JustinTheGM

I've been hearing that the "changed handle" thing isn't valid, because when an account handle is changed you can still see the original on the user's profile (and that wasn't the case for the littlestjeff account). With all the misinformation flying around, I have no idea about the accuracy of this though.

I'm gonna guess 17:25:20

It's not an "if" detector, it's a "how much" detector. It looks like it's using the LED chamber to light the film in a consistent way, and then the phone camera measures the color change to quantify how much radiation it was exposed to.

Aren't we?

Right, what I was suggesting was that the fact that it makes sense both ways might have been the reason the inventor settled on that name, as opposed to 'cabin logs' or something else.

I'm curious whether that was intentional. The wiki article doesn't give any background on the choice of name, so I'd say it's entirely possible that the name is a play on Lincoln/linkin'.

It's also super cool that they were invented by one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons! One biographer claimed that Frank's middle name at birth was actually Lincoln and his mother changed it, so there's a possibility of that being an inspiration for the name as well.

Great post, thanks!

That's what you'd call a negligent discharge, not accidental. The first time I saw the video of the thug taking Alex's gun, I immediately noticed and said, "Why the hell is his finger on the trigger?"

There is a concept taught to anyone handling firearms professionally: you DO NOT put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire.

Even $1,000,000,001 is too much. I'd probably cap it somewhere closer to $10m, if we have to use money.

The main problem with the belly as a target in a self defense scenario is that it's too slow. If you're being attacked, you want to end the fight and escape as quickly as possible. Wounds to the belly kill via blood loss and sepsis, which takes at least several minutes during which the attacker can keep causing you damage.

The femoral artery in the inner thigh is what you want to aim for. Also, the tendons along the inner wrist are responsible for grip strength; if severed, that hand can't hold anything. Take a good look at the anatomy of those areas and you'll have a good start.

Your reaction times and agility from fencing will help you in a real fight, but the actual techniques not so much. Stick to slashing attacks, as stabbing can result in your blade getting stuck in or between bones.

One aspect to consider is exactly what data these devices are exfiltrating from your network. You usually can't see the contents of the telemetry sent, but given that a LOT of smart devices have cameras and/or microphones, do you really trust that your IoT devices are not sending back audio and or video recordings of the inside of your house?

That's an interesting point, and leads to a reasonable argument that if an AI is trained on a given open source codebase, developers should have free access to use that AI to improve said codebase. I wonder whether future license models might include such clauses.

All those cool names, and then 'Varicose Wart Slug'. Poor guy.