Originally posted by Bookwormdalek:

Originally posted by dom:

In my country we get extortion letters for pirating stuff. They track our IP through the torrent client, get contact info from the ISP and send a letter saying 'pay $1000 or we might sue you'...

Now obviously it's just a business and the letters are sent by organizations that work for these production companies, not by government. It's still messed up to threaten people like that.

Didn't you say you worked with Copyright laws or something along those lines?

I find it really interesting that someone involved in Copyright would suddenly care so little about enforcing it when broken, especially when you made such a huge fucking deal about it in another group.

I don't think copyright laws are good. They're really bad and outdated. The reason why copyright law is a problem is because they must be followed and you can't really argue against them.

Also I don't think that threatening people with lawsuit is acceptable. Yes, I have a job that is based around copyrights, that doesn't mean I support them as they are.

Originally posted by Jens-o(est):

Originally posted by dom:

Looks pretty nice, I have visited Estonia several times.
Hopefully your country handles the current refugee problem well, our country is falling because we take far more refugees than we can afford.
Nigger is a very banned word in my country and all around Nordic as far as I know.

No refugees want to come here in the first place. We ain't got the welfare money and we're pretty racist.

That sounds so good, kinda like the opposite of our country. Refugees get more money than unemployed citizens in Finland. There was a screenshot of receipts leaked, showing that refugees make over 2,000 euros a month. Unemployed citizens make less than 1,000 euros a month.

Finland isn't a welfare state at all anymore, the government is pretending it is.

Chrome, but only with proper VPN and anti-exploit protections. I don't trust Google too much.

Originally posted by Jens-o(est):

Originally posted by dom:

If you're a strict teacher in Finland, you're easily a former teacher soon.
But hey, good job neighborhood country, proud of you.

Estonia is great.
We had "nigger" written on a worksheet earlier as well.

Looks pretty nice, I have visited Estonia several times.
Hopefully your country handles the current refugee problem well, our country is falling because we take far more refugees than we can afford.
Nigger is a very banned word in my country and all around Nordic as far as I know.

Originally posted by Jens-o(est):

Originally posted by dom:

I suppose that's true, but obviously it's also up to the student himself whether or not he will succeed. In my country teachers have no power to do anything though, students can basically annoy teachers as much as they like; literally say fuck you or go suck a dick to them, etc.. and if teachers yell back to them they risk getting fired.

And 70% of the class plays with their phones anyway, so no wonder our PISA results are falling. Students are really protected here, to the point where they can pretty much do what they want to do. Like recently in the news, one student has been playing music in a class for the whole autumn season and the teacher is too afraid to take action against him.

This is basically why home schools and private schools are a thing of the future for those here who really wish to study.

In Estonia we just don't have any young-er teachers, so the older ones are pretty strict.

If you're a strict teacher in Finland, you're easily a former teacher soon.
But hey, good job neighborhood country, proud of you.

In my country we get extortion letters for pirating stuff. They track our IP through the torrent client, get contact info from the ISP and send a letter saying 'pay $1000 or we might sue you'...

Now obviously it's just a business and the letters are sent by organizations that work for these production companies, not by government. It's still messed up to threaten people like that.

Kebab over pizza, anyday :)

Someone who supports modern teaching and isn't too strict. For example getting rid of all the school desks and replacing them with comfortable, soft seats.

As a matter of fact, I used to be in a class like that when I still went to school. Loved it.

I recognized the majority of these youtubers despite the fact that I'm not really subscribed to them. Most of them are just talentless cucks with no creativity behind their videos.. But 'ey, that's how Google wants youtubers to be like. It's easy money for them because Google takes like 50% of ad revenue.

Originally posted by Unicarn:

Originally posted by dom:

Possibly. But the thing is that some people already have a low-end PC that works for their computer needs perfectly and they just want to find a way to play games. They're not really looking for a replacement for that PC.

And I wouldn't say that with Xbox One's price ($329) you get a very good PC. Xbox One can run any games made to be played on it, whereas with $300 PC it feels a bit like gambling with newer titles. Some people don't want such risks.

Consoles are also pretty easy to install and they're just for games. With PCs (unless self-built) you tend to get lots of crapware with the computer and as time goes forward the PC starts to get slower because yeah, that's how Windows works or something I guess.

Console is just a simple option for a simple person. PC has its own ups and downs.

The PC can run just as well or better than the PS4, and certainly run better than the Xbox One.

Always self-build your PC. It's easy and cheaper.

Windows does get slower, but so do consoles. Consoles also tend to crash more often the longer you use them.

The thing is that every Xbox game works on Xbox. There is only one hardware the game is made for. Therefore you can be sure that the game you buy will work as it should. With PC, you can't really be sure if it will be a lag-free experience, with lower-end hardware.

I have a friend who only plays on a console. He has psychical copies of thousands of games, he's a real console nerd. Not going to mention him any further than needed, but he knows that PCs are far better. He has played on PCs for very long period of times, but he still just enjoys the feel of console gaming; and the UI and controller way too much to abandon that way of playing games. This has given me the belief that it's all about preferences and I've lost the feeling that this whole PC master race gibberish is actually necessary. It's just adding fuel to the fire.

I feel like we all should just agree that people like different things and stop trying so hard to find out which one's better. It really serves absolutely no purpose.