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When making life decisions, it is worth checking the sunspot trends. By having some life experience I can confirm that the my worst life decisions were made during the spikes in sunspot number: My worst life decisions and a sunspot number The picture above shows the dates of my worst life decisions: September 2011 November 2013 December 2020 Sunspots produce magnetic flares, which reach the Earth, and negatively affect humans. As you can see, in September 2011 the average sunspot number was above 100, and there was a huge spike in the sunspot number in the second half of 2011. My worst life decision was made in September 2011. In the second half of the 2013, there was also a huge spike in sunspot number, and the average monthly sunspot number was above 100. My second worst life decision was made in November 2013. Also we can see a huge spike in the end of 2020 – also one of the worst decisions was made, however, this time the average monthly sunspot number was below 100. So in general,...

For beginners, it is always difficult to choose the right Linux distribution. Everybody wants an easy configuration, an everlasting " snap feel ", a great stability and extensive information in forums. Lubuntu Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS was my first distribution. I have been using it for 3 years. I really liked it. I would like to point out the major reasons, why it is so great! 1. The Ubuntu community is more willing to help, it is more likely to provide you with the required commands. I started to admire Lubuntu even more when I tried another distribution – Manjaro. After I configured everything in Manjaro, a black screen appeared after login. I could not find the solution, so I gave up on Manjaro. When I was searching for the solution, I learned that Manjaro people tend to explain everything in  a more advanced way, skipping various aspects, which beginners may come up with. For example one of the reasons of why I experienced a black screen, is probably the error of lightdm: ...

Sometimes you may need to add a transparent watermark to your image. Various image editing software might be too expensive, however, a lightweight mtPaint is free and it can be used commercially. With this tool it is possible to add a transparent watermark. 1. Open mtPaint. Open the image file by using " File>Open " dialog. 2. Click " View>Layers Window ". Alternatively you can press " L " key. Click the " New Layer " button on the Layers window. 3. A new dialog appears. Click " Create ":   4. Make sure " Layer 1 " is selected. Set the " Transparent color " to " 0 ". 5. Click " Paste text " tool. 6. Select Font Family, Style, Size. Remove all checkboxes (" Antialias ", " Background Color ", " Angle of rotation "). Click " Paste text " 7. Select the desired color of your watermark: 8. [IMPORTANT] After you select the color, press " Enter " an...

Do you live in Lithuania, work as a freelancer, and are registered as a tax payer? You will need to handle the accounting of your freelance job. Fortunately it is very simple. The information below only works if you are registered under the form " Individuali veikla pagal pažymą ". How to register this way, you can read in in this article . Please note that the text below is not a legal advice. The author of this article is not responsible for the information provided in this article and not responsible for any consequences, which may arise from using the information of this article. The information provided below is based on personal experience (at least 5 years of freelance job as a permanent resident in Lithuania), and is provided as the best knowledge of the author. The text below may be corrected at any time. The information may not be valid in future as the legislation may change. The information provided below may not necessarily guarantee the lowest possible ...

Do you live in Lithuania and work as a freelancer? Do you want to register online as a tax payer? Please note that the text below is not a legal advice. The author of this article is not responsible for the information provided in this article and not responsible for any consequences, which may arise from using the information of this article. The information provided below is based on personal experience (at least 5 years of freelance job as a permanent resident in Lithuania), and is provided to the best knowledge of the author. The text below may be corrected at any time. The information may not be valid in future as the legislation may change. The information provided below may not necessarily guarantee the lowest possible tax exposure. After you register according to the scheme steps below, you will be required to handle your accounting (simplified form) of your freelance job. In case of any questions or doubt, please call Tax Inspection Office (VMI) number 1882. You will be warn...

In 2016 the Brexit referendum took place and 51,89 % of participants voted to leave. It is important to learn the reasons of such result, so other countries would not repeat the same mistake again. One of possible reasons – poor living standards in some of the UK regions. Look at the EU regions GDP (PPS) per capita of 2007: In general in 2007 the poorest UK regions were: West Wales and the Valleys Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Tees Valley and Durham Lincolnshire Shropshire and Staffords hire South Yorkshire And now look at the map of 2016. The UK still had some poor regions: West Wales and the Valleys Tees Valley and Durham Cornwall and Isles of Scilly South Yorkshire Lincolnshire As you can see 5 UK regions were poor in 2007 and nothing much improved until 2016. As the living standard did not improve – people started not to believe in the EU. One of such regions is Lincolnshire ­– the most pro-Brexit. "Leave" was won by a thin margin (51,89 ...