The 77th Infrantry Division would be the counterpoint to “older conscripts are harder to train and can’t keep up”.

And yet in this case if I change my agent to any non-FF value while using FF, videos load immediately.

I set my agent back to FF, 5 second delay.

Replacement for X server

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You forgot to also add that regular people cannot do all that because they also need to be a FFL

No, I didn’t, because, no they don’t.

If they’re manufacturing automatic weapons or wish to purchase an automatic weapons manufactured after 1986 to law enforcement, THEN you need a class 3 FFL license. If they’re manufacturing, then they also need to file a form 1.

Private individuals can purchase a machine gun without an FFL, assuming your state law allows it via form 4. An FFL makes the process easier, but it’s not a requirement

They weren’t banned.

They required a $200 tax stamp at the time.

Now, they require a federal form (NFA Form 4), the $200 tax stamp and a metric ass ton of money since the public cannot purchase a full auto weapon manufactured after 1986 (Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986).

edit: Changed the tax amount, actually looked it up.

How did they justify this statement? A press release from Putin.

Effectively, yes.

The consortium just linked to the original story from Indian Punchline (the author’s personal blog) where the author quoted the statement from a TASS article.

It’s not hard hitting, factual news. It’s an OpEd piece from a blogger.

If we wrapped Robert Parry’s corpse with copper wire and surrounded his casket with magnets, we could probably power a small city with the electricity from him turning over in his grave at how far Consortium News has fallen in publishing articles like this.

If you set up hardware encryption, be sure to change the master password and set the security level to maximum.

Be aware, this password is different than the Physical Secure ID (PSID) printed on the front of the disk. PSIDs are used when the release to reset command doesn’t work, typically due to key issues, and the drive gets “locked”.

You use the PSID to run a revert to factory defaults command, unlocking the drive. Since this triggers the drive to release its’ key, the drive is considered “cryptographically erased” when you do this.

If you revert the drive, data on it is unrecoverable.

If you’re going to revert a drive, I suggest using a QR Code reader to get the PSID off the drive. Some venders are sadists with the font they choose making it so much fun to figure out if it’s a 1, l i I I O or 0…

It sounds like the article is an update to the age old performance issue discussions between hardware and software RAID solutions.

If you use a software solution for anything where there’s a dedicated hardware solution, the software solution is always slower due to CPU overhead.

Article recommendation boils down to: If you’re going to use encryption, and you want your full disk speed, use a hardware encryption solution. In their test their hardware supported OPAL.

No, they don’t.

SSDs, unless you buy a specifically encryption supported drive, are not encrypted. If it doesn’t indicate SED, SED non-FIPS or a FIPS certification level, the drive doesn’t have an encryption circuit.

Most of SSD already has good encryption methods

Unless you purchase a SED-non FIPS or FIPS SSD, no, they don’t

and an easy way to safely wipe data without re-writing each byte.

ATA Secure Erase is a god send for SSD.

You have to wonder if Putin’s ass is jealous of the shit his mouth spews.

Yeah, that’s what I wasn’t following. MBTs are going to need repairs, no matter how heavily armored, when you run them over a minefield, hit them with anti tank missles or drones. APVs aren’t designed to survive that, just to keep the occupants alive from something that would have turned them into a thick red mist.

Don’t recall anyone saying it would be a few weeks. Don’t doubt some people said it would only be a few weeks, just don’t remember it.

From the start of the invasion, it was two months one week and three days to topple the Taliban government.

Unfortunately, then next 19 years were apparently a waste since the regime that replaced the Taliban didn’t actually want to fight for themselves.

there are no other choices

There are all sorts of choices.

Russia could come to their senses and leave.

Russia could continue wasting their resources until they have to accept unconditional surrender.

Russia or an ally could go even more pants on head stupid than they already are and do something that triggers a NATO Article 5 response.

Repeating fantasies over and over doesn’t make them materialize,

You really need to feel this in what’s left of your soul

Ukraine can’t win a war of attrition against Russia.

And yet, they are. If the Russian command had any sense, they’d roll back to their side of the border.

(“game-changing” western equipment that doesn’t change the outcome of the conflict)

You’re actually right, they won’t change the outcome.

It’ll just make the Ukrainian victory quicker than it would have been without the equipment.

Guess it depends on the definition of “lasts”. With Iraq, Coalition forces rolled through the third largest military in under two months.

Germany need 35 days to take Poland and six weeks for Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France in WWII.

Russia figured they were on par with other modern militaries for their special smoothbrain operation. Why wouldn’t it be fast? 🙄

The correct response to them is a wave and a “no, I’m good” as you walk past.