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0xffff2 commented on Sig Sauer citing national security to keep documents from public practicalshootinginsights... · Posted by u/eoskx

devilbunny · 3 days ago

Really? I thought heat-of-passion killing was indeed murder. Whereas voluntary manslaughter is more like when you punch someone in the face and they crack their head on a curb and die. You intended to hurt them, but you had absolutely no intent to kill.

But IANAL, and to the extent I pay attention to the law, that kind of basic criminal law isn't it.

0xffff2 · 3 days ago

I linked the UCMJ articles in a sibling comment. I think gp's description is correct for the UCMJ. Part of the problem IMO is that there are ~52 definitions of manslaughter/murder in the US (one for every state, civilian federal law and the UCMJ) so that answer is always highly context specific.

0xffff2 commented on Sig Sauer citing national security to keep documents from public practicalshootinginsights... · Posted by u/eoskx

dragonwriter · 3 days ago

No, criminal negligence or even recklessness would be involuntary manslaughter. “Regular”, voluntary, manslaughter requires intent to kill (but differs from murder in that it does not require malice aforethought). The textbook example is heat-of-passion killing.

0xffff2 · 3 days ago

Interesting. I looked up the UCMJ articles for manslaughter and murder, and the language is actually quite plain; reads to me like you are obviously correct that this case would clearly be involuntary manslaughter.

In case anyone else is interested:

UCMJ Article 119 (Manslaughter): https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/919

UCML Article 118 (Murder): https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/918

0xffff2 commented on Some users have noticed settings that let Meta analyze and retain phone photos zdnet.com/article/meta-mi... · Posted by u/mdhb

merelysounds · 3 days ago

For what it’s worth, iOS does warn when an app has full access to the photo library for a while. E.g.:

> "WhatsApp" has been able to access your entire photo library for 6 months. Do you want to continue to allow full access?

Screenshots: https://macreports.com/app-has-been-able-to-access-your-enti...

0xffff2 · 3 days ago

That just tells you that it has the permission. It doesn't give you any information about how the app is actually using the permission does it?

0xffff2 commented on Sig Sauer citing national security to keep documents from public practicalshootinginsights... · Posted by u/eoskx

WillPostForFood · 3 days ago

They didn't just clear the gun for use, they arrested the airmen who shot the guy and lied about it. It totally changes the framing of what happened.

In a Friday statement, a Department of the Air Force spokesperson said that the unidentified arrested person is accused of making a false official statement, obstruction of justice and involuntary manslaughter.

In this case, the whole "it want off by itself" claim was a lie.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/08/08...

0xffff2 · 3 days ago

IANAL and the article is light on details, but charging involuntary manslaughter seems significant here? If the arrested airman negligently caused the trigger to be pulled with no confounding factors (e.g. poor firearm design or poor holster design), surely that would be regular manslaughter at least?

0xffff2 commented on Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward ghacks.net/2025/08/27/you... · Posted by u/speckx

mhitza · 5 days ago

I wonder what issues you've seen (error messages), and what hardware you're using. Fedora has been my goto distribution for more than 15 years. And aside from Nvidia, and Gnome, causing me trouble, it worked great[1]. Though I always install the Xfce spin.

For your Windows applications you can try to use winapps (windows vm behind the scenes, but tucked away from view) https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps

[1] never update to the latest Fedora version, at least until a couple of months after release. If you don't want to be a beta tester. Yes sometimes they don't a good job with SELinux policies and you'll be dealing with annoying popup notifications from time to time. And yes, if you're using full disk encryption (via LUKS) you really want to enable some flags which Cloudflare engineering contributed back (but are not the defaults), otherwise stuttery desktop behaviour is possible.

0xffff2 · 4 days ago

I don't think I ever saw an actual error message, just a lot of black screens in various configurations (e.g. switching KVM between machines, waking up from sleep) and lots of weird little glitches in Wayland. I know that my Nvidia 3090 needs to be swapped for an AMD GPU, but I'm not totally convinced that that will solve everything. Particularly the black screen on wake from sleep seems like it could/should be a mobo issue.

0xffff2 commented on Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward ghacks.net/2025/08/27/you... · Posted by u/speckx

neobrain · 5 days ago

> If anyone has any recommendations for how to pick hardware that will "just work" with Linux I'd love to hear them.

Some vendors sell hardware with Linux preinstalled or specifically tested (besides the obvious ones like System76/Framework/Tuxedo, Dell provides an XPS flavor that comes with Ubuntu). You don't need to actually use the preinstalled distro, but buying such models ensures baseline support is solid and it sends a signal to vendors to continue ensuring so.

Then there's Apple's M1/M2 lineup, which provides the smoothest Linux experience you can have today (specific hardware features are not supported yet, the rest works extremely well!).

Other than that, the Arch wiki is typically a good resource that lists quirks of individual devices with Linux.

0xffff2 · 5 days ago

I guess I should have clarified, my only personal (i.e. not work supplied) computer is a mid-tower desktop, which I'm absolutely not buying pre-built. More looking for how I can tell if e.g. a specific motherboard is going to play nice with Linux or not.

0xffff2 commented on Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward ghacks.net/2025/08/27/you... · Posted by u/speckx

127 · 5 days ago

Just recently moved onto Linux. Most likely not coming back when these kind of things just keep happening. I'm really surprised how well everything works. 120Hz HDR 4k Nvidia no issues on Wayland. Kubuntu 25.04/Plasma 6.3 is very nice. EasyEffects/PipeWire makes audio better compared to Windows. Steam/Proton/Wine works very well for games outside ones that have kernel level rootkits. Outside DualSense controller having issues connecting to bluetooth I can't think of anything that's worse than Windows while many things are better.

0xffff2 · 5 days ago

Meanwhile, I just tried 3 different flavors of Fedora last week and could not even get to the point where I could log in reliably. Never mind getting the handful of Windows-only apps I still rely on to work. I'm despairing that I may have to let Windows update itself to Win11 while I wait for my next hardware upgrade cycle to roll around so I can try to pick more compatible hardware.

If anyone has any recommendations for how to pick desktop components that will "just work" with Linux I'd love to hear them.

0xffff2 commented on SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight space.com/space-explorati... · Posted by u/mpweiher

yoz-y · 5 days ago

I mostly hope that Blue Origin will be a worthy competitor.

For me what this shows that the most important thing for a CEO to be successful is to have money, a vison (no matter how unrealistic or unnecessary) and a cult personality. Nothing else matters. Also it shows that with enough virtual money (I.e.: massively overblown Tesla stock) you can do just about anything.

0xffff2 · 5 days ago

Fun trivia fact of the day: BO was founded 2 years _before_ SpaceX. 25 years later, SpaceX has revolutionized the launch industry. Meanwhile, BO has only just had their first (and only) orbital launch at the beginning of this year. It's unclear to me what, if anything BO could do to really catch up at this point.

It's clear that money isn't the defining factor at least. When BO was founded Bezos was the richest man in the world. It has floundered for so long that Musk was able to build up a cult of personality around SpaceX and parlay that into even more money than Bezos.

0xffff2 commented on SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight space.com/space-explorati... · Posted by u/mpweiher

fluoridation · 5 days ago

Alright, if we're talking about Falcon 9, I don't know what the cost savings are for a reusable rocket, or if there are any. If someone has that data, feel free to provide it.

0xffff2 · 5 days ago

There are a lot of variables, but very roughly, the Falcon 9 has cut launch costs in half compared to its competitors.

0xffff2 commented on Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United States post.japanpost.jp/int/inf... · Posted by u/Kye

trenchpilgrim · 6 days ago

You can get a very safe ECE 22.06 rated helmet for $100-150. The more expensive helmets are lighter, more comfortable, have cool designs, and nice stuff like transitions visors or Pinlock anti-fog, but aren't really any safer until you get into FIM fhpre-02 rated helmets for MotoGP racing. (fhpre-01 is functionally identical to ECE 22.06)

The days of having to shell out $600 for an Arai or Shoei for superior protection are past us.

0xffff2 · 6 days ago

Wow. That's awesome! My helmet back in the day was indeed a Shoei. I don't recall for sure, but I don't think it was even the absolute most expensive model at the time, but it was about the cheapest helmet I felt comfortable trusting my life too.