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impromptu 4G speed test from my apartment in Oslo - nothing crazy but it's more than fast enough for me

Wendover Productions | Why West Virginia is so Poor the place sounds almost like Norway. most of it is mountains and isn't good for farms and factories. what saves Norway is the vast coastline. before Norway had roads and before it struck oil in the 70s, the sea was the main way of moving people and goods around the country. seafood was also the main source of protein for many. fur farming was really big at one point. just like in West Virginia, we lack farmland, so it's much easier to farm animals such as mink or pig. here's Norway's trade balance. the exports are crude oil, natural gas, ships and oil platforms, and the final item is seafood. "fastland" is mainland - stuff that isn't offshore. our trade balance is negative if you get rid of the oil and gas. we're importing for 22 million NOK more than we could afford without the offshore industry. that's why it's so unpopular to talk about decarbonisation here. nobody wants a thinner wallet.

today's word game: try to define the word "responsible". no synonyms such as "accountable" are allowed.

there's a big difference between a "psychotherapist" and a "psycho therapist"

i call this Twinkle Twinkle Little Swing

putting all your eggs in one basket will occasionally succeed the people who tell you to do that are the ones that got lucky there. this is why all advice is bad. it only works for the person who gives it.

told myself i would not talk to her again. slipped up the other day. just one message though.

i think this is a pretty good song - considering that i made it

some municipalities in Norway only really survive because there are government jobs and subsidies there. in these municipalities, conservatives simply don't have a chance, since they want small government. much of North Norway is like that, for example. why are people living in places without jobs? well, originally, a lot of them were fishing and farming, but hardly anyone has that as a lifestyle anymore. a job in the government is more comfortable, so that's what people go for. fishing and farming are done on an industrial scale these days by people who run it like a business. why does the government keep these services up in places with such poor self-sustenance? to fight rural depopulation. this is paired with efforts to create industries out there. it isn't working well.

...and i guess i'm awake now. i always wake up at 04:00 and have a siesta later in the day.

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in my experience, pets are far more loyal than lovers

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it sounds like a manager describing his own job, not realising that normal employees have a much duller experience

i have a theory that old people do less because they have a good supply of dopamine. brain concludes everything is fine so it does nothing. the mind is at rest.

the difference in immigrant crime levels in Sweden vs Norway is dramatic. there's no reason the difference should be so dramatic in two countries that are so similar. they say it's because the Swedes took the wrong approach to integration, resulting in parallel societies and segregation. as i understand it, the Swedes accepted more refugees than us and did less to integrate them. the Swedish government is a bit more liberal and doesn't intervene as much in people's lives, which appears to be the worse option when it comes to integration. what i have less information about is how their approach differs more concretely. the news never goes into detail about it.

leaning right and being overly emotional about it leads to fascism. leaning left and being overly logical about it leads to communism. is it strictly true? probably not, but i think there is something to it.