So… It’s historically accurate? The “heart” symbol doesn’t really look like an actual heart and may have been modelled after a bum or a scrotum. Or the seed of a plant used as a contraceptive.

It’s impossible to pronounce like it is written, so people just say “abloi” and even the b may tense up to p since the former isn’t a part of finnish and comes up only in loan words.

I like using Firefox, but it’s a bit ironic to have google analytics tracking on the page you declare to protect the users privacy.

Compared to France the only difference seemed to be China, but the source data is quite difficult to compare.

While they are quite prominent the mentioned brands are not actual monopolies and you do see quite often locks, elevators and faucets from other manufacturers.

Abloy doesn’t play by the language rules because it is originally short for AB Lukko OY ([LTD in swedish] Lock [LTD in finnish]).

I have never had any problems with Abloy locks. The previous lock on my current building started jamming when people pulled the heavy front door open with one hand by the key, but it was made by some german company. The current locks on the outside doors are electronic so you can not pull it with the key, but can open with one hand by pulling the handle after showing the key. Aparment locks are still mechanic. The new locks neither are from Abloy.

Because that is all they got. Even if they make some profit on the sale of the hardware, it is peanuts compared to the game and tie-in sales. Losing control of even a single IP would be a serious hit to them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i13hrynnGNY

Valve has been quite supportive of fan projects like Black Mesa and Delta Particles and only demanding to remove Half-Life from the name to protect their trademark. But I guess they don’t want to risk involving Nintendo.

More on the Computerphile side, especially the timezone one.

https://youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY

In case you have missed, there’s a second channel where he tried stuff, like stage fighting, with guests.

https://www.youtube.com/c/tomscottplus

Tom Scott has also done a lot of hilarious stuff with his mates.

https://www.youtube.com/@mattandtom

https://www.youtube.com/@techdif

Also Matt Gray (that face from that image from that video) has started doing a new series of trying cool stuff, like road painting.

https://www.youtube.com/@MattGrayYES

Also previously he bought a soft-serve ice cream machine for a while and tried what ingredients would work in it.

https://www.youtube.com/@WillItSoftServe

I don’t need alcohol to have fun

*GNU+cancer

Fun fact: US has so weak food counterfeit laws and enforcement it has become the dumping ground for low quality oil or even mixed, making it an allergy hazard. If you haven’t gone out of your way to ensure you are getting the real deal, and paid a premium for it, you probably have never tasted genuine extra virgin olive oil. https://www.mashed.com/281801/the-real-reason-your-olive-oil-is-probably-fake/

The Settlers games have not been Settlers games after the fourth one. Except of course the remake, but that also was a very long time ago.

It’s from Equipment Sledgehammer

https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/kalakalle-fish-cock-182-g-canned/27360

The finest of Finnish cuisine.

That is exactly what happened with third pound burgers.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/06/17/third-pound-burger-fractions/

That’s the difference, they hoard wealth and not currency. The value of assets do not go down when currency loses its value with inflation.

Wealthy have little to no cash that would lose value with inflation, they just buy everything on credit and have their wealth tied to assets and investments that probably gain value at least at the pace of inflation.

Yes, the last one. Many people think version control is required only when collaborating and use it badly when mandated. Committing often with sensible messages will save so much time when figuring out why and when something broke and how to fix it so something else won’t break.

Just have fun and publish anything, no matter how silly it feels. My advice would be more about the preparation:

• Choose and familiarise yourself with the tools, so you can concentrate more on the game and less learning the tools
• You don’t have to do everything from scratch, premade assets and reusing your own stuff is not cheating
• manage your expectations, go through the lower rated entries of previous jams to see what other people have managed