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There's a distance at which they stop being "less-lethal". At 10 meters/30 feet they're considered extremely dangerous. The "effective range" at which they're generally considered less likely to penetrate is 20 to 30 meters (65 to 100 feet).

Lenses make estimating distance tricky, but based on the lines in the road, I don't think she's 20 meters away from that cop.

These journalists need body armor and helmets if they're going to be that close to American Police. Back in 2011 an Iraq War vet named Scott Olsen was head shot at a distance of a few feet fracturing his skull and when some protestors tried to rescue him they flashbanged the rescue effort. It's extremely unsafe to be that close to these guys.

I'm not sure what you mean by "joined" the government. I'm sure many are politically or ideologically aligned a lot of the current adminstration's actions but aren't actively participating in any acts of opression. I'm sure there are many people working in government that are "2A people", and many more who would like to disarm the populate completely.

And you're flat out wrong about them not being interested in protecting anyone. They are very interested in protecting themselves. That just doesn't necessarily include the rest of us.

When they thought COVID lockdowns were a threat to their personal freedoms, they picked up their AR-15s and stormed on the statehouse in Michigan. And again... The police were disciplined, restrained, and de-escalatory in the face of an armed protest.

I don't know why you think the founders couldn't imagine abusing power in violation of the constitution. The same man who wrote "all men are created equal" said of slavery “we have the wolf by the ear, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.” They clearly documented their knowledge that their actions were unjust but opted for political expedience.

One of my primary takeaways from the BLM protests was The efficacy of open carry protest at Stone Mountain in Georgia.

In LA protesters are getting the shit beat out of them. In New York protesters get the shit beat out of them. But as soon as there's 200 protesters with AR-15s suddenly it's "can't we all just get along"... Suddenly the cops are cool headed, rational, and preventing escalation at all costs.

It really sucks to say this, but the 2A people spent decades telling us we were throwing away a fundamentally important right that could protect us from tyranny. Lots of people scoffed at them and explained you can't stand up to the government. Too many of us have forgotten that gun control was started in California under Governor Ronald Reagan to prevent the Black Panthers from armed protest.

The 2A people are still poised to protect themselves and their interests from government abuse, they're just not going to protect YOU from tyranny. You have to do that bit yourself.

No, I expect him to gaslight naive consumers. Which is what he did. I just don't get why others are defending it.

In this case, at 1080p it's barely more performance for a lot more money. And if we're falling back on "good enough for most people" then an RX 5700 or 6600 is also "good enough for most people".

It's a free market, he can sell a low value product to suckers. That's his right. You're free to defend him and think it's not scummy. But it's scummy, and hopefully most people who know better are going to call it out.

There's no NEED to move on from 1080p, but there are a lot of reasons.

I wouldn't even object to his position on 1080p if he said "the RX 5700 is fine for most users, don't waste your money and reduce e-waste".

He's telling consumers that they should expect to pay a premium price to be playing a slightly better than 2019 experience until 2028 or 2030. There are gullible people who won't understand that he's selling snake oil.

1. Why would they be buying a new card to play how they're already playing?
2. What does the long term trend line look like?

You can confidently say that this is fine for most consumers today. There really isn't a great argument that this will serve most consumers well for the next 3 to 5 years.

It's ok if well informed consumers are fine with a compromise for their use case.

Misrepresenting the product category, and misleading less informed consumers to believe that it's not a second rate product in the current generation is deeply anti-consumer.

It's a terrible replacement for Assistant. It's just the wrong tool for the job. Assistant was listening for commands and trying to turn those into actions. Gemini takes a second, misses the first half of the command, tries to figure out if I'm conversing or giving an instruction, and it's hit or miss if it gets that right.

If I ask "what's the weather today?" I have no idea if I'll get a forecast, the definition of the word weather, or the song "what's the weather like today" by the Kiboomers (which sounds like a cool indie band but in fact makes childrens early education songs).

Does anyone know an open source alternative for Android? Preferably something that works with home assistant.

There is so much I like about this. I like that Clark doesn't just look like Superman with glasses. It feels like they're addressing the big questions of his "humanity" and focusing on his role as a protector not a fighter. This version of Jonathan Kent looks promising (I really hated the Man of Steel version) and I think without the Kents he doesn't have the character that Superman requires. That's what makes him human. It feels like a comic in all the right ways.

James Gunn's credit is good with me too. Super, Guardians, Suicide Squad, Peace Maker, and Creature Commandos are all great IMO. He writes relationships so well.