sparky1337

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[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I mean, you can do the same thing with a steam deck if you have it. I got one of those anker docks with an RJ45 and ran CAT6 from where my fios ONT hits my network switch and where my big gaming pc is. The wireless streaming sucks big time and is completely unreliable.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 week ago

Thanks! It’ll be a late Father’s Day present but I’m sure he’ll enjoy playing games on it again.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Speaking of PSP’s, do you have any recommendation on batteries for the 2000 series? Mine surprisingly still works, but my dad’s exploded years ago.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We would need some sort of actual movement into public transport first. The original cash for clunkers was awful for the used car market in such a way that it affected the poorer population. It used to be easy to grab a decently used but neglected car for cheap and spend enough to keep it out of the junkyard for a few years more. I remember being able to grab a 20 year old used truck that was quite beat for $800 all day.

The cash for clunkers removed that cheap tier of used vehicle and forced people to buy new which exacerbated the new car purchase price. It’s only ever climbed quickly ever since as manufacturers took that as “people don’t want cheap cars, only luxury” and now options are fairly garbage.

And Covid did a number on prices too that hasn’t recovered. I purchased a new Golf in 2015 (right before dieselgate) for $16k as it was a base model with a standard trans. You can’t get that anymore.

https://www.financialsamurai.com/average-new-car-price/

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Right. I guess I should have clarified that it works be enough for each service member to be issued at least one firearm at the same time. From what I’ve gathered everything is shared, and those deployed overseas supplied their own magazines in some cases.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Americans buy a shit ton of guns every year. In just one day 200,000 background checks were submitted. If that’s at least one firearm per check (which I think you can put 4-8 per check) which is enough to arm the marine core.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/25/black-friday-posts-new-single-day-record-gun-checks-more-than-200-000/894706001/

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 5 points 8 months ago

Don’t forget about insurance and property tax. The monthly payment isn’t all you have to spend.

Registration fees too.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I had never paid much attention to Kimmel, (or any late night host personality) but sure I’ll watch Kimmel now.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Doesn’t seem like that would be effective on something like the interstate highways. I’d imagine actually fining people would work.

An area close to where I live turned on speeding cameras for a work zone that’s been notorious for speeders. They clocked 38,000+ tickets in the first week.

One of them was for 106 in a 60 mph zone. I haven’t kept up with it since they turned it on but it was desperately needed.

Disclosure: I’m not any expert on road safety or driver psychology. Just someone that used to drive 50k+ miles a year and saw a lot of what I thought were trends.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 1 points 10 months ago

Well, honestly they’re not really good for anything. Most manufacturers use a bake type method, which is not in anyway comparable to a house engulfed in actual flames.

As a general consumer, this is about the best you can do. Put whatever in a “fireproof” bag inside a “fireproof” safe and you might save your data in the event of a fire.

It’s the same thing about gun “safes”. They’re not really safes unless you spend big money. Like $10,000+. Otherwise they’re categorized as “residential containers”.

I should have clarified whether or not my answer was in response to “is it possible” instead of “is it recommended”.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think they mean if you’re using removable media that is easily portable then the answer to your question about fire proofing is doable.

You can store them in a fire safe when not actively backing up or need constant access.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 5 points 10 months ago

I will admit, it certainly comes across like that. But it was more an illustration of how America works. This entire event is some crazy satire political cartoon that manifested itself.

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