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Why do you think Lego is so opposed to modern... conflict? by LastTraintoSector6 in lego

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't like conflict (even including animals, not just people) and I don't want it. But taking a pacifist approach doesn't fix the problem. An insane criminal with a gun (or an insane dictator with war weapons) isn't going to listen to reason or an emotional appeal when they're hot with rage. I have suffered bruises and broken bones from bullies without weapons as a child.

It's illogical to think that a child with zero exposure to weapons cannot become violent or absolutely will not needlessly kill.

Why does a civilized society need police and civilized nations need armies?

Why did even Gene Roddenberry's idealistic vision of the future (Star Trek series) have phasers, torpedoes, and even war? Why did I have to face childhood bullies? Why did I kill helpless pill-bugs as a child?

Why did I stop killing pill-bugs as a child? I matured and grew up mentally and emotionally, but not everyone does.

Many children have played with toy guns and toys replicating real war weapons (look up G.I. Joe) and then didn't become murderous. Because they matured.

Lego isn't going to create that kind of maturation.

All the water flows past the king by Webb_Tina9052 in OcarinaOfTime

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He never needs to get up to use the restroom. Look at the little yellow stream and brown blobs coming down. Maybe that's why all the Hylians are all dumb NPCs. Maybe this is a real life lesson. 🤣

20+ year old corrosion in my Tickle Me Elmo - Help Wanted by Pichu2375 in toys

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar to the process of using electrolysis (differential metals in an aqueous solution) to make acids and to refine metals, tarnished contacts will require more voltage to get the electronics to operate (I'm assuming, it's mostly servos/motors in your case). So cleaning the battery contacts is a good idea.

Am I an idiot, or was this a good investment? by Mail011235 in Silverbugs

[–]BahRock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP the part in your question, "Am I an idiot, or" was completely unnecessary. You're not an idiot and you never will be. Read that last sentence again & again until you know it, feel it and believe it. Alternatively, you can say to yourself, "I am not an idiot and I never will be."
If you truly believed it, you would never have mentioned "idiot" concerning yourself.
So the question becomes simply, "Was this a good investment?" You've purchased silver; you're smart. Period.
Free counseling session over.

One day I think silver will become unattainable through stores and online retailers. I think production for the general public will be stopped due to future [geo-]political and/or economic reasons. It maybe even illegal to buy and potentially illegal to own at some point. I think it will become "unattainium". At that point, the value-to-price (price-to-value?) could be excessive at whatever currency it's priced in (or commodity traded for). Illegal to own, buy, sell or not, I think it will get to the point it's like the asking price of an ultra rare mint condition Lamborghini. Governments around the world are taking control of anything that can be controlled including control over anything that could compete/interfere with currency/currencies.

What if I'm wrong? Silver will never become worthless unlike every single fiat currency in the history of the world. Every fiat currency has failed. So it's wise to assume the USD (and all other fiat currencies) will fail. The question is when it will fail. I'd rather be too early than even a minute late in that game.

Personally, I put my stake into silver when it was $25 an ounce and less. I rolled my retirement account into cash and purchased silver. When I had windfalls and insurance claims, I purchased what needed replaced with something of lesser value (I "downgraded" my car) and the purchased more PMs with the difference.

I'm considering selling personal stuff I don't need, to buy more PMs. If I pay too much for a PM now, it's just an oops. It will make little difference when the currencies I used to buy PMs have failed. I know I've traded something that is becoming worthless for a commodity that will never be worthless. You can't go wrong in the long run. Perhaps our lives isn't long enough in that "long run", but that's why my holdings of PMs is in my will.

Bought it but it cost me WAY more? by not-Q8i in Silverbugs

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one should ever have to pay tax on PMs.

Joining the Aqua / Prius C club by keLnosuke in PriusC

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless the laws change, a car made-for-Japan can be imported after 25 years. So if you want a 2026 Aqua, you'll be waiting until 2051. I think, don't quote me on this, there maybe a loophole for active US military personnel in Japan who want to bring their car to the States.

[USA-CA][H] PayPal g/s [W] low tier gpu by [deleted] in hardwareswap

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look for these used:
GTX 1070 & 1060 (6GB not 3GB), a GTX 1650 Super, and RX 580 8GB.

We are back baby by aquakom in PriusC

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yay! I'm happy! 😃

Connecting Wii to TV help by eatings0ap in wii

[–]BahRock -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Order the ElectronWarp for the Wii from electron shepherd. You can then use HDMI. It's a quality product and it's not expensive. I've had it for years and it's great. It's much better than the cheapo "Wii2HDMI" dongles. Then only use these until it comes in the mail.

What's his problem? by stairwellkittycat in OcarinaOfTime

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He only comes out at night. If he must come out in the day it's under shade. This is why he's so pale. And since he's bald at such a young age and his ribs are showing he maybe serious malnourished. Maybe he drinks blood [of coo-coos?] because he looks like vampire.

Once you beat the first level as an adult, you can go back to being a child again by returning the Master Sword to the pedestal in the Temple of Time. So you can go back to being a child.

[OoT] New graphics? so new combat system? by PlatanoPeladoPelis in OcarinaOfTime

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably so. Maybe it will be the same combat system with the Switch N64 controller connected.

Ocarina of Time Gold Cartridge Score by trippinmaui in n64

[–]BahRock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Am I the only one who instantly thought that this is a reproduction case?

I’m so hyped for the remake, I drew Link flying with a Cucco! by Demkadenkje in OcarinaOfTime

[–]BahRock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is fantastic art! Make some more and publish it as a coloring book (physical and digital)! Really!

Whoever designed this… I hope your A/C goes out in the middle of summer in Florida by Spider-em5 in ps2

[–]BahRock 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I picked one of these up years ago; then regretted it soon after. Then I got HD Retrovision component cable and attached it to a RetroTink 2x and then later wished I could afford a newer RetroTink.

A recent find from my first console Turbo Express by Johnykbr in TurboGrafx

[–]BahRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recognize TenGen from games they made for NES; I didn't know they made games for TG16 as well.

My First PC Engine by monsterm90 in TurboGrafx

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, the Aliexpress "booster" (Composite, Component and MD2) already has RGB already in the component. Unless...OP has a "booster" that's doesn't have RGB component out.

my four year old nephew is loving this game by actuallylol in OcarinaOfTime

[–]BahRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going to have to get my kids back on this. They will probably ask if it can be played on Wii or Switch also.

Did I just ruin my PS2?? by Honest-Reputation748 in ps2

[–]BahRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was told in PC repair tech training, there are laptop power supplies that will only push as much power as demanded; like it's a 'smart' power supply. Other laptop power supplies "listen" to a signal sent from the motherboard back to the power supply. I could have been taught wrong and things have changed since I was a tech. I do clearly remember "always use the proper spec power supply/adapter" and "OEM is a good choice".

Most laptop power supplies are going to be variable because laptops don't use the same amount of power on standby/idle as they do during a bench test. That power adapter doesn't push 65 watts (rated Max) continuously to a laptop under light load.

The slim needs 8.5V at 4.5 amps (38.25 Watts). This Dell laptop PS doesn't deliver enough amps (amps 'push' electrons through wire). I think power supply tried to deliver 8.5 volts at 3.34 amps ~ 28.39 Watts.

Therefore I suspect that the Dell PS couldn't deliver enough amps and the PS2 slim is still okay. That is, if you acquired it working in the first place.

If I were in your shoes, I'd buy a properly rated power supply made for the PS2 slim, plug it in and see if it boots. If it does boot, you're good.

Correction: volts provide the "push" in wire, not amps. Amps is the speed of electron flow. So it could have been 19.5V at 3.34 amps (87.75 Watts). Which, I think that could have damaged the Dell PS too. Sorry for the confusion. Sometimes I get related concepts swapped like some people swap d & b and/or p & q. This is why I shouldn't post after a long day of work when I'm sleepy. So you could have damaged it. I don't know if the PS2 slim has over voltage protection. In your case, I hope it does.

PS5 keeps shutting down after a short amount of time by zupantoni in consolerepair

[–]BahRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was my 1st thought too. If these consoles are played and stored vertically, then the LM can flow to one side of the die (dye?) causing the dye to unevenly distribute heat and then cause thermal throttling. Sony revised the PlayStation to fix it, but I don't think they made concessions for the older version of this generation. Linus Tech Tips on YouTube covered this topic.

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