.300 Blackout

Looking into what it takes to make .300 BLK (7.62x35mm) from 5.56 NATO, it seems as though using a cut-off saw with a jig is preferable to using a case trimmer.  The latter is more for smaller lengths, and could be very time consuming to do.

A thread on FAL Files lists one guy's process.  I saw a jig for sale on Amazon, but another thread mentioned "the original" on 300BlkTlk, which can also trim down 5.56 NATO for conversion to 7.62x25mm.  This could be interesting.

Link Dump!!

• Crash-only software, etc.
• Eat More Fat (sitting in my reader for five months?!)
• Surviving a winter storm without power
• 10 prepper games
• Augmented reality display comparison (Oculus Rift, etc.)
• Radon mitigation (diagram included)
• StartMail (whitepaper)
• Sullivan's Travels (saw this in Nov.)

The Millenial Mentality and Work

WSJ had an article on the recent trend that businesses are doing less criticism of employees and more talking about the positives.  This reminds me of politics, where one comes off as negative when criticizing, even if true.  My hunch is that the reported shift in management attitude is because of Millennials.

Yeah, I know I'm harsh on Millennials.  As someone on the tail end of Gen X, I see a lot of people younger than me being totally vain and self-centered, expecting praise for every little thing they do, even if mediocre.  There are very few Millennials who I can say that I trust, simply because from what I've seen, they have a lame work ethic.  But yeah, they're the young people of today, so I can't totally shit on them.

The Internet Doesn't Need to Be Saved

Libertarianism.org, the Cato Institute's broad blog on libertarianism, had a piece on "Net Neutrality" earlier this month.

BaoFeng Radio Hacks

RJS sent me a link to a page with some information on hacking the BaoFeng UV5RA.