mindlesscrollyparrot

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[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

You asked "you can ... but why would you?". You answered yourself.

Because he wasn't in a situation where he was going to need to shoot anyone but he decided to proceed as if he was. And accidents happen, as he demonstrated.

You can say this is SOP, but that's worse, isn't it?

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Thank you. I hadn't checked what they're issued with.

So then I'm wondering why he didn't demount the flashlight. I guess he was worried that he might accidentally fire the gun into his foot while doing so. He's obviously a little bit prone to that kind of thing. Safer to leave it on the rail, I guess.

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 6 months ago (14 children)

So he was trying to work the flashlight when he accidentally pulled the trigger. Is there no safety on these guns, or did he disengage that when he was trying to use his radio?

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The rule of law must be upheld, sure, but which law are the protesters supposed to be breaking?

Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that the leaking process will be the next process to try to allocate memory after you run out. It might actually be your window manager, for example.

The OOM killer is a last-ditch attempt by the OS to keep running, but it is very likely to leave your system in an unstable state.

They probably think he's resisting putting his hand into cuffs, not having worked out that cop 3 is causing all his muscles to spasm uncontrollably.

Absolutely. The fundamental thing about the rules of grammar is that they're more like guidelines. In fact, I think OP's example is hardly the most confusing or inconsistent thing in English, which is not to say that the question isn't a really good one. The quirks, similarities and differences are one thing that makes language-learning really interesting.

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Yes, "home" and "zuhause" mean the same thing but they aren't exactly the same, zuhause is a compound word. English also has compound words, for example "aboard" and "abed". The English word isn't "ahouse"; it is simply "home".

The other wrong answer is to the final question, because it has not and will not use that formula to calculate any of these dates. That is not a thing that it does.

In all seriousness, I think the reason why we are in the situation we are in is that, for about 50 years, people have ignored the worse scenarios and paid attention only to the ones that aren't that bad. That isn't the correct way to manage risk.

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think the convenience very much depends on the journey you want to make. To travel from London to Edinburgh by car means several hours where you can do nothing but hold the steering wheel. If you go by train, you can spend the time usefully ... or sleep. If you're talking about commuting, well, driving into most cities during rush hour means sitting in traffic jams every day, not just occasionally.

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's true, but they did already try it and it didn't catch on. There's a section about it on the Wikipedia page ("Copy protection").

That section also mentions that Philips stated that these discs couldn't have the CD logo on them. Since Philips was behind SACD, together with Sony, you'd think they wouldn't have imposed that restriction on themselves if they had the choice.

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