LovableSidekick

The M97 described in the Wikipedia article somebody else referenced had a “slam firing” feature.

Rather than make the rate of fire as fast as possible, I wonder if it was based on the time a person typically takes to collapse after getting hit, exposing the next guy just in time for the next shot. Nailing that timing would give the best results with the least ammo and require the least skill to use. You could point the thing, duck behind cover and hold the trigger.

Really? How do we know he wasn’t just havin’ a laugh?

Obviously it’s the ship design the Grays used during their early recon phase.

I don’t understand what you mean by “useless” but ok.

No I think this is an example of the opposite - they’re not taking action against the filament industry in general just because filament could or might be used to print guns, they’re going after an individual manufacturer for allegedly marketing it specifically it to print guns.

The suit accuses the company of selling not pawning, so I’m pretty sure it should be “hawk”.

The specifics revolve around a 3d-printed-gun advocate named Sean Aranda, whose youtube channel focuses on that subject. According to him, when youtube demonetized the channel in 2023 Polymaker approached him with a sponsorship offer. A couple months later Polymaker announced Aranda as a new member of its marketing team.

So regardless of where you stand on the Calif anti-3d-gun law, this isn’t a simple case of going after egg farmers because of illegal omelets.

I think you mean “hawks” as in selling, not “hocks” as in loogies.

I’ve heard people mocked for being “stuck in the 60s.”

Sodium cells also cost half as much to produce. Better cold-weather performance and charging to 80% in 15 minutes might make up for that in many people’s minds. Not to mention sodium being much more abundant and available than lithium. Categorically saying they’re a poor choice for a car disagrees with multiple car companies - you must know more than they do.

JAC Yiwei E10X late 2023

JMEV EV3 early 2024

Chery iCar / Little Ant

China has had production cars with sodium ion batteries for 2 years. I wonder when scientists will build enough Freedom into them for me to buy one in America.

“You and I are about as similar as two entirely dissimilar things in a pod.” - Edmund Blackadder

Maybe you can take comfort from the extremely low incidence of laptop battery fires in spite of millions of people leaving them plugged in all the time.

Bingpot! Features trump objections, which is how any industry knows it doesn’t really have to listen to users all that much. Deep down, addicts really don’t care if their heroin is ethically sourced from sustainably managed small-lot producers.

1977, editing the Monster Manual first draft: “Gary, the Mimic is Rare? - dude, homebrew DMs are gonna put ‘em all over the place!”

Boy Meets Future

Reminds me of a play I was in: “The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade,” an early 60s play usually abbreviated Marat/Sade.