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Despite, I would say, this fetching model who doesn't know how to hold a AK-pattern (or any other type, frankly) rifle. (Why the F is her right thumb on the same side of the grip as her fingers?)
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Isn't that like something target shooters do? I know I have seen it done by people for like extra accuracy. Although it makes more sense on an AR which actually has a sniper button to press.
Also, if we want to give them the benefit of the doubt the rubber bands might just be there to hold on a damaged handguard and not any of the pressure bearing components.
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And then you forgot to write down the latest password and you have to come up with another one.
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The last one looks like a real world case of "The Password Game" that is currently making the rounds:
https://neal.fun/password-game/
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I can get past the right thumb and the mag-well grip (some people actually prefer that off-hand grip, not me). The biggest WTF in that picture, besides the rubber bands, is the fact that she's pretending to aim (closing one eye) but her open eye is clearly nowhere near in line with the sights. I suppose maybe she's looking at the front sight, unaware that there even is a rear sight. Also I suppose the photographer could have told her the gun was obscuring her face, and so asked her to move her head up.
Maybe my sarcasm meter is broken, today, but WTF do you think is a "sniper button" on an AR? LOL
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About the password, you could always practice with The Password Game: https://neal.fun/password-game/
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I've never shot a 5.56 AK but with that grip and 7.62 you'll be holding nothing but air after the first trigger pull. Obviously you she can use her left hand to secure the gun against her shoulder but looking at the photo the most likely result besides the rifle falling to the ground is a rather severe bruise in her right biceps.
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And a big ol' black eye, with her face that close to it.
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And a good chance of a nasty injury to the trigger finger when the trigger guard ploughs into it...
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Ugh, and I just noticed that her left hand is holding the top of the magazine rather than the foregrip. That's not going to end well.
And the rear sight is folded down... Overall, a photo designed by people who don't know guns, posed by someone who doesn't know guns, and probably intended for an audience that doesn't know guns.
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In a few short days, I have discovered that not only do I have Allman-style brethren/sistren on here, I also have fellow firearms enthusiasts (ಥ﹏ಥ)
You are all absolutely right about the model's terrible form, and @Steve_The_Cynic's last sentence above captures the lamentable ethos of this image perfectly.
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I believe the ad isn't quite as crazy as it seems. Rather, they're actually hinting that their rubber bands are useful for making the gun fire full auto, rather like a bump stock. I've seen videos if it being done. However, from the comments I conclude whoever set up the photo knows nothing of guns.
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Of course "Overall, a photo designed by people who don't know guns, posed by someone who doesn't know guns, and probably intended for an audience that doesn't know guns." They aren't selling guns, they are selling rubber bands. So the art director hires a model and photog who know rubber bands.
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It's a meme or advertisement about rubber bands. The woman and gun are just attractive jokes.
If someone tells a joke about AI, I don't get worked up if they don't actually understand how generative language models really work.
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The Amazon Frontline page is still there
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FRONTLINE-Spot-Flea-Treatment-Pipettes/dp/B0014WJAOU/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=spot%2Bon%2Bflea%2Btreatment%2Bfor%2Bcats&qid=1688149172&sr=8-5&th=1
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What is also lamentable is the unsaid assertion that if I don't know guns I deserve ridicule just for that fact -- not for any gun-related mistakes I might make, but just because I don't want to know guns..
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Evidently the "6 Pipettes + Cat" button actually means "FRONTLINE Spot On Flea & Tick Treatment for Cats - 6 Pipettes & FRONTLINE Wormer for Cats - 2 Tablets "
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I don't think that there was any such unsaid assertion. It is absolutely your prerogative and right to abjure bangsticks if you so wish, and absolutely no ridicule attaches to you - or even should attach to you - for that.
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A password (8-32 characters long) must not include more than 2 consecutive characters?!?
I'd like to know how to make the characters non-consecutive, too...
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Not so much because you don't know guns, but because you make (or participate in the making of) an advertising photo featuring someone posing as a gun user without knowing how gun users use guns. The same goes for almost any technological item.
No shame in not knowing guns.
No shame in making advertising photos.
Much shame in making advertising photos showing use of guns when you don't know guns.
CAVEAT: If you get a technical consultant to help you make the use of guns (or whatever) look real, you can mitigate the shame, of course. Someone to say, "No, the model should have her thumb on the other side of the grip," and, "No, she should hold the foregrip with her other hand," and, "No, she should have the stock squarely posed against her shoulder, not half-way down her biceps."
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"AC" are non-consecutive in the alphabet...
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Well, yes, Steve We know what they meant. But what they said was your 8+ character strings of characters must not contain more than two characters. While what they meant was your 8+ character strings of characters must not contain more than two characters which are alphabetically adjacent.
It's one of those sentences that's almost an idiom; it requires a niave non-developer level of inattention to detail to understand it in the niave way intended. A lot of error messages or explanatory tooltips, etc., share that mis-feature.
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Ah.. the password...
The tragic thing about backends and frontends... First you do everything right... You put the validation in the backend... slow clap, well done...
Then you think, just for usability, wouldn't it be nice if the frontend mirrors the requirements, so that the user gets instant feedback. So it is mirrored. It's not a security violation, because the backend still checks it..
And then, the requirements change... And someone, not knowing about the frontend, creates a backend ticket for it... And a backend ticket only... And frontend/backend validation drifts apart...
And it will always be like this until validations are created by ci/cd from a config file or the backend lets the frontend download a serialized version of the validations which will then be parsed automatically.... And building this is quite a bit of work... so it will probably always happen... just a few years down the line, a few interns later...
Oh... another thing possible is to have a slow response and let only the backend check... but that feels slow... not a good look for a web app... or to have the password secretly send off in the background and be checked... also be put on a list and be paraded around in IT sec whitepapers about all the website trying to steal data you were not ready to send off...
Hmm maybe sending off something like meta information, like length, amount of numbers... amount of capitals... etc... but that will probably just bring you on the same lists...
I do not think there is a good solution that does not require unduly huge amounts of complication or feels slow...
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The AK (74 judging by the slit in the case above the magazine ) has a separate gastube, the two pieces of laminated wood (upper and lower) are there to prevent the barrel or gastube being touched (hot !!!! ), this is a valid solution. There are moving parts attached to the wood btw. It won't fire because it is set to safe......but the aiming is close to how an AK is used (Much shorter stock tp compensate for winter gear)
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It's a meme. Unfortunately I am not sure this site will let me post links. But just look it up on youtube. The story is as amazing as it is funny.
As for the frontend vs backend validation and message issue, clearly the solution to have a component on the frontend that is an on screen keyboard that is the ONLY means of input for the password and a script that progressively turns off the keys that are no longer valid.
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Ah... I didn't get it. Now it makes sense. Sorry. I'm such an idiot, sometimes...
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That isn't where you put the rubber band for bump firing. Not even close.
They appear to be holding the gun together with rubber bands, which will make anyone with any notion of the forces created when a gun fires cringe. At best, the rubber bands are only holding the wood fore-grip and heat-guard together, and the model isn't gripping it by the foregrip so it won't matter when these pieces fall off.
So it won't be the rubber bands fault when the model is injured, but the way she's holding the gun - if fired, it will tear itself out of her hands and smack her in the face and bicep. I was going to say that's the most unsafe position possible for firing a gun, but then I remembered how celebrities have demonstrated two even worse ways: -The Alec Baldwin grip: pointed at the camera operator. -The Ernest Hemingway grip: pointed at yourself.
By the way, the reCAPTCHA' on this site are becoming really annoying. Like "all squares containing motorcycles" with squares containing just a tiny bit of motorcycle all around the edges. Some tiny bits need to be checked and some don't.
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It would be easier to keep validation in sync if your fontend and your backend were written in the same language by simply writing a standalone validator. Unfortunately, that means that you'd have to write your backend in JavaScript and I'd rather turn the rubber-banded AK on myself than do that.
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Or just write your Frontend with WebAssembly compiled from your favourite backend language.
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Not unlike the Electronic Repair Technician (Female but I didn't stage the shot) about to apply solder while holding the tip of the Iron.
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Once upon a time I shot an AK until the barrel was glowing red, the grease was evaporating with a sizzling sound and the wood in the front was smoking and too hot to touch. That was 20 years ago so I thought I might not be remembering it right but as usual there is a very interesting video in Youtube with similar results by the 270 round mark (search "Iraqveteran8888 Ultimate AK Meltdown Reloaded") .
Those rubber bands would've melted.
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Reminds me of my all-time favourite "refused password" message: "You may not have the same password as another user!"