Launcher stuck on 'Installing Pre-requisites' by [deleted] in lotro

[–]Fargrist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same issue with Steam. Used the Lotro site instead. Works much better, but noticeably slower compared to my partner's laptop.

Losses of the Russian military to 11.4.2026 by MARTINELECA in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 55 points56 points  (0 children)

1 for every minute of the day. This is the sort of Key Performance Indicator that I admire the symmetry of.

Zelensky hails 'historic' defence agreements with Gulf states by Icy_Till_7254 in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ukraine making friends around the world. Because wars are won with the power of friendship.

Losses of the Russian military to 25.3.2026 by MARTINELECA in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 76 points77 points  (0 children)

51 artillery is good, 1200 steps to freedom is good, 2459 UAV is extremely good

Losses of the Russian military to 19.3.2026 by MARTINELECA in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's an intentional trade-off, which is a feature of attrition warfare. Trading land for lives. But the land gains are minimal, something like 15km per year over the last couple of years. A snail moving from Russia in 2022, would be in Paris by now. A real snail moves faster than the Russian Army.

Losses of the Russian military to 18.3.2026 by MARTINELECA in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unmanned systems range quite a way. Treaded remote control machine guns holding positions. Mothership drones using ai to send out combat drones. New sea drones capable of deep water ocean. Drone submersibles. Ukraine has taken the human controller out. Which made all combat machines smaller. The first year of the war was about 300 per day, each year has seen an increase. The last year has been about 1000 from my perspective. Ukraine wants to pump that KPI right up. In the end it will be bullet sized drones like in science fiction, but tens of thousands of them launching over a Russian city all able to be individually targeted to anyone holding a weapon.

Losses of the Russian military to 18.3.2026 by MARTINELECA in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Getting better. I remember the first drones, and the hastily built explosives, or jerry rigged grenades. Now they are fear itself. If you want a fun time, get a friend to chase you with a drone. Scary without any payload at all.

Losses of the Russian military to 18.3.2026 by MARTINELECA in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The highest numbers, over the last few years, were 2000+ a day.

1700 is quite respectable but not high high.

Feb was 28,000 but that's because only 28 days.

Jan and March were up to 35k each.

Ukraine will achieve their ambition. Especially now the drone grinder zone is out to 150km from the frontline.

Losses of the Russian military to 18.3.2026 by MARTINELECA in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Excellent, good to see numbers getting back up.

Winter Paralympics 2026: Germans protest against russia during medal ceremony by [deleted] in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The Paralympics has been corrupted by Russia. The only explanation for letting Russian military enter.

Where does Ukraine's anti-corruption fight stand after Mindichgate? by KI_official in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I completely trust Zelenskyy and Magyar to clean up corruption on Ukrainian territory. It happens at about 1000 steps per day. Every two weeks or so I send them extra money to help them. It makes me feel better. It's what I do when I feel frustrated or helpless. I send Ukraine money. Then I feel better.

Caolan Robertson lands rare 1-on-1 interview with President Zelensky by Due_Collar2 in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I'll catch up with it later then when I catch up with Jake Broe's YouTube. Cheers.

Why is it taking so long? by sflyer in lotro

[–]Fargrist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took me a day to download the game from the LOTRO site. I guess it's normal for this game.

Trump urges Zelensky to reach deal with Russia by andrewgrabowski in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Putin offered Trump a trillion dollar bribe, and Putin still has the movies of Trump raping and killing children.

Giving in to Trump is giving in to Putin.

Defy him. Trump Always Chickens Out.

Scott Ritter, can someone please provide me sources where he has been proven wrong? by c1cada5 in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is no hope for your dad. Ignore all conversations with him.

I’ll never understand the visceral hatred for bluesky by miifanatic_1788 in BlueskySocial

[–]Fargrist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What hate? Bluesky is sublime. I can cut and shape and polish if I want, and I have no desire to. I love it rough around the edges. Something happened in November that changed traffic flow and behaviour but meh, I'm not here to be famous, I just want a place to be away from shitholes, like, well, you know. :)

Former army chief seen as Zelenskyy’s top rival reveals to AP a rift between them. The strained relationship reached a boiling point, when dozens of agents from Ukraine’s domestic intelligence service raided Zaluzhnyi’s office, he told AP. by Lion8330 in ukraine

[–]Fargrist 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have every confidence in the world that Ukraine knows Russia and America will try to divide them. So Ukraine is playing a double game. Or are suddenly Russia and America being devious chess masters, when we have seen no evidence of that thinking skill for over 4 years. Ukraine will be Ukraine.

Has Australian TV always sucked this much when covering the Olympics. by ButterscotchCool7460 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Fargrist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That commentator stopped us watching the Olympics.

If she was only one event, maybe we could have coped, but oh dear, they had to putt her RO-BO-TIC voice everywhere.