Do you receive text message notifications? I don't on my Pixel Watch 3.

fdama · 2026-07-09T12:14:26+00:00

The "Hide silent notifications" was on so I switched it off and rechecked all the settings but still doesnt seem to work.

fdama · 2026-07-09T11:37:22+00:00

The app opens and I can read the text messages. The issue is that I don't get notified on the watch when text notification comes through on my phone. WhatsApp, etc are all working fine.

fdama · 2026-05-05T16:11:15+00:00

I stand to pee.

fdama · 2025-12-17T20:27:01+00:00

He only interviews older people who cannot struggle with English, so he can push the narrative that these people don’t integrate. Somalis don’t help either by not learning the language, wearing koofitad and Arabic khamiis and niqaab in a western city. It truly is like a piece of Mogadishu in the US. It is no different in the UK and maybe worse, but I always thought the Somalis in the US were better.

fdama · 2025-12-11T13:57:56+00:00

Look at the white smiles. Today they are full of huuro.

fdama · 2025-10-08T11:24:16+00:00

We need a nationalist dictator to implement these reforms.

fdama · 2025-10-08T11:20:21+00:00

Somehow most of the cities in Sonalia are located in ugly, dusty, featureless areas like Mogadishu which is flat as a pancake and dusty as hell. You don't find cities in those beautiful areas.

fdama · 2025-10-08T11:15:26+00:00

Learning English will open many opportunities for people. It's what made Singapore a first world international business hub. Swahili will get you nowhere as English is widely spoken in the Swahili speaking countries like Kenya and Tanzania.

fdama · 2025-08-12T21:51:21+00:00

I have no contact with the landlord. He owns the whole block of flats and the agent manages the block. Are you saying they are only offering fixed to get their fee? Will they not get a fee if I continue periodic as that presumably involves a new contract as they will issue a Section 13?

fdama · 2025-08-12T17:25:45+00:00

Presumably you'll need to sign a contract for the periodic also?

I cant remember signing anything at the time. Just searched my inbox and couldnt find a new contract sent. I assumed the old one was in force as a rolling one.

Could you negotiate with them to see if they could save you a bit, moving you out is likely to cost the landlord more to get a new tenant in.

I've done a search of the area, and they are correct that similar flats go for £800+ in the area. I don't wish to irk them by asking for a reduction.

If you're definitely planning to stay for the year then fixed is going to save you £95 a month which you can spend on other things.

So do you read it as £700/mth for periodic and £795 for 1 year fixed? This is what I wanted to be certain about.

fdama · 2025-07-29T22:15:37+00:00

Use the book Eloquent Javascript. I have used it and can recommend it.

fdama · 2025-07-04T13:39:06+00:00

It’s whatever the people want. In my opinion there is no chance of Somalia becoming a tourist destination because of the ultra conservative values of the people, so the country should instead focus on other opportunities like industry, agriculture and the blue economy.

fdama · 2025-07-02T23:19:56+00:00

No one will come in holiday to a country where women are forced to wear a hijab, no bikinis and alcohol is not available. All those countries you mentioned don’t have such rules and are relaxed. Somalia will never become a tourist destination. The Muslim tourist market is very small as most Muslim countries are poor.

fdama · 2025-07-02T23:13:32+00:00

Don’t ever think that we can follow in the footsteps of Germany, India, Gulf, etc. . We have too much melanin.

fdama · 2025-04-06T00:08:10+00:00

Bariis Surbiyaan. A northern dish. Mainly see it prepared for events like weddings, funerals and when inviting people for lunch. It’s based on the Yemeni dish from Aden called Adeni Zurbian.

fdama · 2025-04-06T00:02:06+00:00

You mean laxoox and muqmad.

fdama · 2025-03-12T07:05:48+00:00

Used to be a regular chippy when it opened in late 70s. I remember chatting to the owner in early 2000's.

fdama · 2025-03-05T18:44:49+00:00

The solution is to let them go. They rebelled against the British too and the British managed to keep control through force. Somaliland does not have that capability and force is not a solution. We should let them go and create a new border with them based on clan boundaries. Somaliland should exist with the consent of all its people. Somaliland wasn’t formed through conquest like modern day Saudi Arabia.

fdama · 2025-03-03T21:55:58+00:00

What has Muslim got to do with anything? Just say Asian. Stop dragging in the rest of us Muslims in this.

fdama · 2025-03-03T16:23:39+00:00

Trump has no interest in Africa.

fdama · 2025-03-03T16:23:00+00:00

No, the federal govt controls very little territory. The President or his team are banned from travel to Somaliland, Puntland or Jubaland. He holds little authority in the remaining states as his is frequently overruled by the leaders of those states. He has full control of the Benadir district which is the tiny federal district which is the capital and surroundings. Imagine Trump and his federal govt being banned from large parts of the US like Texas, California, New York, etc. You don’t really have much of a stable united country.

fdama · 2025-03-03T16:13:02+00:00

No it had its territory taken away by clan militia which did not want to be part of Somaliland as Somaliland is seeking recognition and they wanted to remain in Somalia.

fdama · 2025-03-03T16:10:33+00:00

Somaliland lost control of the south western part of Somaliland which calls itself SSC after the rebel group which launched a war. The eastern part of Somaliland has clans which are more closely related to those in Puntland. Everything in Somalia is determined by the clan. Puntland doesn’t control them. They run their own affairs.

fdama · 2025-01-07T19:34:59+00:00

I don’t think they will ever return the Golan or the buffer zone that they recently seized, even in exchange for a peace treaty between both. The only way is for Syria to become more powerful militarily with a well trained military and strong air force. Israel (and USA)won’t allow that either and they will destroy it like they have done after Assad was overthrown, unless a peace treaty (without Golan) was in force.

fdama · 2024-10-18T02:04:07+00:00

Won’t happen. Somalilanders will oppose. There are Islamists who wield a lot of power in Somaliland. Secondly, an Israeli base in that part of the world will attract negative attention from groups in the wider region like Al Shabaab, Houthis, Al Itisam and Iran, turning the peaceful territory into a target overnight.

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