[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 67 points 2 weeks ago

You buy a clown car, and don't like it when people laugh at you?

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 73 points 3 months ago

I've actually done this successfully. TSA agent knocked on it, and said no problem.

If i somehow would be stopped, I'd love to argue what is liquid or not, and what could be liquid if it's just hot enough.

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 37 points 3 months ago

Norway has universal healthcare for everyone. Going to the ER is free. Ambulance is free. Surgery is free. Checkups and tests are heavily subsidised where we only pay a small fee (like $20). If you spend more than x-amount on fees annually, you get the fees waived for the remainder of the year.

We have health insurances, but that will only allow you to go to private clinics with less wait times. These insurances are normally paid by employers with highly skilled workers. It's not considered to be a necessity.

The Norwegian healthcare isn't cheap, and we pay around 35-40% income tax, and 25% VAT, but our income doesn't dictate what type of services we're allowed to get. Poverty is low, and crime rates are low.

Socialism works.

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 62 points 3 months ago

I love Venn diagrams, because venn means friend in my language

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 75 points 4 months ago

It amazes me that one of the largest countries in the world, with the most diverse demographics, can only chose between two candidates. This is not democracy. It's a shit show that has been going on for far too long.

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 120 points 8 months ago

My wife started a new job a few years ago, and during training she was shown how to create invoices.

  1. Open the excel template
  2. Fill inn the items, and the prices
  3. Sum all posts USING THE DESKTOP CALCULATOR ...

She was completely dumbfounded.

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 29 points 9 months ago

My wife got the email anal@company.com. She was not happy.

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 31 points 9 months ago

As a Norwegian that deals with traditional seagulls that circle fishing vessels, i was completely shocked when i went to Brighton. I saw seagulls attacking family that were dumb enough to have a picnic on the beach. I was completely shocked. Your post surely cleared the mystery for me.

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 44 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Considering that a 12V battery has an internal resistance of 20 milliohms, the potential current through this thing would be approximately 600A.

It might be too hot to handle (pun intended)

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 69 points 10 months ago

I'm not American, but I've lived a few years in the US. I find it very interesting that the US invented the electric infrastructure that we use today, but they really screwed up a few things. Firstly, the connectors are far too unsafe. They are flimsy and have no protection from electrocution. Secondly, by using 120V as the main voltage, you need more current to do the same amount of work as a 240V system. Thay means thicker wires, more stress on the plugs, and greater fire hazards.

Shuko plugs FTW

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 30 points 10 months ago

Even if this might sound crazy to some, it doesn't sure me at all. Industries are not upgrading systems just for fun. It's only done when it is absolutely necessary.

I've worked with systems running in windows 95. On laptops so old they didn't have USB. The only way to transfer new files to it was to use serial link (we didn't have floppy drives). What did that ancient computer do? Communicate with subsea control systems for oil wells.

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 33 points 1 year ago

So ping-pong is an euphemism for sex? Or was he literally playing ping-pong?

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