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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldtoMemes@sopuli.xyz2025 Socrates
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    4 months ago

    Who aRe you?

    (Γνῶθι σεαυτόν, gnōthi seauton)

    It’s like the famous question: " If a tree falls in the forrest, but you are not around, does the falling tree still makes a sound?

    A fundamental question now in quantum theories, that they still can’t answer afaik







  • I tried Mullvad Vpn and I liked it. Plug and play, 5 € p month, 5? machines, speed ok ( 220 Mbit/s ish on ookla), no other BS. Also you can choose anonymous payments, which is a big plus.

    Proton for email wasn’t intuitive to me at all , some years back. Don’t know about their VPN.

    Also, Sweden is in the EU and CH (=Switzerland) has EU association, so kind of copy pasta. The former famous old-skool CH privacy is long gone, if that’s what you were thinking.

    Most (good) VPN have quantum encryption, which Iike many said, is a bit of sales pitch bla bla imo.



  • The Xmas tree probably originates from the Nordic" Tree of life ". I remember reading it was used to celebrate life and the return of light during the dark cold winters in the north

    To celebrate and remember the return of the sun in the dark Winter, lights were used to chase away the dark; green as a symbol of returning life, like vegetation and plants, and red probably symbolises fruit and harvest.

    There are several versions and interpretations, so it probably depends on the country or region the tree was used, and in which century.

    Santa Claus ( yes, created in USA by Coca-Cola), was /is originally Saint Nicolaus, which in turn was probably merged with Wodan This is the same God as in Wednes-day ( was originally Wodan’s day, a Nordic God; just like Thursday, was originally Thor’s day ).

    Many old Germanic/Nordic religions ( they were very similar) were integrated with Christian symbolism and rituals by the Roman Catholic Church.

    Check this link for more general info.