sparky1337

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[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 3 points 4 days ago

From what everyone was able to cobble together with rumors and hearsay is that they had a core idea ready, but waited till after Veilguard to commit more resources to the project. I guess we can assume it got a bit further along before it was canned.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 11 points 1 month ago

Indoctrination is a hell of a thing.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These controllers are damn near unobtainium.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 4 points 4 months 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 5 months 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 9 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 9 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 2 points 10 months ago

I think it’s in the pipeline, and we can only hope. And if ford doesn’t do it, hopefully the Slate Truck gains traction.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 2 points 10 months ago

This is where manufacturers should have started years ago.

It’s annoying as ford has repeatedly stated they won’t being the plug in hybrid ranger that gets 30 miles on a charge to the US because it will cannibalize sales from the maverick and f150 lightning….

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

I agree. Finding a car that is front wheel drive and not 1000 hp is ridiculous.

 

Been watching Roadkill’s Junkyard Gold with Steve Magnante and came across this in an episode. Thought it was cool as the guy said he earned more from charging admission than selling parts.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Taken not too long after they discontinued the speed 3. There were a couple more out front that aren’t pictured.

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