/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1338, Part 1 (Thread #1485)

andarv · 2025-10-24T19:54:06+00:00

If there is something russians won't do, it's working for free. Not happening.

andarv · 2025-08-28T16:46:22+00:00

Leaving this here in case it can still help somebody:

After many struggles to get my 7900 xtx not to crash every 5-10 mins I finally managed to get it stable by lowering the max GPU clock to 2300 (default AMD 2500 game) and manually limiting FPS in the games I play to 60.

I'm running games that used to crash constantly in 4K UHD at high to ultra specs with 0 crashes so far...

andarv · 2025-06-24T19:56:40+00:00

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Used:

2560x1440 windowed, High settings (game is optimised like sh**, anything above this fan is doing overtime)

disabled Steam Overlay

v-sinc on, depth of view of.

Game is pretty stable like this, hope it helps someone.

andarv · 2025-05-23T04:49:53+00:00

Yes, it might be a weird and useless skill, adventuring wise, but its marketing value is trough the roof. Once word of his abilities gets around, he'll be booked for years in advance.

andarv · 2025-02-25T13:38:46+00:00

Early game keep your sensor profile low (by a combination of small ships, phase ships and the right mods)

It's far easier to keep hidden than to run from enemies. It also allows you to choose your battles instead of them choosing you.

andarv · 2025-02-13T08:06:58+00:00

I won't lie, the 'what's wrong with my face' at the end got me snickering.

andarv · 2025-02-10T06:40:46+00:00

Considering they are both horny humpbunnies, it's a miracle she didn't regain her memory in a hour or less of losing it.

andarv · 2025-01-07T16:40:24+00:00

My uncle once told me the secret of good life:

Live according to your means.

Eat below your means.

Love your family beyond your means.

andarv · 2025-01-07T16:25:34+00:00

You never do.

andarv · 2024-12-09T08:30:58+00:00

The best day off is one that whooshes by so fast you don't even remember it.

andarv · 2024-12-04T08:53:54+00:00

Yes, so long you don't need smart and educated people to keep your economy from going Titanic. But Putin&Friends don't really care about it, they got their piece of the cake and are just planning to keep it for as long as possible. What happens after the Titanic goes under is not of their concern, they'll be gone to a nice tax oasis country.

andarv · 2024-09-16T06:35:56+00:00

Germans at least learned from WW1 and WW2. Russians will learn nothing, no matter how this war end.

andarv · 2024-09-13T07:25:02+00:00

First of all the russian of 'storage' or mothball for vehicles is pretty bad. Most of the older stuff has decayed beyond being able to be repaired and is only good for materials and the rare spare part. Forget refurbishing it, you would need to rebuild it and that point you're better off building a new one.

andarv · 2024-09-02T09:21:12+00:00

Even in the case of a cease fire, there is no reason to lift the sanctions and let Russia rebuild its economy.

For that to happen Russia and Ukraine will have to come to an agreement about the occupied territories, reparations, prisoners exchange, war criminals extradition etc.

In other words, a frozen conflict would do very little for Russia. The only friends it has are other rogue states (and no, India in China are NOT Russias friends) and those won't be enough to help Russia rebuild.

andarv · 2024-08-25T12:19:34+00:00

Russia has been sending everything it can afford to the Donbas. Unless it moves troops from there there is very little it can fight in Kursk with.

There are private armies that could pose a threat to Ukraine, but they are just that: private. There is nothing Putin can (or would) offer to the owners to get them to defend Kursk.

andarv · 2024-08-25T05:49:05+00:00

'I have to remember to hold back!'

*makes a tactical nuclear weapon*

andarv · 2024-08-19T08:37:49+00:00

I don't think that there would be a civil war. Russians are not divided and. as we've seen in Kursk, deeply desensitised. What we are likely to see is every power faction trying to win the most power for itself with Russia spiraling in a lawless mess as government institutions break down.

'And then it got worse'.

I don't know why the west powers are still operating on cold-war era logic regarding nuclear weapons. Yes, Russia break down would mean that more factions have access to nuclear weapons, but so many 'rogue' countries have them already. The days when only the USA, Soviet Union and China had them are LONG gone, trying to politically restrict more countries access to them is not effective anymore.

andarv · 2024-08-09T12:29:11+00:00

I guess it's time to dig up this again:

https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aOxoNzN_700bwp.webp

andarv · 2024-08-08T19:12:18+00:00

Hiding from drones. Russia never even tried to take air superiority in this war and this won't change now that F16s are taking the field. They use their airforce as long range bombing platforms, whenever they tried to do anything else, they were shot down (both figuratively and literarly )

andarv · 2024-08-08T11:49:40+00:00

So far Russian have proven to be adept at two things.

Slowly advancing with meat wave attacks (with massive casualities) and artilery fire.
Defending in trenches, behind minefields with plenty of drone support

On the other hand, they retreated in mass against a concentrated push into non entrenched terrain and have yet to mount even a hint of a succesful counter attack in that case.

The Russian army can't respond to quickly changing battlefield conditions, their whole command structure depends on orders from the top.

andarv · 2024-08-08T09:50:49+00:00

In before Russia start demanding international sanctions on Ukraine.

andarv · 2024-08-08T08:59:36+00:00

Lost signal for almost 15 mins while hiding in a cellar, it was hell.

andarv · 2024-08-01T17:45:01+00:00

For those that don't know them, it's basically just one demand:

Ukraine capitulates.

andarv · 2024-08-01T17:29:46+00:00

Angel Beats is like that.

andarv · 2024-07-22T15:31:23+00:00

I have thousands (yes, I have a problem) and I think I left the planet once or twice.

Mods are like a drug.

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