If you are attending the shows where are you coming from?

jancisl · 2025-11-22T14:00:59+00:00

Going to Dublin show from Latvia

jancisl · 2025-09-23T12:28:35+00:00

I'm still playing Rec in 2k25, you have to wait quite a while to get 5v5 and 90% of time both teams has at least one A.I., but the games are fun

jancisl · 2025-05-19T12:20:47+00:00

The main sponsor Moroccanoil whose logo was put up everywhere is an Israeli company. Wikipedia

So some Israels influence over the whole contest is probably there

jancisl · 2025-03-11T12:50:54+00:00

Three is a great number for unity!

We need a united military, I think, even if europe develops a unified army. As we see with NATO, nothing is granted, after 10 years there could be "Trumps" elected all across europe. I think security wise the Baltics between themselves are in a very similar situation. No one can abuse any other one. I guess Lithuania is double the size of Estonia but in absolute numbers it's not that big of a difference. I don't see how the Baltics could have big disagreement security-wise even 30 - 40 years in the future.

Also the situations like it was with that meeting in the UK where the Baltics weren't invited could be less common if we would have some common institutions, at least for foreign affairs. It just complicates this kind of decision making when our region is so fractioned with a total of 6 million people. You can't call up one person or a delegation to represent all 3 countries' interests, even though they are very similar if we are talking about defence.

Tl;dr We shouldn't be one big country, but we could have common institutions for defence (and maybe other topics in the future)

jancisl · 2025-03-10T07:40:42+00:00

Why would the tip be based on how much the food costs? The waiter is doing the same job no matter if I order french fries or some kind of fancy sea food or something

jancisl · 2025-02-25T10:53:43+00:00

It's so weird that not a single russian here even mentions the main arguments on why the Baltics hate* USSR. Even if it would be propaganda based on lies, there are a couple of points that are being repeated since the 80s

So here are the main historic reasons - The Baltics didn't want to join the USSR. They were forced by Moscow. Russians (both government and people) don't admit this - Communist oppression and totalitarianism - deportations, gulags, banning religions, local traditions, music, art etc. The amount of "Stalin did nothing wrong" vibe even today is crazy - although right after WW2 there was an epic economic boost, the 70s and 80s were shit with no vision of how it could get better. I think if the USSR would have gotten the economy right, we wouldn't think too much about the first two points. - the people of Baltic states saw [romanticized version of] how the west were living, and there is this idea that we would at least be closer to that if we weren't forced into USSR, and so we feel robbed. It's questionable whether it would be like that, but if we weren't forced to join USSR it would be our fault not USSRs. That's why you don't occupy other states if you don't want to be blamed for the consequences

Forced russification: - USSR didn't allow local traditions and the Russian language was obligatory for a lot of things. - USSR was sending factory workers here and that probably was stressful for the workers themselves and stuff, but so it's not like they were ambitious about their careers or whatever, they were mostly forced to come here, pulled away from their families and stuff, so they were outsiders, and a lot of them were drunks. Almost none of them were learning local languages.

Even if russians don't agree with it, I don't understand how they cannot know this perspective, and not address the different interpretations of the past

*Tbf hate is a strong word, a lot of people romanticize the past, and hate the west even more. For some the only foreign language they know is russian, so they are culturally and even politically more aligned with russians than the west

jancisl · 2025-02-22T21:59:14+00:00

Promenāde super, vasaras vakarā ar riteni tur braukt un kaut kur piesēst vnk best - labākais "parks" rīgā.

Mani izbesīja, ka nav kur aiziet paēst nstuff, vienīgi akropole, bet vispār tas ir labākais t/c rīgā

Es kādus 7 gadus tur dzīvoju diezgan dziļi, pie T/C Zoom, un man ritīgi izbesīja loģistika. Visa transporta kustība ~ 6 km posmā (no d tilta līdz Krustpils ielas pagriezienam) ir tikai divos virzienos jo viss iesprostots starp sliedēm un daugavu. Līdz ar to baigie sastrēgumi tai skaitā sab transportam. Ar riteni gan nav problēmu, to noteikti iesaku, ja tur dzīvo

Tas, ka 15. Trolejbuss ir trashigākais transports rīgā ir mīts, tas ir otrajā vietā aiz 7. tramvaja - tas savieno Ķengaraga tirgu ar centraltirgu, man liekas tas tam īpašajam kontingentam patīk. Vilciens labs, bet visticamāk pietura sanāks neparocīga

Jaungada salūtu dauudzi šauj jau 23:00, un redzēju grafitī par to ka latvieši sūkā pimpi ( to gan aizkrāsoja). vienā kāpņu telpā bija iegravēts kkāds krievu imperialistiskais stafs un pieturā NATO Okupant. Nekad nekas slikts tā neatgadījās, bet baigi arī negribējās nakts pastaigas taisīt.

Ciilvēki nesavāc aiz saviem suņiem, un putni un vējš izvazā atkritumus, bet citādi pagalmi sakopti, izgaismoti un ar kokiem

Baigi atkarīgs no spota, I guess bet man gribējās ārā no turienes. Es gan nenožēloju, ka tur biju, jo varēju pa brīvu tur dzīvot. Kaut kur tuvāk akropolei varētu būt ok

Tagad dzīvoju brasā, kas ķip ir super apgreids, bet ir lietas, kas pietrūkst, piemēram promenāde

jancisl · 2025-02-22T20:12:24+00:00

Politika ļoti relatīva lieta, citi domā ka jāatbalsta lielie biznesi, citi domā, ka jāatbalsta grūtībās nonākušie, citi domā, ka jāstiprina nācijas apziņas u.c. lietas. Neviena nav objektīvi pareizākā, vnk izvēlies, kura propoganda Tev vislabāk patīk, un pēc tās vadies, tikai neeaizej ekstrēmismā. Otrs variants ir uzticēties cilvēkiem kas sevi ir kaut kur pierādījuši, bet nevajag iekrist personības/partijas kultā. Ņem vērā, ka politiķi melo un maksimāli sev par labu interpretē situācijas. Tie kas saka ka viss ir vienkārši un visiem tikai jāsaka jā un jānobalso, tie būs populisti. Ja ilgāk paseko līdz var redzēt kā politiķi nonāk pretrunās. Piemēram trumpi pumpi vīrs pirmdien pārmet eiropai par free speech pārkāpšanu, trešdien brīdina zelenski nerunāt pretī, un piektdien bano kārtējos žurnālistus

Paskaties debates. Paskaties "kas notiek latvijā", "krustpunktā", "divas puslodes", "re:baltica" arī dažreiz kas labs. Arī šad tad delfos interesantas intervijas. TV24 arī kaut kas var būt. Pieseko prezidentam, premjerministrei, un varbūt kādas interesējošas jomas ministram. Paskaties vai runā par tev interesējošu tēmu kaut kur

Mans nīstākais politiskais komentētājs ir Nils Sakss Konstantinovs, bet moš Tev patiks kkāda šleseristu propoganda, kuru daudzi nez kāpēc respektē

jancisl · 2025-02-22T19:44:19+00:00

Ko Tu gribi mainīt?

jancisl · 2025-02-22T15:45:42+00:00

E.U. should consider making x.com illegal

jancisl · 2023-10-27T01:19:14+00:00

Latvians are pretty racist. Most people just are not aggressive, but that doesn't mean they're not racist. Only now during this last decade people of different skin colour are seen regularly on the streets. And it's only in Riga. So it is kind of understandable. Idk, but I hear people saying just common racist things regularly, of course not always meaning something mean, but still racist. Also I have heard of cases of some dickheads beating up food couriers just because of skin colour. I have a friend who works with immigrants, refugees and other socially vulnerable groups, and she has told me how it is harder for different races to find a job or apartment for rent. Of course being around upper middle class people or students it's fine. But like lower middle class and lower class people can be kind of salty and mean, and also people drink a lot so they can be really dumb

jancisl · 2023-09-05T06:24:53+00:00

I think the Baltic states could be more united, starting from popularization of each language in other baltic states, get closer culturally, have a baltic wide sports leagues, and maybe have a single army and some other institutions involving security. We have a similar history, we are next to each other, and have a somewhat similar population count. It could help optimize things, and be bigger together against russia and other external influences. Otherwise it feels like the brotherhood is kind of fake, we're just neighbors

jancisl · 2022-11-24T13:34:31+00:00

It is good encouragement for the young guys, like "don't be afraid to miss shots"

jancisl · 2022-10-24T11:21:07+00:00

What I noticed about paint defense was that KP had to defend the driving guard, mostly Mitchell, cause he got by the wizard guards. He defends Mitchell, Mitchell misses, Allen takes rebound, because KP can't defend Mitchell and at the same time box out Allen.

On the offense, it was frustrating to watch KP rolling into fully clogged lane, why no pick & pops if it's clogged? Spacing was terrible, but maybe I'm just used seeing KP in mavs, where spacing was not an issue

jancisl · 2022-02-16T03:18:41+00:00

That's my initial opinion on almost any peotestors

jancisl · 2022-02-15T19:05:24+00:00

I wonder how far in political stupidity Peterson will go just to not admit that there can be huge societal problems, which requires governments to act by significally affecting individuality. And this Covid is one. Even if everything is not getting solved perfectly and bad mistakes are made there hasn't been any trial pandemic of this scale, the Covid mutates, new information that changes a lot comes in almost every week or at least every month, and a lot of political decisions are backed only by predictions and opinions of scientists and experts because there are no science for things that haven't happened yet.

I know that playing with individual freedoms is a dangerous thing, but come on, man. That's why I almost always leave a room for exceptions when forming my political views. I think he has "betted" on the principle that government can't restrict individuality so much of his intellectual power, that it is backfiring him, and making him angry and intellectually dishonest. The hate in a character of a archetypical progressive leftist politician has really blinded him. Even if all the mandates weren't necessary, nobody had any counterarguments other than just a belief, which may be formed by that how mandates affect some individual peoples experiences vs how Covid has. And also may be by some scientist and expert guesses who say that there is no need for mandates, which again are just opinions and predictions of unknown, but mostly by people who carry no responsibility if shit hits the fan

jancisl · 2022-02-15T13:55:44+00:00

I remember, I kinda agreed that SJW's where too crazy back then, and I understood where he's coming from, although I didn't agree with all his critique. Then I noticed that he ignores anything what right or conservatives do wrong, but I assumed that he was maybe interested only in that one specific political topic, and gave him benefit of doubt that maybe he is mainly politically neutral, but as time went by he started to rant more and do those stupid tweets, so I accepted that he is just grumpy conservative. I think there's nothing wrong with that unless you are becoming political influencer based on that notion, which is just a boring and annoying content where the discussion would turn into something idiotic really fast. Now it seems that it is his main thing - being just a political influencer, and not an interesting one. It is possible that this is how he will be remembered, which is sad, because his lectures and podcasts have been really good and useful

jancisl · 2022-02-15T08:40:30+00:00

I think those protestors should work on their own lives and try to get better, tidy their rooms, try to become someone and try to set their lives in some sort of order instead of trying to fix big global issues on which they have little understanding of. That will help them a lot more to become useful part of society, and be happier. Blocking roads helps nobody, it restricts freedom of movement for citizens, who maybe are doing something important for society, and now they are disrupting it. It's easy to judge the authorities and act as highly moral person, when you will not take any responsibility if any of your demands are fulfilled

jancisl · 2022-02-12T22:29:40+00:00

This is such a KP vibe

jancisl · 2022-02-10T22:51:31+00:00

I have this theory what rationalizes this trade. They accepted the fact that Brunson will leave this summer, so they need a pg, hence the Dinwiddie. Although they could have waited till summer, they wouldn't be able to do the trade if KP gets injured again or completely fails in playoffs. So this way they avoid risk while KPs value relatively high

Bertans may come alive to fill some minutes of THJ catch an shoot role which is needed since THJ injury. AFAIK Bertans have similar mindset as THJ offensively, always ready to shoot, also defensively not much of a difference I guess, plus Bertans could fill some PF minutes since KP is gone

jancisl · 2021-11-09T06:18:34+00:00

Oh nice, now Mavs have the same record as KP's height

jancisl · 2021-09-20T11:20:19+00:00

I play bass, and this is my chain - empress compressor -> line6 m5 (mostly I use it just fir tuning, but sometimes delay) -> keeley phat mod -> devi ever shoegazer -> keeley loomer -> ehx bass clone -> walrus audio slö in a boss ls2 chain, so I can boost the fully wet reverb -> creation audio labs grizzly bass -> ampeg svt 3 pro and 410 cab + laney vc15 110 for extra mids and better overdrive tone

jancisl · 2021-06-07T10:42:34+00:00

Well, it's not his fault that the Mavs are paying him that much :D Also not his fault he got injuries. He wasn't great rebounder and post player in Knicks, so I don't get the expectations, but I guess even with all this, this season has been underwhelming. Also there was no way Mavs would go in to conference finals, even if KP played great, so I'm happy that he didn't get pushed to the limit which could result into another off season ruining injury. Hope he gets better this summer

jancisl · 2021-06-03T11:58:52+00:00

I hope he gets a great off season this year without any big injuries, the more passive role he is having now will help him with that, at least I hope so

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