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New comment by sheikhnbake in "Bankruptcies increase 11.9 percent"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:29:42 +0000

Is this what they meant by a return to normalcy?

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Waymo in Portland"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:18:50 +0000

Unfortunately, until something big happens in the US, autonomous vehicles will be more accessible to working class americans than good and reliable mass transit, especially outside of major population centers.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "AISLE Discovers 38 CVEs in OpenEMR Healthcare Software"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:50:14 +0000

Math is doable without a calculator

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Anduril, Palantir and SpaceX are changing how America wages war"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:34:06 +0000

Boss just sent out an email with a company policy update. We're still expected to clock in even if the world is uninhabitable

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:27:03 +0000

A norse mythology username extolling the evils of non-western countries while full throating a genocidal apartheid state. name a more iconic duo

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Palantir Wants to Reinstate the Draft"

sheikhnbake — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:44:01 +0000

This is very much anecdotal but the concept of fragging has gone mainstream in my social media feeds. Mostly gen z joking about ww3 when the Iran conflict kicked off

New comment by sheikhnbake in "The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing"

sheikhnbake — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:41:21 +0000

That's the entire point. The only federally regulated part that requires a background check is the receiver, which can be made on entry level printers by virtually anyone that can read.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing"

sheikhnbake — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:38:43 +0000

At this point with a 5,000 round endurance for a plastic AK receiver, I think it's fair to say the 'project' has reached maturity. Especially when this is all completed on entry level printers

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Farmer arrested for speaking too long at datacenter town hall vows to fight"

sheikhnbake — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:55:35 +0000

Even so that's very strange way for a trespassing charge to be carried out if that's how it went down.

Typically when someone refuses to leave, police inform the person that they are being formally trespassed, at which point they have the option to leave voluntarily at which point they are only allowed back at the trespassee's discretion. Not sure how that would work for public places where people have to conduct municipal business.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Farmer arrested for speaking too long at datacenter town hall vows to fight"

sheikhnbake — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:38:53 +0000

*for those that can afford it

New comment by sheikhnbake in "The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing"

sheikhnbake — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:34:46 +0000

I stand corrected, the Plastikov V4 has endured 5,000 rounds

New comment by sheikhnbake in "The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing"

sheikhnbake — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:20:25 +0000

The FGC-9 was used extensively in Myanmar for that exact purpose. The rebels would set up ambushes with FGC-9's and recover better firearms for future use

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGC-9#Users_and_use

New comment by sheikhnbake in "The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing"

sheikhnbake — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:16:08 +0000

True. I used to do it regularly.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing"

sheikhnbake — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:15:19 +0000

I mention 7.62 specifically because most folks not familiar with 3D printed firearms are unaware that such a thing is even possible.

9mm 3DP guns have hit the news cycle repeatedly, less so for higher power cartridges. IIRC, there's a .50 BMG project well underway.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing"

sheikhnbake — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:13:07 +0000

Depends on what the intended use is. 3DP firearms have proliferated internationally and have been used against conventional militaries. Agreed they aren't a replacement, but practical use cases exist.

New comment by sheikhnbake in "Farmer arrested for speaking too long at datacenter town hall vows to fight"

sheikhnbake — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:10:40 +0000

> When he went a few seconds over his allotted 3 minute time limit, the city ordered Blanchard arrested and transported to the county jail. The city charged Blanchard with trespassing

New comment by sheikhnbake in "The dangers of California's legislation to censor 3D printing"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:34:04 +0000

3D gun printing has come a long way in a short amount of time. 3D printed lower receivers can weather several hundred rounds of 7.62 at this point

New comment by sheikhnbake in "The AI Layoff Trap"

sheikhnbake — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:12:15 +0000

At this rate, I'm convinced our future AI overlords will put humanity down much more humanely than we are/will

New comment by sheikhnbake in "A whole civilization might die tonight"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:40:29 +0000

You're preaching to the choir. The oligarchy has indeed thoroughly captured the fourth estate

New comment by sheikhnbake in "A whole civilization might die tonight"

sheikhnbake — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:24:46 +0000

Protests have been steadily breaking records each time they occur. Protests have been occurring across the country since he took office. This has all been widely publicized