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I always hoped that Ars would come to its senses and ban the guy. Instead, they act surprised when the scorpion they clutched stung them. You're not victims. You're enablers. Delete my account.

And yet somehow, this thread is becoming a debate about the alt-right - you know, in the Help and Feedback forum, probably in hopes of derailing this thread into a lock so no one has to face the support this troll had here. Probably.

While I would have made a different choice, I can appreciate that Ars didn't ban him for purely contrary positions, but he was a fucking troll, and he played Ars, and Ars promoted him to mod, then author. He posted sexual things about kids multiple times, and he was laughed off with "ha-ha well...

I said "endorse" and that's precisely what I meant. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=43658&start=200 Here's a whole poll (remember this one? I do.) all about peterb as a mod. The thread is full of examples of his behavior, and just as full of excuses for his behavior. If, after all that, Ars decided that...

Ars endorsed his behavior for years. Ars seems to be scrubbing threads with peterb in them on the grounds of "doxxing". This behavior makes it look like they're just trying to cover up his obvious behavior over the years so they can say "we didn't know!"

so *this* is what it takes to finally get peterb banned. he's the reason I dropped my sub.

I have severe sleep apnea. In addition, I have children. These two things totally disrupted my sleep for the past 15 years. I got to the point where I felt like I had the onset of dementia - I had no short-term memory to speak of, and I wasn't storing things in my long-term memory. There are...

From an engineering perspective, this is not an easy problem to solve. In order to make rotating rings work correctly, without also spinning the central core around, you really need two rotating rings, spinning in opposite directions. Now, these rings must spin on a central hub. You also need...

I did not know that Gilliam was the director for 12 Monkeys. That was an amazing movie, and it makes a lot more sense to me now that I know Terry directed it. If you have never watched "The Crimson Permanent Assurance" though, you are *really* missing out. It is the finest short comedy film...

Microsoft did this with Windows 7 to install pre-Windows 10 metrics. They used a "security update" to push changes to the Windows Update program, that reset everyone's preferences so they got every update, instead of critical updates. Then, when people got wise to that and pinned that package...

So, for a base price of $37,000, you get a 7-seat SUV with room up front for groceries/gear in the "frunk", and enough room to take all the kids, and the neighbors' kids to baseball practice? That's right at the shouting range of SUV prices to begin with. I think this will appeal to the suv...

My kids and I *still* play Pro Wrestling. No-one has ever produced a better wrestling game, ever. It's simple, fun, and an excellent test for controller impact strength.

Snail mail vs. email differs only in speed, and not in results.

A.I.? No freaking way. The marketing droids at these companies would *love* for all the data they'd get from systems like this. Just ask GM: Do you trust your car manufacturer with all of your data?

We're speaking of firearms, firearms components, and federal law. We're not delving into things like "destructive devices", and the like. Is this perhaps very generalized? Sure, but my post stands. You can even possess fully-automatic components, provided the ATF can't argue you have...

Look up the ATF definition of a firearm, and which piece of the firearm is considered the "gun". In the United States, that's usually a fully-completed receiver. You can sell uncompleted receivers which require significant machining to anyone.

You can legally sell anything that isn't defined as a firearm, to anyone, regardless of any permit.

It is still completely illegal to manufacture a firearm that can't be detected by metal detectors. You may notice with the 3D-printer plans that Defense Distributed added pieces of metal into the print so as not to fall afoul of this rule. EDIT: and, as I noted before, it's simpler just to go...

You are 100% incorrect. In the United States, it is completely legal to manufacture your own firearm, with a couple conditions: * You can't build something you can't legally own. * You can't build with the intent to sell. Firearm manufacturers have special licensing. There is of course a bunch...

The article is not making clear a few things: First of all, the "Ghost Gunner", as it is called, cannot "make" a full gun. It is a CNC milling machine, capable of machining a piece of aluminum or plastic, that has already had a significant amount of machining done, into a firearms receiver. The...