Scirocco

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[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 36 points 8 months ago (2 children)

One of the two men you mentioned will win -- barring a death before the election, either Biden or Trump will be elected.

All the wanking in the world isn't going to result in a third option with even the remotest chance.

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago

I think Signal shot themselves squarely in the dick by removing SMS functionality.

Previously, you could use Signal as the primary SMS/messenger app. Any conversations with other Signal clients secure. Conversations in SMS/MMS? Marked as not-secure.

But, out of some purity concerns, SMS functionality was removed and the dev team focused on adding useless shit like "stickers" and then the pin-code harassment.

Signal adoption plummeted as intended (?)

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Easy! Just replace their usual SMS app with Signal, and then every contact they have that does use Signal is private and secure!

Oh. Wait. That's exactly the functionality that Signal removed in their effort to ensure that Signal is never widely adopted.....

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Facesitting porn (of adults) is illegal in UK for the reason that it's potentially dangerous

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ehhhh im currently driving a Gen 1 Prius (2003) that I bought at auction for $500.

I have less than $2000 in it all-in (everything except fuel and insurance, even oil changes).

I've put about 55k miles on it and it pulls a steady 43-44 mpg

Hysteria over battery issues has turned out to be exactly that


these 22 year old batteries are fine. Being used (within the design tolerance) keeps them fresh.

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

And it just links to a Twitter post as far as I can tell

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

self-deprecation or delusion?

Yes!

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Hemlock Society recommends an oven roaster bag (like for turkeys) and a bottle of inert gas (usually helium is easiest to get) and just flow enough in to keep the inert atmosphere in the bag "fresh"

Also, there is 'gas stunning' which is used in Europe for slaughter. There are some practices that use CO2 for this, but at a nearly 100% level it is pretty instantaneous, much like HS2 -- which you can't even smell at high concentration, because you're dead already.

Point, there is some state of the art around using gas to kill; it's not a brand new concept.

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So,.like


was this guy in a relatively large volume chamber/booth and they just trickled the N2 gas in?

If there was enough volume, it could take a long time for the O2 levels to get low enough for him to pass out... BUT does a human body produce enough CO2 to fill that space to the point of triggering the suffocation response? Seems unlikely...

OR did they just strap a rebreather mask to his face and turn on a few l/min?

Were any specifics about the actual setup published?

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

But -- nitrous (N2O) is more fun and has just as little usable oxygen -- zero

For easy access to an inert gas at-home, try a helium tank from the Party Store

[–] Scirocco@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doing something about International Law on international waters is a totally different matter than within the the borders of a sovereign nation.

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