AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

@thor You could probably work off shore.

@thor I loved CNC machining when I did it as a teen. We only did hard code and didn't make use of the specialized software for that.

@freemo Vitamins kill children because of the iron content. Sodium and Lithium are likely worse.

@thor I knew a Norwegian family in the US and the father was an engineer for a Norwegian oil company. He was paid well and the company didn't seem too bad. They did send him from Norway to a humid subtropical climate but that's the only bad thing I can recall.

@freemo I begrudgingly agree with the vaccinations. Human insulin is produced with genetically modified E. Coli but the thing that was supposed to save humanity didn't make much of a breakthrough at all.

A worldwide pandemic with alleged cooperation was just a lie. The US was closely guarding vaccine research from intrusions. It says a lot about the state of the world when we could have worked together but did not.

The rest I agree with. Masks were mainly to make people feel safer. I didn't get my first N95 until 3 years into the outbreak. The University I was at did a lot of testing and sanitation. They required masks and even with that, they would quarantine every person who was in a classroom with an individual who tested positive.

The data implied that cloth masks were effective with minimal chances of spreading the virus. Surfaces were believed to be the main culprit. The University was able to hold classes in person throughout the outbreak due to *monitoring with various technologies, some developed in house. Much research was done in this area.*

@mike805 @freemo The M14 was a full auto M1 Garand with minor changes. It was overly complicated, the stock swelling in humidity would make it inaccurate and features that would have been useful were absent. The M14 won when competing against the FAL and AR-10. The AR-10 was well liked but the government decided that the new Garand was the best choice.

In semi automatic, the M14 is a magnificent rifle with nothing but a gentle nuzzle in the shoulder. Compared to a Cetme/G3/41 it still feels like trash.

The M16 did a lot of damage with the original round because it would come apart in flesh. It wasn't competing in an environment it was designed for. The enemy's weapon wasn't a trashy AK. The Chinese reverse engineered an early AK and made the best AK ever built. This was the Type 56 Assault Rifle, the Type 56 was an SKS and both were used by the NVA.

The M16 still out performed the best AKM variant.

About the mild rounds, 7075 Aluminum isn't going to work that well with 7.62 NATO. DPMS made a 308 and that seems to be the basis of modern 308 ARs. It needs more material and structure to be able to fully handle the round.

After a certain point, the AR platform is no longer a Lego set. It has to be reengineered for more powerful rounds. It's not the fault of the AR, the locking bolt and barrel extension can handle it. The lower has to be different and the buffer & bolt need to be optimized for the round.

Can an AR-15 be built to handle a strong round? Yes it's called the SIG MCX or something. It's essentially an AR-15 & AR-18 with something that reminds me of a naval gun lock. The AR-18 parts could be left out and just use the AR-15 system, the advanced lock or something like it and a full length barrel.

The MCX was the answer to a question that only the government asked. How do we get a carbine with a suppressor, making it full size, to have the ballistics that a battle rifle would have? The answer was obviously shoving a steel pistol case inside brass and requiring a massive chamber pressure. Congratulations government, you recreated the battle rifle you turned down for the M14 and butchered the M16 into something it wasn't engineered to be.