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Cake day: March 13th, 2026
  • Lantsu@sopuli.xyztoFinland@sopuli.xyz•Thousands stranded in Lapland due to coldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I live in Lapland it was truly horrifying and embarassing to follow this on the news… And how the towns of Kittilä and Rovaniemi refused to help because no one had asked for it the right way and it kinda isn’t in their job description… Remember this when traveling here in the winter, it might be nobody’s responsibility to help you.

    How is not helping someone in need, in freaking -38C without proper shelter, not everyones’ job? Like throw them a few blankets at least? After months, I still can’t fully comprehend this.

    Tourism gives a lot of jobs, as well as mining does. Without those, there wouldn’t be much anything in Lapland. But there are environmental limits and now we can see that the critical infrastructure can’t hold and sustain the current amount of tourists - we can’t keep them safe during a little cold streak which is perfectly normal and happens every single winter!

  • Lantsu@sopuli.xyztoWindows@sopuli.xyz•[Question] Windows users, what's keeping you from switching?English
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    4 days ago

    I have used Ubuntu in the past for about six months, on an old laptop while I was building, well buying and obtaining parts for my PC. While I do consider returning to Linux, possibly using another distro, there are some things I experienced that I do not wish to deal on daily basis… Occasionally would be fine.

    1. Software/aplications work and don’t work, almost as if they had a mind of their own. What fixed them the last time, won’t do anything the next time. Sometimes things just start suddenly working. But what’s for sure, thing won’t ever work when you need them to work. (Classic example; a romantic movie night - food ready, flowers in vase, candles lit, DVD picked, the app don’t work.)

    2. This is probably just my Ubuntu experience, but each time you open the computer, there is a new app store AND only one of those works, but never the same one as last time. Delete them? They’ll come back with friends. - 2.1. You need to insert your password if you want to scratch your genitals in the same room as you Personal Computer is.

    3. Everything is an user error. (Well yes, most things in life are.) You’re just using the wrong distro, oh that’s just a broken update, you’re just using the wrong aplication… Okay, I change distro and use the recommended apps, yet the problems continue, so I’m again using just the wrong distro, and oh that update was just broken, oh okay I’m using the wrong apps. Again and again. This is aaaaalll just a learning curve.

    At this time, what I want from my PC is to work at least 66% of the time. If I want to quickly check something online, I want to be able to do it without fighting for three hours. If I want to just quickly play some games, I want to be able to do it without fighting for another three hours. I know I’m spoiled and demanding for too much.