Frostbeard

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[–] Frostbeard 31 points 5 months ago

Norwegian here. Not that often I think of India tbh, but here is a short bullet point list

  • Massive overpopulation
  • Rich and dirt poor at the same time
  • Castes
  • Politically governed by nationalists
  • Rape stories
  • Massive market thats the only reason we care about India
  • Good tech industry (moon landing?)
  • Don't go to Kashmir
  • Holi
  • Bollywood
  • "Indian" food (know that some protein in some sauce with nan and rice is not all an entire subcontinent can offer)

Last show I saw about India was that James May show on Amazon

[–] Frostbeard 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I am from Norway so....no. Just to make the point even more clear. That pink line up north. It's mostly for shipping iron ore from Kiruna to the port in Narvik. It can take passengers but it's not its main purpose. And the rest of the Norwegian rail system stops in Bodø. So from Narvik to Bodø you need a six hour+ bus drive. (This is an map of the EU system I think so Norway and the UK are left out)

[–] Frostbeard 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I guess the size has something to do with the size of Japanese roads and back alley space?

[–] Frostbeard 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No. But she loved the the reply :)

[–] Frostbeard 111 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

I installed Linux on my gfs (now wife) old laptop years ago when the beginner distros was way less user friendly. When I asked on a forum for help it was just the sound of crickets. When she made her first post starting with "my boyfriend installed Linux and I don't understand how to..." They fucking fell out trees to answer her questions

[–] Frostbeard 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if I am missing your joke here, but British humour can pretty vicious at times. This is perhaps one of the mildest examples I have seen

[–] Frostbeard 6 points 6 months ago

There is also the fact that thousands of Norwegians served in Lebanon for 20 years and witnessed IDF first hand. They took their stories home with them. I served in Kosovo and most of my colleagues had spent years in Lebanon. One time a very Christian solider watching the news in a joint TV room comments loudly and negativeo on palestinians in a news story and it almost came to blows. No one liked Hezbollah, but many hated the IDF. I heard the story of the Qana massacre from a Norwegian patrol that was present (the wiki article dosent mention them.) To hear the story how they had to shut the shelter door on civilians as there was no more room is enough to break your heart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_massacre?wprov=sfla1

Fuck IDF it took them less than 80 years to turn in to the SS

[–] Frostbeard 12 points 6 months ago

Multiplay.co.uk stopped offering servers, and Discord was all new, bright and shiny so we switched to Disc. Was sad to see it go tbh

[–] Frostbeard 2 points 6 months ago

There is a windows software for Netflix? I have been using my browser on all platforms tbh

[–] Frostbeard 2 points 6 months ago

Specialized from that era are great. Still have my Rock Hopper from 2002. Replaced the front shock absorber with a fixed fork (no idea what the English word is) and some ball bearings here and there. Love it

[–] Frostbeard 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Japanese martial arts practitioners can spend years achieving that state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushin_%28mental_state%29

[–] Frostbeard 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Pocket Cast is still decent. But they increased the sub prices a lot recently. I was still on an old plan, so I don't know what I'll do when it expires. What bugs me more is podcast releasing exclusively on certain platforms. Congratulations, you just reinvented radio

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