They hit 2 radars. The most expensive part of the system. Makes the rest of the launchers in the system unusable until the radars are repaired or replaced.
October 25th is the date that most stores pull down the Halloween stuff and transition to Christmas stuff. It's not unusual for most stores to have zero Halloween stuff on the shelves on Halloween.
The seasonal arrival of Spirit in the many empty commercial buildings has made this worse. Regular stores bring in less merchandize and are often stocking Christmas stuff 2 or 3 weeks before Halloween in my area.
Pull out some plants. What you are looking for is an unhealthy looking portion of the stem near where the soil meets the stem. It can be above or below the surface.
You might need a magnifying glass or use the magnification lens of you phone camera.
How about today's, random complete freeze. Had to hard reboot then spend 30 minutes watching it trying to "fix the issue". It then failed to find anything. So I had to force it to reboot to windows. Then it worked fine the rest of the day.
While it was down, I was working on my 11 year old, budget laptop running Mint.
My work truck looks like this most days. I spent 4-6 hours per day driving in remote areas/off-road.
I have more sensitive gear and equipment I need for my job in the back seat The bed is also usually full of equipment that is not as sensitive.
I keep a cooler full of water and several boxes of granola bars inside.
So whenever I fill up the tank, I spend a few minutes tossing trash out of the truck. It's the only way I have found to keep the pile of mess somewhat under control.
Once I year I clear out the truck and have it detailed to start fresh on the dirt buildup.
From what I understand it represents a change in strategy for Russia. They used to drive in a column of armor with a ton of APC's/tanks drop off a mass of infantry in a group. Ukraine figured out how to turn these columns into a series of smoking ruins and dead/wounded infantry.
Russia has burned through its massive stockpiles of armor. The storage bases are empty. So they are using the armor they have conservatively. They can only use what their industry can produce from new anymore.
Russia is sneaking troops around in small groups at night or when the weather downs drones. Ukraine then has to detect and eliminate them. It's slower wok.
That's what happens when the successors do everything in their power to destroy your libraries. The destruction of the enemies history and literature is a longstanding human tradition.
They still find a way to delay the first flight out. You know gotta start the day of right.
I used to fly over 400K miles per year. Now I avoid it like the plague. It's truly gotten terrible. It started with the checked baggage fees and has only gone downhill from there.
The phones in the midrange are getting to be better than the top end ones in my opinion. Decent enough build quality for the phone to last 3-4 years. Expensive enough that the bloatware is reduced. If the company does do a modified launcher it's generally pretty clean.
I am liking the OnePlus 13R I picked up. Stable UI, decent battery life, and not a bad price. The stock launcher does a pretty decent job.
For my work phone I have a Pixel 8. I really regret buying it. I had to disable 30 different bloatware apps. Plus I have 4 apps that I have rejected all updates because they can't be disabled. I also installed a launcher because the stock pixel UI is trash. The hardware is solid and works well once you clear out the buggy bloatware
Apple made a major fuckup with IOS26. I upgraded my iPad and felt nauseous from the blur effect almost instantly. I can't completely get rid of it, just make it less horrific. Their "new" multitasking options I am not even bothering to turn on or try to use yet. This is like their 10th edition of multitasking. Let's see if they get it right this time. Then I will bother to learn their "simple" process that usually involves having to read a manual and remember half a dozen new commands. Fuck it still takes me 2 or 3 attempts to get the the home screen without a button.
Allow me to hit you with my cane. The Manchester blast was fucking loud.