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For most of this year the AI companies have been telling everyone their technology is dangerous. We covered every step of it. The agents that broke out of testing and hit Hugging Face, the CEOs who suddenly all agreed the industry needed to slow down, and the request for Washington to step in and oversee the whole thing. On September 17, in Andrew Yang Says Escaped AI Agents Seeded the Internet With Self-Replicating Code, we said the slowdown pitch looked a lot more like a play for government protection than a safety plan.This week the books started coming out, and…
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When I plucked the September-October issue of Smithsonian magazine out of my P.O. Box, the first article I turned to was “The Secret Life of Cormac McCarthy” by Richard Grant. As I skimmed it, a pull-quote leaped out at me: “He never left the house without a book. He never left the house without a gun. Both were equally unthinkable.”“OMG,” I thought, “Cormac McCarthy was one of us!” The movie version of “No Country For Old Men” is replete with interesting firearms, including the tried-and-true 1911. Image: Gail PepinThe article focused on the late Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist’s book collection, which ran…
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On September 22, AAA recorded the highest U.S. diesel average ever, $6.53 a gallon, and on Friday it was still sitting around $6.50. A year ago Americans were paying $3.69.Ten days ago, in Are We Headed for a Global Recession, , we wrote that this had stopped being a crude oil story and that the real problem was refined fuel, especially diesel. We also laid out a list of warning signs to watch. Five days later the government’s own numbers showed the diesel problem getting worse, and several of those warning signs have moved since.Diesel by the Numbers$6.53Record U.S. diesel…
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The concept of building long guns for off-body concealed carry is not a new trend. From pistol caliber carbines to folding centerfire rifle options, there are numerous “backpack gun” and “truck gun” offerings available in what one can argue is an oversaturated market. So why, then, would one consider a concealable bolt action for such a purpose? Surely an AR in 300 Blackout can do the same things, with larger magazines, easier handling, and a myriad of accessory options. Ultimately, the true crux of the differentiation doesn’t stand solely in the gun itself, but the choice of caliber. Typically, when…
We take a look at the truly unique 7.62 Nagant Russian revolver cartridge, also known as 7.62x38mmR.This military revolver cartridge was adopted by Russia in 1895 and used in the Nagant and Pieper revolvers, which were both seven-shot designs, as opposed to the usual six. The Nagant design is unique in that when the hammer is cocked, the cylinder moves forward over the barrel shank to form a gas seal. The velocity gain from this arrangement is significant. No other revolver has ever used this ingenious, though complicated, system.Russian Nagant revolvers have been sold in moderate quantities in the United…
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