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1. Riamu (riamu@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 01:47:54 JST Riamu
   Vindicated 1000% youtu.be/HNVmYuPDl4A
   • d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 01:47:51 JST d

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     @Riamu @apropos oh, I think he's largely right about that in principle. I think he's overstating how much advancement we would have in weaponry (serious railguns, no) but I've felt for a long time that the government essentially outlawing many avenues of individual innovation -- touching far more than just the sphere of firearms -- has been extremely detrimental to technological progress and refinement, as well as to the maintenance of a skilled engineering workforce
     
     between gun laws, drug laws, anti-terror laws, and so on there's hardly anything interesting an individual can do anymore without running afoul of dozens of laws
     
     wired.com/2006/06/chemistry/
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   • Riamu (riamu@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 01:47:52 JST Riamu

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     @apropos @deprecated_ii It was quite the stretch there. I was hoping nobody would watch the video and instead just read the title, instead of subjecting yourself to that retardation.
   • d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 01:47:53 JST d

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     @Riamu not so much at the end but the technical stuff
   • of nothing (apropos@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 01:47:53 JST of nothing

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     @deprecated_ii @Riamu
     >The NFA means that military research can no longer rely on civilian $$$
     >If the NFA didn't exist we'd have massive leaps forward in automatic technology, ...
     >The NFA is basically going to lose us WWIII
     I'm always a fan of "evil government act subtly undermines long-term government aims" story time.
   • d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 05-Mar-2023 01:47:54 JST d

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     @Riamu bizarre experience, I agree with him on most stuff