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  1. Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel

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    It can be, but that wasn't the context being given in SirNut's comment. He was talking about ammo being missing from a magazine.

    It can be, but that wasn't the context being given in SirNut's comment. He was talking about ammo being missing from a magazine.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Fifth American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage in ~travel

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    As a gun owner, I do not understand how ammo just "falls out."

    As a gun owner, I do not understand how ammo just "falls out."

    10 votes

  3. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I picked up V Rising yesterday having found out it went into 1.0, and was always curious about it. I put 7 hours into it in one go, and I've barely progressed. I've beaten the first 5(?) bosses,...

    I picked up V Rising yesterday having found out it went into 1.0, and was always curious about it.

    I put 7 hours into it in one go, and I've barely progressed. I've beaten the first 5(?) bosses, and am currently working on getting my castle's foundation laid out now that I've unlocked walls.

    I'm just playing solo for now, I think multiplayer would be fun, but I don't think I would want to join any public / official servers, because public PvP sucks.

    The game does in fact live up to what people say.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Project Zomboid - What compares for gameplay? in ~games

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    You can edit the game options to turn off zombie spawning, probably adjust the other survival mechanics so the game still has some challenge.

    You can edit the game options to turn off zombie spawning, probably adjust the other survival mechanics so the game still has some challenge.

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Whistleblower who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies in ~transport

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    Don't know why you're getting sassy with me, the first half of my comment is very clear in saying I believe he died of natural causes.

    Don't know why you're getting sassy with me, the first half of my comment is very clear in saying I believe he died of natural causes.

    16 votes

  6. Comment on What your next water heater will look like in ~enviro

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    Sorry, I wouldn't know. We don't use hydronic heating where I live / work. Never even touched a boiler.

    Sorry, I wouldn't know. We don't use hydronic heating where I live / work. Never even touched a boiler.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Whistleblower who accused Boeing supplier of ignoring defects dies in ~transport

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    So obviously I have no reason to think he was intentionally infected with something, but man, the conspiracy cat is definitely out of the bag now.

    So obviously I have no reason to think he was intentionally infected with something, but man, the conspiracy cat is definitely out of the bag now.

    37 votes

  8. Comment on What your next water heater will look like in ~enviro

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    OOOH I get it, they just absorb heat from the ambient air in the house. I did some reading and got confused because people kept talking about how they don't work in lower temperatures, and my...

    OOOH I get it, they just absorb heat from the ambient air in the house.

    I did some reading and got confused because people kept talking about how they don't work in lower temperatures, and my brain went into AC mode and figured there was an outdoor unit.

    Obviously that only matters if it's in a garage or crawlspace.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on What your next water heater will look like in ~enviro

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    There's no outdoor coil?

    There's no outdoor coil?

    2 votes

  10. Comment on What your next water heater will look like in ~enviro

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    As an HVAC tech, now I'm wondering if I'm gonna be learning how to work on hot water tanks, or if plumbers are gonna learn how to work on heat pumps.

    As an HVAC tech, now I'm wondering if I'm gonna be learning how to work on hot water tanks, or if plumbers are gonna learn how to work on heat pumps.

    15 votes

  11. Comment on Germany’s robotic stores must rest on Sundays, too in ~news

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    I can't speak on behalf of the German population, being one person and not being German and all, but at least I'd rather the government tell me Sunday is my day off than my employer telling me...

    I can't speak on behalf of the German population, being one person and not being German and all, but at least I'd rather the government tell me Sunday is my day off than my employer telling me Sunday is my late day.

    Because if the government isn't telling you to take a day off, your boss is telling you to go to work.

    You say "choose" but there's no choice.

    18 votes

  12. Comment on Germany’s robotic stores must rest on Sundays, too in ~news

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    But what principle are you coming from? Do you think the state shouldn't have the power to mandate a day off for nonessential businesses, or that it shouldn't have religious justification?

    But what principle are you coming from? Do you think the state shouldn't have the power to mandate a day off for nonessential businesses, or that it shouldn't have religious justification?

    6 votes

  13. Comment on Germany’s robotic stores must rest on Sundays, too in ~news

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    Oh, you're talking about revising the law so that everyone can be open on Sundays. I don't think that would put anyone at a disadvantage, strictly financially speaking, the disadvantage they're...

    Oh, you're talking about revising the law so that everyone can be open on Sundays.

    I don't think that would put anyone at a disadvantage, strictly financially speaking, the disadvantage they're talking about is if the automated store could be open on Sundays when manned stores couldn't.

    9 votes

  14. Comment on Germany’s robotic stores must rest on Sundays, too in ~news

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    I mean the law was enacted like 70 years ago.

    doesn't really seem like a valid basis for the state to make policy.

    I mean the law was enacted like 70 years ago.

    10 votes

  15. Comment on Germany’s robotic stores must rest on Sundays, too in ~news

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    There's been a lot of revisions to it, but Germany passed a law in 1956 regulating when stores can be open, and with some exceptions like gas stations, stores can't be open on Sunday.

    There's been a lot of revisions to it, but Germany passed a law in 1956 regulating when stores can be open, and with some exceptions like gas stations, stores can't be open on Sunday.

    9 votes

  16. Comment on Tesla’s two million car Autopilot recall is now under US federal scrutiny in ~transport

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    US regulations have a very common habit of being reactive as opposed to proactive. We tend to take a corporations word for something until proven wrong.

    US regulations have a very common habit of being reactive as opposed to proactive.

    We tend to take a corporations word for something until proven wrong.

    14 votes

  17. Comment on I grew up in Michigan but currently live in Georgia. My GF and I are looking at buying a house, and both states have first time home buyer incentives, but they're income based. in ~finance

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    Funny enough the whole shtick was actually her idea. I actually didn't propose it for those reasons, but she brought it up herself.

    Funny enough the whole shtick was actually her idea. I actually didn't propose it for those reasons, but she brought it up herself.

    3 votes

  18. I grew up in Michigan but currently live in Georgia. My GF and I are looking at buying a house, and both states have first time home buyer incentives, but they're income based.

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    So we make about $100,000 combined, I make just shy of 70K and she makes about 30K. Both states have programs for first time homebuyers, but our incomes together prohibit us from qualifying,...

    So we make about $100,000 combined, I make just shy of 70K and she makes about 30K.

    Both states have programs for first time homebuyers, but our incomes together prohibit us from qualifying, whereas separately we both qualify.

    Would it be considered fraud if I were to apply for one as myself, get the house in my name, but we both pay on it? I can't find anything on either page about it, but obviously we are not legally married.

    11 votes

  19. Comment on ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ renewed for Season 4; ‘Lower Decks’ to conclude with Season 5 in ~tv

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    I watched Discovery and loved it. Is SNW episodic like previous Trek series?

    I watched Discovery and loved it. Is SNW episodic like previous Trek series?

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Eclipse plans in ~talk

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    I'm down here in Atlanta and had like 85% coverage? And you couldn't even tell there was something going on, not without putting on the glasses. Sun's fucking bright yo.

    I'm down here in Atlanta and had like 85% coverage? And you couldn't even tell there was something going on, not without putting on the glasses.

    Sun's fucking bright yo.

    9 votes