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  1. On 6/29/2025 at 8:32 AM, idigTexas said:

    Pro tip:  If using a SFX PSU in an mid-ATX build, check the length of the included cables.  Build is on hold while I await my PSU replacement.  

    Note:  I am not a pro.  

    Why were you going with SFX anyway in a case that large? Or was it just left over from a previous build? 

  2. 33 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    It helps with the factual part of it.

    Not really, at least not without making your training set very specialized and limited (e.g., by removing all fictional or creative works). But then you couldn't get the scale needed for the more impressive capabilities seen with these models. You may be able to mitigate hallucinations to some degree, but the reality is that LLMs don't have any inherent way to identify "truth" or to reason. I think LLMs are going to ultimately end up finding their best use as a transformational layer between an input and another type of neural network or algorithm.   

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  3. 20 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

    As I understand it, the output is just as good as the data. A story as old as time with data and analytics (e.g. garbage in, garbage out). I'm not technical enough to understand the roadmap, but from what I can see there is already exponential advancements everytime a new model is released to eventually get to a point where it's pretty rock solid. Things like reasoning, model switching, RAG, MCP, and the like for today-- who knows what tomorrow will bring.

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    Better data doesn't fix the inherent problems LLMs have in regards to hallucinations and reasoning. 

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  4. 9 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

    couldn't the water have come in at an earlier time?

    No, that report is fake. You can versions of it from back on the 15th. Versions of it says there was torrential rain prior to pushback. It is completely fake. 

  5. 8 minutes ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

    AAIB Preliminary Report Highlights

    1. Primary Cause – Electrical Power Transfer Interruption (PTI) During Rotation

    • During transition from ground to airborne electrical configuration, the aircraft experienced a cascading dual-engine FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) failure.

    • Root cause: Uncommanded bus transfer failure due to arcing in the main power relay box (PRB-A), traced to water ingress during pre-flight GPU disconnection in heavy rain.

    • This led to loss of electronic engine control at rotation, resulting in both GEnx engines rolling back to ground idle within 4–5 seconds.



    2. Flight Data Record Timeline

    • +0:11 sec: Nose gear lifts off.

    • +0:13 sec: Sudden engine rollback begins. Thrust reduces from 92% N1 to <27% within 3 seconds.

    • +0:16 sec: Master caution + ENG FAIL L/R warnings. FO calls, “Both engines dropping!”

    • +0:20 sec: Autopilot and flight control reverts to Direct Mode. Pitch up attitude peaks at 18°.

    • +0:25 sec: Aircraft stalls at 186 ft AGL.

    • +0:30 sec: Full aerodynamic stall; nose drops rapidly.

    • +0:38 sec: Ground impact at 54° nose-down attitude, 174 knots.

     

    It wasn't raining... this is fake. 

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  6. 14 hours ago, vicerous said:

    Went the SFF route on my last build and had a great time with the Terra. Very smooth build if you plan your dimensions. 

    Nothing crazy but I pretty much play Path of Exile and TFT exclusively so I'm not pushing any boundaries and I wanted to keep it relatively cool & quiet. 

    R5 7600

    NH-L12S cooler

    ASRock A620I Lightning

    4070 Super Eagle (In white annoyingly)

    Corsair SF750 

     

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    I'm surprised that the 4070 Super fits with the spine that far in favor of the CPU side. That's good to know!

  7. 9 minutes ago, linux said:

    I mean don't you have to join a class action? even if free (considering there is no payout in the end I doubt it) aren't there time frames? so to get relief you have to hope you are not deported before you are able to join a class action?

    We no longer have rights, those have been replaced as jump through hoops. I can't wait for the interpreations of right to life, you can only sue once you are dead.

    Not exactly. You don't really individually join a class action at the outset. The attorney filing the case provides a class definition. At some point, the court will rule on whether the class can be certified. Assuming it grants certification, for the vast majority of class actions, anyone within that definition is part of the class. These are known as opt-out class actions. You have to actively decline to participate in order to be removed from the class. And that decision typically isn't made until there is a known outcome (e.g., a settlement). Opt-in class actions are rarer in modern times, but they do still exist. However, even there, the opt-in procedure is usually later in the process and until then the entire prospective class is treated the same. 

  8. 3 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    to me it's not

    it's 2025

    it would have been impressive in 1975

    we've been spending double-digit billions annually on black-world undisclosed technology for 75 years

    This is a capability that literally no other nation has. That investment in resources, research, and training is what allowed an impressive feat to seem mundane. Your reasoning would seem to preclude anything from being described as impressive. It is lazy and pointless analysis.  

  9. 2 minutes ago, Skipper said:

    Got it.  So it all comes back to Trump like it always does.  Guess I need to go look at Twitter and see what he got all the CR'ers fired up about today.   I assume he's acting like a fucking buffoon like he always does.  I could give 2 shits what that idiot has to say about anything.  That doesn't mean the actual planning, coordination, etc. of the strike itself wasn't impressive.  It's ok to appreciate the American military without feeling like you are supporting the administration you know.    But yeah - I'll see my way back to the Stars or recruiting threads which can hopefully stay devoid of the rampant TDS that infects every fucking discussion on this board.

    Wait, we're you really expecting a conversation generally about the bombing of another country, which was done at the sole discretion of Trump, to not have political discussion? I don't think anyone in the thread is really demeaning the military. There is some discussion about how impressive this particular operation actual was. It can be true that the operation was tactically impressive, but not the most impressive operation ever as claimed by the administration, and potentially not even a strategically successful operation. You're a fool if you thought the later two points weren't going to be discussed here or shouldn't be discussed here. 

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  10. 1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    this isn't magic

    radio voice silence does not equal global encrypted comms

    What? When did I claim anything about magic? What are you on about? Communication was limited. Encrypting communication protects the contents of the message, but not the fact that a message was sent, from where it was sent, and in some instances to where it was. 

  11. 59 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

    Did they have to operate with radio and all other communications silence while coordinating? 

    Yes. That appears to be exactly what they did. Fighters, tankers, bombers, naval assets, surveillance, and electronic warfare assets all had to be precisely timed and routed. Small individual deviations given the distances, scale, and timeframes involved would have been greatly amplified. This level of coordination is very impressive.

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  12. 2 minutes ago, Skipper said:

    Seriously.  Are people on this board serious trying to downplay an outstanding job by our military because of fucking politics.  JFC.

    Tactically, the mission was very impressive. No other nation has the experience or demonstrated capability to pull off a mission like that. Whether it was strategically wise or successful is up for debate. 

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  13. 3 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

    Or we've been lying about the full capacity range of the stealth bombers.

    Underselling, yes. But it doesn't change the fact that even without 60,000 lbs of ordinance, a B2 flying from Missouri to Iran is going to need to refuel. 

  14. 1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    1) is it difficult to fly that plane?

    2) the bulk of the 36 hours is it in some sort of autopilot setting just level flying, way above any other air traffic, right?

    3) is there more than one pilot aboard these bombers that can rotate watch/active flying?

    What makes the mission difficult?  What makes it complicated?  A to B, pull lever to drop 2 bombs, B to A.  For 6 or 7 planes. Midair refueling in between that I would assume gets trained on constantly.  Fuel planes from whatever bases are nearby the refueling area go up on time and loiter. 

    Coordinating the actions of over hundred aircraft with minimal to no communication over thousands and thousands of miles so that they all arrive where they are supposed to be precisely when they are supposed to be there is very complex. Doing so in way that will minimize the likelihood of detection while also including multiple mid-air fueling points  even more so. 

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  15. 3 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

    “It is a strawman to say that I do not criticize the Trump administration”, he says as he once again refuses to criticize the Trump administration, but instead inserts criticism of Biden in his continued deflection.

    I'm not sure he even understands the meaning of the word strawman. My argument is that he is a hypocrite. It isn't a strawman to use evidence of his hypocrisy. It is my core argument. 

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  16. Actual statement by a doctor with the ACP (American College of Physicians) to the committee:

    "This committee has always prided itself on openness, transparency, review of data and evidence.  So I am wondering if we will have an actual scientific presentation with peer reviewed literature, strong evidence to actually discuss this issue as many statements have been made here today without the support of science or evidence but merely opinion."

    He continues by asking if there will be presentations by actual scientists with actual data or we they have "lay person presentations only"

    So, yeah, things are going well. 

     

     

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