mbfalzar

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[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My Xbox controller has just worked on Linux for months now?

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Bulk prices are generally cheaper per unit but it's very, very possible to not be able to bear the upfront cost of a large number of units and be forced by that to spend more money in smaller chunks over a longer time

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 months ago

There's no edited tag on the post so I have to wonder how (1889-2024) wasn't an indicator too lol

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

The joke was obvious, and you even doubled down by suggesting people intentionally go to Bentonville. I appreciated it

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago

Thanks, that was really necessary and greatly added to the conversation.

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Without googling anything wasn't he assassinated by Charles Gateau? Not sure about the spelling but it's a pretty known event

Edit: I'm back after looking it up and the spelling is Guiteau

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

What if you're a YYYYMMDD person

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Oh, it's not even different manufacturers. Palmetto State Armory has a ton of cheap options, like if you bought a blemished set of their lower grade in 2014ish you could get a full rifle for $400-600, but they also had stuff in the $1500 range that definitely grouped better at 200y (which is the longest distance range I could find that didn't involve giving money to the NRA which at no point am I willing to do)

Edited to add: my main point was that a 30 year old rifle manufactured well shouldn't be that far off from a semi-sloppy modern manufacture, and if the reports that the rifle was stolen from his father are true I'd bias towards a nicer one since the same reports say he stole the rifle but not the sights and was firing without them

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

My basic training was with an M16A2 manufactured in the 80s and after a couple hours and ~100 rounds of practice I could group center with iron sights at 500y (457m) and that's functionally the same gun. Effective range for an AR-15 should be the same 600y(550m) as the old M16s from the 70s and 80s, extended to ~1000y (914m) with extra training, better sights, and a match grade rifle

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

That which is dead can never die

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Hey! I know it's been a couple weeks but I figured I'd say that I went down to the lobby at 10am just now, and there's two guys in there right now swapping out the cash reader. There's the regular restocker doing his job and a second guy with one of the handheld firmware loader things, I'm not sure if it just needs a software change or if he needs to be there to swap the actual slot, but it does look swappable

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