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ThePrinceFish posted...

Not only is it safer for the officer, the criminal, and any bystanders, it also looks super cool. Yes, this is how we need our police.

Are you serious?

Another idiot falling for movie physics?

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Antifar posted...

I could not possibly be more serious. The cops should bend the bullets, around walls and obstacles if need be.

That's not how bullet physics work IRL.

Even if they could, the police can't see around walls and obstacles.

They would end up hitting targets they aren't intending on hitting.

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Irony posted...

Git gud

This isn't a matter of "Git Gud". This is a FACT of reality.

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Gobstoppers12 posted...

Hard agree. I don't know why we don't train our law enforcement officers to do this. It seems obvious.

Please tell me you're not seriously basing your understanding of Bullet physics on a Hollywood movie?

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Guns_of_Verdun posted...

This is really really really fucking stupid and anyone who has had even basic gun training knows this.

1. You can still die from a leg shot.
2. You can also be grazed from a leg shot and not be incapicated. Making you still dangerous if you're violent.
3. Shooting people in the leg is hard. Espescially if they are moving. It drastically increases your chances of missing and hitting innocent people.
If you are ever going to fire your gun, aim for the chest. Always aim for the chest. It's the safest thing to do and what anyone who uses firearms is taught.

This whole "Just shoot a limb" idealogy is based on Hollywood movies, not reality.

Edit:

Also cops shouldn't shoot protesters at all >_>

They should only shoot violent criminals when they have no other option

I thought that went without saying but apparently it doesn't

IRL, in most gun battles, people's normal accuracy drops by over 75%.

No matter how accurate you are on a pistol range, in a real gun fight, accuracy drops DRAMATICALLY.

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Antifar posted...

That's right

I hope you're not being serious?

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Guns_of_Verdun posted...

Also cops shouldn't shoot protesters at all >_>

They should only shoot violent criminals when they have no other option

I thought that went without saying but apparently it doesn't

The Cops SOP is dependent on situation.

If Criminals get out of hand, they have a right to shoot to stop them.

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ThePrinceFish posted...

Have you not seen the acclaimed Angelina Jolie film Wanted? It very much works.

You're basing Real Life Bullet Physics on a Hollywood Movie that is LITERALLY adapted from a Comic Book Source?

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-l___________l- posted...

Why can't cops be given like tranq guns or something instead, at least those would kill people less

If you get the wrong dosage, it will kill a person. Dosage is relative to persons Height, Weight, Gender, Body mass, Age, etc.

You can't just shoot a random tranq in people and expect it to work like the movies.

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Biden obviously doesn't know how real life combat works if he thinks people can be easily just shot in the arm.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

That's not how Physics / Reality works.

Irony posted...

Agreed, cops should give the suspects their gun

Dumbest Idea I've seen from another poster.

Zikten posted...

you can still die from a leg shot. legs have a major artery in them. if the bullet hits that, you could bleed out very fast

Zikten is correct

Smackems posted...

They shouldn't be shooting at all unless someone is in actual danger

That's part of their SOP (Standard Operating Procedure).

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There goes any future he had.

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Come back to FireFox!!!

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Happy Birthday!

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The trick is having Breakfast Cereal be your constant morning meal.

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DarkRoast posted...

Didn't have a choice lol

So, I'll take that as a no.

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DarkRoast posted...

On the contrary, I'd argue that it's one of the scariest movies ever made. If only because Jack Nicholson's acting is so realistic I was legit worried he actually was crazy.

Were you ready for such a scary movie at 7 y/o?

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If you have that many issues with America being individualist and non-conformist, how are you going to deal with the myriad of Sentient & Sapient Aliens from outter space that use their own system of unit measurements?

You might want to learn that "It's OK to be different".

Not everybody has to conform to your beloved Metric System.

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Sad_Face posted...

First of all, society spent decades telling everyone to go to college and that you need a degree to be someone. Any other plan was considered second class. If there wasn't constant societal pressure to the point where people are only now reassessing the value of school education and if it's really worth going into debt slavery thanks to the pandemic, you'd have a point.

At the end of the day, you're your own Boss. You have the right to say "NO, College isn't for me". And go straight into the work force. There were also Trade Schools for those who wanted to specialize in certain fields.

Moving on, I disagree with the entrapment. In college, a lot of times you're not learning to understand the material, you're learning to pass the class.

I went to class to learn about the subject, not just pass the class

When I did my degree, I was constantly overloaded with problem sets upon problem sets, all of which took hours to do, each. There wasn't enough time to sit down to full delve into each topic.

You took too many courses simultaneously, you should lighten up your schedule.

I learned what I needed to learn to do the HW and pass the exams and moved on. At the end of it all, it damn near killed my curiosity till I learned the same material on the job but was better able to take it in because I was allowed to fumble, fail, and experiment my way all the all through.

You're supposed to fumble, fail, and experiment in college before you get to the job.

College is hands down the WORST environment to learn things; no one gets to the top without failing and college penalizes you for failing.

That's kind of the point, fail faster, learn quicker, then make the right decisions so you can pass.

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CruelBuffalo posted...

Not all homework is created equal. Prefer to grade homework for effort not accuracy.

I graded for both when I was a TA.

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IfGodCouldDie posted...

I know. I was agreeing with you wholeheartedly, the looks and things that are said to me and my wife when we discuss this stuff with other parents is hilarious. My kids are abnormally smart and advanced for their ages, I credit us treating them like actual people their entire lives. We have never talked down to them, we have taught them to never take "because I said so" as a good enough answer from anyone(god do I regret that one lol,) we have taught them to hold people accountable(another one I regret lol.)

I'm just glad that there's "At Least" one more responsible parent on this message board.

It's so rare to find these days.

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furb posted...

I still think it's busy work, but I can respect the intllecutal honesty with this take. I just wish professors and teachers put in syllabi that way.

Like
Tests - 50 percent of final grade
Quizzes - 30 percent
Class Participation/Attendance - 10 percent
Grunt Labor - 10 percent

I think it's debatable whether "math class" has a job to teach you toleration to grunt work -- I disagree with that take vehemently. I feel like its job is to teach you math and then test your proficiency in it.

If you couldn't understand the purpose of HW, then that's on you. Nobody is obligated to explain it for you. Part of learning about the purpose of HW is to grow and think about it's nature on your own. If you think about it hard enough, you'll come to the same conclusion as I and many others have.

Final Grade Break Down:
Final: 15%
MidTerm: 15%
Projects: 15%
Tests: 15%
Quizzes: 15%
Class Participation: 10%
Attendance: 5%
Home Work: 10%

This is how I think your Final Grade Break Down should be made to make "Gamification" of class harder.

Makes "Slacking Off" to pass MUCH HARDER.

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IfGodCouldDie posted...

Oh that's right, I forgot being a parent when you have kids isn't the norm.

Just look at society and how many kids are raised by watching the boob tube.

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monkmith posted...

keep in mind, a good chunk of the people there got in because of family connections or bribery.

Even more reason to try to catch more cheaters.

We should be employing this tactic more.

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ZeroX91 posted...

The Shining isn't even scary man what are you talking about

We're grown ass adults, of course it isn't scary now.

But when you were 7 y/o, and didn't know about "The Shining". That's a different story.

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@DarkRoast

I saw The Shining at 7

Were you ready for "The Shining" @ age 7 IYO?

You've had plenty of time to analyze that event over your life now that you're a grown woman.

Would you subject another 7 year old girl that is part of your family to "The Shining"?

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I think ALL TA's should put more traps for students online.

We should be out there trying to catch more academic cheaters and punish them severely for it.

Zero Tolerance for Academic Cheaters.

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@DarkRoast is 11 years old too young for his daughter to play Mortal Kombat?

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furb posted...

Personally though. I've always thought grading homework at all is a scam and a form of busy work. It all should be optional. Homework is just structured and directed studying. How much or how well a student does it should be up to the student -- like all forms of studying. All that should matter is performance on tests, quizzes, and research/term papers. If you're using homework as a way to prepare a student for classroom discussion, sure fine. Grade the student on their ability to participate and contribute. I'm fine with that, but if a student can still be productive in the classroom without doing homework, more power to them.

Homework is a form of long term tests of the students will/discipline to learn, make sure that they're trying to understand the material, and that they have the capability to withstand endless grunt work.

A perfect way of teaching that skill for their jobs in the future.

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EricDraven59 posted...

I mean if you are doing any online school work you can cheat since you have the internet at your use. Only in a class room is there any chance of being caught for cheating. Online you should never get caught cheating

Or you can actually just do the work properly.

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HiddenRoar posted...

Get wrecked.

If you don't know the material, message the TA or professor for assistance. If you still don't get it, then do your best on the assignment or exam. If you fail, try again next semester.

Crying about "Oh tuition is too expensive for me to fail" or "It'll hurt my GPA" are all excuses that only show you don't belong in college.

I failed Intro College Algebra once because my stubborn ass didn't wanted to ask for help. Passed with an A the second time, and every class then on until PreCalc I did well (B/Cs) because I went, at every opportunity, to office hours and the learning assistance centers. I didn't have to make that same mistake (failing) with Gen Chem 2.

I concur, succeed or fail on your own merits.

Cheaters should be PUNISHED severely and FOREVER be monitored for cheating at EVERYTHING in life.

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IfGodCouldDie posted...

As a parent that doesn't just let my kids watch ot play whatever they want without supervision, I would absolutely let my kids play MK 11 if they were playing with me. My kids are almost 7 and 5. I watch Rick and Morty with them, my son had been playing Bloodborne since he was 4. I don't sensor anything from my kids, I just help put it into perspective for them and do my best to insure they understand that somethings in entertainment are not ok in the real world. I make sure they can separate entertainment from reality. Kids are very intelligent if they are raised right.

But that requires "Actual Parenting" and "Paying Attention to what their kids are consuming" along with "Many Discussions" on separating fantasy from reality.

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SkylightNight posted...

TC's child has already seen worse though, they've been hunting deers

Doesn't mean you should add to it, or emphasize it.

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NOPE, too much gore, blood, fatalities, brutalities, etc.

There's a limit for children when it comes to excessive gratuitous violence for children.

Wait until she's 16 to play Mortal Kombat (Any of the franchise) with.

Just stick to:
Street Fighter series, King of Fighters, Capcom vs Marvel, Smash Bros series, etc.

Series that have excessive gore, blood, and guts should be held back until she's older.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oWu39iO1E

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Pancake posted...

also saga frontier was *awesome* maybe it reminds you because you never actually had to do the main quest

=D

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AssGender posted...

U played it on the ds?

PS1

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DarkRoast posted...

Or at least whatever the most asshole-ish thing you can choose.

My hero in DQXI is essentially the world's most unwilling protagonist.

Why does that remind me of "SaGa Frontier" for some reason.

I loved that game back in the day.

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Alakazamtrainer posted...

Kelvin is best way

I'll challenge your Kelvin scale with my Rankine scale =D

The only time we're identical is at 0 AKA "Absolute Zero".

The funny thing is that the only time Farenheit & Celsius are equivalent is when they're both at -40.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_of_units_of_temperature#Comparison_of_temperature_scales

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Questionmarktarius posted...

C -> A means A on both ends, which is a fire hazard without a chipset in the middle somewhere.

I would hope that you get a quality converter.

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Rika_Furude posted...

Yeah but i want the wall warts to be universal

Nobody else does though because it means change and change is bad

Well, there's ALOT of cost to change.

Honestly, it would be easier if you went the British route.

You wouldn't have to do any "Voltage Conversion".

And you already love the "British Plug".

Why not get the colonies to re-unite on at least one standard, the "Type-G" plug that you love so much.

Get away from China's standard plug.

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Rika_Furude posted...

Hardship now for a better future, i think its worth it to move to a universal standard

I'm more than glad to welcome you to a Type A/B connector world =D.

Come join us in the 120V 60 Hz world.

But will the rest of Australia / New Zealand want to change?

Rika_Furude posted...

And yeah USB is universal but where does USB draw its power from

It draws from whatever wall wart converts AC power to DC.

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Rika_Furude posted...

It sucks that everyone doesnt move to the same one though. I would be fine with downgrading to a type B plug if it meant i could import stuff from the US and not have to worry about the charger.

But if you do that now, Australia's power standards will be in chaos because Australia is on 'Type I' along with New Zealand & China.

I know USB-C is universal but that USB-C needs to draw power from somewhere that is not universal, and its only 100W max if the standards are followed (although Dell does go up to 130W but thats still low, cant run a microwave off it for example).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware#Power

USB Micro-B & Type-C connector do a pretty good job of being a "Universal DC connector"

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Rika_Furude posted...

Type A sucks, where the fuck is the ground pin?

It's an earlier standard, before the advent of a "Ground Pin".

It's similar to 'Type-C' in it's universality though.

Rika_Furude posted...

It also falls out and is a fire hazard.

Depends on the implementation and where it's plugged into. I still prefer B over A for obvious safety reasons.

Rika_Furude posted...

I think type G is the best. But we use type I in aus which is OK i guess.

Unfortunately, only the Brits use it.

I love how your 'Type I' resembles the Serial Killer's mask from the "Scream" movie franchise.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

C to A cannot exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB-C#Receptacles

The middle two pin outs are for Type-A signaling and a converter can make it work C->A

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@Questionmarktarius Questionmarktarius posted...

Well shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmgpcG_1cuI

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