🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@realcaseyrollins

I am no expert but seems we have two types....

The bullpup lookign design appears to be an IWI tavor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWI_Tavor

The other one looks like a submachine gun, I dont see a magazine so likely ribbon loaded.

Seems the other one is an IWI Negev: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWI_Negev

@mur2501 Our gitter or in the issues are both good places. I can also put you in a group chat with me and another dev if he is around, on whatsapp.

@moffintosh

So to answer why larger is bad... well larger isnt bad, it is only bad when power becomes concentrated there.

Usually the structure is such that any larger governing body can overrule the laws of a local governing body. So the only time a local governing body can enact a rule is if the larger governing body doesnt make a ruling on it either way.

This is fine if the larger entities are minimalistic in the rules they engage in. If all they did was the things neccesary at a larger level it may not be an issue. but the issue is over time the scope of the larger governing body tends to increase.

So the issues then, over time become:

1) Monolithic ideaology. AS more and more rules get defined at the highest level there is less and less variety at the local level in experimenting with different ways of covernance. This can lead to stagnation at best, or oppression at worst

2) It enables Tyranny of the majority. When you have a local government first you can find like minded groups and live near them and you get to custom tailor the sort of governance you want. When there is a single all powerful entity you have one style of rule, and no chance to change it by moving.

3) Less protection against dictators. When all the power concentrated in one place it allows a point of control for a dictator with a larger swatch of control.

4) Less protection against corruption. For a similar reason as above, when all the power is in one place that centralization also means corruption can spread farther and with more force.

@jeff @thor

@bluGill I usually help if someone needs it... but its the people saying they want to start a business with me and all they have is some idea they smoked up once with no work invested.

@stux React is nice... Both what I love about it is the same stuff I hate about it :)

Im doing well, Fedipage is on v2 so it came along nicely... and ive been using it on my personal website which I love.

I wrote some javascript to display a heatmap of my git contributions (which I added as ageneral widget in Feipage)... Check it out: https://jeffreyfreeman.me

@stux I've pulled this exact BS before...

By the way how ya doing today my friend?

@moffintosh

No it didnt, because you didnt ask that.. you asked what the difference is between the "larger" and "local" government. Thats what I answered, one is contained int he other. and the larger encompassing the smaller by aggregate.

If you want to know why local-first is better than national first I'd be happy to answer that too (though im off to bed now). Just be sure to ask it next time (feel free to ask it tomorrow if you'd like to continue)

@jeff @thor

@moffintosh

Any government which contains the other.

In the USA country government is the lowest level, then there is state level which includes the counties, then there is national level that control the states.

Each of these are examples of local level governments encapsulated by a bigger one.

@jeff @thor

@ocken

No you can, this is a regular battery as far as any device is concerned. The Type C is used only to charget he battery.

@jesse

Random person: Hey bob told me you were a programmer?

::sensing someone about to ask me to code something for free::

Me: You mean pragrammer? Yea!

Them: A what?

Me: Me a pragrammer, Its short for Pragmatic Rammer. Its a group of farmers who get together to talk about pragmatic approaches to ram farming.

Them: But you live in the city

Me: Yea its more of side interest than a main thing. Anyway, why do you ask?

Them: Nevermind...

@ocken

Sure, tons of thins.. Your typical rechargable battery doesnt have any sort of power management, its a raw cell. Since the chemistry is not the same as non-rechargables they have a different nominal voltage. This means many/most rechargable batteries wont work in many devices. When they do work their voltage is so low they will drop out before getting anywhere near using full capaicty, which is an issue since they already have far less capacity than a Liion or alkaline.

So there is that, that you cant use them in many things, and when you can loose a big portion of capacity.

These batteries have built in regulators. So they keep their voltage at the nominal voltage for their whole life. This means you get to use most of its capacity, and Liion has much higher capacity than other rechargeable types so that gets you a long long way.

In terms of down side, only one I know of. Because of the battery regulation there are 2 consequences:

1) You usually can no longer use a wall charger, you have to use USB-c

2) Battery level indicators wont work anymore as it shows a full charge right until they die.

There is also the advantage that you no longer need to buy or carry a battery charger.. use these in all your devices and you always have a usb cable on hand.

@jesse

@jesse I dont have this particular brand, but I have this design in almost all sizes and various brands... I highly recommend.

@noelle Hi. Havent checked in on you in a while. Just wanted to let you know I care and hope your doing well.

@All_bonesJones @mistermonster

Typical... even then I'd wonder if someone bothered to fight it they would get it thrown out. If they do any other charges that resulted directly from that would have to be dropped too.

@All_bonesJones /

I suspect if such a law was enacted it would never stand up in court.

@mistermonster

@mistermonster

I am aware of the symbology.. to equate it to the USA it would be like making gang colors illegal in public spaces... That too would raise huge issues for me.