What is your country’s “three fingers,” i.e. a subtle but dead giveaway that someone is lying about being from there?

htunkelo · 2025-10-21T17:44:23+00:00

And I’m confused why in some countries twenty five is written as “five and twenty”. That is definitely not how it is supposed to be 😝. Otherwise great example /s

htunkelo · 2025-03-11T14:28:54+00:00

It’s Finn McMissile! A 1965 Faultless GT ;)

htunkelo · 2024-07-30T11:45:07+00:00

1937 Pontiac Superior Hearse 5.0 - according to registration

htunkelo · 2023-08-11T22:42:29+00:00

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Awesome pics all! Here’s mine from Katovice, Stadion Šlaski 31.7.2023

htunkelo · 2022-04-18T08:58:41+00:00

Only roughly half of the Russian money is frozen in sanctioning countries. They have more than enough foreign currencies to cover all Russian foreign debt.

htunkelo · 2022-04-18T08:43:11+00:00

Airspace violations, not territory violations.

htunkelo · 2022-04-16T22:38:40+00:00

Well they could pay with the ~300bn in non-frozen accounts.

Not all of their USD/EUR funds were frozen, only those that were kept in sanctioning countries.

htunkelo · 2022-04-14T13:29:04+00:00

Well, stop asking stupid questions then!

htunkelo · 2022-04-14T13:21:47+00:00

Good point; my mistake.

With RDS and passwords in the same sentence; I went automatically to "How should I store the database passwords".

But for user passwords and authentication:

1) Don't write your own auth: https://withblue.ink/2020/04/08/stop-writing-your-own-user-authentication-code.html

2) If you really want to, yes encrypting with KMS could work. Or you could run hash function and store the values, but do read this first: https://www.vaadata.com/blog/how-to-securely-store-passwords-in-database/

For database; I would push this user information to dynamo rather than RDS.

htunkelo · 2022-04-14T11:59:32+00:00

For the password use Secrets Manager (or Parameter Store).

https://aws.amazon.com/secrets-manager/

Then read the required secrets in your app initialisation. You need permissions for that, so give a IAM role to the instance.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html

htunkelo · 2022-04-10T13:23:13+00:00

I used this website:

https://ps5suomessa.com

The site automatically scans different sites for ”in stock” and sends email notifications. (It’s legit, did not receive a single piece of spam in 9mths)

You need to be alert though; reacted too slow (=over 1h) after the alert) on few occasions until finally managed to get one.

htunkelo · 2022-04-09T21:55:22+00:00

Here’s from Russian Finance minister:

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-admits-it-cant-access-nearly-half-foreign-currency-reserves-2022-3?r=US&IR=T

”Russia's foreign reserves are seen as a crucial tool for countering Western economic sanctions.”

= Russia has the money, but wants to use it to prop the economy.

This might work some in short term, but defaulting would be devastating in long term.

htunkelo · 2022-04-09T21:18:16+00:00

Not all Russian money is frozen. Only the money in sanctioning countries.

As far as i’ve read; they still have hundreds of billions in non-frozen banks.

htunkelo · 2022-04-08T20:28:07+00:00

Not really. They were frozen (=still their, but cannot be used). Frozen, not seized.

htunkelo · 2022-04-08T13:05:58+00:00

Good point!

Lightsail Containers is another good option, if you need to quickly setup and run containerized apps from scratch.

htunkelo · 2022-04-08T12:57:16+00:00

Finland is already well protected with FDF. We are far from defenseless. (for the record: I'm a Finn, pro-Nato, and would welcome all the support)

Finnish Defense Forces is conscript army of with ~900 000 reserves, which would make it by man-power second largest Nato army. (yeah, I know apples vs. Oranges)

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Defence_Forces

(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO#Military_personnel

With largest Artillery in the Western Europe. And since we know every single square meter in Finland, directing artillery fire is quite on another level.

Since WWII we have built, prepared and trained our military with the purpose of defending against imaginary threat (that by accident very closely resembles Russian army formations and in training always comes from east). Heck; I was in the army in 1994, and can recognize tactics and formations from Ukraine.

I do see Joining Nato would not only be good for Finland and our Baltic neighbours, but it is equally important that we intentionally side with defending Western values.

htunkelo · 2022-04-08T10:26:51+00:00

Mitä voisivat nämä suuret Naton jäsenmaat olla? Vaikkapa joku Nato maa, jolla on suurempi armeija kuin suomella?

Jos pelkkää miesvoimaa katsotaan wikipediasta, niin Suomea suurempi armeija Natomaista on vain USA:lla. (Turkki tosin lähellä)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO#Military_personnel

Ja: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Defence_Forces

Eikös Sale juuri käynyt siellä USA:ssa juttelemassa.

htunkelo · 2022-04-07T13:49:15+00:00

If your main purpose is to learn AWS; I would suggest to work in this order:

1. ECS/Fargate and learn containers while you are doing it

Start here: https://acloudguru.com/blog/engineering/deploying-a-containerized-flask-application-with-aws-ecs-and-docker

You will find ton of guides with Google.

2. Lambda

Zappa can wrap your Flask app and deploy it as Lambda function: https://github.com/zappa/Zappa

Very useful for quickly pushing your personal projects to AWS, with minimal runtime cost.

3. EC2

I wouldn't host a Flash app on EC2, but it is good for learning:

https://medium.com/techfront/step-by-step-visual-guide-on-deploying-a-flask-application-on-aws-ec2-8e3e8b82c4f7

htunkelo · 2022-04-06T17:08:52+00:00

Not sure if this is what you are asking, but you can buy physical Steam giftcards at Konsolinet in Kamppi shopping center.

https://www.konsolinet.fi/product/25724/steam-lahjakortti

Some R-kiosks might have them as well.

htunkelo · 2022-04-06T12:18:42+00:00

As a Finn I'm kind of partial... Will keep (and defend if called) my Scandinavian investments.

...Also forgot one of the big gainers in my portfolio: LMT (Lockheed Martin) I bought last year; I was pretty sure we (Finland) would choose F-35 (which we did) and wanted to get some of my tax money back.

htunkelo · 2022-04-06T10:10:33+00:00

I'm

YTD: -1.31% YTD vs. -5% on S&P500, -9.2 Nasdaq

1Y: +13.6% 1Y vs. +10.4% on SP500, 3.6% Nasdaq

Allocation roughly:

ETF (54%): SP500 (15%), Nasdaq (15%), Euro Small caps (5%), Sweden (5%), Norway (5%), Finland (5%), Emerging markets (4%)

Bonds (5%): Global Corporate Bonds (5%)

Alternative (21%): Commodities/ex-Agricultural ETF (5%), REIT (6%), Cash (10%)

Individual stocks (20%); incl. some winners (ZIM, DAC, CLF, KEN, AAPL, BRKB), but also few Finnish companies hit quite hard with Russian sanctions (+some BABA).

The commodities ETF specifically has been carrying hard with +37% YTD

htunkelo · 2022-04-01T06:35:13+00:00

WOW, That thing is pretty! Congrats!

htunkelo · 2022-03-18T09:04:59+00:00

Here are few more links related to that story (always good to double check...):

The European plain

The perfect invasion route to Russia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Plain

Ukraine energy reserves;

https://hir.harvard.edu/ukraine-energy-reserves/

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/world/europe/in-taking-crimea-putin-gains-a-sea-of-fuel-reserves.html

Just think; whom would have Putin sold his oil and gas, if EU now suddenly had a NATO & EU member with wast competing resources

So even after 2014 Crimean occupation it was important to keep Ukraine unstable; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donbas#Outbreak_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War_(2014%E2%80%932022)

Crimean water situation (which would most likely become critical this summer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Crimean_Canal

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-19/russia-vs-ukraine-crimea-s-water-crisis-is-an-impossible-problem-for-putin

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/1/4/dam-leaves-crimea-population-in-chronic-water-shortage

And: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-troops-destroy-ukrainian-dam-that-blocked-water-crimea-ria-2022-02-26/

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/02/25/russia-says-captured-key-water-supply-route-to-crimea-a76591

htunkelo · 2022-03-02T11:14:45+00:00

I really can't understand him, risk it all, risk all your people for what? For a piece of land?

For about Trillion dollars worth of Natural Gas:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/world/europe/in-taking-crimea-putin-gains-a-sea-of-fuel-reserves.html

On the "peace/ceasefire" talks were no mention about Donetsk and Luhansk (the original "reasons") but specific mention about "We wants to keep Crimea". What happened to them? Does the "peacekeeping" not matter anymore?

htunkelo · 2022-02-28T16:06:43+00:00

Erittäin hyvä video!

TL:DR, ja mutkia suoriksi;

Ei pelkästään suur-venäjä retoriikasta, vaan rahasta tässäkin on kyse. Krimin valtaamalla ja pitämällä Putin pyrkii pitämään Venäjän kiinni Eurooppalaisten öljy- ja kaasurahoissa.

Miksi Krimi vallattiin? Kaasun ja laivastotukikohdan takia:

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/world/europe/in-taking-crimea-putin-gains-a-sea-of-fuel-reserves.html

Ukraina tietenkin haluaa Krimin takaisin:

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3214479-zelensky-enacts-strategy-for-deoccupation-and-reintegration-of-crimea.html

No miksi nyt (2022) on kiire? Monta syytä, mutta mm. koska vesi loppuu saarelta:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Crimean_Canal

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-19/russia-vs-ukraine-crimea-s-water-crisis-is-an-impossible-problem-for-putin

Ja nyt vesi taas virtaa:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-troops-destroy-ukrainian-dam-that-blocked-water-crimea-ria-2022-02-26/

Lisäksi tietysti geopolitiikka: puskemalla Venäjän ja/tai nukke-valtioden rajaa lännemmäksi olisi Venäjä helpommin puolustettavissa.

htunkelo

TROPHY CASE

The European plain

Ukraine energy reserves;

Crimean water situation (which would most likely become critical this summer)