Help with what?

Switching from WhatsApp to any other messaging service isn't a realistic option for quite many places. I'd be more than willing to switch but of all the people in my contacts (including my entire customer base) there's like 3 people using Signal but every single one of them has WhatsApp. Even the 60+ year olds.

It's called Finnish Defence Forces and its purpose is just that; to defend Finland. We have a 1400km border with Russia.

Most conscripts are around 18 to 20 years old and the service is something between 6 to 12 months depending on your position. In general you spend weekdays at the barracks and weekends at home - with some exceptions. You don't generally see people in military uniforms outside the military areas except for when they're traveling to and from the barracks.

The service is mandatory for men but recently there has been some discussion on expanding that to apply to women as well. I think it's a good system. Even if not military, then atleast some sort of community service. It acts as a sort of rite of passage.

Concluding that someone is a lesser human because of their skin color seems just as illogical to me as calling someone a racist because they drive a lifted truck. These things are completely unrelated.

You seem to be assuming that people would keep driving as they currently do if we removed speed limits entirely. I'd be willing to bet that this is not the case. Most drivers have a number in mind on how much they're willing to exceed the speed limit. For me that is 5 - 10kph, so if the limit is 60kph, then you're not going to catch me going 80. Without speed limits I probably would.

So why do we have such laws? Because they work. Not perfectly but to some extent.

I hope you atleast see the irony in suggesting people are racist based on the kind of vehicle they drive.

There's plenty of censorship here though. Some instances are worse than others but even on a community basis, your average moderator is just some random dude who is free to remove your posts/comments and ban you just because they don't like something you said and there's not really anything you can do about it.

Not that I as a small bussines owner would expect anyone to use this to call me about my pricing or services but the call would end real quick when I realise I'm talking to an AI. I don't even have anything against AI per se, I talk with LLMs a lot. It's just that if you can be arsed to personally call me then I can't be arsed to serve your needs either - I have more serious customers to cater to.

It's hilarious how people turn everything into conspiracies nowdays, while at the same time dismissing every narrative they don't like as a conspiracy too. Just today, there's another thread about Gemini "refusing to discuss Bernie Sanders" while at the same time it gives the exact same answer when asked about Trump.

Isn't that what streamers are for?

This kind of "active" stock trading is essentially an attempt to predict the future. If you own Nvidia stock and hear about a new disruptive technology entering the market, you might predict that its stock value will drop. So, you sell now before the price falls too much, intending to buy back at a discount once you think it has stabilized.

When enough people do this, it triggers a chain reaction - investors see their holdings losing value and rush to sell before it's "too late." But in reality, it’s rarely too late because, more often than not, the price eventually rebounds. The only reason people lose money is that they panic and sell at a loss. There hasn’t been a single stock market crash in history that we haven’t recovered from.

That’s why writing news articles about short-term stock fluctuations is mostly pointless - these movements barely even register on the graph when viewed over the long term.

New car sales.

Maybe people are finally coming to their senses and rather opting for new-used cars. You get the same thing for way less money.