Recent content by Jovec

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    Black man shoots taser at white police officer. Officer then shoots and kills man. Officer gets fired

    I am curious what triggered him for his previous conviction for family violence/battery? Or for his previous conviction for cruelty to children? Or for his simply battery conviction? What triggered him for his false imprisonment conviction? I suspect, maybe, that he didn't want to go back to...
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    Hate the current microUSB connectors? Something better is coming! USB 3.1 Type-C

    USB-C port on my Pixel 2 seemed to die after 7 months, of which for at least the last two months charging was spotty. And I plugged it in anywhere from 0 to 2 times per day. Loose connections, etc. Multiple Anker cables, and I finally busted out the included cable for the first time and it had...
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    News Samsung Announces Galaxy Note10 & Note10+: A Redesign With Feature Disparity

    Had my Note10+ about 24 hours, and very disappointed. Obviously the specs are good but the UI is just so bad (Would any Android user object to Google requiring all manufactures to provide at least the option to switch to the vanilla UI and stock apps?) S Pen seems nice except for terrible...
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    Linus takes a break

    Linus done screwed up. Perhaps this legion of master programmers who were turned off by Linus should go write their own kernel. They could even join Hurd development instead of starting from scratch. Linux is a technical marvel, but the real challenge has always been in focusing the efforts of...
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    So.... good shoot?

    No, it is not that simple. Leaving a situation to get a gun then returning means it is no longer a self-defense situation. There have been cases where persistent abuse has been used as justification for shooting another when there is no immediate threat. Think of a consistently abused spouse...
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    So.... good shoot?

    Perhaps, but it does not matter because this case isn't about intent.
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    So.... good shoot?

    Yes, you can simply state that you feared for you life. At that point if charges are brought, it would be up the the jury to decide if Drejka's fear was reasonable in that moment. Note that this is different than what you as a juror think he should have believed.
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    So.... good shoot?

    I don't see any reasonable fear to support McGlockton's actions in that video. Could you be expected to know what was in McGlockton's pockets or waistband if he just pushed you to the ground?
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    So.... good shoot?

    The shooting happened in the immediate aftermath of the assault and yes, being violently shoved to the ground can effect one's ability to process. Any impairment, mental or physical, only increases the validity of the self-defense argument. Does it not make sense that any physical injury or...
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    So.... good shoot?

    McGlockton does move towards the Drejka on the ground after the shove for two steps or so, and does back up once Drejka reaches. We do not know his intent and neither does Drejka. Again, the retreat does not matter because Drejka can be reasonably assumed to be impaired by the assault. Edit...
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    So.... good shoot?

    Legal shoot. You may not like the law, but the shooting was legal as the law is written. The law cannot be applied only to the person who we side with, or shares our values or skin color or anything else. This is not about the handicap spot, or what the shooter did weeks before, or what race...
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    AMD Silently Cuts Down Core Count on Radeon RX 560 Graphics Card – Now Shipping With 896 Cores Inste

    If the 560 launched as the 14CU part, and then AMD released the 16CU part, there is no way AMD would call the 16CU part a 560. It would be the 565 or similar. Not calling this a 555 is purposely deceptive, and it is not a huge step from this situation to something like Vega GPUs just being...
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    This is why Linux will never take over the desktop...

    Ubuntu 16.04 (AMD 8350 w/32GB ram, SSDs, and Intel onboard nic) took 16+ hours to copy ~600GB of data from one NAS to another, both via samba shares via cut and paste with the default file manager. Win10 (4790k,32GB, SSDs, Intel onboard nic) took about 2.5 hours to copy ~650GB between the same...
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    This is why Linux will never take over the desktop...

    It is certainly easier now. But some more personal examples: Ubuntu 15.XX+ (iirc) removed a logitech hid module. So when I booted it up with a spare wireless Logitech keyboard/mouse combo, nothing worked. I have other computers that I could use to Google the solution, and had a spare wired...
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    This is why Linux will never take over the desktop...

    Desktop linux blows. Yes, you can make it work. Yes, it can be a decent experience. But it still sucks and always will. I have a Nvidia 960 in a Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I've been wanting to pop in a RX480 instead. I power down and swap cards. The system boots up into a low res graphical mode...