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Don't get an AR-15, Get an RPG-29.
Don't get an RPG-29, get an F-18.
I can't be the only one building a nuke in my garage.
Fake Dog for Home Security
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Re: Fake Dog for Home Security
#172Unless you have a dog that's trained to attack, generally they're pretty docile with just a treat or two, might be good enough to stop opportunistic crimes though.
This is such an armchair take that I hear over and over. Classic rock-paper-scissors thinking.
If a rat were in your living room, you'd not want to go in there. Rats will almost never actually harm you, probably less than a dog. You can easily scare them out. But it's terrifying when one dashes across the room. It's biological/instinctive.
Yet an unknown dog in an unknown house that's actually aware of you and mad about it? No way. Off to another target.
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Do you still generally need a permit if the "weapon" is part of the boat — for example, a harpoon gun mounted on a swivel — rather than something you can pick up and carry? (My thinking being: pirates generally use speedboats, and a harpoon gun is plenty good at shooting holes in fiberglass and/or destroying outboard motors; and so pirates wouldn't want to get near your boat if you had one. But this sort of setup is…
A flare gun is common emergency equipment for a boat and could easily be repurposed if the occasion called for it
Flare guns are considered firearms in many countries, which is why flare guns are nearly completely obsolete for international sailing. They're also much less visible than equivalent handheld flares.
While there are USCG-compliant flare guns, you also cannot satisfy SOLAS requirements with a flare gun. You need to carry (depending on voyage and vessel) handheld distress, collision avoidance, and/or paraflares.
Re: Fake Dog for Home Security
#174Unless you have a dog that's trained to attack, generally they're pretty docile with just a treat or two, might be good enough to stop opportunistic crimes though.
My brother in law's father had 2 German Shepards trained to guard his commerce and one night the burglars came in and killed them both. Very sad.
Yes, unfortunately if you're being specifically targeted, they'll probably know about your dogs and have a plan.
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Imagine dumb is on a scale [0, 10] where 0 is “not dumb” and 10 is “dumbest a person could possibly be.” Now on this scale estimate how dumb someone is. If you say 2 (a little dumb) but in actuality they’re a 7 (very dumb) you underestimated how dumb they are.
Yes, but the OP was talking about overestimating dumbness, and it being bad for protecting against home invaders. It still doesn't make sense to me.
He thought a camera would be good enough, but the thief was smart enough to cover his face. He over estimated how dumb the crook was, for the solution (camera), required a thief to walk around showing his face.
See? He overestimated how dumb crooks are, and was robbed.
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You'd have to convince me that anyone in the EU has to basically get a model release from everyone they take a picture of in public before posting it anywhere on the web.
In Switzerland (Europe but not EU I suppose) it would be illegal to have a home security camera in a public area like this - dashcams aren't legal for the same reason, they invade privacy without a justified lawful reason. Being in the background of someone else's holiday photo isn't a problem, but you can't just post publicly identifying photos of people where they are the subject of the photo if you do not have con…
Indeed seems to be the case. [1] I expect it's widely ignored however unless the Swiss use the internet differently from the citizens of just about every other country on earth.
[1] https://www.ifolor.ch/en/inspire/image-rights-in-switzerland
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People like to hate on suburbs for a lot of valid reasons but moving back to one as an adult after spending my 20s in the city was profoundly calming.
Same. I've left my garage door open on the way out so many times (in a quiet, unremarkable cul de sac -- neither upscale nor rundown) without consequence that I no longer worry about whether or not I closed it.
I grew up in suburbs and we used to leave our garage door open often up until day our bikes were stolen out of it.
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#178When I bought a house I picked up a dog dish and put it by my walkout basement sliding door. Also the pond next to my house has old tennis balls show up in it now and then so I put them next to the dish. According to the local cops break ins in my area are mostly just kids going into open garage / garage side doors / back doors that are left open and stuff to steal is out and obvious and so on. I figure just the sens…
A "beware of the dog" sign would probably be just as (if not more) effective regardless of whether there's an actual dog.
For larger properties, a “Beware of Unexploded Land Mines” might work too. Or copy Vladimir the Impailer’s technique of using scarecrows impailed on stakes with the word “Thief” drawn on them.
Might scare the neighbors away too though, but that’s not always a bad thing.
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Now that is scary! My partner's parents had a doberman pincher years ago that often went crazy to try to get through the front door to attack whoever was on the other side - that is, if they were not a family member/friend - and one time he cracked the door, and very nearly broke through. He was just overall crazy and crazy strong for a dog. I can only imagine anything like that, even if only a little door shaking ,…
So, add the sound of splintering wood?
Yes definitely! And also maybe add in a recording of some human yelling for dog to calm down and "don't go ripping apart another visitor!" :-)
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My labrador would run to the front door in 1.2s, but then roll over and demand to be stroked.
a Golden Retriever would be happy to show you around and help you pack the loot
The Maine Coon brothers we have like belly rubs and sitting on or next to you.
They also have repeatedly cornered plumbers, electricians and HVAC folk. When we're expecting someone, we lock them up in the bedroom.
Maine Coons are cats.