ContraShock

https://preview.redd.it/xf1ohysscime1.jpg?width=1168&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7c7b2892a5dfbeacca71e5c44f088f44b44147f

My wife and I recently stayed at a German convent for a group function. This painting was in our lodging building. The convent is called "Haus Werdenfels", in the city of Nittendorf. The building we stayed in was called "San Francisco" I think.

Here is a link for the establishment: https://www.haus-werdenfels.de/

I couldn't find anything relevant to the painting on the website.

Just wondering if anyone happens to know anything about this painting?

I will try to be as concise as possible.

I ordered a package via Fedex, and it came with approx 200€ in import taxes. That is not the issue. Those costs seem normal given the cost of the package.

What is weird, is the process to pay for such a tax. I paid in cash, and got a paper receipt. Naturally I thought this process was over.

Then about 2 weeks later I get a receipt (Quittung) from Fedex showing Fälliger Betrag: 0,00€ and it showed the amount paid, but it was less than what I actually paid. There was a 2,85€ fee for VAT regarding the delivery fee that was not included in this invoice. But it showed a zero balance, so I thought nothing of it.

So my original receipt shows 2

Where do I begin.

I currently live in Germany. I received a package on 17 Aug and it required an import tax to be paid. I paid cash otherwise I would not have been able to accept the package. This is mainly due to me not having a Fedex account, otherwise I would have likely paid online or something. When I paid cash I got a document from the driver saying that I had paid.

So a week later or so I get a letter from Fedex acknowledging that I had paid. It was basically a 2nd document with a zero-balance, showing I owed them nothing. Then the "fun" begins.

We followed the instructions of the first letter. It directed us to go to their website and fill out a form. This resulted in a "h

Definite contender for Weekly Weird:

https://nypost.com/2021/10/27/painters-left-dangling-on-thailand-high-rise-after-woman-cuts-safety-rope-cops/

https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/26/freenode_irc_takeover/https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/05/19/2044202/freenode-irc-staff-quit-after-new-owner-seizes-control-of-network?sdsrc=rel

Here's some obscure TechNewsDay stuff. I'm wondering if the ripples of this are done or not...

EDIT: Another link, with lots more inside info:

https://gist.github.com/joepie91/df80d8d36cd9d1bde46ba018af497409

https://www.tiktok.com/@spencelogan_/video/6864226608581020934

Sorry for the repost, i thought the first title was a little click-baity... This just reminded me of Ricky and Elliot talking about people not covering their noses when wearing masks, and how irritating that is to witness / tolerate.

I haven't had a chance to thoroughly test everything yet, but off to a good start after the latest BIOS update v307 dated 2018/05/29 from the ASUS Support Page.

​

Installing the latest drivers from AMD (v18.5.1) actually worked this time ... even the first time!

​

I won't go so far as to enable automatic updates for Radeon software yet, but this looks like a very positive sign for this model laptop (finally!).

​

I hope this isn't old news. I haven't seen much in the way of pos

I've used DS4Windows without issue for a long time. Now, on a different computer, I happen to setup the 8bitdo NES30 Pro controller first (in Dinput and Xinput modes). Now when I connect the DS4 and rev up DS4Windows, the DS4 is detected as:

Controller (8bitdo NES30 Pro)

I'm familiar with uninstalling drivers, but there seems to be no such procedure documented on the 8bitdo site (no drivers came with it - it was auto-detected). The Game Controller dialog lists it (and now my Dual Shock 4 when running DS4Windows) as the 8bitdo controller listed above.

Clearly part of the issue is that both the 8bitdo controller and the Dual Shock 4 with DS4Winodws both emulate an Xinput device, so I see

I'm a prepaid Vodafone user, traveling in France right now. I have a modded android phone (no GApps) and got great reception and speed in Germany, where i setup the Vodafone acct. I'm in the boonies in France, but still get H, H+, 3G, and even 4G sometimes. i thought roaming is supposed to be free in the EU now? Is this why EU roaming is free? any help understanding this would be cool.

the group I'm traveling with is getting mixed results. Telecom users seem to have better reliability. Most of my group I'm sure are running stock, unmodded phones.