SomeAmateur
@SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on how do school shooters know how to use guns? 43 minutes ago:
Learning the manual of arms (procedure of loading, firing, unloading a type of firearm) is a YouTube video away and isn’t hard. If you can use a drill or a stapler you can make a gun go bang.
The difficult part is technique that makes the bullets go where you want them to. Shooting fast is easy, just mag dump in a general direction and you’ll eventually hit something. Shooting slowly and accurately is way more effective. Basic marksmanship takes a bit of time to hone but anyone can do it, including you reading this.
But shooting fast AND accurate is a skill that takes consistent practice to hone. That’s what makes competitons like USPSA so challenging and the acting in movies like John Wick so impressive
- Comment on what can I do at my workplace during downtime? 23 hours ago:
Reading is always good, and waay better than scrolling. Audiobooks/podcasts are also cool and if you can’t fully commit yourself to writing maybe just jot down an outline to flesh out later
- Comment on Know your place 1 day ago:
It was made for the colonists
- Comment on 1 day ago:
Here’s the source
- Comment on Too soon? 1 day ago:
This is the full context of the quote for anyone curious like I was
- Comment on Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing? 3 days ago:
I listened to a 99% Invisible episode on how EMS got started.
For a while (60s-70s) there was a stigma that early Paramedics couldn’t provide adequate care because they were not doctors and nurses though in reality they spent lots of time training in hospitals working with them.
You can even see this in tv shows like Emergency. Any time they have a medical situation they radio a hospital to get medical direction from a doctor. It also gives a realistic reason to explain what they are doing to the viewing audience
- Comment on This is how you get ants. 4 days ago:
EDF! EDF!
- Comment on They didn't stop to think if they should 2 weeks ago:
ChatGPT chats have the blurb on the bottom that says “ChatGPT can make mistakes. Check important info.”
I like CharacterAI’s a lot better. It says “This is an AI chatbot and not a real person. Treat everything it says as fiction. What is said should not be relied on as fact or advice”
- Comment on Is it realistic to hope that lemmy grows to the size of the bigger social media platforms? 3 weeks ago:
Yes and no. It’s more I want the big socials to have competition and shrink
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
Running with Rifles and Mass Effect 2
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
<< Now we’re talking >>
- Comment on we must protect them from exotics 1 month ago:
People: Why are bees and fireflies dying in droves?
Also People: Better hose my yard with chemicals until it looks like a PGA course
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 month ago:
Beach umbrellas are mostly used on sunny days so I can see that.
- Comment on Let's get Physical 1 month ago:
It’s pretty deep for a bible verse
“The wicked flee when none persueth, but the riteous go bold as a lion” or something like that
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 2 months ago:
Nukes. We know they have them and missiles to deliver them. Any situation where a wildcard like North Korea uses nukes in any offensive capacity is terrifying. “Nuclear War: A Scenario” is a great modern book on how things could go to hell if one single North Korean nuclear missile is launched towards the United States.
Artillery. In any case of open war on North Korea anyone within artillery range of the NK border will be bombarded with heavy shelling. Even if it lasted for just an hour or two before the batteries were eliminated the civilian casualties and destruction would be like a large natural disaster. Now imagine if chemical shells were added to the mix, because they have those too.
China has the most leverage to help North Korea on a humanitarian and diplomatic level, so if it could be done the best chance is through them.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
True and say what you want about American wars, they don’t take territory for themselves. Russia on the other hand
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Ukraine was invaded, twice, with Russia as the aggressor. That isn’t Ukraine’s fault and they have every right to kick Russian ass as long as it takes for Russia to pull out or negotiate. Both will be politically painful so the war goes on.
And if you’re in a shooting war with Russia, who better to ask for weapons than the US? Even old outdated US equipment was designed to take on Soviet equipment so yeah you want them as friends to give your nation a fighting chance and prove to Russia and the international community that they won’t be pushovers.
And look at NATO. They are bumping defense GDP to 5%. Finland, Poland, Estonia and others are withdrawing from agreements that forbid the placement of anti-personnel mines. Even if this war ends tomorrow, nobody seems to think Russia will be satisfied for long
- Comment on Why is the progress pride flag so poorly designed (especially the intersex progress pride flag)? Will it be redesigned? 2 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Many people I know agree with deporting illegal immigrants and see it as a problem that had been simply ignored for far too long. I found an article talking about deportation flights as early as 2023 (I’ll try to find and link it here) so it’s not new for the Trump admin. He just upped the scale and publicity.
There are disagreements though, mostly with how it’s being carried out. If the agents are unidentifiable as feds some day someone is going to fight back, or a third party will intervene thinking they are getting mugged.
And there is a big lack of due process to make sure those arrested actually require deportation. No way they are all 100% legit with no mistakes. If everything is above board more due process and transparency shouldn’t be an issue if your case is solid.
- Comment on Labubu 2 months ago:
zaboomafoo intensifies
- Comment on If no government shall bare arms against its own citizens. Then what is happening in LA? 3 months ago:
State govts can mobilize their national guard. The guard is the only military component that can be “deployed” on American soil for combat or civil support like riot control or disaster relief
Active duty and reserve bases exist in the US of course but are generally forbidden from being used for combat operations or enforcing domestic policies on US soil. It’s called Posse Comitatus
- Comment on Why do so many people delete their posts? 3 months ago:
Idk why but when I see deleted by creator I think it’s funny to imagine God personally zapping it from existence but they still leave that so everyone knows it was them
- Comment on Why do so many people delete their posts? 3 months ago:
sometimes you just don’t want to see the dumb post you made at 2am
- Comment on YSK: You can disable scores (upvotes and downvotes) in lemmy, and I think it's great! 3 months ago:
Anybody know if you can do this on boost?
- Comment on YSK: You can disable scores (upvotes and downvotes) in lemmy, and I think it's great! 3 months ago:
I like it because I’m less likely to vote just because others have upvoted it. I’m more honest with what I actually like and dislike
- Comment on What games did you get down with over the holiday weekend? 3 months ago:
They do a lot of optimization for modern hardware like supporting wide screen resolutions. They fixed game ruining bugs and added a lot of mod like options in the settings.
For example it’s a turn based game so your guys do everything based on “time units”. In the base game it can be a big risk to peek around a corner, see an enemy and not have time to fire or even retreat back to safety. OpenXcom can show you how many time units you’ll have left and in colors if you have enough time to shoot when you get there. Cool stuff!
The AI seems pretty true to vanilla but they put in a rule that you have at least one turn to get out of your drop ship without being fragged or rocketed by aliens. There are third party mods that make the aliens work as a group to sneak up or flank you. Those scare me so I haven’t tried it yet lol
- Comment on What games did you get down with over the holiday weekend? 3 months ago:
I played some X-COM via OpenXcom. Having fun trying to keep from getting massacred assaulting an alien base!
- Comment on what language would be best for me to learn? 3 months ago:
It it was my choice I would try to learn the language of the culture I’m most interested in
- Comment on YSK how to unclog a toilet 3 months ago:
If you flush once and it doesn’t go down no problem, if you (or someone you know) tries to flush again no water leaves but the toilet valve tries to fill the bowl more.
So step one is to stop a flood of nasty water from overflowing to the floor
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