v81

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[–] v81 5 points 1 year ago

Shut up and take my money.

[–] v81 1 points 1 year ago

It's obvious, I just wonder why it was omitted... It was omitted because.... and you said it yourself... "It's obvious".

Are the differences noticeable? Yes, very much so. Both in performance and the fact that in some situations the mechanical load a massive tower puts on a motherboard can get a bit dodgy.

[–] v81 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

An excellent air cooler does beat a shitty AiO.

But an excellent water cooler beats an excellent air cooler.

[–] v81 2 points 1 year ago

Lol.. I wish.

No.. it's USD$4 per 1 gallon of you buy the cheapest nastiest stuff money can buy.

[–] v81 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

AUD$6.10 for a gallon of the cheapest possible milk I can find within 30km/20 miles here in Australia.

USD$4.00 even... Again for the cheapest possible 12 pack 1L UHT generic milk.

If you want something from the supermarket fridge you're gonna to need to start at multiplying that by 1.5 to 2x .

So USD$8 /gal might be fairly typical here.

[–] v81 11 points 1 year ago

I think this is the best take. This alone if it went nowhere is fairly harmless.

But I think we know what it really is, is the start of a slippery slope.

[–] v81 3 points 1 year ago

It literally is not designed for that purpose.

Sure it can do that, and I'll agree it is quite an efficient tool for killing... But saying it was designed for that is plain hyperbole.

The rifle in question in this thread is a civilian sporting rifle and lacks the the more rapid firing modes.

You be like one of those people "Look, is in the name, 'Assault Rifle model 15'".

[–] v81 5 points 1 year ago

Sweden had mandatory conscription from 1901 through to the cold war. About 85% of men were conscripted.

The situation had changed more recently to a national service system.

All those who do combat or combat related service are issued an AK 4 (Swedish production of the H&K G3) rifle, or the more modern AK 5 based on the Belgian FN FNC.

Both of these are far superior 'killing machines' than a semi auto AR-15. The newer AR5 will even run the same magazines as the AR15,

On completion of service the option is given to keep the rifle.

The government provides ammunition and access to training facilities so as people can remain proficient with their rifle.

More recently the keeping of ammunition at home has been banned but there is no doubt already millions of rounds in the wild. This law has preparations to be lifted rapidly if required for an emerging security crisis.

Their new national service system now provides options for logistics and medical for those that don't want to pickup a firearm. Pretty good idea I think.

Clearly a different mentality and different state of national mental health in Sweden.

[–] v81 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is true, but these people are too stupid to accept facts and feel better picking on the dangerous black rifle.

The fully semi automatic clip fed AR-15 that fires 9mm bullets that will blow a lung out is the real problem.

No... Just no.

Guns ARE a problem, as is mental health and the mindset of people.

But per capita Sweden has more houses with assault rifles (literally military provided rifles to national service citizens) but no mass shootings there?

I'm actually in favour of better gun control, but I can't think of a truly practical way to achieve it.

The US pro gun people are in denial about the issue, and the US anti gun people are equally in denial about the true issues and facts, so much so that their cause is suffering for it.

I'm concerned about guns... But I'm not stupid.

[–] v81 2 points 1 year ago

Generally fair comments there. Hams aren't really all that interested in FRS, but they can be somewhat protective of their own bands.

According to their claims the transmitter can't even transmit on FRS frequencies.

5W, not 5mW is the limit. GMRS transmitters up to 50 watts.

Even if it did function in FRS bands the manufacturer would need FCC approval.

[–] v81 3 points 1 year ago

Nothing... But with this device the voice part isn't going over LoRa. It's going over a 50mW 470MHz to 520MHz (their claim) Thing is FRS is actually 462 and 467MHz... so.. could be a mistake or they could actually be not using FRS frequencies at all.

Additionally they don't appear to have any FCC approvals which would also make it illegal.

So... Misinformation, low power, wrong frequencies, bogus range claims, bogus audio quality claims and no FCC approval is a bit of an issue.

Add to that the Dev posting out on Reddit and then getting hostile when people ask questions. Not ideal.

[–] v81 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's particularly good at that, I won't deny, but so many other factors exist too. It's affordability, it's availability are also issues.

There are better choices for killing... They just cost more and or have limited availability.

The Kriss Vector or MP5 would be a great tool at short to intermediate range. A lot less cumbersome than an AR.

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