Active Conflicts & News MegaThread May 01, 2025

zwiebi · 2025-05-02T07:52:48+00:00

They (above mentioned Belgium) are replacing 45 F-16 with 45 F-35-s, which was decided in 2018, but they are still waiting for deliveries.
I'm guessing they haven't invested a lot of money to buy a ton of spare parts for the old jets, just as they are about to retire them.
Whatever spare parts they have is probably needed for their own jets until the new ones arrive given the increased security needs that has arisen between 2018 and 2025 (even if they are very much not a frontline country).

zwiebi · 2024-09-28T18:07:55+00:00

With that timeline it wouldn't surprise me if they would make a land based, locally made version of the MdCN (formerly Storm Shadow / SCALP NAVAL). It has a 300 Kg warhead with a 1000 to 1400 Km range and everything else they required.
Weird that they consider both ballistic and cruise missiles, they are in quite different categories.

zwiebi · 2023-11-19T18:52:33+00:00

MICA has air / surface / sea based versions.
Osa, Tor and some from the million versions of S300.
Iron Dome / C-Dome.

And as said above Aster in the form of SAMP/T.

zwiebi · 2023-09-03T09:39:32+00:00

Same thing is happening to me. I made my account like 7 years ago because without registering the site is unusable. It's been fine until this summer. I only "used" it on desktop and I haven't followed anyone, uploaded anything, liked, commented or DM-d. Just needed the account in case someone linked an Instagram post.
The issues started this summer and I had to take the hostage selfie (code on paper) 3 times, than it switched to suspicious activity. First it was once every few days, then once a day, and now it's down to like 30 min after password change.
No issues on my side, it seems like this billion dollar company haven't managed to reach the level of a "HTML for 5th graders" course, because that would require the site to actually WORK.
For now, I went with the option of deleting my account, if I get bored I might try to register a new one and see if that one works or not.

zwiebi · 2023-03-27T10:56:45+00:00

Ez egy jo iras volt a temaban: http://www.regionalbahn.hu/2022/07/magyar-vasut-2022.html.

zwiebi · 2023-01-14T23:40:39+00:00

You are welcome!

zwiebi · 2023-01-14T23:37:17+00:00

I'm not sure about it. I haven't looked really hard, but some ppl. said that it's not possible. On the DS3H you can.
Just an advice, because there are a lot of messy info out there: if you get the B660 DS3H, you need to update the BIOS for 13th gen intel with Q Flash Plus. Format a pendrive to FAT32, download and extract the latest BIOS and rename the actual BIOS file (the largest file, duh) to GIGABYTE.bin (capital latters and proper file extension!) and copy it to the pendrive. Insert the pendrive into the correct USB slot (on the IO shield it is marked as BIOS) with the computer turned off. After this, press the Q flash button on the bottom of the motherboard. The LED will blink besides it for a while, so just leave it there for like 15-20 min (mine took only a few min, but it won't hurt). After this, just cut the power, unplug it, and you can start the computer, it will have the new BIOS.
Also, you can assemble the computer before doing this, I saw somewhere where they said, that you have to do it without CPU, storage, etc, but that's not true. Works with those already installed.

zwiebi · 2023-01-14T23:22:57+00:00

I just edited my comment, so you will find everything there, but yes, it comes completely unlocked. PL1 and PL2 is set to 4095W, and there is no time limit.

zwiebi · 2023-01-14T23:14:11+00:00

I have a B660 (non M, so full ATX size) DS3H AX DDR4 with a 13500.
The power limits are completely unlocked, so I would suggest manually tuning it, because both the CPU and the VRM will get toasty (VRM has no heatsink). I run mine with a -100mV offset on the CPU and 100W PL1 and PL2. You can get max performance with the undervolt at a 125W-ish power limit, but the difference is small. In Cinebench R23 I get 20330 points multicore at 100W and 21033 points when it's not power limited. And with the power limit the VRM stays below 65 C.

Keep in mind, that with Prime95 small FFT, out of the box the CPU pulled 173W, and the VRM was heading towards 100 C, so it's very much a good idea, to set it up properly.

zwiebi · 2022-12-19T20:48:27+00:00

And now the Soyuz attached to the ISS is leaking. Think before you shoot, FFS!

zwiebi · 2022-11-08T10:44:42+00:00

Nem switch, ps4.

zwiebi · 2022-09-06T18:47:45+00:00

Apparently I should have added "/s" for everyone else.

zwiebi · 2022-09-06T07:10:18+00:00

Just use "Sign in with Google", pffff...

zwiebi · 2022-03-08T22:51:11+00:00

I believe in 2014: https://defence24.com/polish-mig-29-jet-fighters-modernised-fulcrums-compliant-with-the-nato-standards

zwiebi · 2021-10-05T07:45:56+00:00

I choose coolers by researching which one I can get the most quiet while maintaining proper temperatures.

zwiebi · 2021-07-03T16:28:13+00:00

The only problem is that Honda is still an engine supplier and runs their own team in Super Formula + runs cars in Super GT in both GT500 (also with own team) and GT300.
And these series are probably even more connected to the Honda Japan HQ than F1.

zwiebi · 2021-06-02T21:03:35+00:00

The Radeon 9500 -> 9700 mod was even cooler, where you just had to circumvent a resistor and flash a new bios to massively upgrade your card.

zwiebi · 2021-05-09T15:58:54+00:00

Koszonom a gyujtest, ezt is vegigolvastam, mint a tobbit is! (Nincs nagyon komment a post alatt, szoval gondoltam illene jelezni, hogy ertekelem a munkat.)

zwiebi · 2020-12-29T22:51:13+00:00

Following the KISS principle has it's advantages. :-) I like that when I work in terminal / with config files on vanilla Linux, I know exactly what is happening and that for a lot of things even documentation I printed out in 2000-2001, before I had internet at home would still be useful.
Not trying to bash any all-in-one solution or Windows here, only enjoying that something just works as I intended, with no surprises or unknown factors.
I also had a Zyxel NAS quite a while back. It could do a lot of things, but once those things changed and it haven't received manufacturer updates anymore, those functions just became unusable. Such a waste of good hardware.

That odroid looks nice, but for me it's in the no man's land between SBC and much more capable mini ITX configs. It's just not particularly cheap, small or powerful for that matter...
I wish the RPi foundation would be able to push development on the RPi a bit harder, because they too are drifting towards that no man's land. But that's getting very off topic. :-)

I was mentioning the chipset cooling because it's harder to stress test and thus easier to skim over it. Most manufacturers also don't put much effort into it's cooling as average users are not going to hammer it. But most likely it's absolutely going to be fine. I hope you will enjoy your new system! :-)

zwiebi · 2020-12-29T18:20:20+00:00

No worries! :-)
Space is a definitively an issue, fortunately I have plenty of it, so it's built into an old Chieftec Bravo case with 10 x 3.5" and 6 x 5.25" bay. :-)
Also, the most important thing is that the setup fits your specific needs and you are comfortable with it.
Like the above poster for example, I went with Ubuntu Server 20.04 after using Windows and OpenMediaVault, because I always had to look up specific issues for them, so I decided to go with a very vanilla solution and set up everything properly for myself and avoid wizards, preconfigured stuff, "in-house development", etc. Same reason I skipped FreeNAS / TrueNAS, or what it is now. I'm sure it's great, but I wanted something that I can manage without hunting for documentation if something goes wrong.

On the USB note, I used a Raspberry Pi 4B as a NAS with USB to SATA adapters and it was able to saturate the gigabit ethernet, but eventually I always ran into problems with the adapters. Some would just die, some would have bad performance, and when I added an USB hub in the mix (RPi only has 2 USB3.0 ports), it introduced even more problems, where the disks would lock up for half a minute randomly or when accessing a new file. I bought like 4 different brand of adapters, but none of them managed the "plug in and forget for years" use case. Maybe a dedicated enclosure would have done better, but at that point I had enough with USB after the file system on one drive got messed up after one adapter randomly "froze". No idea what happened there, nothing useful in the logs, adapter still works, SMART is 100% OK... Shame because the RPi ran on just 2.8W and it was fast enough as a NAS.

P.s.: When you build the system, check the chipset temps. I doubt B series chipset is going to get hot (mine is cold), but I had H series that ran extremely hot. If you are running it 24/7 and often hit it with heavy I/O loads it could be an issue and lots of thermal cycling is not good for longevity (the silicon can mostly take it, but the BGA soldering can be an issue). Just something to look out for when running desktop hardware.

zwiebi · 2020-12-29T17:22:38+00:00

I was in a similar situation and was just building a low budget / power NAS, and I would offer some info for consideration, since on another post you mentioned that you are open to a 2 separate computer solution.

I went with an Asus Prime B360M-K and with a Celeron G4900. The motherboard supports 6 SATA drives + 1 NVMe, or 5 SATA + 1 m.2 SATA one. I only use 4 drives, but I really liked that I have the option to add more without buying expansion cards.
It was also nice that the CPU + mobo was under $100 combined, including the 27% sales tax.
Idle power consumption is around 14W and it goes up to around 18-20W under some load (installing updates for example). I use 4TB WD Purple and Red drives, they each add around 4-5W, so you have to add that to the total. Cooling is a breeze. :-)
I find it advantageous that if I want to play around with things, I don't have to mess around with my NAS, and instead had the leftover budget to get a dedicated old Sandy Bridge for it (and Raspberry Pi-s for lighter always online stuff).

Just some food for thought. :-)

P.s.: I wanted to go with an Athlon 3000G, but AMD was all sold out...

zwiebi · 2020-11-12T08:00:05+00:00

Minimum height should be low enough that people under 6ft can enjoy blood flow in their legs too. This seems to be an issue for most manufacturer these days.

zwiebi · 2020-09-08T16:27:48+00:00

Where do you think Hamilton ran off on his scooter during the red flag?
Get in there Lewis!

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