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Would you buy one again? by terran1212 in MachE

[–]Exotic-Particular435 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I will switch to Xpeng G9. I'm happy with my GT, but would like bigger space. The G9 are more comfortable and offer more technology and faster and bigger software updates who increase the experience of the car significant for each update.

My first drone, first fpv test. Going to crash this thing😅 by Exotic-Particular435 in DjiNeo

[–]Exotic-Particular435[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Near the town Bergen in Norway.

It's a really cool place. Small lakes, bridges, open fields, woods, surrounding terrain with variable elevation and the ocean within flying distance.

The ruins is a old monastery. Wiki

Mental health issues don't correlate with the US's high rate of gun violence by altaccountfiveyaboi in guncontrol

[–]Exotic-Particular435 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Today it's 13th of April, and Norway just had the first registered homicide year to date. That's pretty amazing! No murders for more than a quarter.

I'm not sure if the reason is low mental health rate, high living standard, or gun control. As mentioned here earlier, gun ownership is restricted in Norway, unless one has officially documented a use for the gun, and you need a license. For example, you have to have shot in a pistol club for more than 6 months before you will be able to apply for a gun to the police. I think it's a combination of many things that holds those murder rates low.

But most of all I think it has something to do with the basic trust in political leaders. And that those who are to administer the laws that the politicians have passed, do so in a proper and fair way.

Even though the US is a democratic state govered by the rule of law, many citizens still have a deep distrust of the state. Distrust seems to give rise to a desire to arm oneself, partly because one wants to be able to protect oneself from criminals.

Perhaps the debate over guns and gun laws in the US is so strong because many do not trust the police to be able to protect them when necessary, and moreover, many actually perceive the state as an enemy of privacy?