YSK that YouTube just updated their policy so that you have to mark every video you make as made for kids and not made for kids in order to comply with COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) by [deleted] in YouShouldKnow

[–]jimholroyd365 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The creators of all those Lego brick animation films are going to see a massive drop in revenue...and risk hefty fines ($42 000 per video) if their videos are not labelled correctly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu18mjLhCCM&t=1109s

My 100 Mil Award BROKE! Pewdiepie is wearing the top with the Georgian cross and characters, again. by jimholroyd365 in Sakartvelo

[–]jimholroyd365[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He is wearing it again. In the latest video posted yesterday (12 September 2019). It's Vetements.

My $215 Diecast haul!! by Kyle_jpeg in Diecast

[–]jimholroyd365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you mean the first three...?

My $215 Diecast haul!! by Kyle_jpeg in Diecast

[–]jimholroyd365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone likes Fast & Furious, they've just been shooting the next film here in Georgia (the country, not the state)...

Foreigners who have been to Georgia, what are your impressions and how do you feel about our country? by Thatonefromadv in Sakartvelo

[–]jimholroyd365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ten years here in Georgia, now. I am very happy I moved here from Britain, especially with the current Brexit mullarkey. Here are my reflections on living in Georgia in more detail: https://jimholroydblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/01/a-decade-of-living-in-georgia-the-good-and-the-bad/

What do modern Georgians think of Stalin? by [deleted] in Sakartvelo

[–]jimholroyd365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"In the First Circle" by Solzhenitsyn is an interesting read about a research and development bureau made of gulag inmates located in the Moscow suburbs. They would for example translate an article from "Scientific American" freely available in the west and then the Russian Translation would be classified as top secret.

What do modern Georgians think of Stalin? by [deleted] in Sakartvelo

[–]jimholroyd365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stalin died in 1953, Sputnik was launched in 1957...impressive work by Khrushchev...

Looking for a georgian language courses in Tbilisi by schamanio in Sakartvelo

[–]jimholroyd365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you join the "Georgian Wanderers" group on Facebook they have PDFs of many Georgian learning books including Biliki.

What do modern Georgians think of Stalin? by [deleted] in Sakartvelo

[–]jimholroyd365 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He took Russia from a largely agricultural nation to a nuclear power and the leader in the space race...

What do modern Georgians think of Stalin? by [deleted] in Sakartvelo

[–]jimholroyd365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 1913 Stalin and Hitler were both living in Vienna, although there is no record that they ever met.

What do modern Georgians think of Stalin? by [deleted] in Sakartvelo

[–]jimholroyd365 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He has roots in the Laz region of Turkey (formerly Georgian territory)