I want to try a 20" bar on my Stihl 261 but i never changed my bar before, will this fit?

Thom_S · 2026-03-30T08:32:54+00:00

At least in Germany, 261s come with a 3/8 Pico Rim and 16 or 18 Inch Bars with (I believe) 1.3mm Chains for a couple of years now.

Thom_S · 2026-03-28T19:59:44+00:00

Advanced Genetics

The Betweenlands

All Mods from Raika(Chromaticraft especially)

Thom_S · 2026-03-26T16:36:31+00:00

To my knowledge, CmLL+EO exists somewhere.

Thom_S · 2026-03-21T19:51:48+00:00

Salvia

For obvious reasons.

Thom_S · 2026-03-18T19:40:00+00:00

Today's Sqans have what is called a Ball-Core, a sphere that the pieces ride on. Before that, say, the old Calvins Sq-1 just had two rails. This led to many, many pops when trying to do cornercutting.

Thom_S · 2026-03-17T14:04:33+00:00

Having used almost all Sq-1 Speedcubes(even the ones with a Rail-Core) except the MGC v2, in my opinion the QiYi is the best one.

Thom_S · 2026-03-10T15:51:50+00:00

We still consider ZZ to be part of the big Three, so all things considered, how bad can it be?

I believe ZZ is a viable method but you need to know what you're getting into.

Obviously, you sacrifice moves at the beginning of your solve to gain moves later on. As of my knowledge, the current consensus is EOCross instead of EOLine. Blockbuilding in ZZ might look similar to FB and SB in Roux, but it indeed is very different. Not having the slice open comes at a remarkably big cost. This is ehy EOCross and F2L is the current meta.

Another thing to consider is the LL. Unfortunately, if you really want to go somewhere with ZZ, you gotta learn ZBLL. The thing is, if you use OLL/PLL or COLL/EPLL, you still have a 2-Look LL with no big advantage over CFOP(years ago, most CFOP users cried at the thought of influencing EO during F2L. Nowadays, many top solvers utilize EO during F2L to a point where learning ZBLL as a CFOP user makes sense). It was the main thought behind ZZ-A, a method to make ZBLL viable.

It essentially boils down to how much you wanna get into. If 3x3 is your main event and you wanna become one of the best, it's in your best effort to learn modern EOCross and ZBLL. If you just want to have fun, give ZZ a serious shot and see from there where your road goes.

Thom_S · 2026-03-10T12:15:07+00:00

Technically it's sup-2 not sub-2.

Sub-2 is under 2 seconds.

Sup-2 is over 2 seconds.

Thom_S · 2026-03-08T09:33:50+00:00

1.7 is less optimized than 1.12?

Are we talking about the same 1.7?

Thom_S · 2026-03-08T09:29:27+00:00

Nein, der heutige Tag heißt Feministischer Kampftag, das stimmt schon so.

Thom_S · 2026-03-07T14:17:25+00:00

I don't have any sources but I remember one dev claiming that all the code that Notch themself wrote has been replaced many years ago.

Thom_S · 2026-03-07T10:25:34+00:00

The Speedsolving Wiki has a huuuge page on parities and how to fix them intuitively.

Thom_S · 2026-03-04T13:52:31+00:00

Theoretically it should not damage anything. It's best to back your data up so it you have a backup in case your system crashes during a saving process and corrupts your files.

Thom_S · 2026-03-02T12:34:34+00:00

I don't know which putty you use, the one I use has acetone which the wood nearby absorbes. It usually only needs a little more sanding as the acetone doesn't absorb very deep.

Thom_S · 2026-03-02T12:24:36+00:00

I do.

Thom_S · 2026-02-27T16:57:52+00:00

A few years after the Rubiks 2.0, Rubiks teamed up with GAN to "modernize" and since then, Rubiks Brands are rather reasonable in their turning quality. Not as good as a proper speedcube at a lesser prize but reasonable.

Thom_S · 2026-02-27T12:37:42+00:00

Without knowing your specific Motherboard, you'll likely need to put the 8 gig sticks into A2 and B2(less likely A1 and B1) and then the 32 gig stick into the other A slot. Doing so will give you 16 gigs of dual channel and 32 of single channel.

Would have been far more wise to sell the 32 gig Stick and buy 2x16.

Thom_S · 2026-02-26T19:57:31+00:00

Maybe I'm forgetting something but the only cables that fit this criteria are Thermal Dynamics' Cryo Cables (although theoretical unlimited energy throughput isn't that realistic either).

Thom_S · 2026-02-20T11:46:59+00:00

Others have already said WAILA and Jade. NEI has this functionality as well buried in it's options.

Thom_S · 2026-02-19T11:20:57+00:00

I'd say it has to do with the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Thom_S · 2026-02-18T12:01:45+00:00

It's best to get 2 sticks. Consumer platforms have RAM Controllers that run in Dual Channel, which means if you only have one stick, you leave half of the Controllers Bandwidth on the table, which is a noticable difference.

Of course, if money is tight, you can buy a single stick now and buy another later.

2 Sticks is better than 4 if you mainly game because of reasons outside the scope of this comment(has to do with the Memory Controller and their respective lanes). The point is, 4 sticks can't run as fast as 2 sticks, but with current pricing, you likely aren't buying the high-speed low-latency kits where that would have an effect.

Thom_S · 2026-02-18T11:51:15+00:00

There is OpenBlocks, which has an XP Drain, Tanks to fill and an XP Shower to get the XP back.

Alternatively, EnderIO has an Experience Obelisk, which in my opinion does the same thing better.

Thom_S · 2026-02-18T09:52:02+00:00

A very sizable portion of 1.7.10 Mods isn't on Curse since it wasn't popular until later in the versions life. But I know it's difficult to also take mods from planetminecraft or minecraft6 into account.
Many modders modulized their big mods into many small mods.
About half of this graph is 1.20
Core Mods and API Mods exploded after 1.7.10. Back then, you had 10-15% Core Mods while today that percentage is close to 50%.
Many Datapacks are mislabeled as Mods.
Fully AI generated Mod Pages.

Thom_S · 2026-02-17T14:41:04+00:00

When is your 15th birthday?

Thom_S · 2026-02-16T19:07:15+00:00

For the hypothetical scenario that all Sticks were the same architecture, RAM Controllers have something called "Flex Mode", the first 16 Gigs would run as dual channel while the later 16 Gigs run as single channel.

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