tychosmoose

@tychosmoose@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do airports place a cap on 10,000 USD for undeclared cash?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There were 1300 cases of armed robbery in the US in 2024.

  That number seemed way off to me. Not sure where you got it. Perhaps in some kind of analysis of a sample/subset of cases?

  Robberies all involve violence or a threat of violence, so calling out armed robbery specifically seems too narrow. Someone says they have a weapon and robs you, that’s reported as a robbery. If the police catch them and they are unarmed, that’s still just robbery, not armed robbery. But it seems relevant to the point in this discussion.

  Anyway, New York City alone had almost that many robberies in the month of December 2024, and had 16000 robberies for the year in 2024. Source

  The number I see for the country in 2024 is ~625000 robbery cases from FBI data. Just looking at armed robbery is more like 100k cases (200k if you include strong arm). Source

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My brother has or had now a drinking problem. Now he is asking for the worst tasting crap that he can take a cap full like an airplance bottle so his body whenever he thinks about it will remember⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Jepson’s Malört. Famously bitter. I think it’s nice, but it’s often served on a dare in bars in the Chicago area.

  Backup option would be straight Campari. He will need to be ok with probably dying his mouth red when he takes a sip. Mix 1:1 with some Fernet Branca to add some menthol and bitter herb flavors.

  If he finds bitter flavors tasty then idk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wi-Fi Extender, Long-Range, Suggestions?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was going to recommend a couple of Mikrotik 5Ghz bridge devices, but for the same money this would probably be easier to set up.

  I don’t understand why Mikrotik doesn’t make a 5Ghz Wireless Wire kit. Their 60Ghz WW is great, and already paired like this TP-Link kit. But 60Ghz is so sensitive to line of sight interference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Americans Fly Economy, They're Actually Paying for Someone Else to Fly Private⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are long standing problems with this. Not sure of the exact point of the video, but here is an older article with some info:
  https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-private-jets-being-subsidized-you-and-me-641890

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US | FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  sounds familiar
  Beth?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These totally legitimate comments⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fascinated by your interesting content! I am grateful for your creativity!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨USB-C ALL the things!⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This appears to be a 14500 lithium ion cell (same physical size as AA), putting out 3.7v for a device like this flashlight that supports it. No voltage step down, just charging circuitry on-board.