Michael Armstrong

I am a photographer, radio amateur, and technologist, living in Kansas City, MO. We also race whippets, and I occasionally mouth off on the Internet.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

Many pistols come with 17 round mags by default.

[McWarlord @AnCapWI]

@mnguncaucus 17 rounds is oddly specific

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

Many pistols come with 17 round mags by default.

[ROHIRRIM RONIN @ROHIRRIM_RONIN]

@mnguncaucus “Bans every magazine that holds more than 17 rounds”

So now there is another number to go with 10 and 15 that California and Virginia. How the helm did they come up with such a random number like 17? They are just pulling these numbers out of their asses.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@Not_the_Bee Well, the 22nd Amendment says he can only be elected twice (or if having succeeded to the Presidency, can be elected only once.) And the 12th Amendment says that one cannot be VP if not eligible to be President.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@ribzoftiktok But then ya go goof it up with the square cut! Should have been 8 pie slices (triangles) then you grab it and fold it lengthwise to eat it.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@BigBenInLondon @MorosKostas A “red dot” isn’t a laser that projects a spot on the target. It’s a holographic sight that you look through and superimposes a dot in the gunman’s field of view. In scope terms, the dot is a form of reticle.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@GovTimWalz You’re a Minnesota carpet-bagger from Nebraska calling Texas a nanny state?!? That’s rich!

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@TRHLofficial I dated several women like the one on the right. They all tended toward bitchy and “I want to speak with a manager.” I married a woman like the one on the left and we celebrate our 10th anniversary next week.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@catturd2 I’ve seen chunks of wood with more dynamic range than Tom Cruise.

Jack Reacher (ain’t NO way Cruise is 6+ feet)
War of the Worlds
Vanilla Sky
Tropic Thunder
Eyes Wide Shut
Magnolia

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@BenjaminPDixon How do you not realize that a refund check means you gave government an interest free loan? Figure out how to fill out a W4 accurately. The target is $0 owed, $0 refund — that’s perfection. Then take that money you were loaning the government and make interest/dividends off it.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@catturd2 Easy to say you’ll skip when you’re (likely) not invited in the first place.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@RealMacReport Easy to say you’ll skip when you’re (likely) not invited in the first place.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@MAC_Arms We have been since before Russia/Ukraine. Israel vs the rest of the Middle East has been cooking since long before that. Far-left, progressive, collectivists are part of it too. It’s not even really hidden, just not formally declared. The US hasn’t declared war since WW2.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@sentdefender Remember, folks: (article sourcing aside) 15 years of PLANNING. That would likely include R&D. Implementation and execution was likely a much shorter timeline.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@redheadranting Just ask. “Hey! This is going to sound really dumb since we’ve been chatting like this for four years, but I honestly don’t know what your name is.” Humorous and self-deprecating. You’ll both have a laugh and bond over it.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@SallyMayweather Those are BB guns. Not that I want to get hit by one, but I’d worry about getting hit by a slingshot more. And you really want the 18” cord that goes from the wall to the brick, not an adapter.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@MN_CRIME Who’d have thought that a cement truck would make a piss poor drift vehicle? Huh.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@trashh_dev Center screen: Code window on left half with test or log tail window on the right; left screen: browser with ref material (tons of tabs); right screen: email and IM, but largely ignored, plus media control in a corner. Mouseover focus and heavy use of alt-tab all around.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@Brushbeater Boston Dynamics robots + a random AI + a belt fed .308 or .50 — all the parts are available.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@rands That’s the kind of crap you get when the metric is short call times and/or calls per hour.

[Michael Armstrong @etherdust]

@SwiftOnSecurity Check the drip pan for standing water! I ended up with a $25k insurance claim on a house I hadn’t even lived in yet because of this very situation. Opened the door with the movers hot on my heels to find disaster.