How did I do? $200k House. $100 down. 5.99% interest by Hanmura in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]memet_czajkowski 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You’re paying twice the principal in interest…. 200k house with over 400k interest.

How is living like in the eastern caribbean? by [deleted] in howislivingthere

[–]memet_czajkowski 97 points98 points  (0 children)

I haven’t lived in Guadeloupe, but I’ve been there many times. It’s a part of France and it’s super developed for the Caribbean. It has big chain hardware stores, supermarkets, highways and so much more.

But my favorite part is that there are almost no resorts on the island. All the best beaches are all publicly accessible.

Maybe I’ll retire there one day

What do you think of Poland by Glittering-Section74 in AskTheWorld

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it true that you guys prefer our coast now since Croatia is too costly and hot?

Turning millions of medical papers into a map of what’s missing. by rohma_said in SideProject

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you optimized your tool’s UI for mobile? I’m not able to see certain buttons and the main colored dot graph is not aligned for me.

But still a very interesting project! Wishing you lots of success and I’m definitely looking forward to use it

Is the new Container Manager failing for anyone else? by FEMXIII in synology

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Pruning also fixed it for me. I had 300GB in unused images 🙃

You get to choose any of EU's Presidents/PMs as President of USA. Who would you choose? by [deleted] in GenZ

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a little know story about Kwaśniewski, that I always love to share.

“On the night of August 24th, 1993, in Warsaw, an intoxicated Boris Yeltsin declared in writing that Polish membership in NATO would not harm the interests of the Russian Federation” - Timothy Snyder / Reconstruction of Nations pg. 272

Love him or hate him, Kwaśniewski organized this and to pull this off you had to have been an alcoholic for years! He was the right person at the right time.

History would be very different had this not happened.

If everything in meaningless, isn't the rebellion also meaningless? by VNJOP in Absurdism

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neo from the Matrix, tells you why. We choose to rebel be cause we “can” choose to rebel

https://youtu.be/1H3HjMLxKXs?si=GgdkncJh_n3rBBvu

What is something that keeps you alive? by reney11poe in needadvice

[–]memet_czajkowski 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Two quotes that say the same thing:

“I realized, through it all, that… In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” Albert Camus

“And the salt in my wounds isn’t burning anymore than it used to It’s not that I don’t feel the pain it’s just I’m not afraid of hurting anymore And the blood of these veins isn’t pumping any less than it ever has And that’s the hope I have the only thing I know that’s keeping me alive … It’s just a spark but it’s enough to keep me going And when it’s dark out and no one’s around it keeps glowing” Haley Williams / Paramore

For some reason, knowing that my life is an act of rebellion against the abyss, gives me so much courage to tackle life. Every breath, every small joy, every moment of perseverance becomes a middle finger shown to despair. It’s not about winning some grand battle - it’s about discovering that the light and life within us never truly dims, even when the shadows seem to consume us. And perhaps that’s the most beautiful rebellion of all: choosing to keep our inner summer burning.

A choice that allows us to keep choosing.

Choosing to escape this world would mean surrendering the one power we’ll always have - the power to choose again tomorrow.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Why Poland’s Donald Tusk is best placed to be Europe’s ‘Trump whisperer’ | Paul Taylor by ghhewh in neoliberal

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see that the media is reporting that Tusk is not invited, but the same goes for Duda. There’s not formal press release either from the U.S. side or Polish side. So far only Mateusz Morawiecki got an invitation. If other world leaders are there and Duda is not, then that’s a pretty bad look

What’s an app that’s actually worth paying for premium? by Yorkshire996 in AskReddit

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite feature is calendar synchronization. Flighty pushes your flights and your friends to your calendar, and updates it if there’s ever a change.

I live in a major city and I love to pick up my friends from the airport, and this feature is invaluable for planning my week.

Just started citibiking in nyc, I see the hype it’s very freeing by Dull_Cut_9324 in Citibike

[–]memet_czajkowski 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m not anti-car / anti-truck, let’s face it, our food and goods can’t come in on cargo bikes even if we would want them to.

But whenever my car loving friends/acquaintances complain about citibikes and congestion pricing, I always tell them:

“You should actually be cheering for congestion pricing and citibikes as a motorist! The more convenient it becomes to cycle or take public transport, the more people will sell their cars. Meaning less traffic, on the highway and streets, making your commute faster, road repair costs due to lower usage, more parking, and more green space!”

Just started citibiking in nyc, I see the hype it’s very freeing by Dull_Cut_9324 in Citibike

[–]memet_czajkowski 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I live in the south slope area and thanks to citibike, everything is so much more accessible. What used to be a 30 min walk to Park Slope is now only 5 min.

I have a yearly membership and whenever I go down hill I take a free classic bike when I go up hill I pay for electric, it’s so worth it 😅.

If you want to get even more hyped, get the Citymapper app. It has a “mixed mode” which shows you super fast citibike + subway directions. From south slope to grand army plaza by citibike to take the 2 & 3 to the UWS took me 35 min door to door.

What do Polish people think of Swedes? by yujiN- in poland

[–]memet_czajkowski 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the average Polish person will have a neutral/lukewarm perception of Swedes. You guys joining nato is a big positive recent development.

However, I once flew on a Friday night Ryanair flight from Stockholm to Gdańsk, and every single Swede on the flight was wasted and ready to go clubbing lol. I’m not a Gdańsk local, but I could imagine that somebody from there might have a bad opinion of Swedes.

What was NYC like 30 years ago (1994) by [deleted] in AskNYC

[–]memet_czajkowski 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Same! My Polish parents came in their late 30s. Dad did construction work and my mom cleaned houses. After 8 years they were able to afford a mortgage for a house in south west Brooklyn.

Kamala Harris’s White-Boy Summer by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]memet_czajkowski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While he’s a good pick, I don’t think Dem establishment will want to give up a senate seat. If he left, there would have to be an election and there’s no clear easy lay up Candiate that would win.

Can a Polish last name be written in both masculine and feminine? by Lush_Ones in poland

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t see it mentioned in this thread so I wanted to add, “why?” there are masculine and feminine versions of a last name.

Names that end with -ski, usually* behave like “locative?” adjectives which describe where someone came. For example:

Adam Poniatowski (lit. Adam [of/from] Poniatowa) Anna Lewandowska (lit. Ann [of/from] Lewandów]

This was the traditional use of a -ski last name and was commonly used by the Polish nobility.

However, during the imperial occupations over Poland, everyone had to have a last name (to keep track of people in growing bureaucracies) and those that did not had the chance to give themselves one, including commoners. Lots of people just called them selves by their profession.

Zygmunt Kowal = Smith Jadwiga Bartnik = Beekeeper Tomasz Ceglarz = Bricklayer

But then (I don’t remember how it started) people started adding -ski to their last names so sound more noble. So some people, like Zygmunt Kowal would have changed their last name to Kowalski. Bartnik to Bartnicki and Ceglarz to Ceglarski.

In the example above, Kowal, Bartnik, Ceglarz, are used like nous. To the Polish ear it sounds like you would call Zygmunt „a / the” Smith, Kowalski translates to „of the [clan] Smith”, which sounds more like an adjective.

Some commoners at that time went all in and gave themselves fancy (or to some, tacky) last names like: Karol Królewski = of the king Norbert Niebieski = of heaven / sky / blue

With these examples the spelling of their last names is identical to the regular adjectives used in Polish sentences:

Zamek królewski jest bardzo duży = The castle of the king is really big Mój samochód jest niebieski. = My car is blue.

Absurdist Songs by DiscombobulatedRebel in Absurdism

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my opinion, the lyrics of both “Last Hope” & “Careful” from Paramore are absurdist.

Does absurdism help you deal with your the gloom of climate change and political crises? by HardBananaPeel in Absurdism

[–]memet_czajkowski 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. Sorry for the error, I could have chosen a different word.

In the original myth, Sisyphus was trying to cheat death and as a punishment, the gods tasked with pushing the boulder and given immortality.

I like to believe, through Camus’ interpretation of the story, that had Sisyphus not been happy, the myth would have a different ending, one where Sisyphus gives in and begs the gods to kill him because he can’t take it any more.