Hold on, let me call my senator to have him put the gun genie back in its bottle so I won’t feel the need to have one.

I don’t comment on life in Mexico because I don’t know the first fucking thing about life in Mexico. Maybe you should concern yourself with life in Mexico.

That’s cool. You don’t have to buy it. Statistically it’s not all that likely my house is going to burn down either. Doesn’t stop me from having a more comprehensive than usual policy on my homeowners insurance, and a couple fire extinguishers. Why? I’d like to have a fighting chance when shit happens to go sideways, regardless of statistics.

And yes. I do feel powerful with a gun on my hip. There. I said it. It makes me feel like I have the power to not cower when someone decides to level violence at me or my loved ones.

It has already happened once. Someone tried to assault me in my front yard of all places, someone I didn’t know or recognize. He drunkenly hit my parked car, and when I pulled out my phone and started recording, he came out with a wrench in his hand and started ambling towards me. I drew, and he immediately went the other direction. And wouldn’t you know it, that statistic was never recorded. No statistician is aware of the unrecorded instance where a gun made an occurrence of violence not happen.

It happens WAY more often than you think it does.

That said, I don’t give a fuck what you think, and I don’t have to.

The other comment got the answer. Anti gun people regularly try to bait gun people into looking like idiots.

I’m not telling you where I live. But I will say that it’s a city in america that is notorious for violent crime, and my work takes me to places people of my complexion probably shouldn’t go. Think about one of the worst ones. It’s probably the one you thought of.

I’m sure you’ve heard the same old shit, it’s like a fire extinguisher, rather have it and not need it, etc.

It’s a lot at first. Figuring out how to carry with different clothes, investing in belts and holsters and realizing 90% of what you thought would work well for you actually doesn’t. After you figure out what does work, it’s a way of life. Like people that wear a watch every day (me) or people that carry a knife every day (me). You feel weird when you don’t have it.

Also, I carry a knife for cutting stuff at work, opening letters when I get home, and slicing open stubborn packs of fruit snacks. Pocket knives are not for self defense.

Glad you’re sticking around partner. Stick to sprays, Saber red is the gold standard.

My wife drew the spray when our dog was getting mauled by a stray pit. I never have.

I’ve drawn my pistol once, no shots needed to be fired, but the other party immediately ceased hostility.

Is this a genuine question or bait?

After spending a lot of years living in a place where having self defense options is a pretty good idea, I’ve learned to stick to the basics.

Sabre Red pepper spray for when an attacker is unarmed or alone.

Glock 43x chambered in 9mm for when an attacker is armed.

Unfortunately in a self defense scenario you have to make very rapid and final decisions while considering how they will be potentially viewed by a jury.

As cool as the various alternative non-lethal options may seem, they usually don’t stand up to real world usage, which is why police carry traditional sprays, a taser, and a handgun. Those are the tools that work.

I’m into other forms of retro electronics and I must warn you. It sounds like you’re veering into hobby territory.

You found this thing. It might be neat. But let’s say you pick it up and find that the batter doesn’t hold a charge very long. Do you buy another one, or do you invest in new tools for tiny electronics, maybe some jewelers style magnification and lighting, and invest time into learning how to service this device, building skills and knowledge from the experience.

To me this sounds great, assuming you can afford a hobby, or find ways to make the hobby affordable. What other interesting directions could the new skills and tools take you in?

Yep. Stay in those.

The correct way to refer to the left lane is “the passing lane”

Get in it. Pass someone. Get the fuck back out. If you aren’t passing, you have no business in the passing lane, simple.

And that my friend is the primary caveat to Linux. More work. For the day to day user browsing the web, checking email, etc, it typically just works.

Certain use cases will require a lot more tinkering, and thus more work. If you have patience, and enjoy the work, enjoy the learning, it’s not a bad thing.

If you have an AMD GPU, corectrl is a graphical application for controlling your GPU and CPU, works great, but make sure you know what you’re doing.

ckb-next is a reverse engineered solution for controlling RGB on Corsair peripherals. I’m not certain what other functionality it may have but it’s worth checking out.

It looks like there are a couple of apps in development for the streamdeck, python-elgato-streamdeck and streamcontroller. Both of these may require some education to utilize.

I’m not sure which Vortex you’re referring to, is it the mod manager? If so, you’ll likely need to dig up some other means of using mods.

Wine and proton used through steam have done a phenomenal job of making gaming accessible on Linux. Unfortunately, making other windows software work as if it were native is very touch and go with wine.

When anyone switches to Linux they really have to think about all of the caveats and potential deal breakers that may crop up. A dedicated Linux user will go out of their way to acquire hardware that they know to be directly supported by either the kernel itself or another reverse engineered kernel module. For instance, I use Razer peripherals, because openrazer and polychromatic do an incredible job of making them work without any loss of functionality.

I hope some of this is helpful

Don’t be in debt.

Did you disable secure boot?

And yeah. It’s still extra steps for a worse experience. Just wait a few hours. You already waited 7 years.

If you don’t mind not having steam achievements.

Touche

That Gadaffi Drip

Precisely. I’m a millennial, and this place has a decidedly millennial vibe. Linux nerds, privacy advocates, people seeking an alternative to the slop of mainstream social media. I would imagine people under 25 are a rarity here.

I know of a structural steel contractor in my area, and their ironworkers have shirts that say “erection specialist”

Sometimes the jokes write themselves