It's not within the officer's power to dictate how a conscript is treated in the churn. In that situation, I'd probably take the risk of getting shelled by either side, instead of the certainty of getting killed in combat or court martial (or whatever the fuck they have in Russia) for desertion.

When you brexit so hard you start believing you're still a maritime superpower

FOSS purists are too busy malding over systemd, and Steam being proprietary DRM, and games being closed-source.

As far as I know, the only thing that keeps the cartridges moving down the slide in the P90 is the magazine's spring pressure. Are they more likely to jam compared to conventional receivers?

edit: but then, with so few moving parts, a confident smack might unclog the slide. I don't know, I'm European.

The same guy would write a five-page essay about how much similar curved swords like scimitars and sabres suck, and might actually die if he is shown a khopesh or a shotel.

Me. I lied, it's totally real.

It's a doctored screenshot, it's not real.

Meanwhile you get the one thing X has: It works.

You mean I've been doing everything, from work through CGI to gaming (with 120 FPS mind you) on a display that doesn't work?

Wayland has many issues, sure, but it's not even close to the point where "it works" can be used to distinguish it from other display protocols. We (and by we I mean anyone willing to dedicate their life to it) could do a lot to bring X11 up to modern expectations, but it's just not worth the effort. X11 will outlive the cockroaches, but claiming that Wayland is not a functional display protocol is incorrect and uninformed.

X has been around forever, it sucks

That right there. X11 was released in the mid-80s and has become an unmaintainable patchwork of additions. Nobody wants to develop or maintain the code because changing one thing breaks five others.

Wayland also takes advantage of 3D acceleration, since each window is a plane rendered in 3D space. There's no longer a choice between massive input lag with a compositor and massive screen tearing without.

I'm sorry, the fucking wha-- oh right, the first app that I disabled and hid on my last Smasnug.

Geomancy is just applied numerology.

Important addition: don't just shut the fuck up.

First, in some jurisdictions, failure to identify is an arrestable offense. Full name, date of birth, relevant cards/papers.

Second, if you need to reach for something, say something so they don't think you're about to pull a weapon on them. Officer safety is always a concern in the land of handing out guns like candy.

Third, explicitly state that you are exercising your fifth amendment rights. Otherwise you might run into an "I want a lawyer, dawg" situation.