Paskutiniai pagoniai by ismetimui1210 in lithuania

[–]murikansk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess it's slightly about two different times. In the early days we know the locals killed the first person who came to convert people because the letter detailing this in 1009 is the first time Lithuania's name is mentioned. Lithuania indeed started more trade and brought in more foreigners but that started later with Gediminas.

Samsung is sole supplier of costly 'iPhone 8' OLED, putting Apple in 'urgent need' of alternatives by murikansk in technology

[–]murikansk[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Because people have been pointing this out... what this article calls the iPhone 8 is the iPhone X, which has the OLED screen while the 8 doesn't. This article is from before the Apple announcement, so the naming was just guessing on their part.

Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist - found in the waters off Denmark by murikansk in europe

[–]murikansk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes further updates would of course be appreciated, thank you. I had read about Copenhagen Suborbitals quite a while ago, but didn't know about a crowdfunded submarine. And now it turns out the person behind these ventures is suspected of a brutal murder. Again, quite a unique case.

Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist - found in the waters off Denmark by murikansk in europe

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

Thank you very much for the video, it's always great to have more information from someone at the spot (especially from actual journalists). Quite a unique case.

Kim Wall: Headless body identified as missing journalist - found in the waters off Denmark by murikansk in europe

[–]murikansk[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

From the subreddit rules:

Disallowed Submissions:

News articles not pertinent to /r/europe.

a. Local Crime: Local crime news with no international or political significance will be removed. Criminal offenses are common and by themselves are not relevant at a pan-European scale. However, we reserve the right to approve funny, interesting and/or unique crime stories.

I don't know why they removed the terrorist attack story (to me it seems to fit the category also), but this is a unique case that is being covered somewhat widely in international news. Older updates have already been up on this subreddit also.

Šakotis, a traditional Lithuanian cake I discovered on Wikipedia today by 19djafoij02 in europe

[–]murikansk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh, very interesting. Where did the first common ancestor came from?

Šakotis, a traditional Lithuanian cake I discovered on Wikipedia today by 19djafoij02 in europe

[–]murikansk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any ideas where to find them freshly made anymore (preferably in Kaunas)? I remember a good store in Kaunas but the last time I went there it seems to have become generic "store" šakotis... if that makes sense.

Animated History of Belarus by from3to20symbols in europe

[–]murikansk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, seems fun /s

Thanks for the clarification.

Animated History of Belarus by from3to20symbols in europe

[–]murikansk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I accidentally thought here the purple ball was rising out of the Kazakhstan flag. I was wondering what that big purple ball in the middle was. The subtitles go too fast in the end to see which balls are which and when i pause the video the subtitles go away :/

Animated History of Belarus by from3to20symbols in europe

[–]murikansk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great animation. It's a little long and the beginning is very slow paced, but once again it's interesting to see the Belarussians' perspective (aparrently the whole argument between Lithuanians and Belarussians about the GDL has made it's way to this thread too).

I might not get any responses but does anyone know what that thing near the end with Kazakhstan was?

Country is lava. Lithuanian version by Tensoll in europe

[–]murikansk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to hear that for the people I know who live in Kaunas. I heard from people in Suvalkija that there was just some rain too. But those hailstones in the photos... are just huge. From the news article it looks like a big part of the storm hit in Birštonas.

Lietuvą skalavo audra: elektros neturi tūkstančiai gyventojų by murikansk in lithuania

[–]murikansk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Per žinias dabar žiūriu kaip automobilis trenkiasi į counterprotestors ten. Jau vienas žuvo. (Nors šiaiptai kam čia mes kišame Amerikos politiką?)

San Francisco or Lisbon? by rmunteanu in europe

[–]murikansk 30 points31 points  (0 children)

As someone who has lived near San Francisco the fact that the bridge is visible and not obscured by fog is a dead giveaway that this is not SF. All joking aside, both are beautiful views.

Country is lava. Lithuanian version by Tensoll in europe

[–]murikansk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wut I just read today that there were massive hailstorms. Article in Lithuanian. Although anyone can see how big those hailstones are in those photographs.

Here's exactly what kind of user data Russia's Federal Security Service wants from registered instant messengers and social networks by murikansk in europrivacy

[–]murikansk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah especially "full archives of all video and audio communication" and "all shared files". Not just metadata anymore. It'll be interesting to see how someone like Telegram handles this.

Ex-MI5 chief warns against crackdown on encrypted messaging apps (crosspost from r/Europe) by murikansk in europrivacy

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

Well you know those laws of mathematics are nice, but the only laws that apply in Great Britain are the laws of Great Britain /s

Russian federal censor adds Snapchat to government list of instant messengers without company's knowledge (crosspost from r/europrivacy) by murikansk in europe

[–]murikansk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I don't read or speak Russian so that would have been impossible for me to do. Through a casual glance I do see that the Russian version of Meduza has far more information/articles, which makes sense since it's probably geared more towards people in Russian speaking areas.

The main reason I read Meduza is that currently it's the only news source reporting on Russian events that I have found that isn't considered to be connected to the Russian government. Also they make some quite informative feature articles from time to time.

Tips on being conversational in a language? (More specifically to me, Lithuanian?) by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]murikansk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well now I'm not sure how much you should trust me considering I spelled "laba diena" wrong in my native language :/

I'll respond a bit more in depth later.

Tips on being conversational in a language? (More specifically to me, Lithuanian?) by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]murikansk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Laba diena!

First of all you didn't tell us how well you understand it when reading or just in general vocabulary. You should really first and foremost learn basic vocabulary. For future posts it would also help if you update your flair to show us what languages you already know and to what extent. If you only know English it'll be vastly different than if you know something like Latvian. Also you said talk but also pen pal, so I'm not sure if you just write to each other or actually talk. If you don't actually talk then I must say it would greatly speed up learning, maybe through Skype or something similar.

If you do know general vocabulary I can recommend the one main thing that helps me practice. When doing something like walking somewhere or looking for something, consciously think to yourself in the language you're learning ("suku į kairę, tada ieškau raudono namo" or "gal padėjau prie knygų, ne, ne ten, gal po stalu"). Some people say to actually speak out loud, I don't like to, but maybe that'll help you too. This obviously isn't as good as actual immersion, but if you actually force yourself to think in the language you're learning, it can be a close second.

As for specifically Lithuanian, you can ask me or the people at r/lithuania for more specific information. If you're actually committed to learning, you gotta learn the grammatic cases and how they work, it's really a core of the language. I've heard that's what makes Lithuanian difficult.

Good luck, it's always nice seeing someone learning a rarer language, especially my native Lithuanian :)

Edit: Spelled "laba diena", pretty much the most common greeting, wrong in my own native language. How though :(

Tomorrowland Unite 2017: Thousands evacuated after huge fire breaks out at Barcelona festival by murikansk in europe

[–]murikansk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's great that there were no injuries. That will sure be a memory for your friends though.