mindlesscrollyparrot

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Well, I'm sure that voting Trump in (by not voting) is totally going to stop it.

This isn't a both sides bad thing - it's a one side bad, other side literally talking about using nuclear weapons thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The period when dejanews just started to index newsgroups was a golden age for finding answers on the internet, IMO, and there's a strong similarity to the fediverse. All we need is for it to be searchable... OK, I see your point now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

The water companies have been paying dividends to their shareholders while not doing anything to upgrade the sewerage system. Certainly the people won't want to pay twice for the upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Because it only contains "credible policies in place for less than 20% of the emissions cuts needed". The other 80% is all wishful thinking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but he did have his gun out and the spokesperson effectively said "don't worry, he didn't mean to fire it - he was only planning to point it at people".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You asked "you can ... but why would you?". You answered yourself.

Because he wasn't in a situation where he was going to need to shoot anyone but he decided to proceed as if he was. And accidents happen, as he demonstrated.

You can say this is SOP, but that's worse, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Thank you. I hadn't checked what they're issued with.

So then I'm wondering why he didn't demount the flashlight. I guess he was worried that he might accidentally fire the gun into his foot while doing so. He's obviously a little bit prone to that kind of thing. Safer to leave it on the rail, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (14 children)

So he was trying to work the flashlight when he accidentally pulled the trigger. Is there no safety on these guns, or did he disengage that when he was trying to use his radio?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The rule of law must be upheld, sure, but which law are the protesters supposed to be breaking?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that the leaking process will be the next process to try to allocate memory after you run out. It might actually be your window manager, for example.

The OOM killer is a last-ditch attempt by the OS to keep running, but it is very likely to leave your system in an unstable state.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

They probably think he's resisting putting his hand into cuffs, not having worked out that cop 3 is causing all his muscles to spasm uncontrollably.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. The fundamental thing about the rules of grammar is that they're more like guidelines. In fact, I think OP's example is hardly the most confusing or inconsistent thing in English, which is not to say that the question isn't a really good one. The quirks, similarities and differences are one thing that makes language-learning really interesting.

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