HelixDab2

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I haz pew pew in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

It doesn't, no, but all marijuana use is illegal at a federal level. If you have a medical marijuana card, then you'd be considered a "habitual user" of illegal narcotics, which makes you a prohibited person.

Yes, it's dumb. I'd much rather hang out with stoned people that are armed than drunk people that are armed.

I haz pew pew in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

That's def. a white-hot take.

He's cooking smth up in c/metalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

...Austin? Austin Lunn? That you?

Anon stops showering in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You may not smell bad immediately after going to the gym, but if you leave your sweaty gym clothes in the bag to ferment overnight, they're gonna smell like a dehydrated cat pissed in your bag.

I haz pew pew in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Honestly, it's not as bad as you think, most of the time. Most larger gun stores aren't going to have employees that go off on political shit. If you go to a chain store, like a Cabella's/Bass Pro Shops, employees are usually told to avoid any political shit. If you go into a small store in a small town, then yeah, it's probably going to be pretty bad. If you're an obviously marginalized person (non-white, esp. younger and in a non-white-mainstream subculture, LGBTQ+, obviously non-Christian, etc.), then you're probably going to have a less-than-optimal experience. If you're a woman, you're probably going to have male employees trying to convince you to buy tiny pocket guns or things in bright colors.

If you aren't already familiar with guns, I would recommend taking a basic intro class at a store in a larger city. Assuming that you're talking about a carry gun, 99% of the time the correct firearm is going to be a Glock 19 MOS with a good red dot sight, like a Holosun EPS or 509-series, or the Lead and Steel 'Pandora' PB-3. I've heard really positive things about the Phlster Enigma holsters, but haven't had a chance to get one yet. I'd also strongly suggest spending a lot of time in dry-fire exercises, and I'd suggest taking up IDPA competitions as well; the best gun in the world isn't going to help if you don't actually train with it.

Please remember: a firearm is not a magic talisman, any more than a fire extinguisher is. Simply having it doesn't help; you need to carry it regularly, and you need to know how to use it.

As other people have said, please consider getting a good locking container for your firearm if you have children around, roommates, or the like. What you ideally want is something that's certified with the Underwriters Lab (UL) as a 'residential security container' (I think that's UL 1037; other UL standards you might see are for fire resistance). Most gun "safes" do not meet the requirements of insurance companies to be considered burglary resistant; a true burglary-resistant gun safe will easily cost >$5k. (By which I mean a safe that's rated as TL-15, TL-30X6, TRTL-30X6, etc.) Mechanical locks--esp. Sargent & Greenleaf--are more reliable than electronic locks, but slower to open.

What are they up to now? in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

I got to see them the last time I was at the Atlanta Aquarium. I highly recommend it.

Do you think it's morally wrong for a 26 year old man to have a one night stand with a 18 year old woman? in c/asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes.

(26/2)+7=20

20 is the minimum age that you should be hooking up with.

You're making a helluva lot of justifications here, and sounding really, really defensive. A person that is 18 can still be in high school (and, in fact, most of the seniors in my high school either were 18, or turned 18 during the school year); if the thought of hooking up with someone that could reasonably still be high school when you're presumably as done with college and/or trade school as you're going to get doesn't squick you out, well, I don't know what to tell you, other than your moral compass needs to be recalibrated.

If they're too young for you to have a relationship with, they're too young to hook up with. Given my current age, the youngest that I would hook up with right now is early 30s; in the past I've gone younger (mid/late 20s), but even a decade ago that was too young; I had a degree, a career, owned a house, had a 401(k), and I'm hooking up with a Starbucks barista? Ew.

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What is a fair way to split costs when my girlfriend moves in? (I own the apartment) in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

I would suggest not charging her to live there, as you own the place; that might feel excessively transactional. Perhaps what would be most reasonable is to split bills proportionally after you've paid your mortgage. If, for example, your mortgage alone was 2000 Euro, you earned 6000 Euro a month, and she earned 4700 Euro a month, you would say that your income was 4000 Euro to her 4700 Euro, and that the split should be about 46% (your share) to 54% (her share).

'Uber for Armed Guards' Rushes to Market Following the Assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO | Are you scared to walk down the streets of NYC and also have too much money? There's an app for that in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It sounds like potential guards have to have combat experience or significant police experience. So it's probably not something the average person is going to be able to do.

OTOH, a single bodyguard mercing their protectee would nuke the whole company, which would be pretty funny.

I cannot think of an argument against this in c/funny@lemmy.world
[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

A person, yes. 9mm is absolutely adequate for defending yourself against people, and even .380 works pretty well. 99% of the time, the correct answer for self-defense is something like a Glock 19, and a lot of time at the range and dry firing.

For hunting mid-sized game (pronghorn through elk) or as a bear defense weapon if you hike in grizzly or kodiak country, bigger is generally better, as long as you can shoot it accurately.

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

...Or one of the guards has a family member kidnapped and held unless they oopsie, looked the wrong way.

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Freya (lemm.ee)
 

Meet Freya, a 2yo Cornish Rex. (Not to be confused with Freyja, our 8mo old Lykoi.) We drove 12.5 hours to pick her and her step-sister up, through the tornadoes and storms that crossed Texas and Louisiana last week. We got Freya last week from a woman in Texas who had to rehome her beloved cats, Freya and Valkyrie (Valkyrie is a 2yo Sphynx that I haven't been able to get a good photo of yet). Their former caretaker felt she would be unable to take care of them because she was about to become a single mom. As in, she is due in about a month.

My partner and I don't know her exact circumstances, because it was't our business. However, this is exactly the kind of choice no one should have to make. Either it's a failure of healthcare--in Texas specifically, but also the US in general--to provide options for women, or it's a failure to provide adequate social safety networks. Regardless of why, she didn't feel able to take care of herself, her baby, AND her cats.

It was emotionally devastating to her; I can't imagine having to give up any of our cats, for any reason.

Both cats are still adjusting. Valkyrie is an outgoing, energetic, busy cat. Freya is quite a bit more fearful, but very friendly once she warms up; it took her two days before she stopped hiding and would even approach u. Now six days later, her playful and affectionate side is just starting to come out. I'm sure that they both very much miss their mom.

This brings the total number of cats we care for up to 8 again.

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Tools for craftsman furniture (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by HelixDab2@lemm.ee to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca
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I've been doing basic woodworking for a while, and I want to start moving into furniture (mostly for my own enjoyment). I strongly prefer the aesthetics of craftsman/mission/prairie style (Gustav Stickley, et al.) I'm trying to make a list of the basic power tools that would be necessary/useful for that style of furniture, along with hand tools, and I'd appreciate feedback from people with more experience than I.

I already have a very basic work bench; I think that I probably need to make a work bench that I can use bench dogs on; a roubo workbench be ideal. I also definitely need to make an infeed and outfeed table for my table saw so I can work with plywood sheet more easily.

(I have a number of these, but not everything.)

Table saw (ideally a cabinet saw)

-miter gauge

-dado blade

-tenoning jig

Miter saw

Band saw (ideally 2; one that could do re-saw work, and a smaller one for cutting curves)

Jointer (ideally long bed)

Planer

Router

-tongue and groove set

Drill press (?)

Mortising machine

Random orbit sander

Finish sander

Dust collection

Dovetail jig set (for drawers)

Doweling jig (?)

Hand planes (kind of a long list here...)

Chisels

-mortising chisels

-paring chisels

-flushing chisels

Card scraper

Marking tools

-Scribe

-marking knife

Combination square

Tape measure

Calipers w/ depth gauge

Clamps

-Parallel clamps

-pipe clamps, etc.

Is there anything that I'm missing that I should be thinking about? (Quick edit - I don't have a lathe on here because I have zero interest in turning anything. I don't think that things like a belt or spindle sander, or a shaper, would really do much of anything for the style I prefer. A router table might be useful though.)

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Meltdowns and being verbal (lemm.ee)
 

I'm a grown-ass adult, and was diagnosed as being on the spectrum quite late; Aspergers wasn't even a valid diagnosis until after I had graduated from high school.

So, haven't really had a lot of support.

Just wanted to check in with other people - what does a meltdown mean for you, in terms of communicating? When I'm feeling emotionally overwhelmed, I have words in my head, but I can get them out of my mouth. If I try to write things down, I either have the same block, or I'll write, erase, re-write, erase again, and repeat tens of times until I give up.

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BSOD kernel_security_check_failure on graphic card driver installation (lemm.ee)
 

Win 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC, 10.0.26100, AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D processor, 64gb RAM, ASUS ProArt X670E-Creator mboard, AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card.

All other drivers except the graphics card driver be up-to-date and working correctly; they have been updated directly from the manufacturer sites.

Every time I try to install the most recent graphics drivers (amd-software-adrenalin-edition-24.7.1-minimalsetup-240718_web), I get about 48% of the way through the installation, and then get a BSOD, with the stop code KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE. I've already tried using the AMD removal tool, rebooting in a clean environment and safe mode to reinstall, and had the same issue. Their driver installation tool gives me the option of installing PRO 24.Q2 (which appears to be for their PRO W and PRO WX series of graphics cards, rather than the RX 7000 series; it's listed as a downgrade), but gives me a 195 error when I try. I've just sent the DxDiag.txt and MSinfo32.nfo to AMD tech support.

Since I'm not running games yet, this isn't impeding much of anything. However, I am having issues with my Meta Quest 3--specifically the link software--but I don't believe that those are directly related; I think that's a problem with my home network. The software is telling me that my system doesn't meet minimum spec though, which is not good.

Any ideas?

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Repair or replace? (lemm.ee)
 

This is being cross-posted for as much feedback as I can get.

My '12 Honda CBR600RR is nearing the end of it's life at 82,000 miles; there's minor visible scoring in the nikasil plating in the cylinders, and that's only going to get worse.

I can get the cylinders replated--assuming that the scoring is no worse than I think it is--for about $800 + the cost of shipping the block, but that would require being able to entirely rebuild the engine on my own. I'd probably want to also regrind the valve seats, replace the valves, piston heads, and def. piston rings if I did that. I've already got the cylinder head off because the valves weren't holding pressure.

I can get a replacement engine for around $1500-2500. I can replace an engine on my own, although it's a pain in the ass.

Or, I can get a new bike. But I'm not sure what makes and models for my riding style will have any better longevity than my CBR600RR has had.

My current short-list is a crashed '07- '12 CBR600RR (because I can easily swap necessary parts/bodywork, etc.), or a Yamaha YZF R6, Suzuki GSX R750, or Triumph Speed Triple 1050 (which is prone to electrical issues, and also needs some creative headlight adjustment to work with clip-on bars). Does anyone have experience with the YZF R6, GSX R750, or Speed Triple? Any issues to watch out for that might prevent any of them from making it to 100k miles without major mechanical work?

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Repair or replace? (lemm.ee)
 

This is being cross-posted for as much feedback as I can get.

My '12 Honda CBR600RR is nearing the end of it's life at 82,000 miles; there's minor visible scoring in the nikasil plating in the cylinders, and that's only going to get worse.

I can get the cylinders replated--assuming that the scoring is no worse than I think it is--for about $800 + the cost of shipping the block, but that would require being able to entirely rebuild the engine on my own. I'd probably want to also regrind the valve seats, replace the valves, piston heads, and def. piston rings if I did that. I've already got the cylinder head off because the valves weren't holding pressure.

I can get a replacement engine for around $1500-2500. I can replace an engine on my own, although it's a pain in the ass.

Or, I can get a new bike. But I'm not sure what makes and models for my riding style will have any better longevity than my CBR600RR has had.

My current short-list is a crashed '07- '12 CBR600RR (because I can easily swap necessary parts/bodywork, etc.), or a Yamaha YZF R6, Suzuki GSX R750, or Triumph Speed Triple 1050 (which is prone to electrical issues, and also needs some creative headlight adjustment to work with clip-on bars). Does anyone have experience with the YZF R6, GSX R750, or Speed Triple? Any issues to watch out for that might prevent any of them from making it to 100k miles without major mechanical work?

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Repair or replace? (lemm.ee)
 

This is being cross-posted for as much feedback as I can get.

My '12 Honda CBR600RR is nearing the end of it's life at 82,000 miles; there's minor visible scoring in the nikasil plating in the cylinders, and that's only going to get worse.

I can get the cylinders replated--assuming that the scoring is no worse than I think it is--for about $800 + the cost of shipping the block, but that would require being able to entirely rebuild the engine on my own. I'd probably want to also regrind the valve seats, replace the valves, piston heads, and def. piston rings if I did that. I've already got the cylinder head off because the valves weren't holding pressure.

I can get a replacement engine for around $1500-2500. I can replace an engine on my own, although it's a pain in the ass.

Or, I can get a new bike. But I'm not sure what makes and models for my riding style will have any better longevity than my CBR600RR has had.

My current short-list is a crashed '07- '12 CBR600RR (because I can easily swap necessary parts/bodywork, etc.), or a Yamaha YZF R6, Suzuki GSX R750, or Triumph Speed Triple 1050 (which is prone to electrical issues, and also needs some creative headlight adjustment to work with clip-on bars). Does anyone have experience with the YZF R6, GSX R750, or Speed Triple? Any issues to watch out for that might prevent any of them from making it to 100k miles without major mechanical work?

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