halcyoncmdr

Good. Thousands of athletes, in peak physical shape, in the prime of their lives... They're gonna fuck like rabbits regardless of condom availability. Better to ensure it's as safe as possible.

No one said armor prevents any damage at all,
You're pulling that out of your ass. In fact other posts in this thread are talking about how even without penetration, the distributed force from armor stopping a bullet could still be fatal for a 70+ year old.

Back on the actual topic, Hacksmith made a bespoke suit that could stop small arms with publicly accessible materials for $100k. And all of their testing was at pretty close range.

It is not infeasible for a former President and current candidate's suit used during outdoor public events like this to have some sort of material to mitigate embedded in it, even if it isn't obviously won't provide the same protection as full armor. Every little bit helps.

FYI for those that want to learn something today. The "THX sound" is called "Deep Note", and it looks insane when written.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Note

You do realize that after a game ships, they're still working on fixing bugs, adding new content post-release, right? That's still development time. They don't just send out a game and move on.

Well, some developers seem to, but not most, and definitely not the good ones.

It's not necessarily about usefulness but rather quantity and economics of scale.

The number of people needing wheelchairs in the first place is pretty small compared to the population, and adding the additional caveat of those that can still use their legs fully to power what is effectively a bicycle, results in a venn diagram with an extremely tiny use case.

The cost of a decent basic wheelchair (not AliExpress/Walmart shit) is already high. Adding the complexity of a bicycle on top of that just makes it more expensive. And then there's insurance which almost certainly would tell you to kick rocks before they would even think of covering a fraction of the cost because it isn't necessary.

At the time that was posted, publicly, we had no idea where the shooter was.

Not that I agree with the arguments here either way but... Devil's advocate.

Blanks are not a "safe" round and are deadly. They still fire a regular powder charge and an explosion still leaves the barrel, they just aren't pushing a bullet ahead of them. They will kill just like a regular round at closer ranges. An attendee dying doesn't inherently mean that blanks weren't used. Actual bullets are evidence, but we don't have concrete info of that sort yet.

It doesn't take a mastermind. Dictators faking assassination attempts to garner support isn't new.

System is working as intended. Finally a government is not only calling it out but actually has a law to force the issue.

Why would anyone who works for money shill for the benefit of the rent seeker?

Have you seen nearly Facebook America? They regularly vote against their own interests. Wouldn't surprise me at all that the same people are the ones barely making ends meet, are advocating against unions, being pro corporate business, and laughing all the way to bankruptcy and homelessness day by day because it makes them feel superior to just one person.

Then don't open a restaurant if you can't even afford the minimal staff to run it.