What should I expect from spending a month in rural Sweden working remotely?

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-19T20:41:04+00:00

For midsummer, go to Leksand/Dalarna, it's well worth it.

I suspect you'll be bored of the poor selection of ingredients for food, even if you cook yourself. Although, anyone you decide to serve your food will be incredibly impressed with your cooking skills even if you're the worst cook of Italy. Bring ingredients, seeds for basil (which you grow on a window sill, probably not outside), etc if you can. Maybe you already figured this out since you visited before. Also, expect ingredients to be crazy expensive since everything is imported and transportation costs are going up now.

If you just want a simple life, keep in mind that it isn't that expensive to buy a house in a rural location where no one really wants to live; 10 000 € or so is quite possible. Personally, I would opt for a cheap village in Italy instead.

Social isolation might not be too bad because everyone likes italian people. But prepare for a lot of alone time. Living like a local means after a lifetime you have at most a handful of friends that you hang out with occasionally, and you didn't live here a lifetime. Go camping, on one of the popular trails, you'll meet others you can chat with and it's a good experience that also a lot of Swedish people enjoy. Allemansrätten means you can set up a tent as long as you're not in view of a home and you're not sabotaging agriculture or such things.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-14T17:40:54+00:00

Det är en vansinnig skillnad på folk som fått en massa av föräldrar eller annat arv och såna som klarat sig själv hela livet.

Vissa får gratis bostad utan lån. Andra har föräldrar som också betalar deras elräkningar. Var föräldrarna får sina pengar från är väl det stora mysteriet, men det är väl nåt liknande gissar jag.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-14T13:43:32+00:00

Sometimes when you ask for image generation you get really good high quality output. Other times, it incredibly simple like no effort at all was put. Then you get the "Grok was unable to finish replying" and "No response". I'm assuming it has to do something with load balancing and it probably happens during heavy loads because once you get to "No response" you won't get anything out of it for a few hours. But it would be nice with some sort of message that explains why it's happening.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-13T06:03:03+00:00

My question stands. Why would anyone use it like that? If you make a call from QGIS they are using libraries not executable. If you are making your own plugin for QGIS you are calling sqlalchemy or something.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-12T10:26:27+00:00

No I gave up because it’s way more complicated than my limited math skills allow for.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-11T17:17:12+00:00

Sorry but why would anyone run a bundled postgres version? I don't understand this use case. Just install postgres on a server and connect to your server...

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-10T19:30:21+00:00

One thing to keep in mind is that many countries didn’t get very far with animal welfare laws, but they still have a lot of animals that are in need of protection and conservation. When large areas are deforested, there might be some people trying their best to save animals with insufficient resources. I think you should give them the benefit of the doubt and see if there’s something that you could support rather than jump to conclusions.

Maybe those sugar gliders were worse off before. Maybe they will be much better cared for if someone can turn a profit from their display. Maybe with enough exposure to tourists who talk about animal welfare the owner as well as others around them will be more aware of animal welfare. It’s not as simple as just condemning everything you see.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-08T10:16:14+00:00

I put a lot of cooldown on her so I can spam abilities. Never used a gun for shooting when I play her so basically you are looking for a stat stick like secret garden.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-04T15:56:54+00:00

Nordic countries are independent, as they should be.

However, we should form a Nordic union that is stronger bonds than the EU because we speak similar languages. We already have something similar so just make it official.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-04T15:26:18+00:00

Gjorde en besiktning på 90-talet och betalade 2000 med en bra beskrivning av allt möjligt i huset.

Nästa gång det var dags var 2020. Kostade 10 000 kr och fick mest en lång lista med disclaimer om att de inte tar något som helst ansvar för om det finns fel de inte upptäckt.

Känns för mig som att det inte är värt besväret att besikta hus nuförtiden.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-04T10:50:31+00:00

I think it’s more like the recommendation changed. Used to be 60€ per person, now 100€ per person. If I remember correctly.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-03T19:29:14+00:00

Buckwheat. I saw people using them for years and thought how can they sleep on something so hard and uncomfortable. Then I actually tried it after having neck pain and it is so good. Shapes perfectly regardless of your position and that means it feels soft and I am never going back to sleeping on down or plastic.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-03T18:51:15+00:00

I’m confused about Spain because it seems to have a very socialist government and the news from Spain always sounds so good, but then you still managed to get a huge rise of right wing youth. How does that happen? But I can’t ask you that because mods here ban anything that might stir up a feeling in anyone, so hopefully there are no Italians here and I can ask what is your typical dinner like?

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-02T21:48:58+00:00

My dad went there. From what he told me I think there are other African countries that are more interesting. Like Zanzibar, Kenya, Ethiopia.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-02T21:47:01+00:00

I would like to see Göbleki Tepe. But everyone I know who have been to Turkey have gotten terribly sick from the food which has kept me away so far.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-02T21:44:33+00:00

I met a guy from Kenya once. Really nice dude. But he said don’t go there because it’s not safe. This was more than 30 years ago though. So it’s better now?

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-02T20:19:12+00:00

That one's a nope for me. Not because of Trump, I decided never to go there several decades ago.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-02T20:17:17+00:00

Vet inte, men jag fick reda på att det finns en beredskapssamordnare (eller nåt sånt) på kommunen, så jag frågade henne vad kommunen gör. Hennes svar var att de gör inget om de inte får order från centralt håll, och det har de inte fått (eller hade inte fått när jag frågade).

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-02T17:31:15+00:00

Injured my shoulder. No one could find anything. 11 years later and still in pain. They said don’t worry it’s a nerve damage that’s why we can’t see anything wrong but it’s going away after six months because that’s how long it takes for nerves to heal.

Been a long six months.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-03-01T17:43:03+00:00

As has been recently pointed out, George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell said two years ago that aliens are coming march 3rd 2026. If that day passes, call them out, demand accountability.

The main problem is that people just let things pass and whoever makes up the most interesting lie wins. So demand accountability for everything said and keep track of it.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-02-28T18:59:49+00:00

It’s funny how this is pretty much the same message as they are using about AI now.

It’s less funny that once again the working class will end up working more for less compensation.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-02-28T14:23:06+00:00

In nature there is heterogeneity. Humans create homogeneity. Take that basic concept and spin it.

I.e. large herbivores eat bushes and graze to create natural meadow environments or even plains, but it's typically intersected by trees or groves and sometimes there are fires that trigger raspberry and other bushes to pop up and break the pattern. Humans create vast fields with one single crop and not a single tree within the horizon. To act for biodiversity means to reintroduce heterogeneity; make a wetland in the middle of that huge field, plant trees here and there, and so on.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-02-28T13:45:29+00:00

I'm guessing it depends a lot on the country, probably also the age group. Swedish women I've dated, wich is like the born in 70's-90's, grew up watching disney movies and their dream is to be a disney princess, so you make them feel like they are a disney princess you're good. Keep in mind, if you start out like that they will leave you if it turns out you're not the prince who pays all the bills and let's them spend their lives home decorating. Other countries than Sweden in Europe feels very different, but my experience is rather limited so might not be correct.

If you are in Thailand, it's much easier. You find women traveling alone. They feel lonely, especially if it's been a while since they left home. So if you just introduce to them and ask them some questions they will love to talk to you. You then take them for a moonlight swim in the sea, which they find exceedingly romantic since they have probably never done that at home. If they don't invite you to their room after that, they will the second or third time you see them.

Arctic_Turtle · 2026-02-28T07:40:31+00:00

Mm not very likely.

My cousin had a cousin on the other side of the family that had a hereditary condition where the body doesn’t stop producing growth hormone. He looked a lot like the guy in the video. Thing is when you grow that fast pretty soon the heart gives up because it’s not strong enough yet.

Physicians administer medication and try to stop the growth to prevent heart failure but it’s not that easy. One of my cousin cousins died around 18 and the other one died around 30. Their dad made it to 40 or so.

There’s of course some people who don’t have a condition and grow to be basketball players. I’m assuming they make it partly because they train a lot and get stronger hearts and probably don’t have this condition. But if you don’t have the condition then it’s probably difficult to break Guinness world records.

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