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My threat model is less concerned about intentional violence, and more about accidental injury. If I can reduce my chance of accidental death by 1% for a few h

by cwkoss 7y ago

My threat model is less concerned about intentional violence, and more about accidental injury. If I can reduce my chance of accidental death by 1% for a few hundred bucks, that would be cool, if not necessarily economically rational. Oh, I want the dress shirt too! Heck, I'd wear a helmet with a HUD if it was comfortable and socially acceptable.

A2017U1 7y ago
At that price point it's entirely rational. > wear a helmet with a HUD if it was comfortable and socially acceptable Google glass suggests you'll be waiting a while, I'll be right there with you though. Maybe in Japan one day?
stickfigure 7y ago
Do you require vision correction, and if not, do you wear glasses anyway?
LeifCarrotson 7y ago
> My threat model is less concerned about intentional violence, and more about accidental injury. If I can reduce my chance of accidental death by 1%... We don't live in a world where loaded small arms are distributed about your everyday environment as in video games where they're just laying about on crates which mysteriously clutter offices, and also spontaneously discharge frequently [1]. Under that hypothetical threat model, I will grant that jeans and dress shirts which are casually bullet resistant would be a reasonable response. Instead, a realistic threat model has a huge number of things you could spend your time and money on which would be more effective at keeping you safe. For example, upgrading to a newer car with better safety ratings, and taking extra time to drive slower and more carefully, could be effective in reducing the 0.012% chance you have each year of dying in a motor vehicle accident. That baseline is almost 100 times larger than your (in the US) 0.00015% chance of dying due to a firearm accident. To reduce that already miniscule chance, not keeping a gun in your house, avoiding firing ranges, and avoiding hunting areas would be more effective than everyday Kevlar. [1] Relatively frequent accidental discharge would be an interesting mod for a first-person shooter. It could help teach good muzzle control if you handicap yourself or your teammate before the match even starts.
- cwkoss 7y ago
  Not accidental bullets, but bits of construction shrapnel, knife or yard tool accidents, etc. Your footnote game mode sounds cool. Could have a 'finger on trigger' toggle and autofire if your reticle at a friendly target with finger on trigger. Make maps that force friendlies to walk infront of each other freqently (halls, etc).
dublinben 7y ago
You're much more likely to be injured by an automobile than a weapon like a knife or gun.
- tomatotomato37 7y ago
  Isn't that why motorcyclist also wear clothes embedded with kevlar?
- cwkoss 7y ago
  I'd also be interested in clothing that could reduce injury in the event of an automobile attack, but I suspect many of the solutions would be excessively bulky and thus uncomfortable. Anticipatory airbags would be really cool if you could get the false positive rate acceptably low.

by cwkoss 7y ago

A2017U1 7y ago

At that price point it's entirely rational. > wear a helmet with a HUD if it was comfortable and socially acceptable Google glass suggests you'll be waiting a while, I'll be right there with you though. Maybe in Japan one day?

stickfigure 7y ago

Do you require vision correction, and if not, do you wear glasses anyway?

LeifCarrotson 7y ago

> My threat model is less concerned about intentional violence, and more about accidental injury. If I can reduce my chance of accidental death by 1%... We don't live in a world where loaded small arms are distributed about your everyday environment as in video games where they're just laying about on crates which mysteriously clutter offices, and also spontaneously discharge frequently [1]. Under that hypothetical threat model, I will grant that jeans and dress shirts which are casually bullet resistant would be a reasonable response. Instead, a realistic threat model has a huge number of things you could spend your time and money on which would be more effective at keeping you safe. For example, upgrading to a newer car with better safety ratings, and taking extra time to drive slower and more carefully, could be effective in reducing the 0.012% chance you have each year of dying in a motor vehicle accident. That baseline is almost 100 times larger than your (in the US) 0.00015% chance of dying due to a firearm accident. To reduce that already miniscule chance, not keeping a gun in your house, avoiding firing ranges, and avoiding hunting areas would be more effective than everyday Kevlar. [1] Relatively frequent accidental discharge would be an interesting mod for a first-person shooter. It could help teach good muzzle control if you handicap yourself or your teammate before the match even starts.

cwkoss 7y ago
Not accidental bullets, but bits of construction shrapnel, knife or yard tool accidents, etc. Your footnote game mode sounds cool. Could have a 'finger on trigger' toggle and autofire if your reticle at a friendly target with finger on trigger. Make maps that force friendlies to walk infront of each other freqently (halls, etc).

dublinben 7y ago

You're much more likely to be injured by an automobile than a weapon like a knife or gun.

tomatotomato37 7y ago
Isn't that why motorcyclist also wear clothes embedded with kevlar?
cwkoss 7y ago
I'd also be interested in clothing that could reduce injury in the event of an automobile attack, but I suspect many of the solutions would be excessively bulky and thus uncomfortable. Anticipatory airbags would be really cool if you could get the false positive rate acceptably low.