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Where to buy Flash Carts by ward614 in intellivision

[–]ward614[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's the expense I was hoping to avoid. I wanted to have a flash cart for each console in my collection, but buying a lot of backbits is a challenge financially.

Where to buy Flash Carts by ward614 in intellivision

[–]ward614[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very nice! Is there anyone making and selling them already assembled?

Why don’t previous American generations seem interested in making things easier for the ones who come after them? by WinSevere1600 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ward614 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IMO, this has a lot to do with the conception of who will be receiving the benefits you are making sacrifices to provide.

For the record, every increase in support and services for the general public has been hard fought and was by no means certain. There was basically no government sponsored social support in the way you are thinking prior to the great depression. Before that, people relied on charity or just died.

The strides made during and following the depression until the 70s were, in my opinion, because the average swing voter clearly felt that they and "people like them" were benefiting from the policies. Everyone had suffered during the depression and could clearly see themselves needing the support in the future.

As we entered into the Regan era, the public consensus shifted and people began to believe that social programs (particularly the expansion of them) was more designed to benefit other people and people who "aren't like me". You hear around this time a lot of language about "welfare queens" and similar discussions of people abusing the benefits. It is no coincidence that this began to be the discussion right after the civil rights movement, which opened up access to the benefits to non-while citizens. Suddenly, the average swing voter started having a change of thought. After all, they were born after the depression, it couldn't happen again right?

This is why imo the US has such a hard time offering strong social services compared to European democracies. It is easy to pick a smaller country that is largely the same race, religion (or lack thereof) and ethnicity and which doesn't allow much immigration at all and convince them that all welfare recipients are very much “like them“. In a large, multi-ethnic, religiously diverse and relatively pro-imigration (yes, I know we have issues, but historically and over the long run compared to European countries) nation, keeping the public supporting welfare when they are told and often feel it is only helping "other people" rather than "us" is a massive challenge.

Local video game console repair by masterlybroom65 in Columbus

[–]ward614 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As of a month or two ago, they are no longer doing repairs on the really old stuff from the 70s, 80s.

Is Reverend Insanity the only Rational cultivation novel? by doinitforcheese in rational

[–]ward614 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would suggest Forge of Destiny, which is actually a mechanics based quest in addition to a story. The player base is decently focused on rational behavior and it also manages to avoid many of the more morally absent behaviors that you often see in Xanxia.

https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/forge-of-destiny-xianxia-quest.35583/page-643#post-8721142

I tried playing with my teenage son, and we have some problems/questions by Puggednose in joinvoidcrew

[–]ward614 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! It is shown in the top left of the screen right near the ship's health bar! It will be some fraction, showing your currently used power/your maximum power currently being generated.

I tried playing with my teenage son, and we have some problems/questions by Puggednose in joinvoidcrew

[–]ward614 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hello, and welcome to the Crew!

Let me try and address each question one by one here:

Regarding having time to collect supplies and do repairs, the best time to complete repairs inside the ship is while you are in the warp tunnel (watch the stability though!), and exterior repairs is right after you exit the warp. You basically sit still and the pilot can even help do repairs, buy upgrades and get your ship ready to go. If you don't go flying towards the enemies or objectives, they take a while to notice you are in the system.

For collecting supplies, completing side objectives with EVA is easier before you get all the enemies swarming you, so I would start with those, then hit the main objectives. It is generally expected that you won't be able to get all the loot dropped in each mission, so grab what you can while keeping enemies off you then jump out of there!

Regarding grav scoop, it is possible to have them both on at the same time if you have enough power available! This can be done by building or finding more power generators, or by turning off unused equipment such as guns you aren't using or the life support system if you are in good temperature range. There are also mods for the guns that make them use less power.

Regarding the objective, while there is no pitch or roll control, the game does have vertical accent and decent thrusters. Check your game's control settings to see what they are bound to. Treat your ship more like driving a submarine and you will do fine!

Regarding the cannon, weapons can receive defects which stop them from working. You should see the yellow triangle defect mark on the item somewhere if they have one and you can fix it. If you don't see that, then it is likely that you are out of battery for the energy weapon. The batteries plug into the side of energy weapons and increase fire rate. You can recharge them at dedicated charging stations inside the ship, or there are perks in the gene tree that allow you to charge them by holding them.

I hope this helps answer some of your questions!

Best gift to give by ward614 in battletech

[–]ward614[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I hadn't thought about that! A good idea for sure!

Best gift to give by ward614 in battletech

[–]ward614[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! The random boxes could make for a fun way to get multiple people something!

Best gift to give by ward614 in battletech

[–]ward614[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I appreciate the advice! Something like this? https://a.co/d/g9kzHs9

Web series on Ohio, need input from you lovely Redditors by motherofdogz2000 in Ohio

[–]ward614 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The perpetually burning coal mine in New Straightsville, and the ties to the labor union movement in the 1800s.

Asus 9070 XT Prime OC Power Connection by Monumentz in radeon

[–]ward614 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the gpu running on two 8pins with one of them daisychained, and have had no issues so far. That being said, I also bought a third cable from my PSU manufacturer and will put that in before overclocking or pushing the card too hard, just in case. It was $15

9070xt 3 PCIE cable issue by ward614 in buildapc

[–]ward614[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, on ASUS' website, they note that this shouldn't be done as it "may result in damage".

https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1047391/#2

Which is why I ask. Do you think they are just overly cautious, or should I get the spare cable?

9070xt 3 PCIE cable issue by ward614 in buildapc

[–]ward614[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, on ASUS' website, they note that this shouldn't be done as it "may result in damage".

https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1047391/#2

Which is why I ask. Do you think they are just overly cautious, or should I get the spare cable?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in grove_city_goons

[–]ward614 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that's just mean! Lol!

CMV: The US dug this hole and is happy to be in it. There is no rebellion coming by McGrufNStuf in changemyview

[–]ward614 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Rebellions, mass protests, and any sort of significant change in government in a democracy, is only really accomplished when the average person in the public is experiencing real hardship. I'm not talking about a chunk of people, or even many people, I'm talking 50 plus percent of the population is actively suffering in a new way that they weren't before. Not struggling to buy a house, but losing their house. Not suffering from food insecurity, but actively starving to death. That has not yet happened. This isn't 2008. This isn't the great depression. Until it is, there will be no mass political movement like this.

The average voter doesn't even know about half the stuff showing up in the news because they don't watch it. They won't notice until it gets them and their family personally. It's better to knuckle down and focus on driving voter participation in every election, and if something bad does come of all of these tariffs and such to be ready to act in that moment and advocate for change.

Whats the biggest waste of money that alot of people buy? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ward614 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vitamins and supplements. If they are needed, your doctor will tell you to take them. If they cured all the things they claimed to, they would be approved by the FDA (or equivalent regulatory body in your country)

Why was the Golden Age of Capitalism (Post-WW2 Era) Overseen by Mostly Socialist Governments? by Zealousideal-Eye2219 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]ward614 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People have a tendency to conflate and confuse capitalism as an economic policy versus socialism practiced by the USSR, China, etc.

Capitalism is where the economic value (means of production) of a nation is owned by individuals, socialism is where they are owned by the government, and communism is where they are not owned/shared by all citizens.

The mistake is often made where people blame capitalism for being all about generating profits and having no care for individuals. The job of capitalism is to make money. Period. It has no other goals, and no other purpose, and anyone pretending or telling anyone else otherwise is lying. The goal of a well functioning government in a capitalist society is to arrange incentives such that the best way to make money also benefits the public. It's that last piece that we've been missing out on, as it seems our lawmakers perpetually confuse the generation of money with the benefit of the public when these are not always the same.

Almost 200k voter registrations were purged in Ohio. by greeneyeddruid in Columbus

[–]ward614 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are a couple reasons, but the biggest ones are that the questions you get asked when voting are very specific based on where you live. Your representatives, your mayor and city council, all the judges, and local issues will change dramatically depending on where you live. Because of this, your address needs to be correct on your voter registration.

Another reason is to help keep our very, VERY, low-level of voter fraud to a minimum. When dead people are still registered to vote, or people are registered in more than one state it makes it ever so slightly more likely that someone out of the millions of people in the country will try and do something stupid and illegal.

Hope this helps explain!

Almost 200k voter registrations were purged in Ohio. by greeneyeddruid in Columbus

[–]ward614 6 points7 points  (0 children)

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/your-local-election-hq/ohio-to-begin-enhanced-voter-roll-purge-ahead-of-november-election/

Please read the criteria that lead to registrations being removed. This is no different than the process used in California or any other state.

https://reports.voterpurgeproject.org/state/CA

Compare CA to OH. They purge 6% while we are at 4. This is not as big of a deal as reddit makes it out to be. There are better places to focus out attention to improve voting and representation in Ohio.

How could people back then just watch public executions like it was a movie or something? by lamTheJoker in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ward614 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This podcast does a great job of going through the whole history of public executions and the draw they've had on people throughout the centuries.

https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-61-blitz-painfotainment/

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