhere.
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https://twitter.com/AwardsDarwin/status/1065396815523127298 also https://twitter.com/Crazzyintheusa/status/1065066302094614529
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There is no way this wasn't 100% deliberate.
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Grain of salt, given the source, but: German teen loses driving license after 49 minutes He was celebrating getting his license and was caught doing 95kph in a 50kph zone, and the penalty includes retraining and a driving ban.
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https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1065410914839539713
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Tony Snark posted:Old Racist Man, Old Racist Man Bet he'd like a do-over on being a violent, racist shithead, now. Of course, if he had been successful, the carport roof would have... supported the weight of an ATV and its rider? I may not be fully grokking the plan. ![]()
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chitoryu12 posted:Barrels, not stocks. If a weapon is made without a stock by the factory, it's legally a pistol. Placing a stock on it would make it a short-barreled rifle and thus require a $200 tax stamp, federal registration, fingerprinting, approval from local law enforcement, and a ton of red tape. So people want one specifically because they've been told they can't?
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The Lone Badger posted:So people want one specifically because they've been told they can't? A rather large part of American culture is built on spite yes.
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CharlestheHammer posted:A rather large part of American culture is built on spite yes. America was built on spite
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Well, that didn't last long: https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1065421087813431296
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Knee posted:Angry Man Stuck in Snow Classic. I think the chipmunk pile-up is still my favourite winter driving video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvB3h85xSVw Lookatyourcar! Isthisyourcar? LOOKATYOURCAR!
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The Lone Badger posted:So people want one specifically because they've been told they can't? Understanding this one fact will help American attitudes make a lot more sense. Not saying it's reasonable or good, but "gently caress you, I'll do what I want" underpins a lot of American thinking. chitoryu12 posted:Most people usually give shouldering the buffer tube a try exactly once before realizing why you shouldn’t do it. I've done it and its not pleasant or something I'd do repeatdely for fun, but it's deffo doable.
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Jam With Seeds posted:Classic. I think the chipmunk pile-up is still my favourite winter driving video. Notagoodidea, notagoodideaatall.
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Zamboni Rodeo posted:Well, that didn't last long: Apparently this and a few others with names like RealLauraLoomer and TrueLauraLoomer are fakes, she hasn't actually re-regged.
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berenzen posted:There is no way this wasn't 100% deliberate. That one maybe but this public one definitely wouldn't have been. ![]() The lights being white make it all the worse lol
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Tony Snark posted:Old Racist Man, Old Racist Man Portland OR is so crazy racist, glad the guy didn't get in trouble for defending himself
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Jam With Seeds posted:Classic. I think the chipmunk pile-up is still my favourite winter driving video. The best part is the brodozer at 1:10 who tried so hard and got so far.
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Dragonstoned posted:That one maybe but this public one definitely wouldn't have been. "Worse"
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grumplestiltzkin posted:Understanding this one fact will help American attitudes make a lot more sense. Not saying it's reasonable or good, but "gently caress you, I'll do what I want" underpins a lot of American thinking. Also the idea that anyone trying to prevent you is directly attacking your freedom and way of life.
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:Portland OR is so crazy racist, glad the guy didn't get in trouble for defending himself quote:Oregon law does not carry a “duty to retreat” provision that would have required Warren to reasonably remove himself from danger, Gibbs wrote. Oh wowwwwww
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Stand your ground for some, Duty to retreat for others.
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I'm the friend who considerately uses their foot to steady the ladder. That could have gone bad in so many different ways.
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Rondette posted:Eta- Yeah me too, but this idiot was so dumb. HE tried to get there 4 times and they kept firing arrows at him. Dude, get the hint. When he opened the thread to new posts was he supposed to scroll up just in case you edited in a reply to a post before his latest? ![]()
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:Portland OR is so crazy racist, glad the guy didn't get in trouble for defending himself Yeah I was honestly surprised they didn't gun him down, then I read the dude he punched was homeless, Portland hates the homeless more than anyone else.
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i did something similar to this. i had to load a motorcycle into the back of a lifted bro truck, the guy had just bought a motorcycle off of me but had no clue how to ride one so he had me put it into the back of the truck for him. he pulled out like a 3 foot long board to ride up into a truck with a foot of lift. it was basically a 45 degree slope. i got the front wheel into the bed of the truck when the back tire lost traction and when i tried to put my feet down to stabilize there was nothing there. i fall off the motorcycle and tuck and roll the gently caress out of the way of a falling motorcycle. the gas tank gets a huge dent but doesn't leak fuel and i break the brake caliper right off of the forks. dude still gives me full asking price for it cause he knows he would have done worse doing it himself
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