M - A - R - S. Red rocks! Yay yayyyy!

I think it would be hilarious if a garbage man or someone rooting through trash cans found the hard drive before it was taken to the dump, formatted it, and used it for their own portable storage.

Agreed.

I pay for my parents' phones and phone lines so they don't have to deal with understanding all the nuances of cellular phone plans and phone purchasing or upgrades.

Their current phones are the iPhone X's I bought them when they came out in 2017 and they're still working fine for them. Every time I ask my mom if she wants a the latest iPhone she declines because her X still does what she needs it for (work scheduling app, email, banking app, store/shopping apps for coupons, etc).

I figure that unless they break the phones, I won't be forcing new phones on them until the X is EOL'ed for the latest iOS.

Hertz will report them all stolen.

The work and school schedules starting at 0800 is something that needs to be abandoned. Just shift business and school operations by a few hours and be done with it. Start business at 0500 and end at 1400 and you'll have plenty of daylight to do whatever activities you want to do.

Frankly, I'd rather we all just used GMT.

I had to look at Zoom audit logs which was prompted due to a complaint about misconduct in a Zoom class/call. The Zoom audit logs (at least in 2nd half of 2020) were lackluster. There were inconsistencies in IP addresses and most importantly, the reported times of "sharing" for users was completely wrong. Person who was sharing screen most of the call was reported to have spent 0 minutes 0 seconds sharing video or screen. I ended up testing those metrics in other calls and it also misreported the share times.

Unless things have changed since then, I feel that Zoom audit logs are unreliable.

I do outdoor stuff early in the morning and waiting an extra hour for sunrise is just straight up prohibitive.

I think this all would be solved if we used GMT and all schedules are set to whenever the business, schools, etc., wanted to be open.

I'm not understanding why everyone keeps making this statement. Last time I checked, Biden's campaign platform indicated specifically his goals on firearms - https://joebiden.com/gunsafety/ - and that includes specific bans and mandatory buybacks.

I've had friends and colleagues who have made the statement that "nobody is trying to take away your guns" and then turn around and post on social media that we need to ban and confiscate AR-15s.

Why past administrations or politicians have not 'tried' is specifically based on what they are able to get passed. It is well known that politicians have specifically stated their desire to confiscate AR-15s and semi-automatic rifles.

California has not 'taken' guns from citizens at scale, but they certainly have taken away the ability to buy guns from California citizens. Look at the "safe handgun roster". That in itself has become a defacto handgun ban due to the fact that essentially no handgun design manufactured after 2013 is not legal for purchase in CA.

CA SB 23 pretty much banned AR-15s in 2000 and various subsequent laws since then have created further limitations.

As far as California's shortage of firearms and ammo, that is a by product of COVID-19 pandemic fears and the election. Not to mention the ammo supply shortage is also heightened in California because of the faux background check on ammo purchases that is now law. Ammo sales generally require an officially licensed ammunition dealer and purchasers go through a 'background' check which isn't a true background check in a sense (and more of a "is this person disqualified from owning a firearm" in California). This also means that generally people in CA cannot order ammunition online.

Ammunition dealer requirements resulted in many retailers from discontinuing ammo sales because of the overhead.

Thus, in California this translated to less legal ammunition retailers. While the rest of the country is going through the same ammo (and ammo component) shortage issue, it is far more difficult for a person in California to get ammunition because ammo is less available to them vs the rest of the country.

Until there are 6"+ lift kits available for the Cybertruck, all the Glamis bros will not accept this. If lift kits are available, you can look forward to electric brodozers occupying four parking spaces at your local supermarket parking lots whenever the owner needs to stock up on 36-packs of Bud Light for the trip to river or the dunes.

I skimmed through one video where a guy was analyzing the hand footage and there was one hand where the accused had 8-8 and went 8's full at the turn (or flop). Opponent had 10-10 and river'ed a 10 to go 10's full. The accused option checked into 10-10 who bet (something like a pot-size bet or less) and the accused only called. I'm not the best poker player by any means, but I don't see how anyone would have checked called a full house on the river like that. There's no reason to suspect the opponent had the over pair and went full at the river to beat the accused's full house. Max value play is to 3-bet raise (if not all in).

Glocks: Pretty ugly as far as firearms are concerned, but total workhorses. Function in rough conditions and easy to maintain.

"Anyway, anyway, guys guys guys, come on. I'm in this computer, right. So I'm looking around, looking around, you know, throwing commands at it, I don't know where it is or what it does or anything. It's like, it's like choice, it's just beautiful, okay. Like four hours I'm just messing around in there. Finally I figure out, that it's a bank. Right, okay wait, okay, so it's a bank. So, this morning, I look in the paper, some cash machine in like Bumsville Idaho, spits out seven hundred dollars into the middle of the street. That was me. That was me. I did that."

So did Acid Burn kick Crash Override out of the system?

Actually, a .308 Winchester with the 175gr BTHP (Sierra Match King) bullet can still be supersonic at 1000 yards.

With a muzzle velocity of at least 2650 feet per second, the Sierra MK 30cal 175gr bullet will make it out to and slightly beyond 1000 before it goes subsonic. It has a ballistic coefficient of .495-.505.

The 175gr is the standard bullet used on the US military M118LR 'sniper' round. M118 being the military designator for the ammo, 'LR' meaning Long Range.

You can even get a 22 caliber bullet in a .223 Remington (5.56 NATO) out to a 1000 yards maintaining supersonic flight. While many still use the .308 for 1000 yard Service Rifle competition, the AR15 platform in .223 has taken the Farr Trophy (US National Trophy for 1000 yard Service Rifle). This is accomplished by using an 80gr or heavier bullet. The Sierra Match King 22cal (.224") 80gr BTHP is popular, but the Very Low Drag bullets like the Berger 80gr VLD have a much higher ballistic coefficient and can buck the wind better.

Ballistic calculators for mobile devices isn't new. Exbal has been around for Palm and Windows Mobile devices for several years now. The only interesting thing is that this application was approved by the iTunes Application Store. I guess people are surprised Apple would allow a firearms/shooting related application on the App Store.

I think ballistic calculators on mobile devices is a gimmick anyway. I just use JBM to generate a ballistic table for a specific gun/ammo that I use in competition, make a hard copy, and keep that with the gun (some people even print it out on a small card and tape it to their stock).