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> Literally the one difference between the "official", Hitler-approved definition of "assault rifle" and an AR-15 is that the AR-15 doesn't support selective fire. In case anybody …

Incidentally, the National Firearms Act (1934) was originally meant to ban handguns. The current regulation on short barrel rifles and short barrel shotguns are vestigial remnants …

All* full sized rifle rounds are supersonic and cause the cavitation the 5.56 has become infamous for (e.g. bruh it goes so fast it's basically explosive! - overheard in a cafe). T…

A water-bucket trap can kill dozens of rodents in a single night. Your cat is not that effective.

From the perspective of a consumer, the difference is totally irrelevant. Why should the particulars of the exchange between the shill and the company matter to me? They don't.

> If not energy, by what metric could the latter be described as "high powered"? Well the Browning Hi-Power was so named for it's large magazine capacity. But I agree with the subs…

It's about as significant as IBM dropping out of the PC market because Dell,etc are preferred by consumers. The platform is standardized and the vast majority of AR-15s the public …

fyi, methods being attached to structs/whatever is a property of single dispatch object systems, but not multiple dispatch object systems. The coupling/attached relationship derive…

> "PR and advertising are not the same thing." A distinction without substance.

Watch out for the reverse too, ethernet over powerline is a thing!

"Recommendations" is just newspeak for advertising. I don't want my TV doing that. Here is a novel idea: if your shit is so great for users, not contrary to their interests, why do…

> "I just wish they make a dump TV with superior image quality and let the other streaming devices handling the "smart" features." They do, but from what I understand you'll pay mo…

If you don't want to use SD cards, there are plenty of other methods available; at this point you're being deliberately obtuse. But I do find it amusing that you appeal to the requ…

You don't have to implement every possible solution all at once; you pick one that works for you. If you prefer Plex, use Plex. If you prefer keeping everything on a thumb drive or…

> Exercising your ability to sit down and Just Do It Have you considered the possibility that he's a highly motivated person who simply has a more creative "It" in mind?

> "I know this is to simplify the UI" Why is that even necessary? Youtube offers you the full list to choose from and I don't see users writhing on the ground clutching their skull…

Virtually anything you pirate these days will be supported on virtually anything you might want to watch movies on these days. The obscure edge-cases are things that HN users might…

Plug the hard drive into the TV or mobile device. I'm pretty sure mobile devices support USB harddrives these days, but I know for sure "smart TVs" do. If you prefer dumb tvs (as I…

Users like code with fewer bugs and rapid response time for new feature requests, right? If you start firing people for taking the time to write readable and maintainable code, you…

It shouldn't be a matter of choice for them. Obviously, if left to their own devices, they will fail to protect people.

It's entirely possible to create systems of auditing that do actually involve in depth investigation and verification.

If you throw in the rest of Pixar and Disney animated stuff, you're still probably talking about under 100 movies total, right? One cheap usb hard drive and an afternoon on the pub…

In truth, I am not as puzzled as I claimed. However I've found that on HN there is a pathological obsession with giving people and organizations the benefit of the doubt, even when…

Fully agreed.

No doubt. But I'm still worried for the future of the FSF.