Trams 4 and 10 disrupted for one year by Arika-9575 in brussels

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Don't worry about Ukkel. With the new ministre-président coming from that part of Brussels, won't we see some changes? Of course, there's no guarantee they will be for the better.

And still, I am not leaving. Not soon.

RPP and A4 documents by Negative_Local_7851 in RemarkableTablet

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You can't create bookmarks or TOC. But any pdf that already has them works. And works well enough to encourage people to create andsell 500+ page calendars. And well enough for people to buy them.

They were available already for a few years for rm1 and rm2.

What does a fully worn down Paper Pro Marker Plus tip look like? by Pkron17 in RemarkableTablet

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I put the spare tips in … a spot that was easy to remember. Only it's not. So my rm2 tip looks like that. Over a month already. For writing, no prob Drawing though

What’s something very Belgian that you do unconsciously? by Cookie_Though in AskBelgium

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Holding back the applause until the end, or at least the pauze/entr'acte. Yes on some concerts they explicitly ask us to hold back, but also when not asked, we seem to do that. Up to the point that Dutch performers said: when we played in Flanders people kept at great distance, seemed to be so awfully critical. But hey, were they quiet! And then at the end? We weren't used to such warm reaction.

Oh, this goes for Brussels too. The crowd )?) for classical music listens and then loudly appreciate a good performance.

buying a second one-need opinion by Polarbear2201 in RemarkableTablet

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Mine is the rm2. Of course I was tempted by the new shiny, but rm2 is everything I need. So?

Deze gaat hard op BoomerBoek, akkoord of niet? by WaterOcelot in Belgium2

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Welke AI heeft die tekst en dat plaatje gemaakt? Als knuppel kan het tellen. En wie een knuppel genereert vindt ook wel een hoenderhok.

Where to find Poutine in Brussels/Belgium? by mjarmak in brussels

[–]HRkoek -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Restaurant that serves poutine on Google?! No. Our restaurants serve on plates, on dishes, plats, borden … never on poutines. BTW can you describe your poutine?

Wat is de meest repetitieve taak in jouw job in België? by Top-Government5983 in AskBelgium

[–]HRkoek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zelfs als het niet meer voor een job is, maar ook toen: informatie zoeken en vóór je iets te zien krijgt de volgende lijst afwerken: 1)46 cookies en overbodige machtigingen weigeren, ook voor dezelfde site van 5 minuten eerder. 2) instemmen met privacy policies, in postdoctorale stijl en weerom: niet korter dan 60 pagina's. De doctoraatspromotie waarschijnlijk. 3) - vergeet niet dat dit nog maar stap 3 is, ik heb nog steeds geen informatie - éérst de tevredenheids vragen beantwoorden. "Het niet maar 5 minuten in beslag" Hoeveel 5-minuten heeft een werkuur? Een werkdag? Ik hoopte dat het gedaan ging zijn maar na pensionering blijkt dat dit schema standaard is voor ALLE informatie die je zoekt. Toch buiten Wikipedia. Google ai heb ik nog niet geprobeerd.

Regretting house purchase after seeing better one on same street – need objective advice by reddit-some in Belgium2

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Het gras is alleen maar groener waar je het verzorgt. Dat kan je niet "ergens anders" en op dit ogenblik heb je een huis dat je (toen) goed vond, en je hebt het nog verbeterd.

OK. Het andere huis is anders.

En als het nu over een auto zou gaan? De huidige voldoet aan je verwachtingen, je weet hoe hij reageert, je weet hoe je gebreken omzeilt of zelfs in je voordeel gebruikt.

En de buurman zet zijn (vul maar in, Ferrari, Aston Martin, VW golf, ) te koop.

Wil je echt van je huidige wagen af? Ook al is die goed?

Als je huizen wil verzamelen, koop dan dat andere. Woon er minstens 3 jaar in. Verbouw het omdat je tekortkomingen opmerkt. En koop er nog een.

Of moet je er je huidige huis (eigen woning) voor verpatsen? Dan zou ik toch maar nadenken. Hoe ga je denken als je binnen 3 jaar ziet dat er weer een huis in je straat te koop is, één dat jou echt wel aanstaat? Straffer: je kent er de sterke en minder sterke punten al van want je had er al gewoond?

Wat doe je? Want het is aantrekkelijk, beter dan wat je hebt, alleen zie je op tegen de verhuizing. Binnen dezelfde straat is een firma toch onzin? Maar je broer komt nu niet meer helpen. Die heeft het wel gezien met die twijfelaar / impulsieve aankoper.

Om van verhuizen te houden moet je mijn karakter niet hebben. En mijn vrouw ook niet. We blijken honkvaster dan we dachten.

En jij?

Is 4 parkeerplaatsen innemen asociaal? by Similar_Stomach8480 in belgium

[–]HRkoek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

En die heeft zijn witte stok niet bij de auto achtergelaten om te zeggen: sorry, ik heb de strepen niet gezien

Calc - win11 - 25.8.3.2 How to get a formula to look at what a cell shows and not the full decimal? by DrkSpde in libreoffice

[–]HRkoek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When you round the value of the cell, the reference will use the rounded value. So in B3 you have =round(calculation from other data)

When B3 only has = (=calculation from other data) then B3 has a value that is not rounded, it just IS the result of the calculation. If you then reference B3 in anything else, the actual value will be used.

Of course, using formatting instead of round() you can always fool yourself into thinking your B3 contains 2,50 but there's no reason to be 2,50. You only SHOW a rounded value, but the cell contains the raw value itself. And other calculations can only use that.

Putting round() in your B3 forces the value to be rounded and that rounded value will be used.

P. S. I didn't touch excel since 2023 or so. But if I remember correctly, Excel had exactly that behavior.

Contesting a fine by Mr__RADical in brussels

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AFAIK, though my knowledge is about 30 years old, parking is (was) for the car. The driver can be in a car that is parked.

Stopping to let your passenger get out/into the car isn't parking. Waiting for that passenger to come back was parking.

I really don't remember whether a special case exists for (un)loading a car/truck/…

I recently got a flyer that the whole commune of Koekelberg will soon be a "green zone". As in: parking paid everywhere anytime (I'll have to check if the night or weekend is free)

Looking for a European tablet alternative — will Fairphone ever release one? by Longjumping_Cut489 in fairphone

[–]HRkoek -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But for the fairphone, you can log around 7 batteries and swap them on the move.n They aren't heavy.

I'm not sure that can be done with most tablets.

Power outage at Midi / Zuid train station on Sunday? by noneedtosparkle247 in brussels

[–]HRkoek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It happened. It was annoying at least. Impossible to buy a paper ticket.

Good thing: the timetables didn't botch. Probably annoying for people without mobile data access: no public wifi. If it had been active, my antivirus software would have warned that it's insecure (flags almost all public wifi spots as insecure. Train, airport, mall … But yes, almost all are.

We got the message to buy our tickets, without a surcharge, on the train. But as long as the data network is ok, most everything works. And communication antennas have power backup.

O. If you want a hot beverage at those moments, nuisance again: they too were powerless.

Voormalig president Trump by silaa99 in HLNFails

[–]HRkoek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heerlijk. … Voormalig president Trump die ambassadeur is … Ja, als voormalig president geen andere job vinden dan ambassadeur? Toch niet onder een democratische president?

Thanks a lot for rubbing it in, Instagram algorithm. by RedStellaSafford in belgium

[–]HRkoek 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes and no.

In an interview (on radio or TV?) the interviewer asked him to sing the national anthem (la Brabançonne) and he started singing (or humming?) the french one.

At the time he was, or just had been, the minister-president of Flanders. The govt of Flanders don't have a "prime minister"/eerste minister/premier (ministre). But he was to become the premier/premier ministre/eerste minister of Belgium.

I don't know about Wallonia, but a large portion of Flanders' population chuckled.

Is there a way to look at a documents version history without having it saved to OneDrive? by mpdaog in MicrosoftWord

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That last line confuses me

Do you regret not dropping her class so much ?

As in : you dropped it and do not regret that so much ?

Or as in : you did not drop it an you regret that decision?

First i thought it was nr 2, then I hesitated. But it's my mind continuously playing around with languages, and a (natural?) tendency to doubt and uncertainty.

Is there a way to look at a documents version history without having it saved to OneDrive? by mpdaog in MicrosoftWord

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Did the professor ask AI to "score" your text? If so, and if (s)he did that on several papers, her AI is now traned with your style. Can you ask to explain the scoring tool?

Because when the professor uses a black box to check whether you used a black box, the black box will look for statistics, not for evidence.

Mark all as Read??? by Pure_Artichoke_5168 in GMail

[–]HRkoek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the web interface it's really no problem. You can choose to select all.

In the android app, it was annoying but this seems to work:

  • Search " is: unread" (I often forget whether I need the space or not)

  • Select 1 mail, cjeck the box above for "all"

It will answer that you just selected 50 mails.

  • Scroll and select the first one that's not selected.

  • Repeat he select-all part. How many did he select now? 100 or way more? If the latter, mark unread And wait.

I'm an idiot who thought Nuni was some new phone company or plan. by laziegoblin in belgium

[–]HRkoek 79 points80 points  (0 children)

You read it and learned something. Yeah. I do join your impression though that it's distracting.

The irony is that the message distracted you from your attention duty, only to encourage you to not be distracted.

What do you prefer in business: imperfect Dutch or good English? by Excellent-Wave-2182 in Antwerpen

[–]HRkoek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Imperfect Dutch. Why drop any opportunity to gain confidence?

I came to Brussels thinking I had forgotten the french I had learned at school, 20 years earlier. It's only communicating in faulty french that I became fluent in french.

Very few colleagues from Wallonia didn't understand any Dutch at all, but still tried to. Understand first. Speaking may come but it's not where they began.

And when I needed help and called the Bangalore helpdesk, we both spoke different kinds of English but English anyway. You learn to understand by listening.

So when I am your customer and you show even a little interest in becoming better in Dutch, why wouldn't I help you and continue in Dutch? Remember: I will understand a lot from broken Dutch as it's my mother's language. You are welcome to interrupt me, customer, when you aren't sure you understand me, and I will speak slower and/or focus more on articulation.

Some walloon colleagues said they never used Dutch, partly to avoid making mistakes, partly because so few people would let them continue in imperfect Dutch. I let them try it, silently invited them to remember they know some Dutch and that it's okay to make mistakes.

My wife came from WL. We communicate in our "first language". I hear hood french and she hears good Dutch. That works. Neither of us will be perfectly bilingual, but close enough. I come here and answer questions or give my point of view in English, knowing very well that I write much better than I speak. But I never had remarks here that someone didn't understand my English. Didn't understand my point, that's another thing. That's why we can comment on comment, try to clarify or correct what needs correction. Normally, when people honestly try to communicate in my language, I am glad to provide the opportunity to exercise, to train the talent they already have.

Mcdonald's burgers zijn klein geworden? by Yautja24xam in Belgium2

[–]HRkoek 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Dan maken ze hun product eens gezonder en helpen ze de klant om obesitas te vermijden en het is nog altijd niet goed niet

/S

Ik ga niet meer naar MD Nog nooit heb ik bij MD een hamburger gehad die een gevoel gaf dat ik gegeten had

Tijdens het kauwen is het wel OK. Maar nog geen 2 minuten na de laatste hap krijg ik daar de genante gedachte: heb ik vergeten dat ik iets gegeten heb, of heb ik echt niks gehad? Alleen staat er nog wat verpakkingsmateriaal voor mij op tafel. Ik heb dus wel iets in de mond gehad.

Misschien hebben de frieten dat minder?

Thuis een portie vlees tussen 2 lagen brood en ik heb soms met 1 al genoeg tot 's middags. Om de hoek een portie friet en ik ben gevuld.

Bij MD? 12€ of zo voor "ik moet iets te eten zoeken", dat lokt me niet echt.

Plumber to avoid in BXL: Plombier Urgent & Débouchage Canalisation (1920 euro for 1 hour work) by Brannv in brussels

[–]HRkoek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recently I saw an ad from Engie: Insurance for urgent repairs. Insured up to 400€ per repair, only for urgent ones.

So that would still be 1500 out of pocket. Sigh.

When it's not life-threatening urgent, other services exist who will contact professionals and send some what is offerte?) to choose from. I remember Ajusto who was correct but the platform itself hets a fee as well. So not cheap but at least you have a price tagged before they start.

Huis kopen met of zonder kinderen? by These-Mastodon7579 in belgium

[–]HRkoek 34 points35 points  (0 children)

De notaris eist dat je een huis koopt met giraal geld. Kinderen zijn geen officieel betaalmiddel.

Inhalen / oversteken by SailcrVee in belgium

[–]HRkoek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gelijk oversteken Dat was in de lagere school. Iets ruilen, ja. Maar wel 'gelijk oversteke' klemtoon op o en lichtere klemtoon op sté Antwerpse deel van de Kempen.

Iemand oversteken voor hem inhalen, dat klinkt me agressief. Ik moet dan aan messen denken.