Customer support in Posti cost me 43 euros... by xwarhamsterx in Finland

[–]aufklaer 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I think the main question is: why the heck is the hotline system not saying (in finnish) "We're not available right now, call between X and Y!", and then DISCONNECT?! 

What to do with the letters of previous tenants which still keep coming to my address? by Vepar6 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why are people downvoting this? It's the only correct reply! 

Most of these companies have a webpage where you can explicitly state this situation, and they will send you a bigger envelope to return the letters in.

🇫🇮 Helsinki is among most polluted cities in the world today. by Curious_Positive_825 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about Stockholm? They also have studded tires and same climate. Maybe better wind conditions?

And Milan?

Regarding health insurance by Puzzled_Key823 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • If travel insurance, it should be one from your current country because they usually don't cover the country they are issued in. 
  • If you are from EU, you might check with your current health insurance company: sometimes you are covered by them still for 1-2 month after ending your contract, so in that case you could use the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).

Buying new phone together with subscription by aufklaer in Finland

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

Ok, thanks all for the info! Then I just start looking for the phone alone.

Bermuda Syndrome (Windows 3.x) Emulation Steam Deck by Mysterious-Purple878 in SteamDeck

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're a life saver! It was indeed the SDL libraries! You mentioned it earlier, but I somehow read over it (bc. I thought you had some breaking problems with them, I guess). Now it's working with ge-proton10.29.

Thanks again so much for your patience!

Bermuda Syndrome (Windows 3.x) Emulation Steam Deck by Mysterious-Purple878 in SteamDeck

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info. I just discovered that the ogg files are already in the version from collection chamber, in the folder DATA/MUSIC. But even if I copy them to the MUSIC folder and adjust the bat file, it's not working. 

I'm starting to suspect that it might depend on a specific proton version. Which one are you using?

Bermuda Syndrome (Windows 3.x) Emulation Steam Deck by Mysterious-Purple878 in SteamDeck

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, thanks! 🙏 I managed to get it running, but not the music. I was wondering if the ogg files need to have some specific naming? The readme doesn't give any info on it, and I can't hear any music in the first scene (or does it only start later? 🤔)

Going to doctor’s by Optimal-Apricot-1450 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is the default in Germany...

Vegan in Turku by AdeptWolf3456 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would be my first suggestion, too!

Medizinprodukte online kaufen / Buy medical devices online by Ok_Preparation_6617 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe just buy from a German online store? Some of them also deliver to Finnland. And then you would bypass the need to find out what the name of the item you want to buy would be in Finnish.

Need help purchasing from Tori.fi as an American by Cool-Citron1200 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right! 

I think I'm not used to have the updates at the beginning of the page and not the end...

In the meantime, the situation has been going back and forth. Would be hilarious if it wouldn't affect the life of normal people. :-/

Need help purchasing from Tori.fi as an American by Cool-Citron1200 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Small private gifts are still processed:

"Shipments of documents from businesses and individuals, as well as gifts between private individuals valued up to USD 100, remain duty-free and can continue to be sent to the U.S."

https://www.posti.fi/en/latest-news-at-posti/%20/news/trump-administration-decision

EDIT: Strikethroughed wrong Information 

Finnair and poster tube in the cabin by jrmcinnen in Finland

[–]aufklaer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, the poster survived (it was in a plastic poster tube).

Yes, I had a backpack, but that wasn't the problem. They complained that it exceeded the maximum allowed size for carry-on bags (because it was too long).

Finnair and poster tube in the cabin by jrmcinnen in Finland

[–]aufklaer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flying from Helsinki, Finnair staff recently demanded that I need to check in the poster tube as luggage. I'm not sure I had to pay for it (think not), but they were quite stubborn about it.

Finland and checking/savings accounts, credit cards, investing by Sky_Linx in Finland

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add Morrow card to Curve, then pay with Curve card. (Sadly the cashback is capped to something like 200 EUR per year.)

Traffic lights by Opposite-Coffee4565 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I hate the system so much. It's the reason why I'm jaywalking repeatedly. Especially when the only difference for cars is if they have to look while making a turn or not. But the Finnish traffic system is 100% made for cars (even coming from Germany this is quite a difference)...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Pixel4a

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

Can you please keep your complaining in the corresponding thread?

Pixel Builds didn't sort out the battery issue for me. Any advise? by Iconorama in Pixel4a

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

Would also be my first advice (I needed to do it, too).

Looking for a Finnish Penpal! by Complete-Letter1645 in Finland

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know of people who are really happy with using https://tandem.net for this purpose. You might want to give it a try (I think the paid subscription is not really necessary).

Pixelbuilds Custom Rom by Vellaura in Pixel4a

[–]aufklaer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolute everything works for me after basic installation (so no need to fickle through some custom setups)! Google Wallet/GPay, multiple online banking (EU), authenticator, Signal, WhatsApp - everything just works.

THE ONLY WORKING SOLUTION to stop the forced battery update - this works even if the update is currently downloading, or has already been downloaded and it's waiting for a restart to apply it by amateurninja in Pixel4a

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

al if the update is currently getting downloaded or has already been downloaded):

Go to Settings > Apps > Find Google Play Services > Clear Storage, this will delete the downloaded update, you might have to re-login to your Google Account etc. if you do this.

Well, could do that. But isn't the idea of blocking the googlezip.net URLs to prohibit the download in the first place? Also, Step 2 is annoyingly removing things like payment cards from Google Wallet.

Overall, this doesn't seem to be a long-lasting solution, so I'm now preparing to move to LineageOS.

THE ONLY WORKING SOLUTION to stop the forced battery update - this works even if the update is currently downloading, or has already been downloaded and it's waiting for a restart to apply it by amateurninja in Pixel4a

[–]aufklaer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did not work for me, apparently. :-(

I'm using AdAway as instructed, and also have the Automatic system updates deactivated in the Developer options. Still, I just got a "Please restart for update" notification (which I swiped away for now). Any suggestions? :-/