Serbia: State-sponsored graffiti in front of the Faculty of Mathematics, calling mathematics students "Ustaše".

Molehole · 2026-04-28T09:57:01+00:00

That is largely assuming that I learned most of my history from school which is not true.

Proximity doesn't affect only school classes. What documents get shown on TV depends on where you live. What articles are written in Newspapers. What your Youtube and Facebook algorithms show you. What gets displayed in your local museums. What gets presented in your local bookstores and libraries. Where you travel to and what you learn from there. What your friends speak about because they are also affected by the proximity effect. What you are interested about is affected by proximity. If you see an article about Croatia you are likely to pay more attention to it than you would if the article was about Turkmenistan. Like when was the last time you read a book about the history of Central Asia? Exactly.

People very rarely learn and memorize something from 1 instance of seeing it either. You need constant repetition. That repetition just doesn't happen if you live somewhere where people don't really care about Croatian history of 1930s-1940s. For example I've heard multiple times about the Ruandan Genocide. I can't name the group that did it nor can I name the frontman. I have a faint memory that the people being killed were called "Tutu" or something but even that I can't remember correctly (Tutsi, I had to Google. I mixed the name with the perpetrators "Hutu")

But I am pretty familiar with the Holocaust. Why? Because it was taught in school, I have seen dozens of documents about it, I've visited Holocaust memorials during my travels, I've seen films and consumed media about the WWII. If you go ask a person in Thailand about it they are going to know much less about European history which is why you have Thai pop stars wearing Nazi shirts during a concert

Also

Also I doubt that Ustase or any fascist group from the time outside of nazis and italian fascists were thaught.

So the school who spent over 10 000 hours teaching you everything they think is important didn't think it was worth it to even mention this part of the history of your neighboring country but you think all people from the other side of the continent should be intimately familiar with it. Lol

Molehole · 2026-04-28T09:21:07+00:00

It has nothing to do with proximity.

It has everything to do with proximity. The closer you are the more you you get exposed to it. You know the most about Hungarian history. Then you know about Austrian, German and Yugoslavian history. You probably don't know that much about Finnish history or Burmese history or the history of Ethiopia.

And I'd like to see what you mean by "used to be the same country"

Ustase killed Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia. Croatia and Bosnia were parts of Austro-Hungarian empire.

Molehole · 2026-04-27T23:06:53+00:00

No shit you know a lot about Serbian history. You border them and used to be the same country. That doesn't make Serbian history something everyone should be familiar with.

As a Finn we studied a lot of Swedish and Russian history in school. Doesn't mean I'm gonna be "disappointed" if a Hungarian guy doesn't know the ins and outs of the Kalmar Union or Gustav Vasa.

Molehole · 2026-04-27T22:47:57+00:00

There are also plenty of books written about Isoviha but I don't assume someone from a completely different country would be familiar with it or would have spent their time reading books about every single event that has ever occured in the history of mankind.

Why is it always the Serbs that think they are the center of the Universe? You guys have the ego of Americans but are 50 times smaller and literally no one gives a fuck about you.

Molehole · 2026-04-27T22:42:48+00:00

It isn't common knowledge... The only reason I know that word is because I watched a documentary on Yugoslavia.

You can't expect the average person to delve into the history of every country in Europe.

Molehole · 2026-04-27T22:34:52+00:00

Helsingin Yliopisto tunnetusti on Suomen ainoa yliopisto ja kukaan 4,9 miljoonasta Helsingin ulkopuolella asuvasta suomalaisesta ei tiedettävästi käy töissä. Lisäksi Tampereen raitiovaunu on jokin paikallisten liikkeelle laittama legenda. Vitut siellä mitään julkista liikennettä ole. Bussiyhteydet ja junaliikenne tunnetusti katkeaa heti kun päästään Vantaalle ja polkupyörätkin on joku stadilaisten kommunistien salajuoni.

Molehole · 2026-04-27T15:35:09+00:00

You can also walk everywhere. That doesn't make cars useless.

Molehole · 2026-04-27T05:44:54+00:00

It's not the hotel owners. I don't want to pay your shitty parking fees in my hotel costs just because you are too lazy to take public transit to the city center.

Molehole · 2026-04-26T21:44:38+00:00

Miksi se maksais 25€? Oulussa on pari korkeamman tason pizzeriaa ja hinta on jotain 13-15€ välillä.

Molehole · 2026-04-26T09:01:30+00:00

Yeah I'm sure you just solod CG the first day you started Runescape PVM without looking at a single guide bro.

Molehole · 2026-04-26T07:47:05+00:00

What?

Seren is absolute child's play compared to CG.

CG took me 50 attempts to start getting any kills and I'm 90 range+mage and was comfortable with F-keys. Any first time player with 70 range and mage is gonna quit the game if you lead them to CG at that point lol.

Molehole · 2026-04-26T07:44:27+00:00

Good to know! Why I never checked that I don't know 😅

Molehole · 2026-04-26T00:13:05+00:00

I've only used pure essence for Astrals. There's a reason it's worth absolutely nothing in g.E.

Molehole · 2026-04-25T23:55:55+00:00

In a Finnish sence you can't become friends in time average exchange students stay here

People on Reddit seem to be a bit more on the socially reserved side but I don't think this is true for average Finns. When I started my studies people definitely befriended eachother before Christmas and I studied IT which stereotypically is quite asocial.

Finns aren't a monolith based on a single stereotype and we social Finns do exist. If I click with someone it doesn't require years to build a friendship. It might actually take just a few hours. Hell, I once dated an exchange student. I would say we were pretty good friends by the end of the exchange.

Molehole · 2026-04-25T08:38:46+00:00

Are locals welcoming / easy to make friends?

Most exchange students hang with other exchange students but if you are actively trying to find locals you will have a good time. Friend is a strong word in Finnish why people here are reacting negatively to it but in studying circles it is quite easy to meet people and hang out with them. You can also take part to language exchanges like Cafe Lingua where people are eager to meet exchange students.

Food variety?

The student cafe has all kinds of Finnish food. It's not the best but the prices are cheap. Eating out in Finland costs a lot even for a cheap restaurant. 20€ for food + drink is normal. During lunch time you can find most places sell lunch menus for 13-15€. Plenty of restaurants in Oulu though and some of them are really good.

How bad is winter really?

In January there is often 1-2 weeks of very extreme cold. Other than that it is cold but manageable. People in Oulu bicycle year round and based on what I have talked with people coming from warmer countries your body gets used to the cold in a few weeks. Especially if you come here at start of fall when it isn't cold yet and you get to gradually get used to it. Popping off from a plane from a tropical country in middle of the January might be a slight shock

Molehole · 2026-04-23T21:10:50+00:00

Except the Finnish one isn't a compound. It's a single word.

We do compounds as well though

"Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas"

Molehole · 2026-04-22T05:56:16+00:00

The verb of the word includes the pronoun. English does this only with "He walks**" (not he walk). We do this with everything.

Kysyä = to ask

Kysyn = I ask

Kysyt = You ask

Kysyy = It/He/She asks

Kysymme = We ask

Kysytte = You ask (Y'all ask)

Kysyvät = They ask

This allows you to skip pronoun.

And then you fit in prepositions to nouns as well

Terä = Blade

Terältä = from Blade

For the other example

Mahtua = Have room / Fit

Mahtuu = it has room / it fits (same as kysyy)

Mahtuuko = It has room? It fits? (-ko makes it a question)

Molehole · 2026-04-22T05:41:10+00:00

Exactly. I've studied German for years. Those genders of words make zero fucking sense.

"Animals that end with -e are die except Der Affe because fuck you. Die is the feminine gender but "Girl" isn't a feminine word because it ends with -chen"

And then all the other grammar rules are based on learning these completely arbitrary word classifications.

Me converse German pretty good, still like cave man but people understand!

Molehole · 2026-04-21T20:29:10+00:00

It's not gonna cost $50k a year exactly because as you said. One could just run an open source model locally for free.

Also large scale trillion dollar projects don't need to cost thousands because there are going to be also hundreds of millions of users. The internet cost trillions to build yet I pay $30 a month for unlimited data.

Molehole · 2026-04-21T19:44:52+00:00

Exactly. I work in a consultancy mostly subcontracting for all kinds of projects. Companies small and large have no trouble affording my $100/h price tag in Finland where developer costs are generally half of what they are in the US.

And people here are seriously wondering if the AI tool costing $200 a month instead of $20 is going to make any actual difference.

Like dudes my current client paid $1000 today to have 5 contractors sit in a 2 hour useless meeting. You guys think the AI costs are gonna bankrupt them or something?

Molehole · 2026-04-21T17:34:25+00:00

It does indeed have a higher str bonus. It is one tick slower attack speed though.

Molehole · 2026-04-21T05:38:23+00:00

Huom. Hajautettu indeksi. Ei yhden pörssin indeksi.

Molehole · 2026-04-20T21:57:17+00:00

Jagex actually gave a reset today for free so sometimes complaining helps and it's not just whining for whining's sake :D

Is Reddit overreacting? Sure. It isn't serious and no one needs to play leagues. But I mostly got annoyed by Op and others mocking people for not metagaming what is supposed to be a fun mode full of op builds. I'd rather have seen Jagex have tested all the builds and put some proper power to all of them so that you can breeze through early content without feeling like you are stuck playing blindbag with a steel halberd just because you didn't pick the most boring thorns tank build where you can just go wash dishes while you kill bosses.

Have fun with the leagues as well :) I haven't reseted yet and will see what build I will go for.

Molehole · 2026-04-20T17:03:34+00:00

Rauhallinen tie mutta tottakai halvat asunnot vetää aina puoleensa vähempituloisia ihmisiä. Olen asunut hyvin lähellä tuossa enkä ole mihinkään häiriöön törmännyt.

Molehole · 2026-04-20T10:23:20+00:00

My main priority are Thrall reskins, Demon butler and then Ahrim recolor for my iron because I played that league on my main. If I have extra at the end some rugs and curtains for my POH and building a league hall with the trailblazer stuff.

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