[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Where do you think illegally acquired firearms are sourced from?

PDF: ATF NFCTA vol2 part3, Crime Guns Recovered and Traced
ATF traced 70.2% (1 million firearms) of submitted 'crime guns' to having originally been purchased from a dealer. An additional 22.6% (⅓ million) were from pawnbrokes. [page 7]
In 12.2% of the cases [page 26] purchaser and possessor was the same.
One or more guns are stolen in 63% of household burglaries.

From conclusion page 41:

Traced crime guns typically originate from the legal supply chain of manufacture (or import), distribution, and retail sale. Crime guns may change hands a number of times after that first retail sale, and some of those transactions may be a theft or violate one or more regulations on firearm commerce.

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 8 points 1 month ago

There's a lot of bullshit in zoning to begin with. Why exactly can't we have mixed commercial and residential areas in suburbia? Slap some apartments on top of grocery stores, bakeries/restaurants, and shops; or is forbidden to have much of anything within walking distance of homes?

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 9 points 6 months ago

I saw some studies indicating diphenhydramine/Benadryl can reduce long Covid symptoms. Can try and dig them up again if you're interested, although the stellate ganglion block sounds a lot more effective.

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 15 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I loved that floss! Right up until I found it's so good because it's coated in Teflon.

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 10 points 6 months ago

My teeth are so tight I can sometimes barely get floss down between them. A brush would have no chance of cleaning the whole sides of the teeth.

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 8 points 6 months ago

Most TVs seem to default to playing the surround audio track, which is a terrible idea when you only have stereo speakers, but I guess the TVs do it in case you decide to hook up a multi speaker system mid movie?? Choosing the down mixed stereo audio instead, makes for a much better experience for most people.

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 14 points 6 months ago

Great intentions, but I'm a bit worried about how the non-contact breath detection will work, if you're sober and giving your wasted friend(s) a ride home from the bar. BAC detection by touch might be better, if they can make it work that is.

Seeing how cars with Super-cruise have eye tracking, why not roll impaired & distracted driving into one safety package.

Eye tracking has become a reliable neuroscience tool for identifying the eye movements that are linked to impairments caused by alcohol use disorders. For example, a machine-learning model has been developed to detect alcohol intoxication based on a person's eye gaze and eye closure. (From Google's generated cliff notes)

Disabling a vehicle if the driver isn't looking at the road for x seconds might be a bit drastic. I could imagine e.g. muting the volume if not at the very least glancing at the road every 2~3 seconds. Would piss off a lot of people, then not long thereafter teach them to pay attention to where they are going.

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 10 points 7 months ago

Neither side is 'good' or remotely acts like it in this conflict/war. The only good guys around are the medics & doctors trying to keep people from dying, volunteers trying to keep people from dying of lack of food/water/warmth; and of course all the innocent civilians who are caught up in this clusterfuck.

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 16 points 7 months ago

And that should be the only shit you needed to enter yourself.

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 9 points 7 months ago

Agreed, and personally I would much rather work smaller nicely renovated jail cells, than a cubicle hellscape.

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 8 points 7 months ago

Do not store your dirty underwear hermetically sealed! Stick it in a mesh or paper bag, something it can release the pent up humidity through; or you'll get some really nasty laundry.

For Pokemon trainers, I'm no expert, but wouldn't they just stick their clean clothes in one poke'ball & dirty laundry in another?

[-] Zorg@lemmings.world 16 points 7 months ago

For other parents: PBS Kids Video It has a bunch of stuff, can be cast to a TV for toddlers; or put on a tablet for older toddlers.

For paid streaming services, we have decided to limit ourselves to two at a time. Once we're bored with one, we cancel it and do another for a while.

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