After reading those (good sources btw) - seems it’s really only January that has had really high prices in the Northern areas, due to in part the cold front that hit Finland but also from the new power transfer line that’s being set up, after which it’s expected that Sweden will be taking power generated here. Seems Swedish power generation was also lower than usual January.

We do usually have a surplus, but power consumption here went up both from the sudden cold, nuclear maintenance, and the new sand batteries going up.

Also, some of those places being heated are quite large and older buildings that are undergoing restoration, like a farm.

That said, the data center really only makes sense of it’ll be in Southern Sweden, and by the time it’s up it’ll be years from now. If they don’t fix the price issues after February though, y’all should start seriously protesting.

You have a source on that? Pretty sure we in Finland give some electricity even to Sweden from surplus so that doesn’t sound right.

You sure you didn’t mean krona? Because 2000 Krona is a lot but sounds easy more realistic than 2000 dollars, considering the conversion rates.

For anyone here that doesn’t know:

100 SEK = 9.50 Euro

100 SEK = 8.92 USD

Damn, it must be bad if they’re paying in dollars instead of Swedish Krona

I’m pretty sure it’s Switzerland that doesn’t want to join the EU and not the other way around

Metal, but make sure it’s textured.

I’m sorry y’all… I’m the one who convinced and helped out the owner of raycons to advertise on YouTube and podcasts before they launched there business, and I did so for free 😭

They’re just rebranded Ali express Chinese stuff with better packaging btw. At least back then they were, I don’t know about now

If you want Firefox minus the AI fluff, also Waterfox. I’ve been using it on Linux.

That article is pretty outdated by now (about 5 years old), and a lot of the concerns have since been addressed.

It also was written before the security and memory leak issues Matrix has were widely revealed .

For underwear, I’ve had one main issue so far with every European brand I’ve tried (Finnish, German, Italian, Spanish); they’re, umm, too “tight” down there. Like it feels like they want to keep it so tight that they suffocate your potential progeny out of existence 😅

So assuming you’re a dude and maybe on the bigger side in that region, although it’s not European and is Japanese, Muji has a specific line of underwear that has an extra big pouch like space sown that’s more comfortable to wear. They’re also pretty breathable and last a good while.

I don’t remember what they’re called though, since I get them from my local Muji store in Finland.

As for pants - that’s just luck based. I’ve resorted to either pants that are too big and using suspenders or having a tailor modify used pants when I can afford to. Sweatpants when possible otherwise. I’m considering looking into Scottish Kilts for the summer though. I don’t care what people might think at this point - I just want room down there.

Unfortunately that’s (currently) most of the internet. Hopefully that changes over time.

I don’t know if the polar vortex would go that far south so commonly in the past though. Climate change has made it wobble like crazy I’m recent years. It’s why we end up with warmer days in Finland now with no snow when it moves that way.

I don’t know any EU countries harvesting organs from a whole ethnic group while simultaneously enslaving them.

Aluminum chain mail blanket. Excellent cooling, less weight, and can be put inside a cotton or wool cover.

My cousin has one, but I don’t know where they got it. I need to ask them since I have the same issues in the summer.

Comparing the Linux of 10 years ago with today is like comparing an NES with a Nintendo Switch.

It’s improved drastically, and it’s even used now on a well known consumer product - the Steam Deck.

It’s also gotten to the point is easier to use than Windows. I installed Bazzite for 7 people last year - none tech savvy - and all of them have liked it more than Windows, despite having only used Windows before. 2 of them also had hardware work with it that suddenly stopped working after a Windows update (wired headphones).

You didn’t answer the question.

Better question: why should Germany have kept funding Russia via Nordstream?

It won’t catch on in Finland because the name sounds like “tax”

The complaint is that it’s being sold as new material but at cheaper prices, which puts local production at full disadvantage and disincentives local production entirely, which would then cause the EU to depend on foreign sources for aluminium as local production would begin to shut down and scrap would begin to dry up.

Does cocaine?