This. Especially if you’re a naturalized citizen. The certificate of naturalization is expensive and hard to replace. It should not be your only id. Keep it in a safe place.

If you are a permanent resident, you should already know that you must carry your card on you at all times. That is more important now then ever.

Note that you will need to mail the original certificate to the authorities to get your passport. You will get it back after a couple of weeks, but in the meantime you will have nothing, unless you paid to get a certified copy. It is a large piece of paper that cannot be folded, so it’s not practical to carry around.

While you’re at it, get your driver’s license updated with the federal id. Make sure the BMV records reflect your status. Register to vote. In other words, document your citizenship in as many ways as possible.

During my recent travels I carried a photocopy of my naturalization document plus my passport. I was not asked for it, but my reasoning was that if they took my passport I at least had something. I also had a physical notebook with important info in it, i.e., not just in my phone.

It doesn’t have to be that way, if you have a CI/CD process that prevents it.

Don’t get your hopes up. My flights were absolutely packed about 2 weeks ago.

Jeg tenkte ikke på at mange innvandrere kanskje kunne bare sitt morsmål pluss norsk, men det har du helt rett i. Jeg tror de som har gått gjennom norsk skole sikkert kan i hvert fall litt engelsk, men det er verre for de som kom hit som voksne.

Har du erfart at de som f.eks. snakker arabisk bruker det som felles språk når norsk ikke strekker til? For eksempel hva skjer på en arbeidsplass i Norge, det det finnes norsktalende og flere grupper av innvandrere på samme sted: polsk talende, arabisk talende, osv? Snakker de engelsk?

Ja folk og steder er veldig variert, selvsagt. Min erfaring fra jeg på Sunnmøre generelt er at de yngre snakker engelsk helt fint. Det finnes også det som unngår engelsk fordi de selv synes ikke de kan det så godt, men de forstår ofte godt engelsk likevel så lenge det ikke går for fort med vanskelige ord. Denne gruppen består mest av de eldre, men også noen få yngre jeg kjenner. Det er sjelden jeg har truffet noen som ikke forstår noe engelsk. Men det er selvsagt bare hva jeg har opplevet, ikke en universell greie.

Norwegians will speak English to you whether you want them to or not. Learning written Norwegian is relatively easy.

Jeg er norsk og bor i Amerika, dog ikke i de områdene Amerikanorsk snakkes. Jeg hadde ikke hørt om det før nå. Det er visst en egen norsk dialekt som snakkes i norske samfunn i deler av USA. Det er ikke den norske versjonen av Spanglish. Kunne vært artig å høre en innfødt snakke med den dialekten.

Yeah, I get it. I’ve had many libraries fail me in as many ways, which is why I consider it lucky to not have to implement my own. I work in .net these days, but there have been times where I had to just dig into the xml inside the xlsx and use xml tools. Those were mostly one-offs, thankfully.

Back when I did Java I had a frustrating experience with IBM’s libxml causing our app to crash after several days due to a memory leak. I didn’t have access to the production environment so it took me probably 3 weeks to find the cause and only after digging through a crash dump provided by the sysadmin. Not related, but you triggered my traumatic memory :)

I don’t know what you’re trying to do with Excel, but based on your posts, I can only wish you good luck. I’m happy to say that I have been able to outsource low level parsing to third party libraries for my needs so far. Well, except the interpreting semantic formatting part. That was on me.

You need another dragon for Excel and its two date systems.

I think ma may be the closest thing to Norwegian «modern» in the sense that it is more of a dialect/region difference than an adult/child thing. In my experience, ma is used more in the South and in rural dialects in the US. I’ve heard modern used more in Eastern dialects in Norway. Maybe more curiously, I’ve mostly heard modern used only in the sense of “my mom” (third person) but rarely to address them. Maybe others can chime in on their usage of it. Norwegian has a lot of regional variation.

I’m Norwegian and say «mor» (mother). My mom asked me to use that instead of «mamma» (“mom”) when she thought it sounded childish.

You can also say «modern», but to my ear it’s a little more harsh sounding. Maybe it’s a dialect thing.

In English, I don’t think many adults would normally say “mommy”, but many adult Norwegians say «mamma».

So to me, at least, a closer match is mom=mamma and mother=mor and mommy has no Norwegian equivalent.

I think a lot of them don’t realize who is being categorized as illegal. Conservatives I know seen to be able to hold multiple conflicting ideas at the same time, e.g., hating immigrants but be friends with them on a one on one basis. I don’t think they actually see the problem with that.

Anyway, I think a lot of centrists especially take “illegal” and “criminal” at face value. You can see the argument for deporting people that shouldn’t have been here to begin with. The difference is that we’re seeing a very loose definition of those terms being applied by authorities. Innocent people are being targeted and treated as terrorists.

I think a lot of them don’t realize this, or refuse to believe it. You will see them online saying “Come to America. You have nothing to worry about if your papers are in order and you haven’t done anything wrong.”

This is just my impression of things. People are different and it’s a big country.

First: you’ve done good, raising a kid that asks for your permission first.

Second: realize that this comes from peer pressure, them wanting a space away from parental supervision. If you truly want to make your kids savvy about the Internet, you need to assume they will eventually encounter seedy places, run into assholes, and be exposed to things like bullying.

Have a conversation: you will encounter these things. Your friends may be into them. But they can have bad effects and here is how you avoid it and how to deal if it happens to you. Talk about keeping private information private.

Be open and non-judgemental. You want them to feel safe coming to you for advice.

Be truthful and stay credible. Keep up with what’s out there, but don’t just buy into the latest Tiktok scare.

Talk to your kids about stuff they found that was cool or scary.

Embarrass them by using memes incorrectly.

Setting up a mastodon instance may be cool at first, but their friends are going to think it’s lame with the supervision. You could still do it for a number of other reasons, but it won’t prepare them for the ugly Internet.

Source: me, a parent.

At least our hours are the same length regardless of latitude now, so let’s be grateful for that.

Growing up in Norway, where roads are narrow, days are short, and snow piles up above a second grader’s head, we were taught to use sidewalks, when they are available, or walk on the left (we drive on the right). I think it’s supposed to make it easier to see oncoming traffic and get out of the way.

More importantly, though, was to wear reflective clothing. As a driver: please for the love of God don’t go running in a black track suit along a dark country road early in the morning. You’re not a fucking ninja. Wear something reflective.

Edit: I looked it up and it’s actually in the law.

Yaml editor? Business therapist? Email author? Paid meeting actor? Scrum participant? Office cynic? Idk.

Try to come across friendly without sounding condescending.

First, empathize (I know those things can be tricky, it took me a minute the first time), then offer to help without judgement (I have some experience with these, would you like me to try?), then back off if they say no.

If they refuse help, you’ve done what you can, end of story. Don’t be pushy.

Key point here is to be nice about it. Don’t call them out or make them feel dumb. Don’t judge. You don’t know why they’re not getting it, and next time maybe it is you who is “dumb”.

Also, don’t expect everyone to share your intellect (it’s obvious to you) or curiosity (you want to know how it works). Most people just want their problem fixed and move on.

And that they didn’t use their own printer.

No offense taken at all. I just agree it’s a sad state of affairs.

I don’t mean to be a doomer and I do try to give my kids more than a black and white picture. I’m not a parent who tells them to just suck it up. I support them every step of the way.

But I do try to keep their expectations realistic. I think it’s fair to let them know that what they see in glossy college ads isn’t typical.

Finding a job you actually like can be hard. Working 40 hours a week can be hard. But eventually you will manage it. It’s not glamorous, but it pays the rent.

Usually you have to play the cards you were dealt while you look for better opportunities. Few people can afford to be out of work for a long time. I consider myself very lucky to be able to sit here right now and discuss work/life balance on Lemmy, rather than trolling the Internet for jobs.