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It's Jupiter.

You can download stellarium (it's free on PC and mac) to see the positions of pretty much everything.

Also, if you would like to see the international space station, you can download ISS detector on your phone

Have fun out there :)

Edit: some links

http://www.stellarium.org

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runar.issdetector

Tā nav taisnība. Lukašenko ir diktators un ir skaidrs, ka tas ir drauds demokrātijai, bet viņš veicināja Baltkrievijas identitāti, vienmēr izmantojot Baltkrievijas ģeogrāfisko stāvokli un mēģinot draudzēties ar visiem, nezaudējot iekšējo neatkarību. Tāpēc arī nenotika apvienošanas ar Krieviju, kuru viņš visu laiku izmanto diplomātijā kopš deviņdesmitiem, bet nekad neīsteno. Tiesa gan, esoša situācija valstī spieda viņam pietuvināties Maskavai vēl vairāk.

Varbūt arī anekdotāla pieredze, bet atsevišķa valsts identitāte baltkrieviem, kurus satiku ir ļoti stipri izteikta, pat ja viņi izmanto krievu valodu.

Atbalstu karogu maiņu / noņemšanu Rīgā, bet problēma ir tieši Lukašenko un diktatūra, nacionalitātei šeit ir maz nozīmes.

I copy and pasted what you wrote into google translate so I could read it- I don't speak Latvian, but I am half. Both of my grandparents were born and raised there until 1943-1944 and left to go to the German refugee camps.

With regard to deportation, I know that my great-grandmother's family was deported to Siberia during WWI. I have heard stories of how monstrous the Russians were then, and during WWII. The Russians took a great great uncle of mine out back behind a shed, and shot him in the head while they were in Siberia.

My grandparents, who still speak Latvian fluently, have told me many stories like this. While they were not deported during the war, they had no choice but to leave the country with all of the fighting between the Nazis and the Russians.

If you're interested, my great-uncle compiled all of my great grandfather's diary entries from the time they left Latvia until they got to the states into a book: http://www.abebooks.com/9781873671009/Daily-Bread-Latvians-Journal-Escape-1873671008/plp.

I hope you can read this! Greetings from the USA!

There's app for fishing zones: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lv.llkc.manacope There is also app LVM GEO - you can see ownership of forests (Latvian forests or someone else) and elevation and other nice map layers.

Ir tāda Facebook grupa "Mokomės Latvių Kalbos" https://www.facebook.com/groups/LatviuKalba/

Kur cilvēki no Lietuvas mācās latviešu valodu. Tur var arī atrast vairākus noderīgus resursus, piemēram: https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=883ada1b7ad7c5bf&id=883ADA1B7AD7C5BF!110&authkey=!APSQgVNJHFGne9E

A domain name and hosting are different things. You can just buy the domain name itself and point it to whatever machine you want.

Unless you are not comfortable in doing that and you just want a simple "all in one package" then this is definitely the way to go.

For example https://www.ovh.com is a nice entry level host but you would have to buy the domain name separately from some latvian domain name provider.

EDIT: Also you haven't told us what it's for. Is it going to be a blog for someone's mother to read or is it going to be a webshop where uptime is critical?

Good work and interesting findings. Anyone try any other CloudFlare customers? https://www.cloudflare.com/customers (I'm not in Latvia, so I can't.)

I mentioned CloudFlare in a Tweet about this, so maybe that will get their attention and they can segregate the banned IP's or something.

Edit: They replied to me, so I directed them to this thread.

Edit2: CloudFlare sent me another message saying that they think they identified and remedied the problem. Can anyone test?

A simplified version of what I think most likely happened:

1) A gambling site that uses the same content delivery network as reddit (cloudflare) was ordered to be blocked.

2) The way cloudflare works is it basically proxies content from the actual site to the client through a server closest to you. So the cloudflare servers that were proxying content for reddit and a lot of other sites that use the service were also used by the gambling site.

3) Some incompetent people saw the traffic for the gambling site coming from the cloudflare servers and just added those to the blocklist.

4) Reddit is broken in Latvia.

Cloudflare probably has multiple servers around that area, that might explain the fact that it's not broken for everyone.

Contacting reddit is useless.

It's not really a problem on their side and I don't see them switching their CDN because of Latvia so the best bet is to contact the inspection to make them take off cloudflare IPs off from the blocklist because this is just ridiculous.

Note: My theory is solely based on what I read in the comments in this thread (mostly this one), I am not in Latvia now so I can't verify any of it.

I don't necessarily think that the Pfizer QR code is the same as the EU vaccine certificate QR code. You can install this app (or its iSO equivalent) and check if it verifies your QR code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lv.verification.dgc

If not verified, you need a negative Covid test not older than 48 hours, plus to observe quarantine.

Or maybe Lebanon supports a way to issue a EU Covid cert for you.

Rīga technical university is also holding admission consultation sessions through Zoom. You can book a half hour appointment here:

https://calendly.com/rtu-admission-consultations

I happen to know this because I'm also applying there (different program than you though).

Good luck!

Šis, man izskatās, ir tikai studentiem. Vismaz tā var noprast pēc Spotify sniegtās informācijas:
"If you are a student enrolled at an accredited college or university, and above the age of 18, then yes. You can get Premium Student for up to 4 years." (https://www.spotify.com/lv-en/student/)

Ah yes, it is a russian lie, that LGBT members are the majority of people who suffer from STDs, as well as from AIDS and the Monkey pox. It is a lie, that homosexual and bisexual men, are now being asked to excercise caution, right? After all, CDC is a homophobic, racist, transphobe, religious-russian spy network...

In all seriousness, what I dislike about LGBT the most, is that they do not punish members who encourage young children to use puberty blockers, hormone pills, and other medication, which it turns out, leaves you in a state that cannot be reversed. To their own advantage, they abuse the teenage rebelious spirit, and the wish to form an identity - that is disgusting, and I hope that when these children grow up, they will drag to the court, the behinds of every single one of these "influencers"!

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Church and religion are not opposition of progress. If you believe that, you betray your lack of knowledge in regards to history even more.

Let me ask you this: What do you think would have happened, if organized religion(be it Christianity, Islam, Hinduism etc) never appeared? Where would humanity be now?

Consider reading this book: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Medieval-Introduction-Study-Middle/dp/1403912955/ref=sr\_1\_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335240096&sr=8-1

Nozīme, ka peļņa aizplūst uz uzņēmuma galveno mītnes vietu. Ja runa ir par jaunuzņēmumiem, tad visvairāk no uzņēmuma veiksmes iegūst dibinātāji un agrīnie darbinieki, visbiežāk galvenajā mītnes vietā. Šis kapitāls pēc tam var kalpot kā venture capital, kas tiek investēts jaunos lokālajos uzņēmumos. Šis ir tieši gadījums ar Tallinu un Skype - agrīnie darbinieku kapitāls stāv aiz šobrīd veiksmīgākajiem jaunuzņēmumiem. Un ja salīdzinājums ir Tallinu un Viļņu, tad viņiem ir centrālie ofisi vietējiem vienradžiem ar tūkstošiem darbinieku - Bolt, Wise, Monese, Veriff, Pipedrive, Vinted, NordVPN, Playtech, utt. tāpat arī filiāles - Google, Wix, Revolut, Twilio u.c. Ja Rīga būs tikai vieta, kur globāli uzņēmumi atver savas filiāles, tad gan no talanta, gan no kapitāla viedokļa mēs iepaliksim.

If you want to solve the problem with your neighbor, aski them nicely. If they still do it download the Riga municipal police app, take the picture of the neighbor doing the thing and submit a complaint. Keep submitting complaints until the police make sure your neighbor doesn't do that anymore.

Here's the app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rate.lv.pasvaldibaspolicija

Atrodi vecos labos “kubikus” ar iestrādātam metāla malām, mazs, ērts un efektīvs. Pašam arī vajadzētu pasūtīt pārīti, nezinu kur uz vietas tirgo. Rekur atradu Amazon.

Iesaku labāk iegādāties https://www.amazon.de/SP101EU-multifunctional-brushed-stainless-silver/dp/B08P22VJ3T/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?crid=1EHXH0GC4JLDB&keywords=Ninja+foodi&qid=1664557767&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI0LjMxIiwicXNhIjoiNC40MiIsInFzcCI6IjMuODUifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=ninj... Nu es esmu vienkārši starā.

https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Way-to-Control-Alcohol-audiobook/dp/B00FGC13IK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Šī grāmata var palīdzēt tev.

Well, it's not going to be very pleasant reading, but I guess you know that already.

Here's a suggestion:

Blood in the Forest: The End of the Second World War in the Courland Pocket - Vincent Hunt

https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Forest-Second-Courland-Pocket/dp/1911512064

Not a book by a Latvian author, but it is written in a language marketed for children and frankly speaking even is even enjoyable by grownups The Captive or in LatvianTeitoņu Gūsteknis. It is a Lithuanian author's book about Samogitian's warlord's son being captured and enslaved by the Crusaders and lead to Riga.

I personally really enjoyed it. Used to reread it all the time.

Pepco veikalos pārdod šitādam agregātam identisku aparātu. Saucas kartupeļu prese. Kopš tādu iegādājos, kartupeļu spaidīšanu esmu aizmirsis, bet konsistence ir perfekta. prese

Galodes ir neapšaubāmi labākais veids, bet prasa piepūli un precizitāti, iesaku paskatīties uz šo brīnumu, nav īpaši dārgs un padara visu procesu mazāk atkarīgu no tevis. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lansky-Deluxe-Knife-Sharpening-System/dp/B000B8IEA4/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=3DNYH6WX7IO2Q&keywords=Lansky&qid=1654411965&sprefix=lansky%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-3

Vienīgais ko es atminos, dažiem studentiem raksturs nesagāja ar kādu skolotāju un viņi bieži strīdējās :P

Bet nē, nevaru teikt neko negatīvu, neesot pat pabeidzis šos kursus. :)

Vēlviena forša programma - mana mīļākā (jo man patīk kandži), ir kanji study uz android telefona. iesaku. (tikai nedaudz japiemaksā lai gūtu piekļuvi visam, bet cik atceros nebija dārgi)

Bet nja man laikam nav baigi vairāk nekāds info, piedod :P

Ir tāda lietotne Trafi, parāda visas pieejamās opcijas kā ar sabiedrisko tikt no vietas x līdz y. Var arī dot piekļuvi savai atrašanās vietā un tad tikai jānorāda kur gribi tikt.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trafi.android.tr&hl=en\_US&gl=US

There's an app for the police, you can easely report it online or call them. I'm not sure how long they're going to take to review your report if you filled it on the app, but the app has helped me couple of times. If you have android here's a link to the app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rate.lv.pasvaldibaspolicija

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lv.id.ursus.etalons&hl=lv&gl=US
šitā, viņam tik nepatīk 720p ekrāni, tur bik teksts apgraizīts rādās

https://www.amazon.com/AW-Unicycle-Leakproof-Cycling-Exercise/dp/B00UBTXQVU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?crid=20SR19IMMW1SB&keywords=unicycle&qid=1642108222&sprefix=unicycle%2Caps%2C322&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=A2V0U2CDI8OSTK&spL...

Quick tip; xbox / Sony konsoļu lietotājiem, reģionu lieciet UK vai citu valsti kurā ir revolut atbalsts un pievieno revolut karti pa tiešo kontam, tad nav jādomā par gift cards, PayPal, utt. Viss strādā ar one click buy pa taisno no revo kartes. Easy as 1.2.3 😉👌🏼

Ja kādam vēl nav revo, rekur links: https://revolut.com/referral/tomsqfq6!DEC1AR

Hi! Latvian is one of the hardest languages to learn, so there is no simple and easy way to learn it (of course, if you're a polyglot or a Lithuanian, it could be a completely different story).

In my experience, the best way to learn a language, is to use it. You could learn some basic phrases and try to learn the rest in Latvia (possibly with courses, socialization).

Best of luck! Hope you like it here! :)

You can rent it on Amazon, though if I’m not wrong, this version might not have the love story. They shortened it for the push for nominations.

It’s floating around under 2 names in English- Rifleman and Blizzard of souls

https://www.amazon.com/Rifleman-Oto-Brantevics/dp/B095W72RK2/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?crid=2I6N5A9B9CHLS&keywords=rifleman&qid=1638941603&s=instant-video&sprefix=riffleman%2Caps%2C140&sr=1-8

Aplikācija Windy. Viss vienuviet (Lietus, lietus daudzums, sniegs, vēja ātrums, mākoņi augšējie, apakšējie, viļņi, zibens, satelīts, temperatūra, spiediens, sūdi, migla, brīdinājumi, putekļi, slāpekļa monoksīds u.t.t.) visās iespējamās mērvienībās. Jāatceras, ka visas prognozes var būt ar kļūdiņu, bet windijs nekad nav pievīlis. Viss arī - https://www.windy.com/?56.060,31.069,5

Definitely check out any large second-hand bookstore near you, the larger ones usually have a pretty decent "foreign language" section. Even my in my smaller city I've been able to find some really great novels etc. for practicing my Latvian reading skills

Also, look up books you want in Latvian on Library Genesis, you can find PDFs and epubs there for almost any book https://libgen.is/search.php?req=Latvian&open=0&res=25&view=simple&phrase=1&column=def

Varu ieteikt paklausīties šo podkāsta sēriju, ja interesē dzirdēt par to, kā cilvēka darbu ietekmē viņa slimība un kā viņš tiek galā, pateicoties atbalstam no darba vietas. https://castbox.fm/vb/176653164

Mhmm... really? Should be something to do with the Google smartass country redirection policy.

What if you try duckduckgo with a string like this?

Grāmatas elektroniski par brīvu Zenta Ērgle Imants Ziedonis Vija Klučniece Kārlis Balodis

I'm selling this one: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/275672716680392/

It's in great condition and barely used(charged 3 times).. But think twice if You really need it :D I thought I needed it :) but lack of time to play with it and it got boring quite fast :(

Now as it's connectable to PC(Oculus Link) to play a lot more games probably makes it more interesting.

Es tavā vietā ietu vidusskolā un paralēli udemy.com ietu cauri vairākiem kursiem sev interesējošās valodās. Tad ja pēc trīs gadiem un teiksim 20 dažādiem kursiem vēl joprojām domā ka vajag iet tālāk mācīties. Tad ir divi varianti.

1. Ja nevari iemācīties pats pa 3 gadiem, lai jau vismaz freelancā pelnītu kabatas naudu, vai kā jaunākais dev. kādā uzņēmumā, tad tu neesi īstajā vietā.
2. Ja ļoti alksti pēc papīra un uzzskati ka tas tālāk kaut ko palīdzēs.

All in all man liekas ka šajā variantā tu:

1. Ietaupīsi laiku.
2. Ietaupīsi naudu ( udemy kursi tev būs pa ~ 10 EUR viens tātad lūdzu pa 200 Eur jau vajadzētu būt gatavam jaunākajam izstrādātājam )

I've started learning Latvian as well. There are a few Latvian courses on memrise contributed by users. I'm currently working through this one:

https://www.memrise.com/course/130961/latvian-basics/

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Also, check out pots on r/learnlatvian/ for more ideas.

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Yep, the Balsams is uniquely Latvian.

Last year I went on a excursion to Rundulas Palace and one of the stalls outside the palace had someone selling wooden cooking implements. I picked up some small cutting boards and a giant spoon. The cutting boards I picked up that day are the ones I use the most now.

If you're in the tech field could always stop in and visit the folks over at Zabbix SIA and pick up a sticker or two (be sure to tell them I sent you), or you could go and find MikroTik and see i they have some schwag, although my friends at Zabbix SIA tell me MikroTik is very quiet about who they are and what they do.

I would say go hit up one of the night clubs and leave with memories of a fun time, but last time I was there the clubs didn't have the same energy and vibe as the previous years.

Sigh... 5-6 more months until I get to go back. :-)

Vai tas gadījumā nav Mentimeter vai Kahoot, bet ar jautājumiem latviešu valodā? Vai tika izmantots telefons blakām?

Ja mamma baigi grib, tad var diezgan fun uztaisīt kahootā, bet pašam jātaisa. Daudz interesantu iespēju arī bezmaksas versijā.. Bet ganjau visi tagad zin par kahoot un es tikai deldēju klaviatūru.

1. Diplomam ir nozīme tikai valsts organizācijās. Privātbiznesos interesē, pirmkārt, ko proti.

2. Vai ir vērts izniekot savu dzīvi, strādājot darbus, kas neiet pie sirds? Iesaku izlasīt šo grāmatu, autors labi izskaidro, ka darbu jāmeklē citādi: vispirns saprotot, ko mēs paši visvairāk gribam darīt dzīvē.

Būtībā to pašu saka arī Roberts Kijosaki grāmatā "Bagātais tētis, nabagais tētis".

I've been working through sentences on Glossika and flashcards I make as I work through this text:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1444106880/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_Yd1QFbR98TH3S

I also joined a bunch of Latvian social media channels (like this one), which is good because on most of them people are speaking both Latvian and English.

It's hard going. I only speak English, and Latvian is NOTHING like English.

Veiksmi!

I was (still am) in a similar position to you, after a lot of reading about learning languages in general (including polyglot and polyglot ama threads on Reddit) I read and concluded that the "Teach Yourself X" series were the most effective (Rosetta is overrated and another popular one I forget the name of).

You might have to Google a bit, I just did a quick one and couldn't immediately see any for under £100 Amazon UK link.

Last point, I'd suggest that you simply use it as much as you can, (a common theme from the polyglots), so secrecy is probably not an option.

Ir sanācis sūtīt šo to no ASV, kas tiešām unikāls un eiropā nav atrodams.

No Amazon nekad nav bijis vērts. Dabūsi maksāt daudz par shipping un ilgi gadīt (dažreiz ļoti ilgi). Būs tāpat jāmaksā PVN un muita, kas var sanākt baigais čakars, jāsūta visi pirkuma dokumenti, sanācis ka jāmeklē materiālu sastāvs, dažreiz uz lidostu jābrauc. Ar kurjeriem ir nedaudz vieglāk. Nemaz negribu domāt par preču atgriežšanu un citām problēmām.

Piemēram šis ram kas Amazon US maksā 121€, ar shipping būs 160€, bet pēc muitas/PVN beigās 197€.

you can get better coupons by downloading the app. Whether you have to sign-in assesses how annoyed you wanna be, by the app.

I use Ankidroid and brainscape for flash cards. Ankidroid you have to make your own, but there are read decks to download for brainscape.

App wise there is an app called Ling that's pretty good. Ling app

There is a good book that has audio with it called Colloquial Latvian. I managed to get a PDF and audio files online.

Veiksmi!

tad ņemu savus vārdus atpakaļ

kāds telefons, marka, atrašanās vieta?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.android.telnet&hl=en_US

Tur ir links uz aplikāciju. Bet nestrādā. Laikam Latvijā nemaz nav pieejams.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ro.mevo.pixelplace

There is an app about sharing information related to public transportation in Riga (like the location of the guys who check the tickets)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lepus.timidus

I haven't used it tho'. But it seems like a nice initiative.