u/NotThePopeProbably

I'm looking at cordless angle grinders on the Milwaukee website. It looks like all the models with triggers either have 7-9 inch wheels or plug in to an outlet.

Paddles are fine, but I slightly prefer the trigger. Does Milwaukee not make such a product?

Hypothetical: John is a deer hunter. One day, John is out in the woods of your county doing deer hunter stuff when he sees a Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti/Skunk Ape/etc. Knowing how important the remains of such a creature would be to the cryptozoological community, John shoots it in the back, killing it instantly. John loads the remains into his pickup truck and drives straight to the biology department of the local university, traumatizing several pre-med students in the process.

Upon a fulsome scientific analysis of the creature's anatomy, physiology, genetic makeup, and general vibes, the creature is determined to belong to the genus *homo*. In effect, that means the creature is as closely related to you and I as are, say, a neanderthal or Billie Eilish.

Do you charge John with murder? Is the fact that the creature is in our same genus sufficient for you to determine whether or not the creature is a "person?" If not, what facts would you want to know? What if it could talk? What if it had a religion? What if it created art? What if it could produce fertile offspring with a person? What if it could leverage cloud-based AI platforms to produce actionable business insights, thereby increasing shareholder value?

Even if you think it's a chargeable murder, would you discretionarily decline the case due to the massive scientific advances created by John's decision to kill it?

Have fun! This hypo keeps me up at night.

Volunteer dog handler here. I know a few dozen people in my state doing this work, but I'm trying to get a bigger picture of how many dogs/handlers are out there. Does anyone approximately know how many non-police SAR dogs are out there?

Nobody's going to have a precise count, of course, due to the decentralized/voluntary nature of SAR (especially in the USA). Still, even a rough figure would be interesting.

I'd be interested in worldwide figures, as well as figures broken down by:

- Country

- Discipline (e.g., wilderness area, trailing, avvy, disaster, HRD, etc.)

- Third-party certification (I.e., how many dogs are certified by, for example, NSDA or SARDUS compared to the more old-fashioned "Welp, the team president says your last few finds were lookin' good, so we'll go ahead add you to the call-out roster.")

- Breed

- Experience level

- Or any other factor you think is relevant.

Just trying to get a feel for how many of us are out there.

Hi! My palate is... not delicate. I like *strong* teas: The kind that absolutely kick you in the teeth even through a splash of milk (Assams, Irish Breakfast, etc.). I'm trying to up my game from bag to loose leaf, and I'm looking for a good, strong, tea of this character. Preferably, one I can buy in relative bulk (i.e., a pound or two at a time, not, like, a whole pallet). You know how when you shop at Costco, you can get something of decent quality in bulk at a great price? That's the vibe I'm going for here, but with an Assam. Obviously, Costco doesn't carry such a thing, so I'm searching online. Any hints?

Thanks in advance!

People pay out the nose for companies like Quigley et al to retrofit stock vans with 4WD and off-road equipment. I understand that the overlanding segment is a much smaller part of the overall van market than business buyers, but even so it seems like there's money to be made here.

Maybe the moment has passed (I saw a lot more "vanlife" content online during and immediately after the pandemic than I do today). But it seems like tacking on a 4WD system, an e-locker, and a set of A/T tires, calling it "the advanced off-road package," and selling it for a $15,000 markup would be a no-brainer for Detroit.

What am I missing?

I'm struggling to figure out which of these two is "correct." Are both equally valid terms to describe the act of deputizing another?

They have a *massive* tower near me at a very helpful spot to fill a hole in the mesh, but I don't know how to approach the conversation.

I live a couple dozen miles from Seattle, where the mesh is quite robust. Unfortunately, due to quirks of my local topography, I would essentially need to build a 100+ foot tower at my rental house to reliably get a signal to the I5 corridor (and thus to push a signal to the southern end of the mesh, where my family lives). Something tells me my landlord won't vibe with that idea.

Has anybody tried throwing a repeater on a small drone, climbing to 400 feet during a predetermined window (e.g., 6:05-6:15 pm every day) as a disaster comms strategy? Yes, it relies on a few things "going right," but the number is still lower than the number of things that would have to "go right" for me to be able to build a cell tower in my back yard.

Any experiences (good or bad)?

>This appeal arises from an encounter between 15-year-old ELG and Kenneth J. King, a Michigan district court judge, during a vocational program for teenagers that took place in his courtroom. While Judge King was informing students in the program about his career as a lawyer, ELG fell asleep. This offended Judge King, so he devised a plan to “scare her straight.” ELG was placed in handcuffs, forced to wear a prison jumpsuit, and locked in a detention cell for several hours. Later that day, Judge King put ELG on “mock trial” before the other students in the program, which was streamed on the court’s YouTube channel. The record does not reflect how the mock trial ended, but ELG was apparently permitted to go home without further incident.

>Latoreya Till, as ELG’s mother and acting on her daughter’s behalf, filed suit, alleging that Judge King’s conduct violated ELG’s Fourth Amendment rights and constituted various torts under Michigan law. Judge King moved to dismiss on the basis that his alleged conduct is shielded by judicial immunity. The district court denied Judge King’s motion, and he has filed an interlocutory appeal. Till has filed a cross-appeal based on an alternative theory to sustain the district court’s ruling. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the decision of the district court.

Hi all! SAR guy here. I just have basic WFA right now (we get WFA-level training for free on the team as part of our initial training).

This year, our DEM is offering us an optional WFR course through one of the myriad curricula out there. While not free, it's pretty reasonably priced (think 1/2-1/3 the price of, say, NOLS) for a hybrid course.

I'm interested in taking WFR, then doing a WFR-to-EMR bridge course. Unfortunately, the curriculum provider our DEM is using offers no such course. Could I get WFR certified through this provider and use that cert. as the basis to take NOLS' bridge course, or is NOLS going to tell me I have to buy their WFR course, as well?

Thanks in advance!