But what about the actual MGS 4 that came before Peace Walker?

I agree that it was rude and unnecessary, but I don’t agree that it was disproportional. Saying that anyone who finds it a worthwhile utility to be able to find their kid with a geotracker is a shitty parent is an asshole thing to do; it’s shitty, you might say. I mean, I don’t assume that anyone who leaves their kids at the park unattended is negligent. They might just have a kid who’s capable and responsible enough for that kind of privilege. But many kids aren’t that capable or responsible and need to have a parent around at all times. One isn’t necessarily a better or worse parent for it, they just have kids at different levels for ANY NUMBER of reasons. Maybe their kid is adopted, came from a history of trauma, has a history of elopement, is on the spectrum, or any other type of potentially “invisible” disability that might mean they appear to most as a “normal” kid, but actually needs some extra attention, focus, or restriction. I think calling someone an asshole for making a blanket statement about a pretty mundane and typical tool being used is appropriate. They were being ableist at worst, and just kind of ignorant at best.

I love how hard this comment goes

RIP expansion bays

Hey asshole, special needs kids are big and strong and smart enough to get themselves out in the world and need ways to get to them to keep them safe. There are plenty of reasonable reasons for tracking tech for your kid that aren’t helicopter parenting.

I hadn’t played many games like that, I liked the combo.

At the risk of sounding like I’m making excuses for wanting to see the tiddies, the storylines of the different characters is fun to navigate. But yes.

don’t sleep on Hunie Pop, it’s actually pretty fun.

i work for a big OEM that makes touch screens usually put in places like hospitals, airports, POS systems, etc. commercial devices not consumer. As part of my (remote) job, i have to validate solutions on all of our products. I get a lot of DHL deliveries of stuff directly from our factories. This includes what the industry called “IDS” monitors: “Interactive Digital Signage”

Anyway, I’ve got a 55" 4K IDS hanging in my bedroom and use it with an Apple TV 4K and sometimes my Steam Deck for gaming. It’s definitely not good but it’s not that bad either. The response rate isn’t great, and the picture can’t stand up to an OLED, but it’s better than some of the cheaper TVs in the same category for size and resolution. Our newest models have more even backlighting and a better contrast ratio, but those aren’t even mentioned in our spec sheet. That said, It’s also VERY expensive compared to consumer devices. It’s so dumb, which is great! It also was designed to last a decade always-on without failing, also great! But even if you could buy one as a consumer (you can’t) you almost certainly wouldn’t consider the value proposition worth it. $5k for a touchscreen TV with relatively bad picture and response rate? You’d get one of the highest tier consumer TVs for that money… with the tradeoff being that it’s absolutely jacked full of ads and user-tracking malware.

There really isn’t a “good” solution here. I only use this because I have to have it for my job, but also it was free and works good enough for me relaxing in bed. I play games on a gaming monitor that also isn’t very smart, so it works out for me. If TV OEMs offered an amazon-kindle-style ad-free version for ~20% more i probably would do, but i think they find the tracking and ads more valuable than a one-time purchase with no strings.

We could really use some phantom thieves to steal the hearts of these leaders with distorted desires.

i’d imagine the mob was kind of a union in that any one of them could flip, so wages and benefits must’ve been good to keep everyone happy

how do i start the porn mafia? my goals would be to make sure that sex workers are protected, provided independence, and treated with respect. oh, and also rebellion against the fascist state. can i become rich organizing a porn mafia? can i avoid getting syphilis if i am a porn mobster?

for real

lmao, sadly this is mostly probably because this photo was taken in like november or something, and the angle is decent. a single block down and it’s not a pretty sight from both litter and the unhoused population portland (and the whole state, neé the whole country) refuse to stop abusing.

nice! I bought this one like 15 years ago for like $20 from a guy in a mall parking lot, advertised as broken. it had like “University of Washington” written on it, so presumably he got it from a school several years before he sold it to me. Initially I wanted to gut it to make a fish tank, but i was lazy and also that was a stupid idea. Instead I fixed it and installed Mac OS Classic on it, as well as marathon.

hell yeah

it’s not perfect, but still quite good!

thanks!

A7thStone is right, it’s a MiSTer in a custom “case” i made.

it is!