News / Security issues in Poland [10]


I've read that text only now and you're right - it doesn't look like written by a Polish native speaker - that "Ukrainiec!" alone betrayed them lol And, yes, it doesn't really make sense to address only one Ukrainian in such a message.

And what is "wspólna sieć" ("common web")? Did they mean the internet?


Who knows, maybe those were Belarusians - I would think Russians have better translators lol
It's rather funny actually ;D

News / Security issues in Poland [10]

@maf lol

And check this out - a mass attack on Ukrainian government sites last night allegedely by Polish hackers (Ukrainians suspect Russians):
wiadomosci.wp.pl/ukraina-masowy-cyberatak-na-strony-rzadowe-hakerzy-zostawili-komunikat-po-polsku-6726238487919456a

Study / Game industry studies in Poland. What university would be the best choice? Is it possible to study for free? [19]

@ImmortalizedRyan, Atch already provided excellent info and advice (it looks like she has insider knowledge :)).

It's true that game industry has a tendency (I'm not saying that everybody is like that though) to exploit the people who make the actual content for their games. It's because they know that this is those people's passion and they're ready to work for peanuts just to be able to do what they love. Competition is also high, which makes those people fairly easily replacable. But I know that if this is what you want to do in life then there's no stopping you, so... good luck :)

Btw, a friend of mine from Warsaw studied Japanese Studies at the Polish Japanese Academy, but she has rich parents, so yeah, it's expensive, unfortunately...

I've found an article about Polish universities where you can study making games, it's a bit old (2015), but maybe you'll find it useful:

gram.pl/news/2015/02/11/chcesz-robic-gry-sprawdz-gdzie-sie-tego-nauczysz.shtml

And, of course, Atch is right about making your own small games (or taking part in some group indie projects, because being able to work in a team is also important, I think). In the end your future employers will be interested in what you can do and not what diploma you have or don't have. But you probably already know that :)

History / Polish Atlantis (pre-war Warsaw, Poland in pictures). [38]

@zabrapolish, here's an interesting site about this battle with photos (the author wrote a book about it):

m.facebook.com/Tropem-pancernych-boj%C3%B3w-Lis%C3%B3w-Morawica-Radomice-112624960297814/

And here:

m.facebook.com/Kielce-1945-75-lecie-bitwy-pancernej-Lis%C3%B3w-Morawica-Kielce-105835517618716/?__tn__=CH-R


From what I've read the church was badly damaged, but wasn't destroyed entirely. My mother told me that we were driving through Lisów when going from Kielce to my grandma in the countryside, so the village is still there (I don't know how much of it was rebuilt though).

I haven't found any pre-war photos yet, but I'll post it if I find anything. Btw, a Polish forum about WWII would probably be a good place to ask about such stuff - there should be some people who know English there: dws.org.pl

UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [442]


I can't say this about any of the Polish women I wrote about. One of them is my best friend who was always interested in British culture and her English was already very fluent before she went to the UK.


It may depend on the kind of work you do and maybe also how long you've been living there. Some time ago I read an article about Polish nurses working in Germany as caretakers in private homes and as far as I remember they were often (or maybe still are, I don't remember) getting exploited.


I think visiting a given country as a tourist may be a bit different than doing a menial job there as a young and attractive woman from a poorer country.

I get an impression that you and Lyzko may be thinking that Polish women mentioned here somehow deserved the treatment they got? How do you "deserve" sexual harassment though?

UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [442]

@anglos, I'm sorry to hear that she went through all of that. This sounds horrible, tbh. Unfortunately, to some extent it sounds familiar - all the attractive Polish women that I know who worked in the UK (and in Italy) experienced sexual harassment and some of them also name-calling, etc.


Good. It's also great that she has someone like you by her side :) Send best regards and hugs from me to your partner and I wish the two of you all the best :)) Stay strong and happy, enjoy your life and ignore toxic people (Poland has a fair share of them too, btw).

💪😎🇵🇱🇬🇧🙂

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

"Rozdziobią nas kruki, wrony" by Stefan Żeromski?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


In a way you've partly guessed it - she's smiling because of independence, but not one that will happen in the future, but one that is already there. This painting was painted in 1918 :)

@pawian, yes, exactly, you've solved the riddle :)) This is "Polonia I" by Jacek Malczewski. You can see it in the National Museum (The Palace of the Kraków Bishops) in Kielce :)

The crown that she's wearing is supposed to resemble a historic Polish crown. The coat on her arms is an army coat worn by Poles sent to Syberia and her black veil is probably a sign of mourning due to all the lives sacrificed to regain her freedom. The man with a broken chain on his leg in the backround (wearing the same coat) symbolises an area of enslavement going into the past. She's also washing her hands of blood, which I guess was meant to symbolise the end of Poles' sacrifice for the freedom of Poland (another interpretation is that she's taking off a violet glove):

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@pawian, nope, she's not Mary...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@pawian
lol Nope ;) She is happy about getting her crown back though :) What does getting that crown back symbolise?

@Alien, nope, but close... She's a personification of something. Of what?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Who is this woman and why is she smiling?:

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yes, as pawian already wrote - you solved the riddle - well done! :))
Formoza is probably the coolest military base in Poland (that I'm aware of, at least) :):




Yup (you can see them in the riddle photo - they're standing in two rows), although, unlike their American counterparts, for example (Navy Seals), they were part of the Polish Navy for only a short period of time (not anymore). They do cooperate with the Navy, though. I think I've read somewhere that they're the least numerous Polish Special Forces unit.


Yes, that sea serpent in the emblem is that sea creature that I had in mind when I wrote this:



A merciful lady - death. The painting is "Death" by Jacek Malczewski:

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Oh, OK... I didn't catch that, I thought that I'm getting a teacher's scolding or sth ;) I'm often not sure when you're joking and when you're being serious, so I can get confused sometimes :P


How will PF ever recover from this ;D


I don't think there's anything to forgive ;)

But, Alien, thanks for the mediation anyway :))

Btw, my Riddle 1 from post #1,158 still hasn't been solved - I wrote what that facility in the photo was used for in the past, but the question is - what is it used for now?

So, two more hints:

- it's located in a city with a rather young seaport;
- it's colloquial name is a historical name of a famous island - when long ago Portuguese sailors first discovered this uncharted island they called it in their language "The Beautiful Island".

Life / Polandball - Internet subculture [19]

@BB, ah, right, thanks :)

Life / Polandball - Internet subculture [19]


It zooms a bit, but I can't read the smaller text :/ I don't know what was the original size of the file and what programme you used for saving, but instead of resizing you could try to save it in lower quality (or try the combination of both) - this is how I prepare photos for the photo riddles thread, for example.


Me neither, I had to google it lol:

villains.fandom.com/wiki/Reichtangle_(Polandball)

@BB, who's that ninja "mother"? lol

Life / Polandball - Internet subculture [19]

@Oathbreaker, it looks great, very "Polandballish" :D I can't read it though :/

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Ah, you know, he's so well known that it's like with Cleopatra - she was a queen, but people usually just say "Cleopatra", since everyone knows who she was anyway...

Also:


Well, he was an as*hole and I have no respect for him, so...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

The tiger belongs to Nero and the painting is "Nero's torches" by Henryk Siemiradzki. It's big - 385 × 704 cm, 27 square metres:

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Ah, it's "Wernyhora" by Jan Matejko! I knew it had to have something to do with Cossacks, judging by the guy's hairstyle :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@pawian, I don't think I recognise this... 🤔 Is this someone who's wounded or drunk?


Sorry, I don't know where I got this "Germany" from lol - it will be performed in Paley European Insitute in Warsaw for 277 000 PLN. They don't even have half of this money yet.


Indeed :)


I can imagine - someone has to protect us from those green aliens from a different planet ;)

Hint for Riddle 1:


Torpedoes :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Ah, I see... ;D Well then I guess you forgot about "squadron E" - space operations :))

OK, since Riddle 2 has been solved:


Those two caps, which are being worn only by GROM operators on the teams, have been put up for a charity auction with the permission of the commanders of squadrons A and C by a father of a sick boy. They are really rare - you probably can't buy them anywhere else, so I'm guessing they are a real treat for collectors of military stuff and GROM fans:

"A" cap:

facebook.com/groups/948525902604036/permalink/1020224452100847/

"C" cap:

facebook.com/groups/948525902604036/permalink/1020223792100913/

The father is collecting money for a surgery for his son which will take place in Germany - it's very expensive, they still have a long way to go and not much time left. If you can, spread the word about his auctions (he's putting also other stuff up for auctions):

facebook.com/groups/948525902604036/?ref=share

You can also donate here:

siepomaga.pl/team-pawel

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Yes, correct:

A - land operations, stationed in Warsaw;
B - water operations, stationed in Gdańsk.


Are they? Apparently those are "classified operations".


What... ;D I don't think there's such pododdział... (unless it's super-classified or sth ;)) Where did you find such info?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Nope ;))

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Yes! Exactly :)) A, B and C are GROM's sub-subunits (or whatever it's called in English - in Polish it's "pododdział" or "zespół bojowy").

So, who owns those caps with "C" and who those with "A"? By that I mean - what type of "pododdziały" are A and C?

Btw, I guess they call it "squadrons" (?) - this is the back of the "C" cap:

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@pawian, yes, exactly - it's a GROM sign :)


OK, photo hint then:

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@pawian, I think you should be able to at least recognise the symbol on the cap. There's a letter "C" on the cap and a certain symbol of something. You know this symbol - look closer :))

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Hint for both riddles - just like delph, I'm predictable ;)

Hint for Riddle 1: this building isn't new - it was built by the Nazis during occupation. Back then it was a research and testing centre. What do you think they were researching and testing over there?

Nowadays this building is used as something else though. What is it now?

As for the cap riddle - if you don't know the answer yet, then you can start with identifying what's on the cap. Do you recognise anything? Any symbol?

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


Oh for God's sake... I didn't write that aggression shouldn't be resisted, I was just explaining what are the reasons for it.

I see that you guys are getting into some kind of frenzy because of this border crisis, to such a point that you are either starting to have problems with reading comprehension or you oveinterpret what I'm writing, despite the fact that I made clear already what I think about crossing the border illegally, about how this crisis should be resolved and that I feel for the members of Polish forces securing the border and their families.

I don't have time right now to explain myself and comment on everything in detail though, I'll probably do that in the coming days, so show some patience, guys, and don't lynch me just yet lol

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


Apparently majority of them are Kurds. What do you know about the situation of Kurds in Iraq?


Why? Because I'm trying to be objective and not forget that those migrants are human beings? I'm not saying that we should be letting in anyone who wants to cross our border illegally. But we shouldn't be demonizing or dehumanizing those people only because we don't want to let them in. Btw, young men are people too, not only women and children.


Even if that's true, they still could be sending money to their families back home, just like Poles do. My relative who worked for years in Germany also didn't bring his wife and daughter there - he was sending them money. When he went to Germany he also was a young man.