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I can’t point out where it went wrong without breaking rule 2

The dumbphones being released now should all work on modern networks. The connection being 4G / 5G doesn’t mean the phone must have an internet browser and an app store.

It’s not that there is a shortage of sand in general. There is a shortage for the correct kind of sand needed to make a sufficiently strong concrete mix, in the places where that concrete is needed

At least if the styrofoam falls down it can’t kill someone by hitting them on the head. Maybe it was for safety reasons? /s

Which, if it works well, is a big deal as the headline claims.

The world is slowly but surely running out of sand which has the right consistency and courseness to be used as an ingredient for concrete. Manufacturing that sand artificially so that it is suitable for concrete is rather tricky, from what I understand.

That said… I’ve seen the weak-ass concrete mixes used in some Chinese tofu-dreg buildings. Let’s hope that the artificial sand is not the culprit there.

We know the US basically depleted their stockpile in the war with Iran.
This is a promise the US made to Ukraine after that to allow them to manufacture the missiles domestically, which Trump is now seemingly reneging on.

That’s when you acknowledge that you are both walking in the same direction and that it’s a bit silly. And then you say goodbye again when you split ways

The first time I saw a black person as a kid, I was staring… as young kids do… The guy notices and engages by showing the palms of his hands and saying something along along the lines of “Look. Not all of my skin is black.”

Apparently that scared the crap out of young me

My mom still likes to tell that story sometimes

The hope is that the European Union is willing to add water to the wine, and give Iceland an exemption to the common fisheries policy for the sake of finding more better allies in the world and expanding the European Union.

I did a quick Google, and apparently GTA 1 came out on PC before it was released on PlayStation, and GTA 2 was released on PlayStation five days before it was released on PC (according to Wikipedia)

I guess I should have specified every release since GTA III

Did anyone expect this game to be released at the same time for consoles and PCs?

Rockstar has literally never released a GTA game simultaneously on both platforms. The PC release has always been delayed by several months if not years.

The simplest explanation to me is that this way they get to double dip, since there will be people who buy it on Playstation, who will then also buy the PC version.

The Zwarte Piet discussion has been ongoing for the past decade orso, and especially a few years ago that discussion was very heated.

As someone who lives in the Netherlands, I get the impression that at this point the vast majority of people accept that Zwarte Piet in its old form is not really acceptable anymore. It does help that, unlike a few years ago, there have been proposals to update the tradition without making a complete mockery out of it.

The new the design of the soot-face Piet is a decent compromise, and more in line with the story we have been telling kids for decades anyway.

Africa, Asia, and South America

So we are not counting North-America, where the ICE raids continue then?

It would seem that the sweet spot for HDDs is as high as 16 to 24 TB at the moment (at least here in the Netherlands).
You can get a 24TB Seagate Barracuda for €479,- right now, which comes out to about €20 / TB.

If you specifically want a NAS drive though the best “bang for the buck” appears to be a 28TB Seagate IronWolf Pro for €688,- coming out to about €25 / TB.

Edit: Personally I run 8TB drives in my server, which are currently €209,- (€26 / TB) for a regular Seagate Barracuda, and €289 (€36 / TB) for a Seagate IronWolf Pro. Funnily enough 4TB drives would actually be better for NAS drives at €132,90 (€33 / TB) for a WD Red Plus.

There is no real clarification what that budget is, so I will assume that the budget is tight.
My advise is assuming that you are looking for the best bang for the buck.

The case looks like a good option, assuming that those are 3.5 inch bays.
It should give you plenty of space for expansion in the future if you want to do that

RAM prices are pretty nuts right now, so I would definitely not go balls to the wall with 128 GB of RAM.
16 GB of RAM should be more than plenty for a NAS server. Maybe you can even get away with 8GB?
I’m using 16 GB of DDR3 RAM in my own NAS server (which is also running Jellyfin and Nextcloud) and it’s running fine.

Speaking of DDR3… Have you considered buying your CPU, motherboard and RAM second hand?
From what I hear the prices of DDR3 RAM are not nearly as elevated as those of DDR4 and DDR5 RAM, and DDR3 is plenty sufficient for a simple NAS.

Be sure not to skimp on the power supply. Most consumer power supplies are not built for running a NAS worth’s of HDDs.
I’m running a Corsair RM550x in my server, which is capable of supplying 130W on the 5V rail.

Good luck with your server build!

You cannot really do something as fundamentally impactful as joining the EU without explicit consent from the people though.

This is also not a referendum on joining the EU yet, but rather one to restart negotiations. There will be another referendum once the deal for Iceland joining the EU has been completed, to check with the people whether they find the terms acceptable.

There are ways to hold referendums on this that are better than how the shitshow that was Brexit was handled.

It is almost as if treating your allies unfairly makes them not want to back you up when you inevitably go to war in the Middle East again.

That was the main benefit the US got out of NATO, but Trump has squandered it with his antics over the past year

If the AI bubble bursts, and companies start going bust, they won’t be able to pay for the drives they ordered in those contracts.

A contract doesn’t mean anything if the party you are in a contract with is unable to honour their end.

Imagine trying to blackmail the police…

The police fucked up by sending him the files and there should probably be an investigation as to how that could happen, but that doesn’t mean the man just gets to keep those files and do with them however he pleases.

Edit: To the people who are downvoting me, consider that these are confidential police files. The guy has no business keeping these files, and the demand of the police that he deletes these files is completely justified.

If he simply complied (without attempted blackmail) the arrest and house search would not have been necessary.