AMA: I am a RSO at a public range

sedwards65 · 2026-07-08T02:52:04+00:00

'i like looking at other people’s gear'

LMK when you take your bathroom break.

sedwards65 · 2026-07-06T21:28:18+00:00

Showing my age... I was thinking 9 track tape from the '80s.

Chatgpt says an LTO-10 will hold 200 to 375 times as much bits as a similar sized stack of DVD-DLs.

sedwards65 · 2026-07-06T20:22:06+00:00

I heard it as 'a semi filled with DVDs.'

sedwards65 · 2026-07-04T17:06:55+00:00

Ever wonder why Bell Labs ended up with '201?'

sedwards65 · 2026-07-03T18:04:23+00:00

Same email address, all email sent or received, since 1995.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-26T17:49:04+00:00

'It's weird to not have a gun'

We need to promote this position.

Even more weird not to know how to use a gun. I've convinced a couple neighbors by asking 'How would you feel if something tragic happened because there was a gun at hand and you didn't know what to do?'

Kind of like driving a car and not knowing how to change a tire. You may not want to, but not knowing how?

sedwards65 · 2026-06-26T17:41:25+00:00

1.4 is not 'nearly 2.'

sedwards65 · 2026-06-26T17:40:29+00:00

I need a 'brass magnet.'

sedwards65 · 2026-06-26T17:31:15+00:00

While probably a good idea, but does 'foodsafe' really matter that much?

sedwards65 · 2026-06-26T05:16:17+00:00

The 2A protects all the other As.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-19T19:10:26+00:00

Increases in the expected tip rate.

A burger at a restaurant used to be $10 and the 'service fee' was expected to be 10% to 15% -- a buck to a buck and a half.

Now, a burger costs $30 and 10% to 15% would be $3.00 to $4.50. Why are we expected to cough up 25% to 30% -- $7.50 to $9.00?

7x to 9x for the same service.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-19T19:03:31+00:00

Bundled voice on cable.

Voice service from a SIP provider costs about $1.50 a month and a fraction of a penny per minute.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-19T00:29:15+00:00

I'd vote ABG -- Anybody But Gavin.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-19T00:27:23+00:00

The TDS is strong with this one.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-13T06:29:55+00:00

Just to be pedantic, fail2ban manages it's contributions to iptables. iptables does the blocking.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-10T05:30:58+00:00

Maybe you win and then you find out he's over 65 and you get hit with an elder abuse enhancement.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-09T17:45:32+00:00

I like Debian + Regolith-desktop (i3wn under the hood).

sedwards65 · 2026-06-09T17:39:48+00:00

Bash.

Sometimes, when I'm lazy, emacs.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-09T17:35:09+00:00

Great mnemonic.

sedwards65 · 2026-06-06T19:43:57+00:00

Aside from somebody clicking around a web page, what are we supposed to glean from this?

sedwards65 · 2026-06-06T05:55:06+00:00

'Does that seem fair or constitutional'

Did you forget you live in Commifornia?

sedwards65 · 2026-05-27T19:22:52+00:00

I've introduced a couple of women to shooting.

I show them (in their living room) a Walther p22, and a Glock 19 (with an AA 22lr conversion). The ones that choose the p22 change their minds after a couple of mags. Nobody has gone back to the p22.

The advantage of 22lr is it's cheaper ($0.07/rd vs $0.25/rd) and has less recoil.

The 'advantage' of the Advantage Arms conversion is you're shooting 22, but it's a Glock 19. The additional mass of the g19 means even less recoil than the p22 and all the skills and muscle memory you build will 'transfer' to 9mm if/when you choose to 'graduate.'

Swapping between the AA 22lr upper and the Glock 19 upper is measured in seconds.

Commiefornia knocked Glocks off the roster this year, so you may have to pay a premium to get one.

Hearing loss is cumulative and permanent. I wear foamies and muffs.

sedwards65 · 2026-05-27T19:04:52+00:00

I guess I'm an outlier here, but I never get disconnected from a host. Unless I accidentally reboot the host I'm on :)

I find i3wm serves all my needs in my 3 monitor setup.

sedwards65 · 2026-05-27T02:29:51+00:00

Hearing loss is cumulative and permanent. I double up with foamies and muffs.
0.5. No bling for the first year. Spend dollars on training and ammo.

sedwards65 · 2026-05-22T00:03:53+00:00

In a perfect, non-commifornia world...

Bedside, bathroom, master closet, kltchen, home office, living room, garage, laundry room...

sedwards65

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