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We definitely do need denser housing in the inner suburbs, but with the questionable build quality of post-2000 properties, we probably need a significant overhaul of building standards and requirements first and foremost.

Heating/cooling should not be so expensive and futile, given our relatively mild climate. Proper insulation, double/triple laminate glass, awnings over north & west-facing windows etc.

Additionally, many new developments are built and billed as ‘luxury’ - pricing out a lot of potential buyers, and builds rarely have the appropriate number of rooms for young families.

Lastly, accessibility concerns usually mean that new developments beyond 2 stories usually require an elevator - so in order to make the build cost effective, the designer ultimately needs to become 5-6 stories tall; infuriating NIMBYs who may otherwise tolerate a 3-4 storey tall build.

There are a lot of problems that need to be tackled, but they need to be tackled - both from a Federal (against financial incentives towards property hoarding and speculation), and State (building adequate levels of appropriate stock).

DON’T BUY. GO RENT. BROKE? SELL.

They are still hiring, according to their website - so unlikely they’ve been shut down.

“American Gladiators” originally ran in syndication from 1989 to 1996 and saw amateur athletes compete against each other and a panel of “gladiators” in various strength and agility challenges.

Totally glossing over the Hulk Hogan hosted 2008 reboot, I see? Gee, I wonder why? 🤔

Just keep Grove Street Games as far away from this as possible.

No one wants to see them butcher another entry in this series with their lazy, AI-upscale slop.

See - that’s the problem with me writing comments at midnight right before bed, I don’t communicate as clearly as I think! 😅

What I was wishing for, was a product that looked like an MD remote (similar to the RM-MC35ELK ideally), which could wirelessly connect to a smartphone, allowing for tactile media control, and the use of higher impedance wired headphones/in-ear monitors.

Because currently having to use wireless earbuds means I have to randomly squeeze the earpiece stems an arbitrary amount of times to change tracks, and good flipping luck trying to change the volume or switch albums otherwise without having to remove your phone from my pocket.

I haven’t been able to find something quite like it available already - so I do wonder if there would be enough demand to kickstart a Bluetooth/wireless DAC/receiver remote to bring back that tactical functionality..

But anyway - thanks for the heads up! I’ll check it out in the morning and see if I can connect my N910 and NH1.

Come to think of it, I hope I can find the correct cables, and that they still work.. wish me luck!

I would legitimately switch back to one of my old MD players in an heartbeat if I had access to a decent software to load music on. Those little wired remotes with LCD screens were when technology peaked, IMO.

Any recommendations for an alternative to SonicStage (or whatever Sony’s proprietary crapola from back in the day was called)?

The act of ‘burning’ an optic disc was to write data onto a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray. It was called that because a laser would literally burn the information into the disc.

The moment you named the subtitle (Allied Assault), you hit the nail on the head!

WOW, I never realised that the series began on the PS1 - or that Allied Assault was the THIRD entry in the series! I guess I’ll have to add both PS1 entries to my hunt list.

Not sure if this had the same campaign as the PC release (ah, the good ol’ days where games on different platforms could be completely different); but both Medal of Honor and the very first Call of Duty were formative FPS experiences for me.

Are you willing to disclose where you are (even just the country), and what level of debt you’re in? e.g. US, ~$10K

It may help some of Lemmings to perhaps point you in the right direction if nothing else?

ETA: hang in there, debt collectors are limited to what there can do, and are not worth losing sleep over. I managed to get myself into a massive hole in my early 20s due to credit cards, and it took me the better part of a decade to knock some sense into me - but I now have a nigh-perfect credit score and an ability to save.