Chromdome35
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re: Deer Hunting Rifle Recommendations Needed
Posted by Chromdome35 on 11/5/25 at 4:51 pm to ecb
I guess I'm a bit old school, or maybe just old. I have always used a Marlin 336 .30-30 with a Leupold 2x7. At the ranges I hunt, it has served me well.
Lightweight and accurate.
ETA: And for me, there's just something cool about hunting with a lever-action; it feels like a throwback to a much simpler time.
Lightweight and accurate.
ETA: And for me, there's just something cool about hunting with a lever-action; it feels like a throwback to a much simpler time.
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re: YouTube TV is offering a $10 month discount for 6 months to existing subscribers
Posted by Chromdome35 on 11/2/25 at 11:25 pm to VOR
I have had YouTubeTV for a couple of years now and I can't think of one time I've ever had a buffering issue. I also have 1gb fiber to my house.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 11/2/25 at 7:22 pm to bigjoe1
I agree, it makes no sense
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/31/25 at 7:53 am to cypher
Why waste a missile like that on an apartment building? Thats a part of the Russian strategy that I have never understood.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/30/25 at 10:45 am to texag7
You seem to care given your continued involvement in the thread.
re: Stranger Things Rewatch Plan
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/23/25 at 9:49 pm to Indefatigable
1000%
It had the potential to be one of the greatest scifi series ever...but then........we waited for season 2.....................................we waited for season 3....................................................................................................we waited or season 4, and along the way we all stopped giving a shite.
It had the potential to be one of the greatest scifi series ever...but then........we waited for season 2.....................................we waited for season 3....................................................................................................we waited or season 4, and along the way we all stopped giving a shite.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/23/25 at 9:31 pm to CitizenK
I wasn't suggesting the container ship would be the launch platform, I was just commenting on the sheer volume of combat power it would be carrying.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/23/25 at 7:06 pm to Auburn1968
Think about the combat power that a container ship could carry,
In that video, the box holding the rack system looks pretty close to a 20' container. There are 14 racks each holding 54 drones = 756 drones.
A company of trucks (16) with 20' containers would be able to launch a drone swarm containing 12,096 drones.
That is some serious firepower.
Assume some of the drones would be recon, EW, communications repeaters, the attack drones would be a variety of anti personnel, anti armor, anti drone, etc....
All networked together, controlled by an AI-enabled battle management system that analyses the incoming data and assigns the correct drone type to identified targets. Throw in automated networked artillery fires for high-priority targets, and you have an extremely lethal environment.
In that video, the box holding the rack system looks pretty close to a 20' container. There are 14 racks each holding 54 drones = 756 drones.
A company of trucks (16) with 20' containers would be able to launch a drone swarm containing 12,096 drones.
That is some serious firepower.
Assume some of the drones would be recon, EW, communications repeaters, the attack drones would be a variety of anti personnel, anti armor, anti drone, etc....
All networked together, controlled by an AI-enabled battle management system that analyses the incoming data and assigns the correct drone type to identified targets. Throw in automated networked artillery fires for high-priority targets, and you have an extremely lethal environment.
re: Former Antifa member on Antifa
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/21/25 at 4:17 am to MikkUGA
I believe that China is behind the rise of Antifa. The Chinese have made large inroads on the West Coasts of the US and Canada. Where is Antifa the most active? It's easier to fund something anonymously when you have close proximity.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/17/25 at 10:37 am to texag7
There are two possible valuations:
1) What is the resource value of the resources sitting in the ground
2) What is the resource value after extraction?
They have to extract the minerals to get any payback. Given the current state of the infrastructure, destroyed cities, depopulation of the areas, and general state of the Russian economy, it's going to be a heavy lift for them to get any kind of short-term payback from the minerals.
The most likely scenario is that they will sell the rights to mine them to China and take a portion of the extraction.
1) What is the resource value of the resources sitting in the ground
2) What is the resource value after extraction?
They have to extract the minerals to get any payback. Given the current state of the infrastructure, destroyed cities, depopulation of the areas, and general state of the Russian economy, it's going to be a heavy lift for them to get any kind of short-term payback from the minerals.
The most likely scenario is that they will sell the rights to mine them to China and take a portion of the extraction.
re: How many nuclear power plants will we need to power AI?
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/15/25 at 9:57 pm to LSUBoo
According to chatGPT...probably around 100
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/15/25 at 9:55 pm to doubleb
Your math is wrong
2.5km per month = .052 miles per day
275 feet per day.
2.5km per month = .052 miles per day
275 feet per day.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/15/25 at 9:32 pm to doubleb
According to the map scale, In Bakhmut, Russia has advanced about 60KM...since the start of the war 3.5 years ago. Meaning Russia has advanced less than 20 kilometers per year...about 10 miles.
In the more southern region west of Donetsk, according to the map scale, Russia has advanced around 110km since the start of the war. 31km per year...19.2miles per year.
To put that glacial advance in perspective, during WW2, as Russia drove Germany backwards in 1943, Russia drove the Germans from Kursk to the Dnieper river, a distance of 400-600km in 4 months, averaging around 125km per month
As Russia drove Germany from the Smolensk region to Warsaw Poland, they pushed 600-800Km in 8 weeks for an average of 300 to 400km a month.
Russia's average rate of advance in Ukraine to date is about 2.5km a month.
In the more southern region west of Donetsk, according to the map scale, Russia has advanced around 110km since the start of the war. 31km per year...19.2miles per year.
To put that glacial advance in perspective, during WW2, as Russia drove Germany backwards in 1943, Russia drove the Germans from Kursk to the Dnieper river, a distance of 400-600km in 4 months, averaging around 125km per month
As Russia drove Germany from the Smolensk region to Warsaw Poland, they pushed 600-800Km in 8 weeks for an average of 300 to 400km a month.
Russia's average rate of advance in Ukraine to date is about 2.5km a month.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/15/25 at 9:20 pm to texag7
Yes, until you pay attention to the scale of the maps and realise that they have spent all year and barely gone more than a couple of KM anywhere.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/15/25 at 6:56 pm to Auburn1968
As a person who enjoys history and particularly military history, I have an observation of this war that I believe helps explain Russia's poor showing on the battlefield.
A page ago, someone mentioned the move "Enemy at the Gates" about the battle for Stalingrad. The movie did a good job of demonstrating what a Russian "Meat Wave" attack really looks like. In WW2, Russia was able to overwhelm the Germans through sheer numbers. Russia has always relied on quantity vs quality. This is the perspective of Russia that I had at the beginning of this war. They would overwhelm Ukraine through sheer numbers.
That didn't happen.
There is an endless supply of video from this war. I have seen almost no evidence of Russia employing overwhelming attacks. When you see video of close combat, it's not 300 guys storming the trenches; it's usually a small number (10) of troops. Russia appears to have abandoned its traditional strategy of quantity vs. quality. And that is one of the reasons they are under performing, their military has no real history of success with small unit action which is the exact way they are fighting this war.
Thoughts?
A page ago, someone mentioned the move "Enemy at the Gates" about the battle for Stalingrad. The movie did a good job of demonstrating what a Russian "Meat Wave" attack really looks like. In WW2, Russia was able to overwhelm the Germans through sheer numbers. Russia has always relied on quantity vs quality. This is the perspective of Russia that I had at the beginning of this war. They would overwhelm Ukraine through sheer numbers.
That didn't happen.
There is an endless supply of video from this war. I have seen almost no evidence of Russia employing overwhelming attacks. When you see video of close combat, it's not 300 guys storming the trenches; it's usually a small number (10) of troops. Russia appears to have abandoned its traditional strategy of quantity vs. quality. And that is one of the reasons they are under performing, their military has no real history of success with small unit action which is the exact way they are fighting this war.
Thoughts?
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/15/25 at 2:39 pm to doubleb
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/russia-ukraine-casualties/2025/10/15/id/1230447/
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Russian Casualties Pass 1.1M in Ukraine Invasion
Russia has likely suffered some 332,000 casualties in 2025 alone, pushing its total to more than 1.1 million since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to a new assessment from the British Ministry of Defense.
In an update posted on social media, the U.K. MoD said that in September 2025, Russian forces sustained an average of 950 casualties per day, marking a modest uptick from August but representing the second-lowest monthly average since April 2024.
Despite this, the assessment warns that casualties again surged in early October, with daily losses exceeding 1,000 from Oct. 5-12.
From March through August, the daily casualty rate had declined steadily, but the U.K. report notes that Russia's fall offensive triggered a renewed rise.
At the war's height in spring, the Russians averaged around 1,300 daily casualties, with April alone accounting for approximately 36,000 losses, which is about 27% higher than current levels.
re: A little Perspective on the "Qatar Air Force Base" Bull
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/14/25 at 5:37 pm to the808bass
I live about 45 miles from there, and you are correct. It is becoming a training base for foreign F-35 pilots.
From Google's AI search results
From Google's AI search results
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Fort Smith's Ebbing Air National Guard Base is expanding to support a new Foreign Military Pilot Training Center, a project that will increase the number of F-35 and F-16 fighter jets and create new infrastructure like vertical landing pads, ramps, and a fuel farm. This expansion involves training pilots from countries including Poland, Finland, Singapore, Germany, and Switzerland on the F-35 aircraft, with potential impacts on noise levels and local population due to the projected increase in personnel and jets. The expansion is expected to cost over $1 billion and is currently undergoing a supplemental environmental review, with public comments being accepted.
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/14/25 at 5:34 pm to VolSquatch
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there are some parallels here when it comes to Germany post-WW1 up until WW2 being something that could happen in Russia in some form or another after this thing wraps up.
I agree with you on this. Russia is going to come out of this war weakened, humiliated and in poor economic condition. That sets the stage for someone to "restore the glory of the motherland" at some point in the future.
However, I think there could be one major difference, and that is Russia's demographic collapse, which is being accelerated by this war. It would be interesting to compare Russia's demographics after WW2 with where they currently are. Are there any parallels or inferences to be drawn?
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/13/25 at 7:59 pm to Chromdome35
It feels like the war is starting its transition into its next phase.
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Posted by Chromdome35 on 10/13/25 at 7:54 pm to Leopold
A harsh assessment of Russia from the head of NATO
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"In 2022, Russia thought it could crush Ukraine in a matter of days. In the fourth year of its brutal war, Russia is barely making any headway... Its Mediterranean Task Force was once a mix of surface ships, submarines and support vessels. Now, in effect, the Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean is almost nonexistent. A lone and broken Russian submarine limps home from patrol. How different from Tom Clancy's 1984 novel The Hunt for Red October! Today, it's more like hunting for the nearest mechanic!".
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