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[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In Belgium, we had a pretty based children TV show called "Blabla". In the opening song there is

Je bouche mes oreilles et je cache mes yeux. La pub ? Bêê !

I plug my ears and I cover my eyes. Ads? Blegh!

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The population won't grow infinitely. People have in average two surviving children when mortality rate is high. If mortality decreases thanks to higher living standards, there is a population boom because more than two children survive. Birth rate then decrease to about two children per woman and population stabilizes. You can argue on why this happens, but this is just observation from Europe to Africa, from the Americas to Asia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition?wprov=sfla1

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 2 points 3 days ago

Haha in Belgium, regular cups for beer would be the appropriate footed glass of course. 😛 But yeah, basically plastic cups with customized decoration.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Nope, in Belgium the students are binge drinking in "eco-cups" which are reusable.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"But you're making the world uninhabitable by doing so? And you're still doing it?"

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Compared to dictators (or wannabe), I get that Macron seems attractive. But he's proven to be pro-rich (taxes on the rich have been drastically cut under Macron) and anti-democratic (he's ignored the result of the last election and nominated a plethora of prime ministers from parties who lost).

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 29 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Macron always has a knack to try to use things popular with younger people to score political gains. Infamously with the ZEvent, for instance.

It is now traditional for them to answer with "Shut your mouth Macron, this isn't about you".

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 50 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The original source of the article is Bild, a German tabloid. I don't see this story relayed on other reputable news outlets.

Big red flag for me. Let's see how things are evolving but I'll be skeptical until then.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 15 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Super interesting vid, thanks for the recommendation! And on Nebula, no less.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

This has Myst vibes

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 160 points 1 month ago

A moment of normalcy and laughter before the events of the evening unfold.

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

I don't deny the existence of slurs or hate speech (like "bloodmouth"). In this particular case, "carnist" is an academic word used in scientific papers in a sociological context.

Like I said in the other thread, it's describing the opposite of vegetarianism and veganism. "Omnivorous" was proposed as an alternative, but it's initially understood as "digesting plant and animal matter" in zoology, which would technically include vegetarians.

There is a need for a name that excludes vegans and vegetarians to describe reality.

Sorry for the Godwin point, but fascism is also an academic word used to describe a real political movement and fascists hate being called fascists. I'm myself eating meat so I don't want to draw parallels here.

 

Honestly it's nightmare fuel. I consider my European city as pretty bad, but american cities always helps to put it in perspective.

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I thought there could be a sort of megathread about the inauguration of Trump. I'm watching the official livestream here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XOstVmSjf8

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Salut tout le monde ! Avec la mort de Le Pen, beaucoup de gens reparlent de son usage de la torture en Algérie. Beaucoup d'encre a coulé sur les accusations à son encontre et ses actions en justice pour diffamation. Mais a-t-il été lui-même poursuivi ou inquiété à ce sujet ? N'était-ce pas des crimes de guerre ? Pourquoi n'a-t-il jamais été arrêté ?

 

I have been looking for alternative to Google products, including Google Maps and Waze. The best I've found is Organic Maps and OsmAnd. But I'm missing two features: public transport routes and live trafic.

For the latter point, I have used Magic Earth which uses OSM. But the app itself is not FOSS.

Does anyone know what their business model is? They don't charge for the app or service and the privacy policy does not seem like they commercialize data... What is their deal as a company?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thedarkfly@feddit.nl to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
 

Posted on Bluesky of course.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by thedarkfly@feddit.nl to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
 

Alt text: My first words were 'These were my first words; what were yours?'

 

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In the meantime I'll moderate the community if people participate by themselves but won't publish content.

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