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I wonder when humans will stop using guns on each other. Maybe 2100?

jimmywanger 10y ago
I wonder when people will stop making unsubstantive comments to hacker news articles that contribute nothing to the conversation? Seems like it sure won't be 2017. But in regards to the Sig, I never really liked any of the Teutonic handgun styles (Glock, HK, most Sigs). They all seemed kind of blocky and sterile to me. With the noticeable exception of the sig P210. I know there are good reasons, but I still think a nice revamped 1911 would be a fine choice with a lot of history behind it.
- luckystartup 10y ago
  Sorry, I spend a lot of time on Reddit, and no-one really complains if you start a new conversation on a related topic. There's plenty of other top-level comments if you want to talk about different handguns. I'm more interested in talking about a distant future where no-one needs guns. Maybe not 2100, but definitely 3000.
  - em3rgent0rdr 10y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/submit https://news.ycombinator.com/submit
  - jimmywanger 10y ago
    > no-one really complains if you start a new conversation on a related topic. The only way these two topic are related are because they both have the word "gun" in them. It'd be like having an article on encryption and then posting a comment wondering how long we'd have to continue using encryption.
    - luckystartup 10y ago
      That sounds like it could be a reasonable tangent. A less extreme example would be talking about how much longer people can use SHA1 until it is completely insecure: https://sites.google.com/site/itstheshappening/ https://sites.google.com/site/itstheshappening/ I think Hacker News could relax a little bit. I see the same thing on StackOverflow. They can be very nit-picky with their rules and guidelines. I don't think I've ever been helped by a StackOverflow moderator who closed a question because it was "off-topic". I found that page because it was one of the top results on Google. I know they're just following the rules, but those rules have left the market wide open for Quora, which is now worth approximately twice as much as StackOverflow. I'm sorry, I'm doing it again.
      - jimmywanger 10y ago
        > I think Hacker News could relax a little bit Please try to conform to the rules of the community as they are, not as you wish they were. Your tangents really aren't helping the signal to noise ratio here. This is not reddit or Quora.
        luckystartup 10y ago
        > Please try to conform to the rules of the community as they are, not as you wish they were. Ah yes. If there's anything Hacker News readers are known for, it's conforming to the rules. (Sorry, just a joke.) But yes, I will accept my reprimand, and now I shall stay on topic at all times. From this moment forward, we shall talk about the article, and nothing but the article.
NTripleOne 10y ago
Maybe we'll have such a long period of peace that we forget how to do the war? Who am I kidding, we can't even go a few years without another conflict arising.
thedaemon 10y ago
When humans have an alien species to use guns against.
- luckystartup 10y ago
  In all honesty, I watched Arrival last night, and I've been thinking about it all day. It's actually the main reason I posted my comment. I highly recommend watching it.
sctb 10y ago
The guidelines ask us not to introduce flamewar topics without anything new to say: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I wonder when people will stop making unsubstantive comments to hacker news articles that contribute nothing to the conversation? Seems like it sure won't be 2017. But in regards to the Sig, I never really liked any of the Teutonic handgun styles (Glock, HK, most Sigs). They all seemed kind of blocky and sterile to me. With the noticeable exception of the sig P210. I know there are good reasons, but I still think a nice revamped 1911 would be a fine choice with a lot of history behind it.

luckystartup 10y ago
Sorry, I spend a lot of time on Reddit, and no-one really complains if you start a new conversation on a related topic. There's plenty of other top-level comments if you want to talk about different handguns. I'm more interested in talking about a distant future where no-one needs guns. Maybe not 2100, but definitely 3000.
- em3rgent0rdr 10y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/submit https://news.ycombinator.com/submit
- jimmywanger 10y ago
  > no-one really complains if you start a new conversation on a related topic. The only way these two topic are related are because they both have the word "gun" in them. It'd be like having an article on encryption and then posting a comment wondering how long we'd have to continue using encryption.
  - luckystartup 10y ago
    That sounds like it could be a reasonable tangent. A less extreme example would be talking about how much longer people can use SHA1 until it is completely insecure: https://sites.google.com/site/itstheshappening/ https://sites.google.com/site/itstheshappening/ I think Hacker News could relax a little bit. I see the same thing on StackOverflow. They can be very nit-picky with their rules and guidelines. I don't think I've ever been helped by a StackOverflow moderator who closed a question because it was "off-topic". I found that page because it was one of the top results on Google. I know they're just following the rules, but those rules have left the market wide open for Quora, which is now worth approximately twice as much as StackOverflow. I'm sorry, I'm doing it again.
    - jimmywanger 10y ago
      > I think Hacker News could relax a little bit Please try to conform to the rules of the community as they are, not as you wish they were. Your tangents really aren't helping the signal to noise ratio here. This is not reddit or Quora.
      - luckystartup 10y ago
        > Please try to conform to the rules of the community as they are, not as you wish they were. Ah yes. If there's anything Hacker News readers are known for, it's conforming to the rules. (Sorry, just a joke.) But yes, I will accept my reprimand, and now I shall stay on topic at all times. From this moment forward, we shall talk about the article, and nothing but the article.

NTripleOne 10y ago

Maybe we'll have such a long period of peace that we forget how to do the war? Who am I kidding, we can't even go a few years without another conflict arising.

thedaemon 10y ago

When humans have an alien species to use guns against.

luckystartup 10y ago
In all honesty, I watched Arrival last night, and I've been thinking about it all day. It's actually the main reason I posted my comment. I highly recommend watching it.

sctb 10y ago

The guidelines ask us not to introduce flamewar topics without anything new to say: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html