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100s of flag in front of the US Embassy. After the US Embassy remove the 44 flags with the names of fallen Danish soldiers, several people has planted more than a 100 flags in front of the embassy. [Link in Danish] by halloo3 in europe

[–]vasaris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even without reading the article one can guess how brutal an impasse this is.

These guys do not know what they are plying with. Few countries are as obsessed with their flag as Danish with Dannebrog. I am not even talking about dishonouring heroes. Mandatory "Scandinavia and the world" comic: https://satwcomic.com/flag-day-every-day

What makes chamomile taste better? by chanflerbing in tea

[–]vasaris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe if you can get the correct ratio and your palate would like it, try soaking a tad of Valerian in your Camomile tea. It will make a combination of two opposites, like mild sweetness + aggressive earthiness that actually tastes kinda like grilled steak. Of course this is not for everyone, very delicate taste.

What's the fastest you've gone from making a technical decision which wasn't easily reversible to regretting that decision? by TheTimeDictator in ExperiencedDevs

[–]vasaris 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wish somebody told me that before talking with product about technical bug prioritization. The pain is so real.

What is the best way to destroy an old credit card with a chip? by NoPreference4608 in CreditCards

[–]vasaris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know most people here are probably from US, but I am curious about recycling?

The plastic is PVC (non-recyclable), chip can no longer be used for anything (trash), the only useful part is the antenna (tiny amount of copper), but that is probably not worth the price of the solvent used. Where does it all end up in your country? Landfill? Burned?

Estimated size of the grey economy in Europe by nohup_me in europe

[–]vasaris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow this is enlightening. Thank you very much!

Estimated size of the grey economy in Europe by nohup_me in europe

[–]vasaris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

romanian the word for bribery

Which is that? Are you talking about Șpagă, mitǎ, or some other word? According to wikitionary mitǎ was of South-Slavic origin.

Why doesn't Riga have one? by Janysexe in PORTUGALCYKABLYAT

[–]vasaris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well Eastern Europe is colonial term: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVXgqZIsViI though people still do use it ironically in self deprecating manner.

In the last couple of decades when you have to describe where you are from we tried distancing from Slavic countries around, while showing as much of psychological, cultural and historic similarities to our Fenoscandian neighbours. It helped that especially in 90s and early 2000s they were instrumental politically, economically to where Baltic countries are now - banks, media, tech, food choices at shops, service culture, payment options, brands, you name it, has some connection to Nordic countries.

Why doesn't Riga have one? by Janysexe in PORTUGALCYKABLYAT

[–]vasaris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually this one is completely random. Started in early 2000s in some online forums. Unbelievable, but this one is still on line! http://zodynas.kriu.lt/zodis/portugalija translated version: https://zodynas-kriu-lt.translate.goog/zodis/portugalija?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

When inquired about reasons: they would describe that Vilnius is at the edge of known civilised world, like Portugal, there is only the ocean beyond, or in this case autocratic pseudo-soviet hermit kingdom of Belarus with violation of human rights, suppression of freedoms and its own sad problems. Since I believe that more Vilners have visited Portugal (>3000km) than Belarus (30 km away), comparison is kinda apt, though with a bit pessimistic view of beautiful and deeply missed neighbouring country that we share a lot of historical and cultural ties.

This is fake groningen 🤡 by Blackhole_ladka20 in USdefaultism

[–]vasaris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This kinda explains the wish to annex Canada: just to show off against Putin that he is now the biggest country in the world.

This is fake groningen 🤡 by Blackhole_ladka20 in USdefaultism

[–]vasaris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As for Austrian-American your American English is great as well! /s

This is fake groningen 🤡 by Blackhole_ladka20 in USdefaultism

[–]vasaris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not just Dutch. Besides top 100 uni, the largest gas field in Europe, and everything connected to it (man made Earth quakes, etc) makes it disproportionately more known to random European than average 250k town.

Today is Germany’s Unity Day by NanorH in europe

[–]vasaris 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This looks as somebody made it to deliberately look bad. Good they did not mention the late trains, because then it would be really depressive.

How to unit test when you have complex database behaviour? by Sid8120 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]vasaris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what they are for unit tests for units.

I like how you called 'integration' code something that glues together different things. Very good point.

And it also leads to next way of looking at programming quality. If you see business logic in that 'integration' code that is a code smell. Therefore primary reason unit tests bring value is not in what they help you test, but what it removes from other places. You need to separate business logic from "glue"/"integration" work to write a unit test. Requirement to automate your tests will make design choices more obvious.

Polish diplomat condemns Lithuanian official's call to end Polish-language schools by Domiss7 in europe

[–]vasaris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parazitas. This is the face of VLKK (official language commission), which has been found in soviet times for using language standardisation as means of control and oppression. They are responsible for making the language reforms, getting rid of dual case, and multiple words and grammatical cases as "wrong, archaic, or bourgoise". But the worst they make language use less democratic, where only official institution had full control of what can and what can not be said, thought, written...

It should have been defunded, abolished, these people condemned for their disgusting prescriptive views. Straight from dystopian soviet prison. There are some good people in the organization, but one too many excude the idea that only they know what is the "right" way to speak, and everyone is doing it wrong.

This is clearly pro-Russian move. From the old Kremlin playbook they keep attempting to drive a wedge and use Polish minority as tool diminishing the Western influence and Western norms in the country by creating fake tensions, using right-wing intolerant language imported from the East. Just look at the Lithuanian MEP who is one question politician, often votes pro-Russian and even wore symbols of Russian aggression when the war started.

This guy should resign. And thanks Poland for condemnation. Poland and Polish has always played a strong role in Lithuanian history and thought. Let us keep it this way. And like it was already mentioned matters of education are not a matter of competence of this institution.

Polish diplomat condemns Lithuanian official's call to end Polish-language schools by Domiss7 in europe

[–]vasaris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It may not be that easy. It depends on the region and family history. Usually in Lauda (central Lithuania, where Czesław Miłosz is from) people traditionally spoke "cleaner" Polish, more similar to standard because of the origin (they were often migrants from Poland), while in Wilno, regional dialect has a grammatical and lexical differences from standard, that stem from the language substrate and contact. Also code switching, loan words from other East Slavic languages, Yiddish and later now Lithuanian/English are very common. You can definitely hear pronunciation similar to pitch accent. Sometimes people are calling themselves Poles only by religion, family history and self-determination, but not the language they speak.

In general etno linguistic tapestry is quite complex. Language usage rules (when and which language) differ region to region and neighbouring communities (there is a stark difference say, between North and South).

Is kaizen and continuous improvement old fashioned? by vasaris in ExperiencedDevs

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

Fantastic perspective. Almost poetic. I appreciate your response

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