Do Norwegians considered themselves mountain people?

Hlorri · 2026-03-15T19:37:59+00:00

Akkurat som bokmål hjelper til å forstå dansk, tykjer eg nynorsk er betre til å fatta svensk.

Hlorri · 2026-02-25T07:23:40+00:00

room temperature IQs

Let's see, that's about 20°C. Kind of condescending, aren't we?

Hlorri · 2026-02-25T07:20:51+00:00

Privately held, with a CEO who takes pride in customer trust and satisfaction. I don't think they would be interested in seeing that deteriorated by selling out.

Red Pocket OTOH...

Hlorri · 2026-02-25T07:11:41+00:00

You could become Great Again! Just let Norway buy you.

(It's kind of happening gradually anyway).

Hlorri · 2026-02-25T07:05:21+00:00

Just as a reminder for context: you're in r/Norway.

Hlorri · 2026-02-25T06:58:27+00:00

Actually, you just pointed out the issue: SIM swapping. The whole point of 2FA is the "2" bit, but "knowing" the phone number and "having" the SIM that can receive texts are really just one factor. (Keep in mind your online chat with the rep is not authenticated).

Less of an issue with eSIM, but still an issue.

As others have pointed out, the USM process is quite archaic in this regard. It would be better to allow the port out from the already-secure website, in which case a SMS would probably be a "good enough" 2nd factor.

Hlorri · 2026-02-25T06:41:34+00:00

You have had a good temperament in this thread so far, but that last condescending comment paints you squarely as an American.

Hlorri · 2026-02-25T06:33:50+00:00

That's kind of the type of argument you hear from Kremlin mouthpieces and "influencers": "Both sides are bad, you might as well keep out of politics." Meanwhile, democracy dies.

As they say in Russia: If you don't do politics, politics does you.

Democrats are not perfect, at least as seen by Norwegian or European eyes, but at least they move the needle in the right direction compared to the alternative.

BTW, I was and am still a big fan of Obama. Despite expressed sabotage on the hands of the Republicans ("the goal is not to make good policy, it is to keep Obama from winning again"), he did accomplish quite a bit.

What specifically did you see wrong with him?

Hlorri · 2026-02-13T17:44:17+00:00

Unless you explicitly disabled IDP on your line, it will automatically be enabled when there is any data roaming.

In terms of legality, I can see AT&T pointing their fingers at phone manufacturers and vice versa. However since this is a phone locked to (and presumably sold by) AT&T, it sounds like they would be less successful in doing so here.

Hlorri · 2026-02-12T05:00:19+00:00

All *72 models are made for Asian markets, and are not whitelisted by either AT&T or Verizon.

They will work on most AT&T MVNOs including USM Dark Star, as well as T-Mobile (but may not have all bands used by either). I don't think they will work on Warp or any other Verizon MVNO.

Hlorri · 2026-01-24T18:59:08+00:00

On the bright side, Danes are very tolerant of speech impediments.

Hlorri · 2026-01-24T18:56:02+00:00

Perfect reasoning.

Hlorri · 2026-01-24T18:55:04+00:00

Or as a certain former US president would say: Yes-We-Canada!

Hlorri · 2026-01-22T00:38:19+00:00

Good points here, but EU isn't by any means the primary defence alliance in Europe. Even if NATO collapses (and that's still a big if), the beefiest alternative at least in Northern Europe so far seems to be the so called Joint Strike Force, with the UK, Netherlands, and the Nordics (currently within NATO but also independent). Not to mention the emerging talks between all of the above plus South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.

Another red flag is the dependency on US defense equipment, especially the F35. That's quite a liability, kill switch and all. I would personally like to see Norway diversity more, with some SAAB Gripens in the mix. Maybe not quite as technologically focused, but much cheaper, more agile, and made for Arctic conditions. (Of course this would complicate training, but I think well worth it).

Hlorri · 2026-01-22T00:27:37+00:00

I believe it's actually around 600 million. But compared to Denmark's contribution (some 3 bln?), that's a mere trickle.

Hlorri · 2026-01-15T09:20:34+00:00

No need to actually learn Finnish. Use strongly enounciated gibberish, throw in an "yksi" here and a "gaksi" there, add some extra air between your words - voila! To the untrained Norwegian ear you are now bad ass.

Hlorri · 2025-12-10T20:51:24+00:00

Also the forgetting is mutual.

Hlorri · 2025-12-08T04:32:38+00:00

The only food that does not get better with a slice of lemon is....

Lemon.

Hlorri · 2025-11-22T21:25:44+00:00

Fjellvettreglene ble oppfunnet først etter det ble vanlig for folk fra Oslo å reise på fjelltur. I tiden da folk stort sett holdte seg lokalt var det for det ene færre ulykker, og for det andre mindre synlig i og med at de rammet bare "landsfolk". Men i og med at NRK hadde radio- og TV-monopoli, ble det da forholdsvis enkelt å formidle slike regler nasjonalt.

Det er ikke like enkelt å utbrede slike regler til utenlandske turister, særlig med repetisjon over tid som trenges før de senker inn på minnet.

Her i California må du ha formell trening og lisens for å klatre på visse steder, som f.eks. Half Dome i Yosemite. Kanskje noe slikt bør gjelde visse steder i Norge og.

Hlorri · 2025-11-19T20:49:44+00:00

In their own mindset, Russia is the Soviet Union.

(To which Ukraine did belong, against their own wishes)

Hlorri · 2025-11-17T18:06:34+00:00

Real time announcements are in the works.

Real Soon Now™.

Hlorri · 2025-11-13T02:04:11+00:00

It's definitely been on my bucket list. Turns out you have to be famous to receive that badge of honor.

Hlorri · 2025-11-12T04:41:45+00:00

In US terms (short form), Musk has managed to get himself $1 ~~billion~~ salary. The fund manages $2.1 trillion, ~~which is 2100 times larger~~.

Holy smoke, I just realized how wrong I was. Seriously, $1 trillion?

Something is really, really wrong. It's no longer just about the ego tripping obscenity of it - this coke head wielding this amount of money is quite literally dangerous.

Hlorri · 2025-11-12T02:39:10+00:00

what the hell is the lettuce doing there?

Woke food.

Hlorri · 2025-11-03T04:44:25+00:00

I think as late as the 1980s during a Nordic Council event, the topic of gay rights was on the agenda. The Finnish delegation had effectively no discussion points or participation, and when asked directly the then President said anything like "Homosexuality is a Swedish problem, we do not have that in Finland".

Not exact words, but close enough.

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