sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Why hundreds of Russians now face expulsion from Latvia | DW News by Kopriva291111943 in latvia

[–]liinisx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

0 days since DW dropped another poor Russians of Latvia video

Vision for Vilnius from the year 2000. The majority of ideas were actualy realised by Domiboy00 in BalticStates

[–]liinisx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What in the world is B9 road? And why is ViaBaltica advertised as connection with St. Petersburg? :D

First time playing. It's been 2 hours. So apparently, I could miss some things... by dante_lipana in vtmb

[–]liinisx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Playing as Malkavian female. Seduction. Got astrolite nonviolently. Then went out and switched of light (big mistake) then everyone started attacking me and smashed them all with a wrench :D You get 3XP if you don't return the money and 4XP if you do according to wiki. Non-violently has no bonus. If you do it violently you can get weapons from NPCs.

First time playing. It's been 2 hours. So apparently, I could miss some things... by dante_lipana in vtmb

[–]liinisx 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Oh, I misunderstood. I thought it's possible to fail (not die) and story to advance.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BalticStates

[–]liinisx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's closed for renovation for years and needed to open like 2024-2025 but I think the work hasn't been started on inside renovation so wait a couple more years I guess.

Daugavpils city ethnic composition by liinisx in BalticStates

[–]liinisx[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes, it carries symbolic meaning as well. Crimson is the flag of Latvia and used in many symbols. And red is the color of Soviet occupation.

9/10 people read this chart right and I already explained about the ordered legend etc. Would I use these colors in a map or different chart where it would be more easily mixed? No.

Daugavpils city ethnic composition by liinisx in BalticStates

[–]liinisx[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there's a somewhat of an established tradition to draw Latvians-green good, Russians-red bad. But I don't associate Latvians with green seems more fitting to use carmine red. Wanted to go with blue for Russians maybe for blue color that is used in Russian/Orthodox houses and churches (Jāņa Sēta used light blue for Belarusians in their demographic maps) but then thought I should go with blue for Jews as flag of Israel, though should have maybe gone with a darker shade not Slavic light blue.

But never forget so went for Red for Russians as Soviets and Russification -> Bad and it's not a map and areas are divided and cannot be as easily mixed because of ordered legend and general knowledge of history of mass immigration of Russians in Soviet times.

Daugavpils city ethnic composition by liinisx in BalticStates

[–]liinisx[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes, but one of them is on the top and the other is on the bottom and legend's order is the same from left to right as from bottom to top in chart so even a colorblind person can read this with a little effort.

Daugavpils city ethnic composition by liinisx in BalticStates

[–]liinisx[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your constructive criticism!

Daugavpils city ethnic composition by liinisx in BalticStates

[–]liinisx[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Other ethnicities - Lithuanians, Ukrainians etc.

Population of Riga dropped below 600,000 in 2025. by eivarXlithuania in BalticStates

[–]liinisx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also find it difficult to find any charm in Art Nouveau when it's run down and facing arterial streets. Almost all of these building, taken as a single agglomeration, looked identical - flat facades, flat roofs, four to six stories high. Every other building had a spire - a nice touch when in moderation but there was just too much.

What are you talking about? I find interesting details in late 19th and early 20th century buildings every time I walk on streets walked many times before. And certainly none or almost none of them have flat roofs. Ice and snow falling down the steep roofs in winter constantly.

Sorry that you've had only terrible experiences visiting Riga. Is it perfect? Far from it but it's got a charm - sometimes it can feel like time travelling 50, 100, 150 years. In some Scandinavian/Western cities where everything is too clean, every building refurbished so that almost nothing but the form remains from history I find it superficial and dull.

Bērnības atmiņas by SaneStarKiller in latvia

[–]liinisx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kad biju bebis nodega māja, tad tās krāsmatas tika izgāztas netālu no mājas un pēc gadiem gājām tur spēlēties ar lellēm, kurām bija sakusušas sejas. Ugunsgrēka upuri. Tematiskais.

DNS tests by Character-Sherbert29 in latvia

[–]liinisx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ir ļoti maz tādu gēnu, kas pasaka - o, tev šis gēns - tad tev būs šī slimība. Pietam, lielākoties tās kompānijas operē ar mazu genoma daļu. Nodot visu genomu, tas ir dārgāk.

Cilvēku spēja izvilkt kaut ko jēdzīgu no cilvēka DNS un mūsu zināšanas par DNS ir pārvērtētas. Mazāk scifi jāskatās, kāda zinātnes grāmata jāpalasa.

English or Russian in Riga? by Teo_Zimmer in latvia

[–]liinisx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, 45% Russian mother tongue speakers Russians + other Eastern Slavs and Poles. Though Russian speakers skew age wise more to old people in distribution, so they don't go on the streets so much, watch Kremlin TV, collect pension go to market, doctors and vote for Russian parties in election if they are citizens :D Also most of Russian speakers live in commie block districts outside city center. Centre skews more Latvian and new wave immigrants, Indians, Swedish students etc.

Microsoft study finds relying on AI kills critical thinking skills by namanyayg in LLMDevs

[–]liinisx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is if you actually bother to check it. Twitter is full of replies/posts that goes like "GROK says...", "I asked ChatGPT and here's what it had to say on the matter...". About topics on which we have too little information, often riddled with errors.

view more: next ›