A Christmas Thread - Because Santa appeared on the front page.

rootroot OG
edited December 2025 in General

Besides Christmas offers have already started to appear.

pCloud has an usual Christmas offer.

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  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Retired

    Da fuq is Christmas?

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  • havochavoc OGContent WriterSenpai

    Can't picture myself spending over a 1000GBP+ for online storage. I get that it's 10TB for "life" but nope.

    I did order a 10TB actual hdd for xmas though lol

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    @havoc said:
    Can't picture myself spending over a 1000GBP+ for online storage. I get that it's 10TB for "life" but nope.

    I did order a 10TB actual hdd for xmas though lol

    That's insane haha, fair play if anyone buys it but that seems crazy to me, you would get 10TB for about 35 years at TH for that price, not lifetime but I suspect 10TB might be funny in 2060.

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  • DataRecoveryDataRecovery OG

    @havoc said:
    Can't picture myself spending over a 1000GBP+ for online storage. I get that it's 10TB for "life" but nope.

    Hm...
    Pcloud shows 5 TB lifetime storage for 800 eur (!!) to me.

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  • imokimok OG

    @imok said:

    Is this @Ian_Dot_Tech racking some giveaways this Christmas?

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  • imokimok OG

    @imok said:

    Is this @AuroraZero? Next to Santa.

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  • imokimok OG

    Did you know Santa Claus in Spanish is Papá Noel?

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  • havochavoc OGContent WriterSenpai

    @DataRecovery said:

    @havoc said:
    Can't picture myself spending over a 1000GBP+ for online storage. I get that it's 10TB for "life" but nope.

    Hm...
    Pcloud shows 5 TB lifetime storage for 800 eur (!!) to me.

    I selected the 2nd tab. But yeah pretty wild that they're treating GBP and EUR the same. That's a like ~15% diff

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  • somiksomik OG

    @imok said:
    Did you know Santa Claus in Spanish is Papá Noel?

    I thought the original guy was called Saint Nicolas?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

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  • rootroot OG

    @somik said:

    @imok said:
    Did you know Santa Claus in Spanish is Papá Noel?

    I thought the original guy was called Saint Nicolas?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

    True. The origin of the holiday is religious, Christian to be more precise. However, on LES it is not about Christianity per se; it is more about offers, deals and idling, while also spending time with the loved ones.

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  • bikegremlinbikegremlin ModeratorOGContent Writer

    @root said:

    @somik said:

    @imok said:
    Did you know Santa Claus in Spanish is Papá Noel?

    I thought the original guy was called Saint Nicolas?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

    True. The origin of the holiday is religious, Christian to be more precise. However, on LES it is not about Christianity per se; it is more about offers, deals and idling, while also spending time with the loved ones.

    In my country it's "Grandpa Frost" ("Deda Mraz"). :)

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  • bikegremlinbikegremlin ModeratorOGContent Writer

    @backtogeek said:

    @havoc said:
    Can't picture myself spending over a 1000GBP+ for online storage. I get that it's 10TB for "life" but nope.

    I did order a 10TB actual hdd for xmas though lol

    That's insane haha, fair play if anyone buys it but that seems crazy to me, you would get 10TB for about 35 years at TH for that price, not lifetime but I suspect 10TB might be funny in 2060.

    Not arguments, just thoughs:

    This depends on what you use it for.
    My archive including the music and films I consider worthy saving fits into 1 TB.

    That's without stuff I store for family friends and some work crucials.
    With that included, it fits under 1.6 TB in total!

    This includes website backups and youtube video backups.

    That's over 20 years of backups - and apart from the Youtube video storage, its growth is very small.

    In my workshop, salvaged used parts and stuff that hasn't been used over the past two years gets thrown out.
    Using that algorithm, in theory I should still have stuff piling up, but in practice, it's steady.

    Similar goes for the digital stuff, IMO. Some common sense and curration go a long way. Withoug that, even 100 TB can be filled up in no time. Past a certain limit, it's a problem in terms of physical limits along with costs - space and time constraints (unless you are so rich you can take other people's time to do it for you).

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  • somiksomik OG
    edited December 2025

    @root said:

    @somik said:

    @imok said:
    Did you know Santa Claus in Spanish is Papá Noel?

    I thought the original guy was called Saint Nicolas?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

    True. The origin of the holiday is religious, Christian to be more precise. However, on LES it is not about Christianity per se; it is more about offers, deals and idling, while also spending time with the loved ones.

    Eh, no, the origin of the holiday is religious, but Pegan (Roman winter solstice, also called the Yule tradition, celebrating the birthday of the "Unconquered Sun" Sol Invictus), not Christian. The Christian church tried to make Christianity more appealing to pagans and thus changed the tradition of Winter Solstice to "Christmas".

    Even the "12 days of Christmas" is originally the "12 days of Yuletide":

    Day Date 12 Days of Christmas (Christian) 12 Days of Yuletide (Pagan / Germanic)
    1 Dec 25 Christmas Day – Birth of Jesus Midwinter / Yule Day – Rebirth of the Sun, return of light
    2 Dec 26 St. Stephen’s Day – Charity and martyrdom Honoring ancestors, household spirits, protection rites
    3 Dec 27 St. John the Evangelist – Light and truth Oaths, truth-speaking, wisdom rituals
    4 Dec 28 Holy Innocents – Mourning and protection of children Protection magic, warding against misfortune
    5 Dec 29 Preparation and reflection Fate and destiny (wyrd), divination
    6 Dec 30 Reflection on the Incarnation Ancestor veneration, remembrance of the dead
    7 Dec 31 St. Sylvester’s Day – Year’s transition Wild Hunt nights, spirits roaming, threshold magic
    8 Jan 1 Feast of Mary, Mother of God / New Year Renewal, rebirth, setting intentions
    9 Jan 2 Growth of Christ’s mission Community bonding, feasting, hospitality
    10 Jan 3 Preparation for Epiphany Prosperity rites, luck for the coming year
    11 Jan 4 Anticipation of revelation Final divination, omen-reading
    12 Jan 5 Twelfth Night – Eve of Epiphany Yule’s End – Closing rituals, burning greens
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  • imokimok OG

    @somik said:

    @imok said:
    Did you know Santa Claus in Spanish is Papá Noel?

    I thought the original guy was called Saint Nicolas?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

    Yep it is another name for him. But at least in my side of the earth, we don't use to call it that way, unless in a very religious environment.

    Maybe @chievo calls him San Nicolás in his land.

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  • imokimok OG

    @somik said:

    @root said:

    @somik said:

    @imok said:
    Did you know Santa Claus in Spanish is Papá Noel?

    I thought the original guy was called Saint Nicolas?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

    True. The origin of the holiday is religious, Christian to be more precise. However, on LES it is not about Christianity per se; it is more about offers, deals and idling, while also spending time with the loved ones.

    Eh, no, the origin of the holiday is religious, but Pegan (Roman winter solstice, also called the Yule tradition, celebrating the birthday of the "Unconquered Sun" Sol Invictus), not Christian. The Christian church tried to make Christianity more appealing to pagans and thus changed the tradition of Winter Solstice to "Christmas".

    Even the "12 days of Christmas" is originally the "12 days of Yuletide":

    Day Date 12 Days of Christmas (Christian) 12 Days of Yuletide (Pagan / Germanic)
    1 Dec 25 Christmas Day – Birth of Jesus Midwinter / Yule Day – Rebirth of the Sun, return of light
    2 Dec 26 St. Stephen’s Day – Charity and martyrdom Honoring ancestors, household spirits, protection rites
    3 Dec 27 St. John the Evangelist – Light and truth Oaths, truth-speaking, wisdom rituals
    4 Dec 28 Holy Innocents – Mourning and protection of children Protection magic, warding against misfortune
    5 Dec 29 Preparation and reflection Fate and destiny (wyrd), divination
    6 Dec 30 Reflection on the Incarnation Ancestor veneration, remembrance of the dead
    7 Dec 31 St. Sylvester’s Day – Year’s transition Wild Hunt nights, spirits roaming, threshold magic
    8 Jan 1 Feast of Mary, Mother of God / New Year Renewal, rebirth, setting intentions
    9 Jan 2 Growth of Christ’s mission Community bonding, feasting, hospitality
    10 Jan 3 Preparation for Epiphany Prosperity rites, luck for the coming year
    11 Jan 4 Anticipation of revelation Final divination, omen-reading
    12 Jan 5 Twelfth Night – Eve of Epiphany Yule’s End – Closing rituals, burning greens

    It looks like something some of my wife's friends would say.

    I got flashbacks at the moment @root posted that.

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  • imokimok OG

    I love drinking hot chocolate in December, even though it’s 30°C.

    But my stomach doesn't like it.

    I had chocolate last night.

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  • rootroot OG

    @imok said:
    I love drinking hot chocolate in December, even though it’s 30°C.

    But my stomach doesn't like it.

    I had chocolate last night.

    I live in Ireland. I wish I had 30°C. I also had a hot chocolate last night, but to warm up and sleep well with this cold virus which my kids brought to me from their school.

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  • somiksomik OG

    @imok said:
    I love drinking hot chocolate in December, even though it’s 30°C.

    But my stomach doesn't like it.

    I had chocolate last night.

    I never liked drinking hot chocolate. Maybe cause I lived in hot areas. Personally, I prefer cold chocolate milk.

    @root said:

    @imok said:
    I love drinking hot chocolate in December, even though it’s 30°C.

    But my stomach doesn't like it.

    I had chocolate last night.

    I live in Ireland. I wish I had 30°C. I also had a hot chocolate last night, but to warm up and sleep well with this cold virus which my kids brought to me from their school.

    Hope you recover soon!

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  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    @somik said:

    @imok said:
    I love drinking hot chocolate in December, even though it’s 30°C.

    But my stomach doesn't like it.

    I had chocolate last night.

    I never liked drinking hot chocolate. Maybe cause I lived in hot areas. Personally, I prefer cold chocolate milk.

    @root said:

    @imok said:
    I love drinking hot chocolate in December, even though it’s 30°C.

    But my stomach doesn't like it.

    I had chocolate last night.

    I live in Ireland. I wish I had 30°C. I also had a hot chocolate last night, but to warm up and sleep well with this cold virus which my kids brought to me from their school.

    Hope you recover soon!

    Milo isn't/wasn't a thing for you?

    I see that old Germanic culture has similarities with east Asian culture...

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  • somiksomik OG
    edited December 2025

    @terrorgen said:

    @somik said:
    I never liked drinking hot chocolate. Maybe cause I lived in hot areas. Personally, I prefer cold chocolate milk.

    Milo isn't/wasn't a thing for you?

    I see that old Germanic culture has similarities with east Asian culture...

    Nope. Never liked hot Milo or Horlics.

    I do drink iced Milo and Milo dinosaur in SG. Milo dinosaur is basically concentrated milo with milo powder on top.

    Here is a picture for those who are not familier with it:

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  • yoursunnyyoursunny OG
    edited December 2025

    @terrorgen said:
    I see that old Germanic culture has similarities with east Asian culture...

    Pronoun inconsistency detected.

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  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    @yoursunny said:

    @terrorgen said:
    I see that old Germanic culture has similarities with east Asian culture...

    Pronoun inconsistency detected.

    We're the source, no cap. Address us: We/Our/Ours.

    Shoot.

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  • imokimok OG

    Wow didn't know about this. Now I want it.

    I stopped drinking Milo a decade ago because it's mostly sugar, right? But maybe buying a small can won't be that bad.

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  • imokimok OG

    We have this presentation. Do you?

    Milo en sobre / Milo "envelope"? Is that right?

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  • somiksomik OG
    edited December 2025

    @imok said:

    Wow didn't know about this. Now I want it.

    I stopped drinking Milo a decade ago because it's mostly sugar, right? But maybe buying a small can won't be that bad.

    No, no, 20g of milo only contains 8.8g of sugar, so it is not even 50% sugar by weight (only 44% sugar) :lol:

    Full details:

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  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    @somik said:

    @imok said:

    Wow didn't know about this. Now I want it.

    I stopped drinking Milo a decade ago because it's mostly sugar, right? But maybe buying a small can won't be that bad.

    No, no, 20g of milo only contains 8.8g of sugar, so it is not even 50% sugar by weight (only 44% sugar) :lol:

    Full details:

    And some people even add condensed milk on top of that... Recipe for diabetes.

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    So Milo is like Ovaltine or something?

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  • imokimok OG

    @terrorgen said:

    @somik said:

    @imok said:

    Wow didn't know about this. Now I want it.

    I stopped drinking Milo a decade ago because it's mostly sugar, right? But maybe buying a small can won't be that bad.

    No, no, 20g of milo only contains 8.8g of sugar, so it is not even 50% sugar by weight (only 44% sugar) :lol:

    Full details:

    And some people even add condensed milk on top of that... Recipe for diabetes.

    I used to add sugar when I was a child 😂

    But I think my mom used to prepare one sachet of Milo (the 20 g ones) for three glasses. One sachet for me and my two siblings.

    We were poor.

    Well, I think we’re still poor, but not as poor as we were back in the day.

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