Skype used to be peer to peer. Your call went from you to your friend (whomever). Microsoft decided that they couldn’t mitm that setup to scrape data; so, soon after they acquired Skype, they made all calls go through their servers.
Then they tried to make Skype make more money, since those servers aren’t free. Then they made teams and copied half the code into that, and cludged the rest to make it hold together.
Let’s make an AI to run the country then. Can’t bribe it, and it will work for the greater good or turn us into paperclips.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/technology-66543643.amp
I guess they’ve been working on it.
They can just add sails to augment the current engines. I read somewhere years ago that it was tested and found to reduce fuel consumption by a lot.
This is not a problem for kids here in Finland. On Christmas Eve, there is a knock on the door and Santa Claus (Joulupukki) comes in to greet the family and bring gifts.
No problem with observation or collapsing Christmas probability fields or whatever. He brings the presents, you thank him and that’s it.
Finland has done a lot for the industry… Hyvää Suomi!
Have you tried a Bluetooth FM transmitter? I have one plugged into the cigarette lighter that my phone connects to and I just tune my radio into the same frequency to hear it. They’re pretty cheap and even has buttons on it to skip tracks.
Retarded means slow, was he slow?
I want mine to sound like the cars from the Jetsons sometimes, and other times the sound of Snoop Dogg making car noises and giggling.
It’s been like that since the Dutch East India company…
I’ll give you a hint, there’s oil at the north pole.
There is a big difference though. Their beliefs were compatible with Americans, everyone believed in Jesus, not killing people and such. And most importantly, the next generation mingled and married locals and they were almost fully assimilated by the third generation.
Where I live, and other places, most of the Muslim population (not all, mind you) keep their children from others as much as possible. The children are taught what they can and can’t do because they are Muslim. And they can only marry Muslims (conversions are allowed but the family must live Muslim lives under those rules. They are not allowing natural assimilation. Places like Denmark have laws forcing immigrant children to attend day care with locals, because otherwise they won’t.
That’s why I live in the EU, and they have to include the lowest price in the last 30 days with the “discount” price.
They should do what happens to parking fines here in Finland. If you want to dispute it you can, but you need to pay the original fine or you get interest and late fees added on. As far as I know if you win, you get the original fine returned, not the interest or fees.
Yeah, they send me mine calculated, and ask if I want to change anything. I look over it and and, as if I understand it all, say " That’ll do pig"
Australians make up bullshit all the time about their animals though. Look at the platypus (otter with a beak strapped on), quokka (it’s a kids plush toy), and the “drop bear” (not actually a bear but a carnivorous marsupial).
Talking about climate change to my mother had her replying “I’ll be dead before any of that affects me”.
I never fail to remind her of that when a storm/drought/energy price hike/other climate related trouble does affect her.
Man was in a terrible flood and climbed up to the roof to avoid the water that kept rising. He was very religious and so when a boat came by and offered hep he said, " God will save me" and refused to go. The water rose higher and a jetski came by and offered to help, but again the man said, “God will save me”. The water rose even higher and a helicopter came by and lowered a ladder, and again he refused and said “God will save me”. The waters kept rising, swept the man into the flood and he drowned.
In heaven, the man speaks to God and says" why didn’t you save me?"
God replies, “I sent a boat, a jetski and a helicopter! What more did you want?”
Fix the holy cigarette lighter.
Personally, I define an expat as someone living in another country and not learning the language/customs.
They will never be accepted as a local because of this.