stormdelay

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Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower in c/workreform@lemmy.world
[–] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago

I'm sure your boss/manager would proactively increase your wage relatively to the extra work you asked for

xkcd #2942: Fluid Speech in c/xkcd@lemmy.world
[–] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Speaking English using French vocabulary is a real cheat code

10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah I'm aware legislation can vary a lot between states, I suppose I'm more talking about what one might call a minimum federal standard? To take an example, legal drinking age is technically free to be set by states, but the federal government will stop paying for highways if it's below 21, or something along these lines.

10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I seem to have misread the license part as an additional requirement rather than an optional one with the criminal record, thanks for the correction

10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I'm no swiss law expert, but that's not what wikipedia says regarding buying ammunition. And even what you describe is already more than what is needed in the USA isn't it?

10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (7 children)

In Switzerland's case, most of these "military guns" are not kept with ammo, so it's not like Timmy can go on a shooting spree with a glorified pipe section. There's also an actual license system for buying and owning weapons and ammo.

I always wonder why especially liberal/left-leaning people (not implying/saying you are one) are so opposed to private gun ownership

Well, there's a pretty good example of why virtually unrestricted gun ownership is a bad idea in the USA. Are poverty, healthcare the bigger issues? Of course. That doesn't mean you should compound them by making it easy for people to act with deadly force at the tip of their finger on impulse. Have a proper license system, make gun safes mandatory, don't give licenses without good reasons (self defense isn't one in 99.99% of cases), control ammunition sale.

Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic idea in UK? in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

It depends on where. In Paris itself, the metro network is quite a bit denser than the tube, but as soon as you exit the city limit and get into the "petite couronne" municipalities, it quickly drops off in density.

Debug symbols in release builds in c/rust@programming.dev
Do abilities like familiars, and scribe wizard's manifest minds etc make scouting/dungeons unfun? Where's the narrative tension? in c/dnd@lemmy.world
[–] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

I find it an excellent scout as long as you were not planning on being quiet anyway. Can even cast some kind of crowd control spell through it before ever being in danger, if the situation allows.