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Although I think the political statement is laudable, I think these projects are misguided. Guns really need metal and 3d printing isn't ready for that yet. What they need to be 3d printing is the tools to make guns. Something that could be made cheaply that could rifle short barrels would be a game changer.
Also, instead of manufacturing parts that already exist for guns that already exist and coming up with something inferior, what's needed is some clever design. Composite barrels? caseless ammunition? Electronically controlled feed & firing?
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not to mention various electronic devices from computers, game consoles and instruments (I own 2 of them actually)
It is hard to think of anything not being developed in a open source model...
Yes it's time.
Do you have a printer yourself? I've been thinking about purchasing/building one. |
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Timing sucks, I sold a gun to buy my ASIC miners and figured I'd just buy a couple of AK 47's to replace the PS-90 that I sold. I noticed most of the AK's have doubled in price in the last two days on www.gunbroker.com. I remember last time there was a ban most assault rifles tripled and quadrupled in price. Just wait. An assault weapon ban won't pass and all the people who rushed out and pushed the prices up will have their credit cards come due. Should be some bargains on the market. The only legislation I see possibly passing is the republicans caving on high capacity mags |
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Not selling. Just might buy some more on a correction.
By itself, this doesn't necessarily mean much but if it stabilizes for a while, it's some vindication of the confidence many have.
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The price of bitcoin is at this moment above 15; 15.57 to be exact.
What does this mean to you?
All things happen in fives, or are divisible by or are multiples of five, or are somehow directly or indirectly appropriate to 5. The Law of Fives is never wrong. —Malaclypse the Younger, Principia Discordia, Page 00016 I see it's been proven again. If you take the 5s from the numbers in that sentence, you are left with two ones and a seven. If you take the ones from the seven, you get five. It's inescapable. |
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If you read about it here, it's probably already jumped the shark. You need to get involved in the subcultures to hear about things while they're still fresh.
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Well, lets add to the list then. I think a concise definition may be difficult to pin down. Actually now I'm interested in the social net question. Can there be a government funded social safety net consistent with "capitalism"? I'll make a spin off thread.
Shortcut to the answer: Is theft consistent with capitalism. I guess it depends what your definition of consistent is. Remember, there was capitalism even in communism. In many ways, it's incorrect to call capitalism an ism. |
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I had the CB talk from a passing taxi come out of my stereo speakers once.
I was worried this thread was going to be some shitty Peter Frampton reference for a minute but I think it has promise.
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Do you think government employees work for a sense of morals and duty, or do they work to earn a living?
I challenge your assumption that government employees have to work to receive their living  |
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ghetto subscribe.
Needs explanations of inflation and deflation.
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Anybody know why the worlds most hated company doesn't change its name? OK it's been a lot of work to create a name that millions of people associate with slow painful death for all living things.. but why would such an image be desirable? I don't get it. Because they don't care about people or what they think? The government ensures that the $$$ keep rolling in. |
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I found an example on the web, pictures are worth a thousand words.
Wow, I've seen a couple like that, I just assumed that the foam was insulation and was just yet to be covered by the board. I have to say, I'm not fond of a lot of modern houses. Modern materials and techniques look like they've just come out of the printer from the CAD program, none of that slight non-uniformity that gives a house character. |
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Are we back to nukes, then? Suicide bombers happen now, you know. (might want to ask yourself why they do that, too)
It might be interesting to ask ourselves why more people don't actually do that. |
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If ever there was a poster child for the perils of allowing government to meddle, it's Monsanto.
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lol how did this thread turn to construction? It does make you think though? How the hell can we keep our homes secure against hurricanes and tsunamis? I wonder if steel is a good option? Though that seems like it would have problems as well.
The places that are serious about storms build their houses (or at least one room) with cinder block walls, reinforced with rebar, and filled with concrete. Next best thing to digging into the side of a mountain. Safety from a tsunami actually requires a whole different design strategy: make way for the water. The truth is that for the vast majority of us, it's not worth making our homes secure from hurricanes and tsunamis. I'm probably more likely to be killed on my way home tonight than I am of ever being killed by a hurricane in my home. And a tsunami would have to be going some to reach Tennessee.  |
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Yes, but that store need not be long-term. Did you play that island game MoonShadow linked to? You get to "keep" the excess value in the form of a better meal.
I would say it has to be at least medium term for capitalism. You gots to have the capital itself. |
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OTOH, there was someone killed a couple of years ago who lived in a brick house when the wall blew over and fell on them.
Though in the US, even brick houses are commonly wooden frame. If I ever build a house, it will be all-brick just like my parents' was.
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