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Which companies stocks to buy?

It is simple. Just answer these questions: Do you know something about the certain industry and you think people are gonna need its products after 20 years? Do you have any favorite product or service and you think people are gonna need it after 20 years? Do you use any particular product or service regularly and you think people are going to need it after 20 years? If any of these answers is yes – congratulations, you found your stock! Now find out whether it has paid dividends over the last 5 years or not? Yes? Ok, you can buy and hold it forever! I am not a qualified broker and this post is not intended to be a financial advice. All final financial decisions are made by you. I do not take any responsibility for any consequences which could happen because of this post.

What to eat in Lithuania for Americans?

Planning to visit Lithuania? Here are some best tips: Which cities to visit in Lithuania? Vilnius it is the biggest, most vibrant, most international and the most cool. You can just explore everything, eat at restaurants, go to clubs, enjoy water amusement park, find cool sights – everything is mostly in the walking distance. However, after 4 days you might get bored, so try some other nearby cities with sceneries, like Trakai (25 miles away). You can also visit a remote SPA town Druskininkai (80 miles away). In summer you can visit Palanga (206 miles away) ­– a seaside town with a nightlife, also some smaller seaside towns with sceneries – Nida (an upscale resort for riches, 220 miles away) or Šventoji (213 miles away, known for wide sandy beach and a great safety at night). Where to buy groceries in Lithuania? RIMI and IKI are the most western and the most nicely looking grocery store chains. MAXIMA offers the widest choice, however, it is often crowded. NORFA and LIDL offer a ...

My first journey from Windows to Linux: overcoming various issues

I have been using Windows XP for a long time. I have a strange habit: if I have a device for a longer time, I always start feeling a strange bond with it. For this reason I never want to get rid of old devices. I tried Puppy Linux before, however, I never liked it. I was finding it difficult to make everything to work. As I was learning PHP and Codeigniter, the problems started when PHP 7 came out  –  it did not work on Windows XP. I also tried to learn Node.js, but the newest version also did not work on Windows XP. The Windows 7 would have been very slow on my PC and I continued learning with old versions. And then in August 2018 I decided to buy a new laptop. I purchased a used HP 8570p on Ebay. However, there was another problem  –  I realized my eyes were really sensitive for LED screen. After reading some forums I thought that I need to disable a thing called "temporal dithering" on the GPU. I tried to disable it by adding value s to Windows re...