Tar_Alcaran

But on auction, the bid is usually FAR below the normal asking price.

“they get the house if you don’t pay” really isn’t so great after you’ve look at what they actually get for those houses.

Generally, people don’t get foreclosed on when their house looks super fancy and well maintained.

Kane lives in death!

The ads said they could tell if you were watching telly. I suspect they detected aerials, but that was in the days of Cathode Ray Tubes, and maybe you can detect them being on, I don’t know.

You can absolutely detect a CRT from outside. A CRT is basically a small particle accelerator with a magnetic deflection system, inside an unshielded plastic (or wooden, if you go back far enough) box. Of course, it will need to be turned on, just the presence of a TV doesn’t show up. It’s probably a fair bit harder to actually detect which house the signal comes from, but you can solve that with a big enough directional antenna. With analog TV, you might even be able to detect which channel they’re watching, based on the exact frequency, which makes it easy to tell a TV from a computer monitor too.

Basically, if you’re converting an analogue radio signal into a picture, you’re using that frequency. And any leaks would be detectable by another antenna. From that point, it’s “only” a matter a building the right antenna, aiming it correctly and filtering out the stuff that comes from other directions.

Spotting a flatscreen/LCD/TFT or really, any non-analog TV is probably a LOT harder, and distinguishing between a TV recieving a signal and computer monitor seems (to my lay skills) pretty much impossible.

It’s “we have StarCraft at home”. They did a mediocre copy of all the surface visible features, and that’s about it.

Ah, the “we have StarCraft at home” RTS

Propagandhi is an amazing band name!

But it is difficult for me to express my thoughts briefly. Or how do you think it can be shortened?

Well… You could ask chatGPT to shorten it for you.

Crappy AI slop, and being proud of it…

They’re people who have no idea what an emotional attachment is, they’ve never had one. To them, women are for sex, decoration and menial labour.

For the good of all of us
(Except the ones who are dead)

Era One (very recently into early acces) feels a LOT like homeworld 2 used to. But the “build your big ships from blocks” is definitely something you need to get used to, and need to like.

And it’s from the Homeworld Complex people, who do not exactly have the best trackrecord in developing.

There’s a really good reason they’re only used on low speed streets and squares, and now large roads.

“Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge.
(…)
“And the Union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?”
(…)
“The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?”

Just a reminder this was the most heartless, most horrible man that could be imagined by a truly great author.

Planning is easier when your nose touches the screen.

Prison abuse is not a good thing, but I can’t help but smirk over this

What’s that saying? Remind me, if you can’t do the time, what should you also not be doing?

The point is, if you’re in the woods with a bear, you’re probably never going to see it. The bear will actively leave you be. The human… You don’t know. They could be actively seeking you out for the sole purpose of hurting you for fun.

Let them fight!

Ohhhh, I suddenly know what I want on my wall! Nothing like a portrait of the Scourge of Carpathia