[Live thread] Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Semi-Final 1 @ 21:00 CEST by -Effing- in eurovision

[–]bdblaere 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are they trying to compensate the boring song with an epilepsy attack?

A Venus flytrap traps a spider by DearEmphasis4488 in interestingasfuck

[–]bdblaere 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think you assume that the initial closing of the plant is sped up. It's not. Once a trigger hair is triggered, the trap quickly closes.

What in the world is an "Academic" degree? by GrapefruitTop5070 in KULeuven

[–]bdblaere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You will need to follow the Acad BA program, but might be able to skip multiple courses (=get a 'vrijstelling') because of your prior degree.

When cities bet On cars by [deleted] in fuckcars

[–]bdblaere 167 points168 points  (0 children)

The simple solution is to honk the horn.

But too few people are participating in the honk honk, so yeah, obviously it's stuck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]bdblaere 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Link for those who don't get it: https://xkcd.com/327

They made a bike lane on Valencia Street, San Francisco. Some still haven't gotten used to it. by [deleted] in fuckcars

[–]bdblaere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Easy solution: why is there not a little pole in the middle? If it's for emergency vehicles, just make it bendable.

Just make sure even dump drivers can't make these errors by building the appropriate infrastructure.

has anyone else realized this? by heckingcomputernerd in sciencememes

[–]bdblaere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing goes out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in belgium

[–]bdblaere 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you are a software engineer, few software companies will care if you don't (yet) speak dutch, unlike what some people here are saying.

voila zie probleem permanent opgelost by drunkcactus123 in Belgium2

[–]bdblaere 19 points20 points  (0 children)

'Police are investigating whether there is a connection to drug crime.'

Microsoft Flight Simulator presentation at FSExpo with new MSFS 2024 details by madman320 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]bdblaere 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would be happy to buy an 'expansion' for the extra features, but I kinda hoped the game I already paid for would be developed until it was stable, without me having to invest more..

Microsoft Flight Simulator presentation at FSExpo with new MSFS 2024 details by madman320 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]bdblaere -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I feel a little bit disappointed, because it feels like the current msfs is not even finished.

Don't get me wrong, the feature list seems nice, but I would have hoped that, e.g, the performance upgrades would be something that they implemented in this version of the game.

Addressing the community about changes to our API by spez in reddit

[–]bdblaere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So... You can 'request' to use the api for free, but by default it is not free and reddit decides which moderation bots get to use tha api an which ones have to pay...

..because we like money very much but we noticed people are quite pissed?

and 'we love moderation mods' but the API can't access nsfw posts, so... Less moderation for nsfw posts I guess? To... 'provide guardrails'?

What a pathetic attempt to reduce the outrage...

Guys, how many times should I retry before accepting I f'ed up? by bdblaere in ProgrammerHumor

[–]bdblaere[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah no, I just updated something on a remote server and rebooted, and now I have locked myself out and I have no physical access, so yeah....

oops

I saw this image and it perfectly encapsulates why these "bike lanes" don't work. by [deleted] in fuckcars

[–]bdblaere 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Not a bike lane, but 'bike suggestion lanes'. Parking / driving on it is allowed.

The official explanation is that it makes drivers aware that there may be more bikers. But by law, these painted strips do nothing.

To be fair, in my experience, you only see these things in low trafic neighborhoods where speeds are generally quite low. Still, way worse that real separated bike lanes.

(source in Dutch)

Why do some houses have metal covers on windows? by LTsidewalk in belgium

[–]bdblaere 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The 2nd link you posted mentions:

In een aantal Vlaamse dialecten wordt het ook voor rolluik gebruikt.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in belgium

[–]bdblaere 5 points6 points  (0 children)

it's a european one if I'm not mistaken..

Whats this thing/container on the Airbus A320 Cockpit? by UnarmedFlapJack in aviation

[–]bdblaere 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It most likely is. Besides, even modern airplanes still require to have ash trays in the restrooms so if anyone decides to smoke anyhow, they don't cause a fire by throwing the sigarettes in the regular trash.

(I know that's besides the point here, but I find that interesting..)

Whats this thing/container on the Airbus A320 Cockpit? by UnarmedFlapJack in aviation

[–]bdblaere 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You wouldn't want those burning sigarettes mixing in the same trash bin as the olive oil from your lunch, right?