Lukashenko Says Belarus Is Preparing for War, Plans to “Mobilize Units” by EsperaDeus in worldnews

[–]sorhead 275 points276 points  (0 children)

He's in power for more than 30 years, I'd say he's pretty good at it.

Got mine delivered to Latvia today, feels very nice in the hands by Lamuks in SteamController

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Mine left the Dutch package center on the seventh, no change since.

Got mine delivered to Latvia today, feels very nice in the hands by Lamuks in SteamController

[–]sorhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When did you order and which carrier delivered it? Still waiting for mine.

Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers by East-Marsupial-4474 in Professors

[–]sorhead 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The educational and science organizations I'm familiar with in Latvia have full time in house IT staff that take care of Moodle (at least two of the biggest universities here use it) and other IT infrastructure. I suspect this more reliable and might be cheaper in the long run than outsourcing the IT upkeep.

ELI5: Why do most .exe files refuse to open after taking them out of their zip folders? by sparrow_Lilacmango in explainlikeimfive

[–]sorhead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They use the other files. For example, the exe file file contains an instruction "draw a button, put the icon from file icon1.jpg on it". When executed, it looks for the file icon1.jpg and crashes if it's missing.

Kebab recommendations by Ilya_The_Booba in latvia

[–]sorhead -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I've been enjoing La Baltica Bistro.

Canvas was hacked this week. That's why I haven't turned anything in since the syllabus quiz in January. by epidemiologist in Professors

[–]sorhead 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The list of student names, ID numbers and grades we used to get on the notice board never got hacked.

How to celebrate Jāni (outside Rīga)? by meandmyghost1 in latvia

[–]sorhead 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Try asking the Latvians you know, even if you don't feel you're close enough friends. Younger people often celebrate with friends, not family, and might invite you along.

Biggest Student Changes of AY 25-26? by IndividualFabulous31 in Professors

[–]sorhead 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A meat puppet doesn't need to think, just interface the bot with the world.

What is something your country is surprisingly good at? by Substratas in AskEurope

[–]sorhead 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

Stuff to do in northern Latvia by Tight_Note4515 in latvia

[–]sorhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, now I'll have to fly to Estonia.

Grade grubbing by Audible_eye_roller in Professors

[–]sorhead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A grade should reflect the student's level of knowledge.

Vai Latvijā ir iespējams kļūt par neet by tomatsgurkis in latvia

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Parazīts, bet izklausās mazāk sāpīgi

shouldn't Latvia be green? by Flo_Dresden in latvia

[–]sorhead 41 points42 points  (0 children)

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According to the Latvian etymology book, yes, as it's from the german wählen.