Trump’s war in Iran diverted weapons away from Ukraine (which were already bought and paid for by Europe), to be used in Iran. It also increased the global price of oil and gas, which benefits Russia because they can now sell their oil at that higher price.
Prices of HDDs have increased in recent months due to the AI bubble
Here in the NL we have a website called Tweakers for comparing hardware prices. They only really list webstores that sell to the Netherlands, but it could help give you a decent indication of normal prices at the moment.
If I sort by price / TB, this refurbished 6TB Seagate SAS-drive for €122 seems to be one of the best deals I can find:
https://www.redshell.nl/seagate-enterprise-capacity-35-hdd-interne-harde-schijf-6-tb-7200-rpm-128-mb-35-sas/
Given that price, €134 for a refurbished 6TB Toshiba seems like a pretty decent deal. Though I would like to add that my experience with Toshibas is that they are quite loud compared to Seagate and Western Digital. So if noise is a concern it might be worth looking for those instead.
Based on a cursory skim through the article, it does not seem to be claiming that nuclear energy is a “dirty energy”.
Cooling towers, as depicted in the thumbnail, are not exclusive to nuclear plants. Coal plants can have cooling towers as well.
This entirely depends on where in the world you are from.
The English-speaking world generally refers to America as two continents.
The Spanish-speaking world generally refers to America as one continent.
Neither are correct, both are correct.
Africa, Asia, and South America
So we are not counting North-America, where the ICE raids continue then?
While other NATO countries may have sustained their switch to renewables, we are not free from our dependence on oil and gas yet. And unlike the US which is a net-exporter of fossil fuels, Europe is a net-importer.
This looming energy crisis is also seriously affecting European countries.
I believe there are two main reasons why European countries are not keen on helping the US out of this:
It also would have been helpful if the US involved us in the plans to start a war with Iran, as allies on an equal footing. But instead the US unilaterally (or together with Israel I guess) decided to bomb the Ayatollah, expecting the European vassals to just fall in line.
“This is not our war”
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 they want a truly free market, they should legalize 24 hour days
The Ford Explorer is not even close to being a mid-size car
Here is it compared to a Peugeot 2008, which is a “mid-sized” car by European standards
https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/peugeot-2008-2023-suv-vs-ford-explorer-2019-suv/
The Ford Explorer is an absolute tank compared to the Peugeot
Stellantis does make affordable vehicles though… in Europe…
They own Peugeot, Citroën, Fiat, Opel, etc and they have been making great affordable EVs for a few years now.
Stellantis in the US and Stellantis in Europe seem like two entirely different entities that don’t talk to one another.
That must have changed recently then, because last I checked they only really had the Mustang left over.
Ever since they discontinued the Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta
Edit: Looks like they introduced the Ford Puma since then, and a handfull of SUVs
Doesn’t Ford mostly focuss on the American market these days? They don’t make reasonably sized or affordable cars anymore, only oversized pickups and SUVs, which don’t sell well outside of North America.
Meanwhile BYD has the Chinese market already, and is expanding globally, selling relatively affordable EVs.
I’m not exactly surprised that they are outselling Ford
Is the way the people of Greenland are responding to America threatening to invade their country really news? Think that one over in your head for a minute.
I made a joke with my friends in 2024, back when Harris was announced to be the presidential candidate for the Democratic party
Facism or woman, which way Western man?
Turns out America chose fascism
Those who didn’t vote in the 2024 election are equally culpable to the Trumpoids in my eyes. It was very clear what Trump stood for, yet they didn’t bother to go out and vote against fascism.
“surprised”
We already know that it is rigged. Fidesz has worked hard rigging the Hungarian electoral system in recent years.
Question is mostly whether they rigged the system hard enough that they can still win.