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It is similar in Sweden, we have Bank-ID, not developed by the state but the large banks and defacto standard, useful almost anywhere in the digital domain. Maybe it's easier to implement these things in smaller countries? I think Estonia is the most digitalized countries in the world.

MS authentication is frustrating in so many ways. I feel that the process is broken if Microsoft accepts land line telephone numbers but don't offer a "Call me back" option, like some of the other online services do.

SQL Server is the only Microsoft product I like. (Except maybe some keyboard or mouse back in the days) Advice: If you want to earn big bucks, stand by a product that is as expensive (like $7500/core for Enterprise Edition) as possible and become really good at it. (Of course, in Sweden we work...

I agree. Perhaps 8 TB is pushing the limits of current technology? I imagine it's easier to manage cooling, reliability and so on in the 3.5/2.5/EDSFF formats. In the server space M.2 are more common as boot drives where I suppose they see a lot less activity than their carrier mounted friends...

It was not a bit of a fight, ot was really serious business. Almost as bad as soccer supporters in Europe, but without physical fighting. :) I had both the C64 and Amiga 500, they were really nice computers, the Amiga had specialized chipsets for graphics, sound and MMU (Denise, Paula & Agnus)...

You clearly didn't take part in the Amiga vs. Atari wars. I still hate Atari ST.

Shame about the damage to the bike, hope it's not that bad.

That is still very good, I hope you get back into your normal routine. I managed to ride 5000 km last year, up from previous years of 1500-1600 km. For me, riding outdoor is still the best when the weather lets me, great way to let the thoughts wander and enjoy the local scenery in 3D. 🙂

I had a few years when I didn't ride bikes very much. One year I started riding like crazy, because we only have like 3 months of summer and got an injury. In early 2019 we got a dog, during the pandemic I got too fat for cycling clothes. But a while I bought an indoor trainer (Kickr V5) and...

Have to agree that Icelandic is very beautiful.

My condolences. And what Handruin said, take your time, but I hope you stay around.

You are probably right Merc, there are more useful languages you can learn unless you plan on moving here. But Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are all very closely related, if you can speak one you can usually understand the others. Norwegian is maybe my favourite language of the three because the...

Man, this sounds impossible, even the poor danish children start talking later than others because they talk so strange. 🙂 Sweden and Norway is also nice, and Belgium also seems to be OK (besides Netherland). But your skills should be in high demand anywhere. I hope it sorts itself out soon.

We use a moka pot, size 6 is perfect for one large mug. https://www.bialetti.com/ee_en/venus.html Just fill with water + coffee and wait a couple of minutes. I also found a normal off-the-shelf coffee with a roast that works great with our local water quality, so I'm really happy with it. It's...

That sounds like a great idea. Norway is really beautiful, and when you're tired of the fjords (takes a few days) you can turn right and travel south through Sweden. =)

Welcome to the nordic countries. :) I hope you and the family like it here. Denmark is really nice, should be the perfect base if you want to travel around Europe. I have a ~1200 km trip to make within Sweden before I even reach Denmark or Germany.

I bought a Varmilo with their EC Sakura switches a while ago. They click and requires mute during Teams meetings, but I like the feeling of both the keyboard (heavy+dampened) and the switches. My only other experience with mechanical switches is with MX Red + the IBM in 1987 or so.

Samsung mobiles are fine.

Happy holidays!

Aha, you have your own cloud? Nice. :)

I wouldn't mind 48 GB of RAM, then you will not have to worry about buying more RAM for a few years. 256 GB would be great for hosting a VM with SQL Server. :)

OS updates are maybe the weak point of motorola? I love their phones, have had a Moto Z and Moto One Hyper, but they received very sporadical updates. I bought the Z spring 2017 and the updates stopped in August 18. :(

Glad to hear that it worked out. Access is not bad for its intended use, just a long time since I used it. As a side note, it's also quite easy to kill performance in SQL Server. :)

I believe Access has a database size limit of 2GB? I now remember a story from 1995, where a guy working for our city council apparently decided to build a journaling system to store all incoming+official documents - in an Access database... The documents were of course scanned and stored as...

I used Fox Pro + VB6 to create a CD based database application around 1999-2000. Very nice to work with if I remember correctly. But I have mostly been working with SQL Server. Personallly I could/would use Management Studio (SSMS) as a GUI for smal scale manual input. For corporate use I would...

Seems like it is possible: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/p/access/cfq7ttc0hhmx?activetab=pivot:overviewtab I suppose the various tasks includes building forms in the UI? She has no interest in learning SQL Server? I ask because Express edition is totally free with a limitation...

I think it should work fine as long as you give it enough RAM? I have a T440s (anno ~ 2013?). It was unbearable slow with 8 GB but got much better with 12 GB. It doesn't say much, bit it is much faster than my work laptop (4 year old HP with 8 GB). And if I remember correctly I believe I...

Regarding menus in 10, I just write things in the search bar and select the top item in the search result. It is probably just me, but I find it annoying that some things are in the new UI and some in the Classic. We'll see what 11 brings.

Google actually has an opt out program: https://www.theonion.com/google-opt-out-feature-lets-users-protect-privacy-by-mo-1819594840

Don't fortget the 8.8.8.8 DNS server. if you think about it,.most companies collect user data, when you buy food, coffee or whatever. We get all these great "free" services - which we pay for with information about us.

Starting yesterday I got a popup in my Gmail (phone) if I wanted to disable popups (to avoid dual notifications). I have also disabled sound+visual notifications from almost every app in my phone since 2015, and also mail notifications from Outlook at the work computer. I usually check the...

I can imagine that a droid turbo beat the Z hands down. :) The Edge 20/20 Pro looks interestimg (or G100 for that matter) if I were to get another phone right now, but I will most likely use my current until it dies. The S9+ still gets security updates and I am kind of used to the UI by now.

I also had a Moto Z... I liked it, 1. Battery life was an improvement over my previous phone (Nexus 5x) 2. Moto gestures 3. Medium performance is fine for my needs. Surfing the forums and reading news, checking the mail. I never had any mods either. I had it until the battery died. The...

Regarding genders, do they hve to have 31 different toilets at workspaces? In Sweden we have han (he), hon (she) och hen (gender neutral) but I think it's OK if someone want to use other terms. And I don't know, I don't generally think about anyone in gender terms, more in terms of what they...

3.1 was kind of nice.I remember installing it on a Pentium 120 MHz with 24 MB RAM on a really small partition on the very edge of a HDD, it was really, flying but I had no use for it at the time. And, it also had a really good file manager. 🙂

This was new to me, Amazonas has released more CO2 than it absorbed in the last 10 years. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210430-since-2010-amazon-forest-emitted-more-co2-than-it-absorbed-study

It looks like USA has proof that Russia and Iran was trying to disturb the elections? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber/u-s-report-says-russia-not-china-tried-to-influence-2020-election-idUSKBN2B82OM

Well... https://www.theonion.com/facebook-takes-down-all-posts-spreading-misinformation-1846301464

Personally I would go with a used Toyota, like drunkenbastard suggested.They are good quality to begin with, they are boring = lower probability that they have been punished by aspiring F1/Indycar drivers. And smaller cars like the Corolla means less weight/less stress on the materials. Last...

In Florida, my biggest concern with a car would be how well the AC works. :) Hope you find a good one sedrosken.

But Trumps Covid response was not fact based. It was more in line with the response of Bolsonaro of Brazil and Lukasjenko of Belarus. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/24/deborah-birx-trump-white-house-covid-deniers...

My favourite, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, gives a quite detailed view into how some people are reasoning. Words matter. Also a pretty good analysis of the situation in USA, beginning around 18.57.

I think it's almost natural that there are some problems before the production and supply chains are fully optimized when everything has gone so fast. I don't follow the daily reports, but priority group 1 is nursing homes, and they have all got their first shots now + the supply is enough for...

DrunkenBastard, I am really happy if I am wrong on that one. We will see what the final investigation brings to the table. Otherwise I agree 100% with jtr1962, troublemakers exists everywhere. And left extremists are no better than right extremists.

Well, perhaps John Sullivan just wanted to protest against Ted Cruz for example, who knows? And I suppose he would have attacked the Capitol even if he was alone against 300+ cops?

Well, he did not actually say "go and kill some coppers", but the crowd went crazy after his speech. And the "trial by combat" remark from Giuliani did not help either. You just have to see it in the context of everything that has happened since November 3.

Good bye. We'll see what happens with the polarisation in USA. I hope the situation will get better, but it will not come without effort.

https://www.theonion.com/look-he-came-after-all-says-inauguration-guest-spot-1846093082

This is not good: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-capitol-arrests/u-s-says-capitol-rioters-meant-to-capture-and-assassinate-officials-filing-idUSKBN29K0K7 And Airbnb's actions against DC is causing some problems, but nice of the politicians to help their voters...

Unfortunately the nazis all over the world likes to disgrace the nordic gods and destroy the symbols for ordinary people. But the interesting part is that the nationalists are cooperating, like when Steve Bannon traveled to Europe to help in the EU elections (it wasn't successful... that time)...