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War never changes

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Roughly speaking you'd need to change the barrel every ~1000 rounds, and WW1 MGs shoot at ~200 rounds per minute, so you'd need to swap the barrel once every 5 minutes of continuous shooting. It could be half of that tho, depending on the barrel and the gun.

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Class war solves most issues

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Two seconds worth of googling gives me 15.6 million tons of CO2 from private flights, vs 3.35 billion tons from cars.

Minor nitpick: don't compare millions to billions if you can afford it. Say something like "16 million VS 3350 million tons of CO2". The meat of your point is 16 vs 3350, so highlight it!

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Anon watches Lord of the Rings

Can cause physical harm

The irony is that they can't, but their greatest weapon is that the people they fight think they can, and flee without even trying. And this post is making the exact same mistake, while also assuming they're invincible. The answer to the post is the post. That or pointing to the post and laughing.

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Checking cis privilege

This is bullshit. Roman public fountains and baths didn't require any sort of license, the fountains (which were used for fetching water for personal use) had priority over baths, bathing in fountains was strictly forbidden, and also why the fuck is he getting water directly from a cistern? Those aren't even publicly accessible.

Also, why bring an amphora instead of just a bucket?

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Anons make the worst game ever

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No feedback when hitting enemies, besides generic blood splashing and maybe a stumble

Way more health than is necessary or interesting on enemies

Combat system is mindless and boring

Quests are full of "go to this cookie-cutter dungeon, clear it out and bring me the MacGuffin at the end" on loop.

The game has lots of bugs that were in the previous 2 games, and were patched in the fan-patches of both the previous 2 games.

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Anon doesn't tip

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Just like groceries don’t include tax in the advertised price.

Nah, that's just in America, because Americans are dumb. Tipping doesn't exist here BTW, because it's idiotic and why would we do that.

(if Americans aren't dumb, why did they vote for Trump twice?)

(I finally found an upside to the Trump presidency!)

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Interviews these days

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Possible candidate responses:

  1. Solves it (too smart for job)
  2. "That's bullshit, who needs this for a $14.50/hr job?" (too intolerant of bullshit for job)
  3. Tries to solve it but fails (lacks self-awareness for job)
  4. Knows they can't solve it so doesn't even try (too lazy for job)
  5. Doesn't understand the question/comprehend what a hypercube is (too dumb for job)

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Art of the deal..

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If he were a Russian asset, he could end the war by lifting Russia's sanctions or refusing to impose or enforce "new" sanctions (new rules that close loopholes in the existing sanctions).

Trump isn't a Russian asset, he's just a shit president.

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It's so easy!

  1. Takes time, and probably more money than Iran would ask for in tolls.
  2. Still within drone range, so won't necessarily stop Iran
  3. Oil wells are within drone range, so even if shipping is solved Iran could still blow up oil production.
  4. Very expensive, especially if Iran folds in a month.
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NixOS: The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded

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NixOS is a distro with cool tech where you declaratively configure your entire OS and can regenerate it from a single file. There's some other benefits too.

Nix is filled to the brim with drama and dysfunction, and has been for years. This is probably another case of people burning out trying to unfuck the dysfunctional city of the project, although it could also just be drama.

What this means is you either groan and ignore it, rant about it, or grab some popcorn.