Thorwegian (old account)

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2024-05-22 16:08:56

Me: I will shut down berserker.town in two weeks.
Followers who rarely get in touch: Please stay! 💋
Get my contact details. The decision is final.

2024-05-22 15:58:47

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@npub1k48…uyly Well, it's a bit hit or miss. "Was I unfunny, or was no one online to see it?"

2024-05-21 14:58:25

About 10% of what I post here gets a reply. Often, a negative one. It's obvious why berserker.town is shutting down. Too little, too late. And I need to do less computers and more going outside.

2024-05-21 14:18:44

As a straight guy, how are you supposed to tell anyone that:
- You like him/her
- Not in THAT way
- Guys can be sexual predators.
If I claim I am not that kind of guy, there's no evidence. Claiming that might be a red flag. So then what?

2024-05-21 13:03:11

Announcement
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/479/212/806/491/339/original/6a720ecf941b39cf.png

2024-05-19 23:07:40

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to diss a 🐝?

2024-05-19 05:15:18

I suspect Scandinavia - especially Sweden - is good at pop #musicproduction precisely BECAUSE of its lack of defining characteristics. If the music isn't too weird or complex but the melodic and harmonic core is strong, it'll be palatable to more people.
In the United States, one genre with such a strong core is country music. When American country singers take that strong core and get rid of the fiddles, hats and boots, they often become quite popular.

2024-05-19 04:53:43

Italians: Would you like Mozarella, Mascarpone, Parmigiano Reggiano or Gorgonzola with that, sir?
Spanish: Would you like Manchego, Ibérico, Cabrales or Majorero with that, sir?
Norwegians: Cheese or no?
Our foods are often like that. There is one variety of each food. It is bland and is the name literally just translates to "cheese", "ham", etc.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/465/942/249/018/646/original/f1d4e341b01c18e3.png

2024-05-17 09:04:43

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@npub12sm…9ef3 Jeg er ikke så uenig i dette, egentlig, men...
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2024-05-17 07:57:44

In Norway, that's Espresso House, but same general idea.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/455/362/809/112/481/original/c4e3915fafdb1a4a.jpeg

2024-05-16 18:42:38

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@npub19sh…cajw I see a Norwegian flag in the screen name.

2024-05-16 15:59:57

How do the car laws work in the US?
Over here, if a car and a pedestrian collide, it's usually the car's fault. Formally speaking, both are in traffic, but realistically speaking, it's always the driver's fault.

2024-05-16 15:55:54

In America: The fuck are you doing in front of my car?
In European cities: The fuck are you doing in front of my legs?

2024-05-16 14:20:23

That one time when I worked security at the The Gathering LAN party in Vikingskipet and carried a big and heavy flashlight, because I was late to apply for a crew position.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/451/202/598/573/059/original/5cec844035f1510c.png

2024-05-16 06:44:36

We spoil the cats. I have to open a door. He's too lazy to figure out that he can just push it aside with his paw.

2024-05-15 10:41:45

I have 15 minutes until I tutor a high school student. I miscalculated and I drank too much. Do I cancel?

2024-05-15 08:40:57

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@npub1j3y…xz5r Thus exemplifying the statement.

2024-05-15 08:26:38

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@npub140w…su0k Per that logic, Asia should run the world, since they have the flattest faces!

2024-05-15 08:24:43

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@npub140w…su0k Whatever you may feel about the idea, the odds are bad.

2024-05-15 08:23:59

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@npub140w…su0k No single country on Earth has successfully pulled that off.

2024-05-15 08:21:53

America is somewhat fascist. Teetering on the edge of pulling a Mussolini.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/444/132/897/674/424/original/9b956672b9623297.png

2024-05-14 23:31:48

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@npub1sj6…gm58 What's your opinion on Sanna Sarromaa?

2024-05-14 23:29:43

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@npub1sj6…gm58 Finns take that a bit further, yes.

2024-05-14 23:22:43

Being Norwegian is to have zero suave. You just sort of have to do shit without any decoration.

2024-05-14 21:50:48

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@npub1njh…8ehe I mine drømmer er ostekake like enkelt å lage som mikrobølgemuffins. Det er så mange trinn, og jeg vil ha kake nå, ikke i morra! 😭

2024-05-14 15:41:05

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@npub15dz…h56t One of the things I realised when I tried living in Manila is that you can never be alone. Some person ls always around. You can get some peace in Scandinavia.

2024-05-14 15:38:39

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@npub15dz…h56t We're used to a lot of personal space around here. Once you get up to a decent population density - such as in Oslo where I live - people start to get bothered by it.

2024-05-14 15:35:11

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@npub15dz…h56t Our entire population is smaller than many cities. We tend to define places as cities when they have more than about 20k people living in them.

2024-05-14 10:18:51

Considering that Norway has a population of only 5.5 million, it has a lot of hydroelectric plants. Many than Sweden, which has a population of 10.5 million. The reason is geography and climate. Lots of mountains and lots of rain. And there are no nuclear power plants.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/438/918/731/140/943/original/96c47ffe72734e80.png

2024-05-14 06:26:29

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@npub1knc…jx9d Low quality connections. No one takes appointments seriously anymore. You're lucky if they even bother to cancel ahead of time.

2024-05-14 04:36:01

This is called Internet addiction. We joke about it, but you're literally neglecting your social life in favour of staring at a glowing rectangle. You should never do that. Screens are not a good substitute for life.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/437/582/730/824/504/original/6056c1ee7574cf23.jpeg

2024-05-12 16:12:57

Current situation
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/428/998/510/682/482/original/d1e74b623f28e2c7.jpeg

2024-05-11 05:32:57

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@npub1s8t…tw98 Having children is optional. Why should children obey parents at all?

2024-05-11 05:31:50

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@npub1s8t…tw98 First you make a baby and then you expect it - who had no say in whether or not it should exist - to do stuff. The parents decide to put the kids in the house - not the other way around.

2024-05-11 01:26:36

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@npub1yfp…996n It doesn't look like this picture was taken on the Shinkansen. It looks like a photo was taken, on a camera stand, of Mt. Fuji. And there is no speed train in this photo. Explain yourself.

2024-05-11 01:22:57

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@npub1qkt…9qas Both dishes are from the southeastern part of the mediterranean. Turkey and Greece are pretty close. But nevertheless, gyros and kebabs are different. The spiciness starts in Turkey, further east, and continues from thereon.

2024-05-11 01:00:09

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@npub1qkt…9qas As a euro, who has tasted both, gyros are basically gentle donerkebabs. It's the Turkish type of thing that caught on here. You need some hot sauce on it.

2024-05-11 00:58:12

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@npub1qkt…9qas But I suppose gyros are the American equivalent. The pun doesn't work in that case though...

2024-05-11 00:57:30

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@npub1qkt…9qas Yeah, so this is why the headline of the meme says "Dooner"
Pun on "doner" and "doomer".

2024-05-10 18:20:21

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@npub15dz…h56t The only problem is the abbreviation...
"Welcome to this SS meeting."
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2024-05-10 14:18:49

Synapse
Stimming
Sunday Nervous
N.D. Nexus
NeuroRehearse
Spectrum Sunday
Attention Deficit
Trying to come up with a name for my weekly conference call for #neurodivergent #AuDHD #ADHD #autism people on Mastodon...

2024-05-10 04:47:19

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@npub1qkt…9qas Really? Why have I never encountered any Americans talking about donerkebab? I have only heard them refer to Greek gyros occasionally, which are similar.

2024-05-10 00:09:38

hiii :D
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/413/886/044/127/841/original/18bb6e6feb4c09ec.jpeg

2024-05-10 00:01:18

Every city in Europe has this guy
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/413/853/240/579/208/original/e06141925d2e222d.jpeg

2024-05-09 23:13:00

Adding "Set up regular Jitsi Meet conference calls for #ADHD people on Mastodon" to my to-do list, because that sounds like a good idea to me.
Just need to pick a weekly time that works for the maximum number of people in the maximum number of timezones...

2024-05-09 10:10:28

Electronics from the 90s and 00s don't feel like they've become collector's items yet. But there are signs that Gen Z has the same nostalgia for that era that Gen Y has for the 70s and 80s.

2024-05-07 15:40:16

Who remembers T.A.T.u.?
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/400/557/614/075/756/original/1126d966e265cc50.png

2024-05-07 12:30:01

Very trashy yet very catchy European earworms:
https://youtu.be/YnopHCL1Jk8?feature=shared&t=52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMT698ArSfQ&t=36s
I linked this to my best friend in response to his disgust at the current favourite for the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Being extremely cheesy yet annoyingly catchy is par for the course.

2024-05-06 03:34:41

Tom Scott is still making videos. Just not for YouTube. He's very active on his Facebook page.

2024-05-05 17:08:11

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@npub1d92…uuxz The Netherlands is similar to Scandinavia, but - to be honest - better in many ways.

2024-05-05 17:06:33

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@npub1d92…uuxz Closest I've been to that is one visit I made to Amsterdam on a business trip. Would like to visit again.

2024-05-05 16:40:18

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@npub1d92…uuxz Flandern?
https://no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flandern

2024-05-05 16:11:43

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@npub1d92…uuxz Guy I knew at work who was from the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium? It took me a while to realise he wasn't from here.

2024-05-05 16:08:20

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@npub1d92…uuxz It would be extremely easy for me to learn Dutch if I ever decided to move to the Netherlands.

2024-05-05 08:51:57

One of the groups I liked as a kid was the Gorillaz.
Their latest song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovWFEOqrkBI
Main lyric is "You're grown up."
Exactly what I didn't want. I already know that. I sought out the Gorillaz to forget that bit.

2024-05-05 08:33:36

The potato might be a superfood, but it's also an extremely boring food. If I wanted to solve all life problems, I could swear by the potato. Unfotunately, this is not how life works.

2024-05-05 07:24:44

The cost of running a Mastodon instance:
1 TB of storage (an outrageous amount of storage if you ask me) is what you need for 35 active users, and it'll cost you €14/mo at Scaleway (European cloud provider). On top of that comes €38/mo for the web server, counting in at €52/mo.
Can you imagine how expensive it gets for a popular instance?
#mastoadmin

2024-05-04 18:23:34

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@npub15dz…h56t I don't see how these are diametrical.

2024-05-04 17:23:28

My neighbour in the condo from Poland was having a loud phone call on the balcony right next to mine again.
Seeing as this somewhat irritates me, I stepped outside to wave and say hello to him. I don't usually attack what irritates me. I try to examine why it's there first.
He said "ja ha fore broke ribe".
Kinda half Norwegian - half English.
"I have four broken ribs." Then he walked inside again.

2024-05-03 21:19:25

#MentalHealth is discussed way more on Threads than Mastodon.

2024-05-02 19:00:25

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@npub1knc…jx9d I guess someone missed what the Internet has been arguing about lately...

2024-05-01 20:50:46

🐻
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/367/805/563/535/964/original/fd1e2af0d0634e5a.jpeg

2024-05-01 18:30:54

Because of how quiet and unemotional we are in Scandinavia, everywhere else comes across as Italian to us. Talking loudly and using exaggerated body language.
Even British people come across as quite theatrical and animated when you actually meet them in person and realise how loud they are.
That's the big thing you notice as a Scandinavian going abroad. Everyone is loud.

2024-05-01 10:05:41

If you wanted to be pedantic about it, how would you inflect the word campus in the plural?
campii?
campae?

2024-04-30 16:23:38

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@npub140w…su0k Do you want to repeat WWII?

2024-04-30 15:15:05

Being lonely is as dangerous to your health as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day, say scientists.
How is this supposed to make me feel better?

2024-04-30 05:40:35

It's called ginger beer. What other kind of root would you brew beer from? Carrots? Why does that word even exist? There is no translation for "root beer" to Norwegian. We have "ingefærøl" (gingerbeer), and that's it.

2024-04-30 05:09:44

Had a big argument about how to design the synthesiser with my friend/partner on the project. One part of it was about how the plug-in modules should look. He really wants them to be enclosed with a chassis. It might scare the non-technical customers to see circuit boards, which is true, but also, absolutely hilarious.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/358/440/953/073/424/original/4e41e6fa219ebb96.png
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2024-04-29 16:28:58

If you remember this computer game, it's time for your prostate check.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/355/451/165/899/472/original/b852ffc5e533479d.mp4

2024-04-29 15:43:05

Life of a C programmer.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/355/270/406/069/540/original/f075e8f08565a45a.mp4

2024-04-27 23:40:02

This is hard to explain, but despite being Norwegian and next to Britain, my native accent is American.

2024-04-26 11:25:01

Religious people often argue from scripture and authority. Because this or that biblical figure said it, according to the scripture, it must be true. And you're just supposed to take that on faith.

2024-04-25 18:13:16

I'm teaching how computers work. What are you doing?

2024-04-25 11:37:26

What do you wanna be when you grow up, then?
I'm 40 and I still don't know!
Offer your suggestions.

2024-04-25 07:55:08

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@npub1knc…jx9d I wish I lived in a bigger country sometimes. It's hard for niches to emerge and survive when the market is so small. And I'm a niche.

2024-04-25 07:53:53

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@npub1knc…jx9d The selection of alcohol-free beer in Norwegian supermarkets is extremely poor.

2024-04-25 07:50:13

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@npub1knc…jx9d It tastes like beer that is missing something to me. Sad beer.

2024-04-25 03:20:05

Does it *feel* worth it though? Is it satisfying to do a bad job knowingly? What's going to motivate you?
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/329/700/181/453/829/original/a32ac86a9d213379.jpeg

2024-04-23 17:08:53

A massive hit in Norway in the 70s. It blends the fiddle that is so prominent in Norwegian folk music with a rock band arrangement.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/321/633/858/666/503/original/8864ff061c55e620.mp3

2024-04-23 15:05:33

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvq9r6R6QAY
Unlike most of you peasants, I understand the lyrics to this Swedish masterpiece! 😤
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/321/149/635/979/044/original/92b3439e207caa27.png

2024-04-21 19:14:21

These are way better than other cupped noodles I've tasted. They're also unusual in that you pour out the water through holes in the lid before adding the sauce packet. All other cupped noodles I've tasted instruct you to keep the water to make a clear soup.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/310/793/415/990/575/original/db4ce52c951b0bc9.png

2024-04-21 10:06:51

I still find it pretty weird that Taco Bell doesn't have any locations in Norway. It's very popular to make tacos at home in this country. A common problem for Norwegian parents is that the kids want tacos all the time.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/308/650/478/372/281/original/775b05a4496cfda5.jpeg

2024-04-21 05:44:56

Testing a PCB. 8 faders being read by a Nucleo F030R8 board through a 4051 analog mux.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/307/618/140/568/190/original/8f8af115aa629fd7.mp4

2024-04-20 12:53:25

I'm a fan of Daft Punk. What can I say?
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/303/641/821/871/128/original/02347a46178b128c.mp3

2024-04-20 08:44:32

I seriously need some better feet for this...
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/302/664/453/443/958/original/8d4d4d96597401d6.jpeg

2024-04-19 08:32:39

You'd think long queues form at supermarkets because there are many customers, but surprisingly often, it's one slow customer or cashier causing it. Opening another cash register temporarily is all that's needed to fix it.

2024-04-17 12:53:49

Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.

2024-04-17 00:09:39

The way they try to sell you on a soulless and boring programming job in Norway now is by calling it an "important social mission".
"You won't like the job, but it's important!"

2024-04-16 15:28:13

The English word "profane" always makes me think of propane the gas.
It's not even such a big leap of thought. The same word often exists in different languages, just with P and F swapped around. If you say P and continue breathing, you get PFFFF.

2024-04-15 20:35:09

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@npub1gcn…wm9s I was on the mod team there at one point. Never asked Stux if he regretted that or not.

2024-04-15 20:29:31

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@npub1gcn…wm9s He's not a fragile snowflake.

2024-04-15 20:21:51

Some of the reports I receive a the owner of berserker.town.
"Post a bunch of photos, then start making odd political comments."
That's me on the average night!
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/277/089/582/479/656/original/fe256749b47f6de1.png

2024-04-14 15:04:48

Some guys like pink though. Doesn't make you a woman to like pink. I mean, arguably, most guys like pink. They date people who wear it all the time...
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/270/185/900/676/157/original/4a5683cfdabe0cea.jpeg

2024-04-14 13:03:43

Why has the Iranian attack on Israel been condemned? Israel attacked first. Iran answered.

2024-04-13 05:46:23

STM32F030R8 (small ARM processors) in the box they came in
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/262/327/424/515/991/original/ad8e2338df1151a3.jpeg
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2024-04-12 01:09:16

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@npub1l3g…vu48 Well, sugar is energy that can be digested quickly. It's equally "self-evident" that injecting a lot of that at once would make you restless.

2024-04-12 01:00:37

All those strips Bill Watterson did about sugar making you hyper didn't age well. That's a debunked myth now.

2024-04-11 15:20:56

I'm not finding many common roots between whatever language the neighbours are speaking and what I am speaking. I can't even wave a hand. How do I approach?

2024-04-11 13:29:04

Our retarded pigeon brothers' mating calls: I am a malfunctioning ocarina. Post tits or it didn't happen.
I'm a city dweller. They're not the brightest of souls...
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2024-04-11 07:21:22

TIL we apparently leave home earlier in Norway than anywhere else in Europe.
https://media.berserker.town/media_attachments/files/112/251/376/693/785/623/original/52fbf74b18d4d986.jpeg