Most departments use striker fired duty weapons which are neither single or double action. For the most part striker fired guns are in an entirely separate category which lies somewhere in the middle. In a striker fired gun the motion of the slide partially cocks the striker and the trigger pull completes this action.…

NYPD trigger pulls are 12 pounds. That combined with very poor marksmanship standards and a culture hostile to gun ownership results in events like the one recently where two NYPD officers fired 84 rounds with only 1 hit.

Just because you can’t afford doesn’t mean everyone else can’t.

Shipping modules over water is ridiculously cheap and is a common construction practice which takes advantage of existing infrastructure and labor markets. I work in the engineering business and we regularly procure modules from Brazil, South Korea, and China because the overall cost is significantly cheaper than…

It’s good for at least 200 hp. Throttle response will be excellent.

I don’t want a free car to drive, I want a nice car to drive. I’m willing to pay for that. If I can get a good deal while doing so that’s great for me. Go back to your studio apartment in your ‘98 Corolla. I hope you enjoy your lentils for dinner and your single-ply toilet paper.

I bet the google logo has consumed infathomable amounts of data over the years. When you’re serving your page on the order of billions of times daily every last byte becomes important.

If my car was stolen I’d want the insurance check and to never see it again. I love my car and all but I’ve seen people get their cars recovered in really poor shape.

It looks uncomfortable to fly, and the driveshaft geometry appears tricky at best. It’s a great looking plane though.

The 6 cylinder Porsche 959 cost them $450k to build.

It’s on the Alpha platform now, and 200 pounds lighter.

So, if you had no plans for immediately after you landed you wouldn’t volunteer to get your flight paid for round-trip? I would almost always take 1x fare for a 1 hour delay. Sure I could hold out for more but then I’m playing the lottery. Average value of volunteering a 1 hour delay for full fare is let’s say $250…

In the past, I’ve volunteered myself then negotiated for better compensation but still less than the law requires. If I’m not in a hurry it’s win-win, I get my round trip for free (2x fare for an overnight layover) and nobody gets bumped involuntarily. Sure, if I were kicked off then I’d get better compensation but…

So basically the last few criteria for men amount to “my wife is a bitch who only cares for herself, and I am doing everything I can to hold her world up.” Meanwhile the women are thinking “My husband thinks too much and is drinking and smoking himself to death while holed up in his cave.” Sounds about right.

I’ve had that happen before, but not often. In fact just the other day I gave a double cheeseburger to a beggar down the street from where I live and his exact words when he realized I was giving him food were “Oh hell yeah!”

For a working pickup driver reliability is king, cost per mile is second, and capability is third (within a given price segment obviously), but there’s no way in hell the manufacturers would agree to follow a standardized reliability or mileage cost procedure so we’re all just reduced to bench racing like a bunch of…

My sub 6 second 0-60 car is a hell of a lot more capable on the roadways than my old one which did it in 8. Although, just like any other piece of equipment, it’s only as good as its operator.

I never give money to street beggars, but try to have some perspective here. The cigarettes that guy smokes are probably to only luxury he can afford. That sounds like a terrible existence.

It’s super annoying how my car will beep at me when I don’t have a seatbelt on though. I always wear a seatbelt when I’m on the road, but if I’m moving it in my complex’s garage or across campus at my job (15 mph speed limit) it’s just silly. Hell, at one point in my life I could nearly run a mile at that speed.

If the ramps were housed in steel channels within the bed then it wouldn’t be an issue. The ATV would park on the channels and the ramp could still slide in.