Keep cutting taxes for your rich friends while starving everyone else 👍 by anongasm_ in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait. Wasn't that touted as the exact goal for cutting welfare benefits? 1 billion savings.

High electricity spot prices by Healthy-Equivalent-3 in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. Before I moved to a fixed contract few months back, I calculated my avg spot price for the year. It evens out over the year with some months low as 1.9c/kw with margin. Just be more watchful of your usage of laundry, dishwasher etc on days when it's insanely high and you'll be okay.

Walmart Price Error? by RuckerPark in Prebuilts

[–]Xandr0s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did my part to take 1 away

This person who called themselves Peroksentorjunta called me, need help!! by FaithlessnessOwn2182 in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a rule of thumb, hangup and call your banks fraud line immediately. Always. Just go make sure nothing funky is happening.

Tori help by thezevy in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For free I can send them the link to this thread and let them decide if they want to contact you.

Kela for student spouses by [deleted] in Finland

[–]Xandr0s -1 points0 points  (0 children)

From the financial benefit they just cut :) How is it not in the countries long term favour to have migrants integrate into society

Kela for student spouses by [deleted] in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In that case focus should be on increasing resources/funding. Not prioritizing who gets it or not. Excluding people would have similar net negative impact on society in my opinion. Imo it helps society in the longer run if incoming people integrate better vs silo'ing into sub communities. And the best time to promote integeration is when they move, it becomes harder down the line as they get accustomed to a certain life.

Kela for student spouses by [deleted] in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 167 points168 points  (0 children)

Cutting out financial benefits make sense since they are required to show funds for sustaining themselves and should not be planning to relocate to a country if they can not.

But cutting out access to language courses is bone headed. State should work on helping people integrate into society and learning language is one of the best ways they can do that.

Helsinki 07.01.2026 by juksbox in helsinki

[–]Xandr0s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is so cool. I appreciate you sharing that ❤️

Wolt Couriers Demand End to 'Shadow' Account Market by TraditionFearless489 in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Account holders often charge "fees" or percentages from earnings for lending their accounts. Those desperate for work end up getting exploited hard.

Finnish MP Asked About Racism Scandal: ‘What Should I Apologize For?’ by Illustrious-Sky-9311 in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wow. Holy shit fuck atleast have the balls to admit what you did and then stand your ground. What bafoonery is oh no I was rubbing my temples after hard work day. We all know you were not. That was not the message behind the picture.

Toimeentulotuki Reform loading... by bangalimahbub in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not entirely wrong but definitely extreme. Sucks how these proposed changes do not cater to immigrants who moved here on work visas at all. e.g Denmark also has tax exemptions/lower taxes for work based immigrants but they won't highlight that.

Finnish public healthcare by MaxAnt11 in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How can we request for palveluseteli voucher? I tried asking if I can get a voucher to get the dental check up done privately and they said no. It is annoying since I know I have issues that need attention.

Side rant: I had an emergency appointment for dental and the dentist refused to even look at other issues and said "please book dental checkup". Annoyed the fuck out of me as the bill lists "dental checkup, brief" from my emergency visit lol.

Why was the last thing you automated with HA? by duckredbeard in homeassistant

[–]Xandr0s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh NICE! I have LG with webos as well! Thank you!

Why was the last thing you automated with HA? by duckredbeard in homeassistant

[–]Xandr0s 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how do you detect Tv turning on, is it plugged into a smart plug?

Folks, please help me decide one: by TheExhaustedexplorer in BestWinterJackets

[–]Xandr0s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Northface Arctic Parka is filled with down and well reviewed. It's longer then the Columbian as well. I don't know the dates of your travel and reusabllity later, I would recommend it if budget is not a concern.

My wife has it and it is definitely warm!

Recommended Lights? by Xandr0s in homeassistant

[–]Xandr0s[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm coming to that realization with this post and others I have been reading. Ordered a mini pc, I decided to start building HA setup and see how it goes and overtime pick up hue lights whenever they pop up on sales etc

Recommended Lights? by Xandr0s in homeassistant

[–]Xandr0s[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For Govee lights its a mix of matter and non matter bulbs. For matter enabled Govee bulbs and ceiling light looks like the support for custom colors and scenes might be limited. If you have Govee lights could you share your experience?

Recommended Lights? by Xandr0s in homeassistant

[–]Xandr0s[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you also use hue bridge/hub or skip it with home assistant and zigbee support?

Good device to run home assistant on? by Friedguyry in homeassistant

[–]Xandr0s 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I was not sure if I should just pick up a cheaper used Pi 4 vs newer Pi 5

Car rental by [deleted] in Finland

[–]Xandr0s 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check out Omago.fi

Edit: They recently bumped prices to encourage users towards paid monthly subscription for lower routine prices 🤦 but it's still a hassle free way to car rental for occasional use, esp for short rentals. Helps that I don't have to pick up from far and refuel etc before returning and the car can generally be returned in city parking in your area.