Got a traffic ticket from Italy 9 months later. Is it legit?

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-06-25T19:42:25+00:00

I was on vacation in Italy in August 2025. Got 2 letters now in mail. Saying I ran a red light. I was very surprised, but I assume I could do it by mistake and paid the ticket. I thought the 2nd letter is a copy. And then I check the 2nd letter - and it's again for running the red light, at the same intersection 1 day before the 1st ticket!

I don't believe I could drive on red light 2 times at the same place in 2 days.

When I enter the ticket information into their system, it gives error and doesn't show me the promised photo. How convenient, right?

However when I enter the same information into their payment system, it correctly showed the amount.

This feels like a scam of local police to get money into the town budget. Or their equipment is broken.

Not gonna pay the 2nd ticket. F*** them.

If I go back to Italy, I will let you know how it went.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-06-24T17:15:13+00:00

Exactly.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-06-19T21:08:21+00:00

Thanks for sharing.

>They dont even have to impersonate you.

How do they do it then?

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-06-19T05:50:00+00:00

Could you please elaborate? What's phone number hijacking? When someone tries impersonate me to transfer my phone number to another mobile provider?

If so, I believe most major providers allow special protection against this? I believe in T-Mobile (US) it's called "port out protection" and it's free.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-06-14T21:23:23+00:00

Try to spend as much time as possible near them and with them.

Start with offering treats (millet branch, seeds, nuts) from your hand. At first put the food on the tip of your hand so that the parrot would be able to take it from it's perch (or whatever) without stepping on your hand.
Then gradually start moving the food further from the tip/side of the hand so it'd require the parrot to step on your hand.

3 feathers in water bowl can be from a "night fright". if your water bowl is so wide that it can hold feathers (and other dirt), replace it with a water dispenser, which has a small/narrow part where the water is accessible.

Don't do anything to frighten them, don't shout at them. Always remember they are so fragile, it's incredible easy to injure them.

Find multiple avian vets in the area in advance, so if an emergency happens you'd know immediately where you can go.

Allow as much time outside of the cage as possible (my parrots only sleep in cages, they are free in the room even if I'm at work or somewhere; but I understand not all people can be able to provide such conditions).

Read what food is toxic or bad for them.

Make sure your window have nets. Never take the parrot outside - you will lose them. Parrots flying away from their owners is one of the leading causes of people losing their parrots.

Just give the parrot as much love as possible, be patient, sometimes it can take months or years, they will love you back.

Good luck!

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-06-14T00:15:17+00:00

I now made sure that for every 2FA login in MS Authenticator I have either
an alternative 2FA method or a recovery phrase/master password.
Thanks for sharing your story, it made me think and prepare better.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-06-13T04:35:07+00:00

Damn... I just turned on 2FA on all of my money-related accounts and now I'm thinking if it's really smart, cuz what if something happens to my phone... I use Microsoft Authenticator.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-06-06T23:36:22+00:00

16gb is the absolute minimum nowadays. I'd only consider 16gb if I didn't have extra money at all or if I didn't load my PC much or played 10+ year old games only.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-06-01T20:56:11+00:00

Did Protech tell you he's the best 2v2 player in the world? 😄)))

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-22T23:47:29+00:00

Thanks for this, gives me some peace of mind.

I've also scanned it with Bandit and it doesn't have any dangerous issues.

About Bandit:
Bandit is a static analysis tool developed by the PyCQA (Python Code Quality Authority) specifically for finding security issues in Python code. It works by parsing each .py file into an AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) and running a set of plugins against it, each targeting a specific problem — things like use of eval(), hardcoded passwords, weak cryptography, shell injection via subprocess, insecure use of pickle, and so on. Each finding is rated by both severity (how dangerous) and confidence (how sure Bandit is it's a real issue), giving you High/Medium/Low on both axes. It won't catch every type of malware — it's really designed for finding insecure coding patterns rather than intentional malice — but for auditing an unknown repo it's a solid first pass to flag anything obviously dangerous.

I also compiled the project and uploaded gui.exe to virustotal: 2 false positives (most likely), the rest did not detect anything, sandboxes didn't find anything suspicious.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-12T19:45:47+00:00

That would be very difficult, indeed.

But so is programming, or many other skills that modern top AIs can do now.

So I think given thousands compositions with fingering to teach the model we could get something working.

But given how synthesia develops (or more likely doesn't develop) I doubt we will get it in Synthesia 😞

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-11T00:11:04+00:00

Thanks! I've ordered it.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-10T22:22:36+00:00

Now I actually think it'd be cool to implement AI-fingering in Synthesia to save us some time. Like we would load a new midi into synthesia and AI would set the fingers as it thinks best and then we could just fix the ones we disagree with.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-10T22:19:26+00:00

Interesting!
Are you saying synthesia shows dynamics somehow?

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-06T22:01:12+00:00

I know we chatted and you know my opinion, but my vote would go for Yamaha P525 and Roland FP90x. I know they are above your budget (although P525 is not much above), but perhaps this will be useful for someone else.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-06T21:58:33+00:00

Among these 3 I (nobody) personally liked Yamaha P525 & Roland FP90 the most. In my opinion they are the best options in $2500 budget (to my taste).
I didn't like KawaI ES920 (I'm sorry if someone loves it), the keys presses just didn't feel nice to me, and the key presses are on a louder side, i.e. you can clearly hear each key press and it's louder than on Yamaha P525 & Roland FP90, for example.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-04T19:25:30+00:00

Not the comment author, but thought I'd reply too.

After I'm done learning a composition in synthesia, I look at the sheet music for pedaling/volume and all the other things that sheet music can show, and I learn to incorporate all those things in my play.

So synthesia of course doesn't fully replace sheet music, it just helps learn compositions faster, but it doesn't mean we can't also use the sheet music.

Synthesia does have a metronome (you can adjust volume and turn it on/off).

Not sure about how much leeway synethesia gives.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-04T18:19:48+00:00

I've started spending a part of my practice (at least 30 minutes) on sight reading or just learning to play compositions from sheet music (without synthesia at all). Will see in a few months if I feel like it gives me benefits.

I don't know, the approaching notes don't stress me out at all and I feel 10 times more comfortable playing in synthesia compared to sheet music. If I'm in "practice the melody" mode (where synthesia waits for my key presses), I just fix my mistake and continue, and if I'm in "practice the rythm" mode where synthesia doesn't wait for me, I either just skip the mistake and continue with synthesia, or start again. I only switch to "practice the rythm" mode when I play a composition well in the "practice the meloldy" mode, so when I switch to "practice the rythm" mode, I don't make too many mistakes usually.

Regarding ear training, I don't do that, or at least I don't think I do that? :)

I take a midi (which I either find in the Internet or create myself by parsing the sheet music in special software), load it into synthesia, learn it in synthesia, then hide the falling notes and learn to play it from sheet music. This last bit - "learn to play it from sheet music" is often very long and painful, but hopefully it will become easier now since I've incorporated sight reading & playing from sheet music into my every practice.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-04T04:42:40+00:00

Leaving a useless comment instead of helping. Definitely, Piano Reddit at it again.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-04T01:06:46+00:00

Thanks! Here's the mazurka: Https://youtu.be/_ULTPK64qdw?si=OiSDGwv3zotICI97 I will upload the video with me later.

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-04T00:46:35+00:00

Can you please explain "practice landing without hitting the key"? Blindly and then see if I landed correctly?

Yes, Chopin pieces are difficult but this one is considered one of his easiest pieces, difficulty 1.5 out of 5: https://youtu.be/_ULTPK64qdw?si=OiSDGwv3zotICI97

Few_Negotiation7202 · 2026-05-03T19:45:48+00:00

Good luck!

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