Depending on your tastes a cottage pie or moussaka are simple (each has their own challenges like the mash on the cottage pie) but they are tasty and can look quite good in a big crock pot or something.

If you are doing this to impress then no matter what, tidy up after yourself and have a plan for any leftovers if you make too much.

Russia pirating everything is why the R5 DVD was a thing. Usually rushed out before any other region to try and stop them pirating a movie.

Loved the film, I went in hoping for the best and fearing the worst but it’s well worth a watch.

So many little Easter eggs and callbacks to old cartoons and characters.

He’s more likely to see companies invest anywhere but the USA at this point, even if they are saying the opposite to his face.

Try sticking it into battery storage mode for about 30mins then restarting it using the mains lead

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Enable+Steam+Deck+Battery+Storage+Mode/149962

That process won’t harm the steam deck and resets a lot of things if they start acting weird, like the touch screen as well.

Inflation is the single biggest issue in the system imho Inflation is why shareholders expect more money this year than last year, so companies do shitty things to squeeze money out of a company for them. Doing the same thing year on year doesn’t always mean you get more.

Take farmers, they aren’t getting more for milk or grain year on year. The companies that process those things have been pushing up prices and squeezing the farmers that are paying more for feed, fuel and other things though.

Companies existing just to service investors and shareholders is destroying everyday life as they try to min-max there way through.

Water companies on the verge of collapse as lack of investment catches up with them. Shrinkflation in products we buy and use. Examples are everywhere but the “experts” are still taught from the same books written 50 years ago. Theory of economics is just a theory, try looking at what is happening out there for a while instead.

/Rant over

Wait till you see H.R. Gigers work

If you are going the Windows route Microsofts family settings can create a child account that is locked down and has usage time limits and a bed time that will lock the PC.

It isn’t perfect but does give you some insight into what they are using he PC for.

Google do something similar for Android devices + Chrome/Google search.

OpenDNS has a family friendly DNS that is filtered and free to add another layer to any device.

As others have said anything you do will only slow them down. It’s like swearing, you can ban them doing it around you but they’ll still do it at school with their friends. Sometimes they’ll slip up and use a word at the wrong time and you will have to remind them what is appropriate but as a parent it’s what you are there for, helping them form a decent set of guidelines on what and when things are appropriate.

The video link starts the video halfway through btw

I am liking the BBC playing the large orange pant shitter at his own game and him hating it.

I hold all news outlets in the same regard, they sensationalise or ignore when it suits them and are there as Ad space more than anything for the most part. Clickbait. Clickbait. Clickbait. Traffic, Ads, REVENUE.

The cycle has kinda put me off most news sites/feeds.

I dunno, Aldi and Lidl in the UK have half decent cola, lemonade and other flavours of fizzy drinks. Their iced tea isn’t too bad either.

When the price difference is less than £1 per 2Litre bottle or over £3 for the branded stuff I’ll put up with the difference.

The government would have to take the hit and substitute the shares for bonds of equal or greater value. They should never lose value at least going forward.

They will run out of money altogether inside a year and cannot attract new investment at the moment.

They should not be paying any of the top level management at all, let alone paying them bonuses.

Nationalise the water, gas and electricity suppliers. Nationalise public transport, railways and buses especially. Sod shareholders and make the bloody things work properly and stay working.

Meat crayon, then organ donor.

In the UK it’s quite common for sauces to be available in 1 or 2 person pots/pouches, not sure where you are but see if there is an Aldi near you. They do some stir in sauce pots here at least.

The first Ace Ventura has a few scenes that would make modern audiences cringe or cry.

There is also the proven method of finding the right answer to anything, post the wrong one on the internet and let people argue.

Politicians

Hedge fund management

Influencers

Not exhaustive but a good start

I understand in most places you can, the motion activated barriers are one way and make a loud noise if you try a go the wrong way.

Some places have an exit gate, small and awkward to get through, but not all.

Demolition Inc? Scratched that sort of itch for me a while back, still available on Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/98600/Demolition_Inc/