And I recommend The Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy’s and Robert Hare’s comments on Ronson’s book.

Can’t say what’d be the why for you, just what it is for me. My top three reasons (and the only ones I can think of off the top of my head) not to are:

1) Not wanting to bring the hurt on those who care about me (I know after I’m gone it won’t matter to me, but until then it does)
2) Fear of physical pain in the process and of the possibility of failure in the attempt
3) That I believe life truly is random which, though most of the time painful, also means I can’t know the future. By chance, they might come up with Awesome New Working Happiness Drug/Therapy tomorrow, and had I killed myself today, I’d miss trying it. Or I might save someone’s life; someone who does value theirs. Would’ve made it worth it I struggled until then, and I’m still as free to end it after that.

Only #1 would alone suffice, #2 and #3 I use just to supplement it. If I didn’t have anyone who mattered to me (and vice versa), #2 and #3 even put together probably wouldn’t keep me here.

+1 for the hillbillyness, mentally we’re the backwater country in these parts. Also, especially the men here seem to carry this bizarre idealized nationalist image of their home country, usually tied to our wars with the Soviets (nowadays touted using image macros on the Internet), and this overhyped ”we’re so badass we can take on any foe and come out on top” picture of the Finnish übersoldier of both literal and figurative sense. So you’ll be hard-pressed to find a Finn admitting he can’t take the cold: it’d go twice against his self-image sustaining beliefs (that there’s something bad about his country, and that he can’t cope with it).

Thankfully this isn’t perfectly mirrored in our politics, but even in parliament there are forces with an apparent longing for their idealized simpler post-war times, directly appealing to the nationalist common folk I described.

It’s not all that bad, but I think this is the insider’s view which, while not exactly a secret per se, perhaps isn’t as visible from the outside (and on the inside it’s so ubiquitous it usually goes without mention). Our international politics are perhaps most atypical for the common Finn; I think our international representatives are good in mostly not conveying this inwards-turned, nationalist side of us, and still showing pride in Finnish achievements that matter in the modern world (mentioned by others commenting here).

Palikkatakomo (whom I’m unaffiliated with) is a Finnish LEGO hobbyist forum and the name of their LEGO Users’ Group. According to this blog post (which also has photos) some thirty people participated in the construction. It quotes an unnamed Lego representative saying this is the biggest uniform Lego city in the world (currently? ever? idk).

I had Motorola’s built-in Swype (version 3.5.something) on my Defy+ and installed this. For me as Scandinavian, the biggest difference is that the letters Ä and Ö are better positioned (closer to their QWERTY positions now than in the built-in). That aside, overall it feels like a polished version with slightly better accuracy. The latter’s hard to prove without long-term testing, but I was convinced enough in 15 minutes with the trial to buy the full version.

Thought I was in /r/Pareidolia with your keys looking embarrased in the thumb, sassy in the fullsized.

1) Mahtavaa palvelua, kiitos paljon!

2) Olisiko mahdollista integroida ohjelmaopas tuohon lähetyssivun yhteyteen? Eli tyyliin mikä ohjelma parhaillaan pyörii, mitä on tulossa jne. Mieluiten kaikkien kanavien osalta yhtä aikaa, jottei tarvitse kanavapujotella turhaan. Esimerkiksi tuossa kanavavalitsimien alla sille näyttäisi olevan tilaa.

3) Kuvasuhde näyttää olevan 4:3-materiaalilla pielessä, se venytetään 16:9:ään (ainakin nyt parhaillaan meneillään oleva ”Viisi vekkulia” -elokuva). Selaimeni on Chromium 25, Flash-versio 11.2.202.280.

My German’s poor, but it seems like the value (”Nine Million Mark”) is written in English despite all else on the voucher being in German. I wonder why?

Karhua ja hyaarlgh

Karhuu ja… husaa?