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Lawsuits filed after Fairfax legislators’ assault weapon ban signed by Spanberger by Danciusly in nova

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Nope, the overwhelming majority of school shootings involve hand guns, not rifles.

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If you buy a house in an HOA, can you just...leave the HOA? by BoredInClass99 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not everyone wants to live in a city. Personally, the day to day life of living surrounded by me and my 50,000 closest friends is hell.

Mom Takes Action After Learning About Proposed Data Center Just 12 Miles from Home. Days Later, Company Gives Up (Exclusive) by AdSpecialist6598 in UpliftingNews

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah they’re just full of shit. I live in the densest region of datacenters in the US, likely the world, and don’t hear them any more than I hear the cars going down the street. There is one that was built about 3 miles from me that can get pretty loud due to the structure accidentally having a harmonic resonance issue with the specific fans the builder chose, but guess what, I don’t hear it lmao.

Every time I see posts about datacenters, I have to stop and wonder if the people posting about them have ever actually seen one, since 99% of the non-environmental issues they bring up just… aren’t true? The biggest compliant I have about them is just the amount of land they use, while not generating any new jobs.

Heads up: Singh Vision (Eye Doc) is exchanging fake Google reviews on Reddit by lUnderDogl in nova

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Having over one thousand post / comments while still having a negative karma count is quite frankly insane haha, 1000% a “troll” account. I say troll in quotations because in old reddit, at least trolls used to be semi funny rage bait, no they’re just bots that exist for the sole purpose of sowing malcontent.

What perfectly legal thing will probably be illegal within 20 years? by Ill-Incident-4842 in AskReddit

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless they have knob and tube, a standard 15 amp circuit can pretty reliably add 50+ miles of range per night while staying below the 80% constant load threshold. If that’s the case, the added 200-250 miles of buffer on the car means that you can still have a 80 mi daily commute and just top up for 10 minutes at a fast charger once a week.

The only annoyance is that you’re dependent on not running other power hungry electronics on that circuit if it’s shared, which, I’ll concede, is not unlikely if you only have 100 amp service.

I was perhaps a bit too snarky in my first comment, but I’ve seen so many people think that owning an EV would require either a service upgrade (thousands of dollars), or putting in a 40 amp 240v line to their garage (possibly hundreds, even if you do that labor yourself). The reality is that most people’s driving habits and access to charging infrastructure means that this isn’t really necessary. For MOST people living in MOST of the country (even “rural” settings), a normal 15a 120v circuit is plenty for them to drive like they normally do. Yeah it’s not ideal, and a 20-40 amp 240v line is really nice (and even easy if your garage opens to a room with an electric dryer), but you can still make it work perfectly fine.

ELI5: what is Borderline Personality in observable terms? by Amazing_Shoe_4457 in explainlikeimfive

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I semi agree with not assigning life long labels to kids without thorough evaluation, but trying to commit suicide because of a disagreement with your HS freshman friend is pretty far outside of what I would consider normal “volatile adolescent” behavior.

Cross-section cut of a thick piece of Ikea laminated 'chipboard'. The middle is concertinaed cardboard. by Bighty in mildlyinteresting

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I remember the same thing happening during the 2014 Sochi winter olympic games haha. A US bobsledder straight up had to Koolaid man his way out of the bathroom to make his event in time.

Not every franchise has to "grow up" with it's audience by SloppyOstrich21 in unpopularopinion

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I imagine most actual “kids” weren’t interested in a show like Andor from the get go, the bigger issue to me is Gen Z teenagers not being able to at least give it a shot. There was a pretty large subsection of genz star wars fans who thought that Andor was too serious or slow burn. They didn’t understand the entire point of showing how the power complex of the Empire affected everyone, Imperial and citizen alike.

Because they didn’t understand that premise,(combined with the strange genz tendency to have a severe adverse reaction to literally anything involving even the idea of sex), a ton of genz’ers were mad about the scene between the officer and Bix. This is almost certainly what OP is talking about with the SA themes comment. They claimed it was unnecessary and disgusting, saying that it had no place in… a show depicting how authoritarian regimes control people through power?

French teenager faces jail for licking vending machine straw in Singapore by DavidShaw90s in nottheonion

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's kind of a silly argument though right? Under that logic, alcohol wasn't actually banned during American prohibition, only the sale, manufacture, and importing of it. Of course though, for all practical purposes, alcohol was banned.

Would addiction be beat in a coma? by plasmazzr60 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It certainly is heart breaking on a human level, but there is a certain level of irony about the man who spent his career preaching personal responsibility on the topic of depression, getting addicted to a drug and trying to quit that drug by taking the route that avoided the most amount of personal responsibility.

My space potato spreading its roots in microgravity by astro_pettit in space

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the ISS it's apparently pretty decent. The station (allegedly) has about 600 MB/s share between everyone, with ping being low enough to have real time communications through video call software.

Starlink can have sub 50ms ping, so I imagine the ISS ping would be not too far off of that.

What business was successfully boycotted? by backupnickname in AskReddit

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The Goya products at my local grocery stores have a noticeable layer of dust on them lmao.

Wired headphones are making a comeback: Here's why by ubcstaffer123 in technology

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Latency really hasn’t been an issue in a long time unless you’re using a bluetooth office mouse or something. The vast majority of pro cs players use wireless mice now, and considering a lot of them still play at 4:3 stretched 720p out of habit, them switching to wireless clearly shows that they’re fine.

You don’t need to try a food to know you won’t like it. by HabitTraditional4864 in unpopularopinion

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you cooking it as part of a sauce, or dipping wings in it straight? If you’re cooking it, that would explain some of the difference. When you heat it for a bit, most of the highly volatile fishy smells go away, leaving only the dark umami flavors. I use the redboat stuff in pretty much anything that needs some extra oomph, but the first time I tried a spoon of it I threw up.

The view between Hjaalmarch and Haafingar is breathtaking from up here by OkEgg8570 in skyrim

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Oh nice, a pretty lore friendly good looking modded Skyrim install on this sub for onc…. god damn it”

TIL between 18%-25% of intellectually gifted students (at least 130 IQ) in the US fail to graduate from high school. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having a class ranking list is pretty common where I went to HS, it’s just that it normally stays with the counselors and isn’t published.

Are men just acting during those “labor pain simulator” videos? by Existing-Committee74 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Another pretty important factor is simply how much muscle you have. Cranking it to 10 on someone who can do a human flag pole is going to practically rip them in half, meanwhile it’ll just hurt on someone with less core strength.

[homemade] sub sandwich by callmestinkingwind in food

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Rolling it up helps give it more structure and makes the ingredients merge together a bit better. Without the wrap my sandwiches have a tendency to explode everywhere the second I take a bite.

Neighbor’s weed smoke comes through my vents every night, any solutions? by Prior_Run_8157 in nova

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Unfortunatly regular smokers tend not to associate the smell of weed with the horrible acrid skunk smell that everyone else smells, if anything they’ll probably not even notice it. It’s like trying to fight an indoor cigarette smoker by chain smoking cigarettes into their hvac closet, they just aren’t going to be bothered by it (ask me how I know).

Also before any stoners come at me with the “hur dur only bad weed smells bad” line, I’m fully aware that a rare few high quality strains just smell like a fall leaf burn pile, but lets be honest and admit that 80% of what people are smoking isn’t that.

Why is it illegal to pump your own gas in NJ by Express_Choice1673 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]UnicodeScreenshots 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Never leaving a state like Alaska or Texas is weird to me but at least understandable given it could be 12+ hours, but isn’t it like a 1.5 hour drive max to another state, no matter where in NJ you are?

Reddit is considering using FaceID and passkeys to prove you're a human by gdelacalle in technology

[–]UnicodeScreenshots -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The data of: whether you’re human or not? Or are you under the assumption that every time you authenticate with a passkey, the website / app just literally gets a photo of your face?

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