[-] seppoenarvi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't. The TL:DR of my response is that in my experience Americans don't presume that everyone speaks English.

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[-] seppoenarvi@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

I'd think that this sign is not there because of American tourists. All the Americans I've met while traveling, have acknowledged that English being their native language is a privilege and have been very polite towards people who don't speak English that well. But in Europe English has become the universal language and it's easy to forget that not everyone can speak it as well.

[-] seppoenarvi@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Having worked in a couple of European countries, I thought 7.5 hours of work plus a half an hour lunch break is the norm everywhere in the western world. So the 9 to 5 did totally make sense to me. I was honestly surprised reading all these comments.

[-] seppoenarvi@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

To answer the original question, a fridge requires quite a lot of power to operate. Could be 500W. There's also power loss from the voltage conversion, so you need a battery and an inverter that are able to provide more than that - let's say 600W. Car batteries are typically 12V lead-acid batteries. 600W means 50 amps from the battery. That's a huge current. Lead-acid batteries can handle high currents for a short period of time, but high currents have a negative effect on the battery capacity. So my guess is that the fridge could work for a very short period of time.

[-] seppoenarvi@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Me too. Couldn't quite make it to the bathroom. I remember our first grade teacher asked me to come to her office and told me to next time throw up in the bathroom.

[-] seppoenarvi@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I was going to say we've all lost an essay before we learned to routinely save the document. :)

[-] seppoenarvi@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

So... it was a really good call from the CEO to not remove the account?

[-] seppoenarvi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Imagine the irony, if finally some day Putin is found dead, fallen from a window.

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