bcoffy

bcoffy , 3 days ago to solarpunk memes in "Suffering builds character". anarcho-primitivists, probably

Replacing a gas car with an electric car would only be worse than running your current gas car into the ground, if you were buying a brand new EV and were junking your old gas car. A lot of people won’t do that. If you buy a used EV and sell/trade-in the gas car to someone else to use, a new EV isn’t built and someone who can’t afford EV can get your used car.

Obviously pedestrian infrastructure and public transit is preferable if viable, but it isn’t always viable for the average person (at least in the USA/Canada) to switch to those, so having both options is best

bcoffy , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Does sanitizer work instead

Honestly if I could put my own SSDs in MacBooks I would be very interested in them, especially as the Asahi project gets better. But I have my doubts that will ever happen.

bcoffy , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Are gun designs open source?

If a country like the US had a lower violent dead per capita than other first world countries like France or Germany, I would agree with you.

It doesn't have as high of a gun ownership rate as the US (no one does), but Czechia has some of the laxest gun laws in Europe, including allowing the concealed carry of a handgun like the US (at least 1 million Czechs have permits to own a firearm, a large portion of which conceal carry them for self defense) and they have a lower homicide rate than Germany or France (Source: World Bank)

Even as a supporter of gun rights, I don't think that definitively proves that guns, on a societal level, prevent deaths. I don't believe that in general. I do believe, however, that on a personal level, a well trained individual who sees the need to defend themself or people they love can prevent harm by owning a firearm. I do also believe that in a society (America) with a broken policing system, and an increasingly authoritarian Republican party that wants to crack down on my rights and the rights of people I love, I'd like the option to protect myself and my friends/family.

bcoffy , 4 months ago to 196 in head rule

“No seriously like which part of your body is least useful and you’d be ok having damaged.”
“Ohhh ok ok. Let me think”
“…”
“the head”

bcoffy , 4 months ago to 196 in Reddit rule

Well at least I am focused