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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Gun nuts of the fediverse. Do any guns use two magazines at once?
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    10 hours ago

    I’m not there yet either lmao, also working on it!

    I’ve just personally never been able to get used to the newer Walther’s grips. The ppk is fun for the neat factor at the range (also I’m a nerd) but as far as a carry pistol goes none of their “duty” lineup does it for me (or, I can’t do it with them lol. Either way.) CZ all day for me, trustworthy, good grip, can shoot well.

    But that’s all just personal preference anyway, fully agree on the rest though! Second to last thing I want is a gunfight, the last thing would be what the fighting is intended to prevent lmao.

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoLinux@programming.dev•New to Linux which OS to use?
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    2 days ago

    Idk why nobody knew about it until recently, ime (and I’ve never used Zorin), I feel like even before the recent (likely paid advertising) campaign I still saw it almost once or twice per thread, usually something like “I’d go mint, unless you need cutting edge then Fedora, or if you really need it to look like windows then there is Zorin,” some saying “I haven’t used it but I hear it’s windows like” and stuff. I’ve seen stuff like that consistently for the last 4 or 5 years since I switched and I was the one asking distro advice and being told mint, fedora, zorin, or pop. It has never been the top answer but it was always there, lurking in the shadows.

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoLinux@programming.dev•New to Linux which OS to use?
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    2 days ago

    It’s been asked a million times, and it’ll be answered every time, and the answers will mostly be “Mint, Fedora, FedoraKDE, and if you wanna game Bazzite.”

    The real advice that gets posted less, regardless of distro:

    • Back up your important files to an external drive, often. It’s entirely possible you’ll fuck up an install beyond repair (or beyond what you know how to do at the time) and you end up reinstalling. If you can just put your important files back and be up and running, nothing of value is lost.

    • Don’t be scared of the terminal, it’s incredibly useful. Look up a few YT vids like “bash basics” or “linux terminal for beginners” or something and follow along like it’s a class, you’ll soon be comfortable enough to use it when you need it, and you will, and you may come to love it. It’s not as bad as windows cmd! Be careful when using sudo or su, that’s when you could really screw up the system (but mostly it’ll be fine just be careful.

    And most importantly, have fun!

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Gun nuts of the fediverse. Do any guns use two magazines at once?
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    5 days ago

    “Tap rack bang” (below copied from wikipedia, and I’m just as surprised as you are that they have an article on this.)

    Tap, rack, bang (TRB) or tap, rack, and go (TRG) is jargon for the response to a failure to fire in a firearm with a removable magazine.[1] This is designated as an "Immediate Action" and involves no investigation of the cause (due to being under fire in a combat or defensive situation), but is effective for common failures, such as defective or improperly seated ammunition magazines.[2][3]

Tap – to tap the magazine. This is to ensure that the magazine is properly/completely inserted in the firearm so that it feeds properly. As typically taught in tactical firearms courses, the "tap" is applying pressure on the floor plate of the magazine to lock it into place. It does not constitute 'smacking' the magazine, as this can irreversibly damage the magazine's lip.[4]

Rack – pull back sharply and then quickly release the ~~cocking~~ charging handle/slide of the firearm.[5] This will eject a misfired round, which could be a possible cause of the stoppage, and to chamber the next round.

Bang/Go – aiming and firing the firearm again.[5] If the firearm again does not fire or fails to extract the spent round, it may indicate a more serious problem with the firearm, requiring maintenance. For instance, if the firing pin is too lightly striking the primer on a cartridge, it may indicate a worn-out spring or firing pin.
Some failures, such as a "stovepipe", require more complicated maintenance that requires investigation of the underlying problem, or remedial action.[2] With issues such as a squib load or hang fire, the "tap, rack, bang" procedure should not be used.[6][7]

    And of course

    if the firing pin is too lightly striking the primer on a cartridge, it may indicate a worn-out spring or firing pin. Some failures, such as a “stovepipe”, require more complicated maintenance that requires investigation of the underlying problem, or remedial action.[2] With issues such as a squib load or hang fire, the “tap, rack, bang” procedure should not be used.[6][7]

    A second mag wouldn’t fix any of that, either, so adding one wouldn’t be a solution.

    Finally if the problem is the mag (feed lips or worn spring), a tactical reload (removing the mag, retaining it, and swapping to a full one) would be the move if you can, or just lose the mag and insert a new one if you can’t.

    The real solution to OP’s question though is “train reloads,” before you get into a gun fight. In a situation with high stress you want to have practiced it enough that it becomes muscle memory and you can do it without really thinking about it. You can train it in your bedroom without ammo no less, no excuse not to train reloads. If you’re really bad you can add an aftermarket magwell to many guns that make it easier to reload (at the cost of concealability).

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPtoMonero@monero.town•A couple XMR questions from a crypto beginner.
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    6 days ago

    Thanks for the links and the help!

    Can you do infinite subaddrs or does that mean my wallet has to change every so often?

    And if I’m understanding correctly, if I’m buying ETH or LTC kyc and then exchanging without kyc to XMR at a diff subaddr every time, and then sending it another hop as XMR to myself, I wouldn’t need to worry about varying the subaddrs on that one since those two XMR transactions are already obfuscated with 16² decoys, so I can rotate basically a new shell wallet every so often and keep my main?

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPtoMonero@monero.town•A couple XMR questions from a crypto beginner.
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    6 days ago

    Oh that’d (ATM) be perfect! Looking it up it seems the non-kyc exchanges these days (I remember hearing about Kraken back in the day, but) are Best Wallet and GhostSwap? Would you recommend one of those or another one idk about?

    As for not reusing the subaddress, do you mean use a brand spanking new subaddr for GhostSwap every single time I exchange and never reuse it, but I can keep my second internal swapper addr and the third one I give to “customers” for transactions static?

    Or do you mean use one for the exchange every time and ONLY for that, then swap it to an internal only I know, and have a third on my Mastodon for donations (ok I won’t actually be doing that prob, but I mean the one I send people for transactions) keeping them all consistent but separated?

    Thanks for all the help!

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPtoMonero@monero.town•A couple XMR questions from a crypto beginner.
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    6 days ago

    Thanks! That link definitely helped a lot! Do you know if it matters what the wallets are named? Say I use my randomized one to exchange the ETH to first and then the second one is ArcaneSlimeXMR that I spend out of, can anyone see that name or is it just the receive address that anyone can see? It’d help me keep it organized instead of having to remember which wallet is which.

    It also appears I can send it to another subkey within the same wallet (I think lol) according to the post you linked above, which might be easier.