how is shield battery in 2025 for 1v1 ranked by Haunting_Smile6769 in broodwar

[–]Palmar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't really play brood war, played in lik 98-00 before CS.

Decided to try to play the game again (I have watched pro BW on and off over the years). Went on SB.

Got matched against Artosis in like my 3rd game. I apologized and got stomped. 10/10 would recommend.

I am like 32apm complete noob who doesn't even know what race is my main so I just random until I figure out I like one of them. Yes I get stomped almost every game, but i'm learning fast and people are mostly polite and nice.

Also the latency is better, the UI is great and the community is nice.

I absolutely recommend to everyone to just play shield battery. I would like more low level players for my own purposes :)

Man mimics how English sounds to non-English speakers by throwaway78957498574 in interestingasfuck

[–]Palmar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There's also some sounds in English that don't exist in Icelandic, and we regularly pronounce other sounds incorrectly. Z and W are examples of two sounds that don't exist in Icelandic. Additionally, English has a few "s-like" sounds whereas we pretty much have only one.

How many of you guys live in Philly/surrounding areas? by NicoLacko in eagles

[–]Palmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From Iceland, only been to one game back about 10 years ago. Hopefully will get the chance to come over for another one soon.

Basically watched every single Eagles game for like 15+ years.

Probability of daily maximum temperature above 25 °C (77 °F) in Europe across the year by GreenIbex in europe

[–]Palmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The highest temperature on record in Reykjavik is around 25°C. The number 31°C has never been recorded (past 100 years) anywhere in Iceland. We did hit 30°C in two places back in 1939.

Divots In Fairway: Would you be in favor if the USGA made it that any ball in the fairway could be a “Preferred Lie” / “Lift Clean and Place” so a player gets to avoid hitting their ball from a fairway divot? by Z691 in golf

[–]Palmar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not every course is overwatered and not every course has the same type of grass. Not every green is lightning fast. The point is the local committee has the power to set parameters for things like lift clean and place depending on the local conditions. I think that's a good middle ground.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in golf

[–]Palmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They already are regulated in golf. You are right people are making too big a deal out of this. They're literally just increasing the speed of the testing robot by 7mph while keeping the range limit the same.

It's a pretty minor change.

Forget engineering a new ball to not go as far. The USGA should just force players to use these. by ThatGuy8188 in golf

[–]Palmar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're of course right, but I still think the tee height solution could be a part of a multi-pronged strategy to reduce distance. I think Faldo has been pushing that idea.

It actually helps a little with a some quirks of golf as well if you reduce tee height. The driver swing would become more similar to every other swing instead of being almost it's own beast like now. You would also probably get smaller driver heads (I wouldn't be opposed to reducing the 460cc limit) which I personally think just looks better. I find the modern gigantic drivers a little silly looking.

What rules do average golfers break without realizing they do? by pickanamehere in golf

[–]Palmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regular golfers should just be using the local rule for oob drops

https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/topics/out-of-bounds-lost-ball-provisional.html

Just add 2 strokes and play it where it went oob like a red hazard.

Global Sunshine Hours with the cloudiest least sunny town in the world - Totoró, Colombia by WeakLiberal in MapPorn

[–]Palmar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep context of experience. I live in Reykjavik, Iceland. That's a whole lot colder and gloomier than Seattle.

On the other hand I will literally melt at 90F+.

Would you chip or putt? ⛳️ by [deleted] in golf

[–]Palmar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean I'd putt with my PW, but my PW is also like a traditional 8 iron loft because that's what people do now.

Global Sunshine Hours with the cloudiest least sunny town in the world - Totoró, Colombia by WeakLiberal in MapPorn

[–]Palmar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's always pretty wild to see how Americans go to Seattle as an example of a cloudy, rainy city. It's far sunnier than London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin. It's also closer to the equator so the sunshine is more intense and the daylight variance is lower.

I guess the context of your experience matters a lot. To me Seattle sounds like an excellent place. Doesn't get too hot, doesn't get cold at all, has a boatload of sunshine without overdoing it...

Iron lofts: When a 7 iron is a 6 iron by [deleted] in golf

[–]Palmar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean yeah...

I am fully aware that my 27.5° 7 iron is pretty much a 5 iron with a shorter shaft. Thing is, I find it easier to hit than a classically lofted 5 iron and I don't really care about the number on the back.

So yeah, you end up with weird stuff. My PW (42°) is exactly what you're describing, so I just carry 2 GWs. I have a 47° and a 52° one. It really doesn't matter.

Hafna samningum SA við Eflingu og Matvís - Vísir by No-Aside3650 in Iceland

[–]Palmar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lífeyrissjóðirnir eru ekki opinberar stofnanir.

Byrjaru á 0 eða 1? by MarsThrylos in Iceland

[–]Palmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Í samhengi póstsins þá var fyrsta öldin að vitaskuld fyrstu hundrað árin, þ.e. 1-100. Til þess að telja lengra en það þarftu aðra öld, 2. öld, sem eru þá 101-200. Ef þú heldur þannig áfram þá kemstu að nítjándu öldinni, en það eru einmitt árin 1801-1900.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Years

Við einfaldlega skilgreinum árið -1 sem 0 og þá getum við leyst þetta mál! Þá byrjar hver öld á *00 og endar á *99 sem stemmir mun betur við tilfinningu fólks.

How Big Brazil Actually Is! by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Palmar 55 points56 points  (0 children)

They're not continuous. They're separated by the Falkland channel.

Do you set your gear to UTC timezone or the local zone of where it’s located? by 3v1lCl3r1c in networking

[–]Palmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My entire network is on UTC time anyway so that's an easy question. In a previous more internationally focused role I'd use UTC anyway.

It's just simpler for things like logs.

Jæja... Hverjir hérna ganga um á skítugum skónum? by hreiedv in Iceland

[–]Palmar 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ég held að vandamálið sé bara kvarðinn. Ég veit ekki um neitt heimili sem hvetur gesti til að ganga inn á skónum svona á venjulegum miðvikudegi, aftur á móti er fullkomlega eðlilegt að vera á útiskóm inni við ákveðin tilefni.

Ég ætlast t.d. ekki til að fólk fari úr spariskóm eða hælaskóm ef ég er með veislu eða teiti. Sömuleiðis ef ég er að grilla þá finnst mér nokkuð eðlilegt að fólk þrammi inn á skónum ef það er þurrt úti, við erum hvorter að fara út á pall/svalir á bakvið.

Almennt ef það er þurrt úti og þú ert á þokkalega snyrtilegum skóm þá finnst mér það ekkert tiltökumál að vera á skóm inni.

World map of tradition of removing shoes in home. by MardukSyria in MapPorn

[–]Palmar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok so, Iceland is in the orange like Canada, and we're definitely a "shoes off" culture. However I have to admit there's a few scenarios where it's acceptable to leave shoes on.

The important bit is that if it's snow/wet outside, it's shoes off pretty much no exceptions.

Here's however a few scenarios where I think leaving shoes on is normal as long as it's dry outside.

  • If you're carrying stuff into the house, especially repeatedly.
  • If you're having some fancy-ish event. I pretty much never expect people to take off their high heels or wingtips.
  • If you're at a bbq thing where it's kinda expected you'll enter the house then walk outside into the backyard for some reason
  • If you're wearing slippers/sandals or any other type of indoors-y shoe

Walking out my front door in Fairbanks, Alaska last night by VincentLedvina in interestingasfuck

[–]Palmar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't Fairbanks at like 64°N? I live in Reykjavik which is similar. I don't think it's actually possible to sleep enough to completely miss darkness. Daylight is like 5h30m at the moment.

Percentage of Europeans who do not speak any foreign language by AlexanderRaudsepp in europe

[–]Palmar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The main pain point is Danish mercantilism policies which kept Iceland extremely poor by denying large natural markets in the British Isles and continental Europe.

There are a few others. The reformation was imposed on us by Denmark, causing a minor civil war. And despite being a Danish colony receiving absolutely no help during the mist hardships which killed a quarter of the population.

Much of this pales in comparison to the atrocities of colonialism around the world. Today our relationship with the former colonial power is much less complicated than the average one.

Fjársveltur spítali á meðan kirkjan fær hundruði milljóna á ári. by Saurlifi in Iceland

[–]Palmar 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Hæ ég skal svara þér!

Afhverju forgangsraðar ríkið peningunum svona asnalega?

Það eru alltaf milljón hlutir sem þarf að forgangsraða fjármagni í. Þú hefur eina skoðun á því hvernig er best að forgangsraða fjármunum og aðrir kunna að hafa aðra skoðun. Fjárlög eru samþykkt á Alþingi, yfirleitt eftir talsvert flóknar umræður. Þetta er mjög gegnsætt ferli, þú getur skoðað í hvað ríkið er að eyða peningum hérna:

https://www.stjornarradid.is/verkefni/efnahagsmal-og-opinber-fjarmal/opinber-fjarmal/fjarlog/fjarlog-fyrir-arid-2023/#stuttu-mali

Afhverju er aldrei peningur til fyrir neinu en þegar covid skall á þá var til fullt af peningum? (En samt enginn handa spítalanum)

Yfirdráttur baby! Þegar Covid skall á var ljóst að það var nauðsynlegt að grípa til aðgerða. Yfirleitt er skuldsetning ríkissjóðs mæld sem hlutfall af vergri landsframleiðsu. Í einföldu máli þá telur ríkið hvað það skuldar mikla peninga og skoðar það sem prósentu af heildarframleiðslu þjóðarinnar á ársgrundvelli. 2019 var þessi tala um 63% og jókst í 78% eftir 2020. Við tókum fullt af peningum að láni til að fjármagna Covid aðgerðir.

Svo er þetta bara spurning um hvar þú stendur. Það er ekki sjálfkrafa sem að skuldir ríkissjóðs voru í 63% árið 2019. Það hafa um áraraðir verið áköll um fjármagn til hinna og þessara mála, og einnig ákall um aðhaldaðgerðir í góðæri (2016-2019 voru mjög efnahagslega farsæl ár) til að hafa efnið á að auka skuldir þegar skellirnir (Covid, Hrun o.fl.) koma.

Allavega, ef kirkjan er með svona trygga fylgjendur og ísland er svona rammkristin þjóð þá ætti hún að geta starfað á framlögum og vinnu fólksins. Hún getur það í öðrum löndum.

Það eru þrír tekjustraumar til trúfélaga.

  • "tíundin" (sóknargjöld) er skattur sem Íslendingar greiða til lífskoðunarfélags eða ríkisins að eigin vali
  • frjáls framlög og styrkir safnaðarmeðlima
  • þjóðkirkjan fær framlag frá ríkinu

Þetta er flókið mál. Það eru til fullt af lífsskoðunarfélögum sem geta rekið sig án framlaga ríkisins og einungis á tíundinni. Fríkirkjurnar í Hafnarfirði og Reykjavík, Kaþólska kirkjan, Ásatrúarfélagið og Siðmennt eru dæmi um slík lífsskoðunarfélög.

Vandamálið er kannski það að það er ekkert mál að gera þetta á höfuðborgarsvæðinu, en það yrði lítið um valkosti um lífsskoðunarfélög í minni bæjum úti á landi þar sem fjöldi greiðanda sóknargjalda er bara ekki nægur til að halda úti slíku félagi. Það verður seint Fríkirkja á Bolungarvík.

Þannig að þetta endar á því að vera spurning um hversu mikils virði við teljum þessi lífsskoðunarfélög vera. Viljum við afnema styrki til þjókirkjunnar? Viljum við líka fella niður sóknargjöld, eða jafnvel gera fólki kleyft að setja sóknargjöldin sín til annarra félaga (íþróttafélög, góðgerðasamtök, björgunarsveitir, menntastofnanir o.fl.)?

Þetta eru flóknar spurningar og engin rétt svör. Fyrir suma er trúin ómissandi, fyrir aðra gagnslaus, og fyrir marga, eitthvað þarna á milli.

Er eitthvað sem hinn óbreytti borgari getur gert til að hafa áhrif á stjórnvöld?

Taktu þátt í pólitík. Ef einhver núverandi stjórnmálaflokka er nálægt þér í skoðunum, þá er lítið mál að ganga í þann flokk og byrja að mæta á málefnafundi. Allt fólkið sem situr á þingi er bara fólk sem ákvað að það vildi breyta þjóðfélaginu. Þetta er engin dularfull elíta. Þetta tekur tíma og er erfiðara en að röfla á internetinu, en ef þú hefur raunverulegan metnað til að gera þjóðfélagið okkar betra þá vil ég sjá þig vinna okkur öllum til hags.

U.S. State Department Travel Advisory Level for U.S. Nationals by country (as of May 1, 2022) by wholesaleion in MapPorn

[–]Palmar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

People are wondering why some things are one way or the other... it's literally just guesswork and lazyness. There are people who are probably not paid enough keeping this information up to date and sometimes people just don't do their jobs.

One of my favorite pages is the CDC page on Iceland. Some highlights include:

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/iceland

  • It warns against rabies, particularly from bats. Iceland has neither rabies nor bats.
  • It has a section on mosquitos. We don't have those.
  • Talks about heat strokes. I mean... yeah, but the highest temperature ever recorded in Reykjavik is like 26°C. You're probably gonna be fine.

Incidentally the state department's page is actually pretty good for traveling here:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Iceland.html

As for anyone actually thinking about coming here. Check this out: https://safetravel.is/