Readit NewsI left FB around the time of Snowden leaks. And watched the others all go the same way. I only use them judiciously now for specific information. Even YouTube i have history off so I don't see a recommendations page and I just check my subs semi regularly.
So yeah. The web is better and less stressful that way. New generation perhaps doesn't even know it.
My working hypothesis is that people who are fast at scanning lots of text (or code for that matter) have a serious advantage. Being able to dismiss unhelpful suggestions quickly and then iterating to get to helpful assistance is key.
Being fast at scanning code correlates with seniority, but there are also senior developers who can write at a solid pace, but prefer to take their time to read and understand code thoroughly. I wouldn't assume that this kind of developer gains little profit from typical AI coding assistance. There are also juniors who can quickly read text, and possibly these have an advantage.
A similar effect has been around with being able to quickly "Google" something. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the same trait at work.
Could it have been some lost continental Germanic/Celtic tribe? Seems less likely on balance. Maybe a big discovery still to come that will clear it up. A tomb somewhere under a housing estate in Glasgow or something.
Wasn't that how all Britons referred to themselves throughout what is now England back in the day?
It's interesting that unmodified "Gaelic" apparently refers to Scots Gaelic in Wales. If you asked me about "Gaelic", I'd assume you meant Irish Gaelic.
Unless you know better, or of some reform, in which case I defer!
These languages, sadly largely killed off in the name of I don't know what, are as the final Tolkien quote in the comment says: the senior languages of Britain.
Fun fact; Cumbria is named in the same way as Cymru, as Welsh was once spoken there too.
I've never seen a video where Welsh/Breton/Cornish speakers have tried to have conversation, but have seen a few Irish/[Scottish] Gaelic conversations.
And at one point way back they all would have been intelligible. Shame it didn't follow the Scandinavian evolution, or they may have had an easier way back from having a "prestige language" take over.
Okay, you gotta spill - what's some stuff Sweden was pretending to be neutral on?
(As a poorly informed US dude) I'm aware of Japan's aversion to the worse events of the war, but haven't really heard anything at all about bad stuff in Sweden
There were basically right wing elements in every European country. Sympathisers. This included Sweden. So that's what OP was getting at in part. Germany was somewhat revered at the time, as an impressive economic and cultural force. There was a lot of cultural overlap, and conversely the Germans respected the heritage and culture of Scandinavia and also of England, which it saw as a Germanic cousin.
The documentary did a good job of balancing the fact that Sweden let the German army and economy use its railways and iron ore for far longer than it should have, right up until it became finally too intolerable to support them in any way (discovery of the reality of the camps). Neutrality therefore is somewhat subjective in that respect.
They had precedent for neutrality, from previous conflicts where no side was favoured, so imo they weren't implicitly supporting the nazi movement, despite plenty of home support. It's a solid strategy from a game theory perspective. No mass bombings, few casualties, wait it out, be the adult in the room. Except they didn't know how bad it would get.
In their favour they allowed thousands of Norwegian resistance fighters to organise safely in Sweden. They offered safe harbour to thousands of Jewish refugees from all neighbouring occupied countries. They protected and supplied Finns too. British operatives somehow managed to work without hindrance on missions to take out German supplies moving through Sweden. It became a neutral safe space for diplomats, refugees and resistance fighters. And this was before they found out the worst of what was going on.
Later they took a stand, blocked German access and were among the first to move in and liberate the camps/offer red cross style support.
Imo it's a very nuanced situation and I'm probably more likely to give the benefit of the doubt at this point. But many Danes and Norwegians were displeased with the neutral stance as they battled to avoid occupation and deportations.
As for Japan, I'd just add that I read recently on the BBC that some 40% or more of the victims of the bombings were Koreans. As second class citizens they had to clean up the bodies and stayed among the radioactive materials far longer than native residents, who could move out to the country with their families. They live on now with intergenerational medical and social issues with barely a nod of recognition.
To think it takes the best part of 100 years for all of this to be public knowledge is testament to how much every participant wants to save face. But at what cost? The legacy of war lives on for centuries, it would seem.