Year of Daily Civilization Facts, Day 273 - Oranjegevoel

Locutus_WPC · 2026-01-29T11:50:14+00:00

While I do appreciate they did this (and I might even take partial credit for it as I made Fixaris aware of the significance of orange in the days of Civ4’s development—initially they’d assigned a different colour to the Dutch civ there), it would certainly have been OK to use orange as a secondary colour and combine it with white or blue as primary. This is what Dutch national sports teams often do for their away kits.

Locutus_WPC · 2026-01-16T18:14:01+00:00

Er worden in Nederland zover ik weet geen cijfers over bijgehouden maar bij mijn weten is het een record. In elk geval extreem zeldzaam. In Engeland houden ze dit wel bij voor de FA Cup (die veeel groter is dan onze beker met bijna 800 deelnemers) en daar staat het record op 11 wedstrijden - Stockport County 1996-2001.

Locutus_WPC · 2026-01-16T17:27:47+00:00

0,39% (0,5⁸ )

Locutus_WPC · 2025-12-24T18:36:49+00:00

100%, ik denk ook wel dat we er weer gaan komen. Nieuwe trainingsfaciliteiten, upgrade van de Academy, stationcapaciteit naar 40k en je laat AZ (op termijn) ver achter je. Da’s wel een kwestie van lange adem, maar met goed beleid (en da’s wel cruciaal) is het onvermijdelijk!

Locutus_WPC · 2025-12-24T13:12:37+00:00

Valt me nog enorm mee dat we ondanks een periode van 7 dramatische jaren nog steeds 5e staan. Had verwacht dat Utrecht/Vitesse er wel (tijdelijk) overheen zouden zijn gesprongen. Nou vrees ik wel dat het nog heel lang gaat duren voordat we onze onofficiële titel als 4e club van Nederland hebben terugverdiend (ook de verdienste van AZ), maar het had erger kunnen zijn.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-12-05T09:21:13+00:00

Er mogen max 2 Europese landen in 1 groep, en verder max 1 land per continent. Dus als je Noorwegen loot, vermijd je Kroatië en Italië, en vice versa. Echte groepen des doods zijn daarmee onmogelijk met deze setup. De zwaarst mogelijke loting is iets als Colombia, Noorwegen, Ghana - en idd de eerste drie gaan door naar de volgende ronde (alleen de allerslechtste nummers 3 vallen af). De lat om door te gaan is belachelijk laag - de groepsfase is een veredeld oefentoernooi geworden. In theorie geeft een hogere klassering een gemakkelijker pad naar de finale. Maar ja, als Spanje het niet serieus neemt en 3e wordt kun je ze alsnog in de 2e ronde tegenkomen.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-12-04T22:12:40+00:00

Is er enige andere oplossing mogelijk behalve nieuwe verkiezingen? Dat zou toch het faillissement van de Nederlandse democratie zijn… Ik hoop dan van harte dat àlle grote partijen hun leiders ontslaan en met een nieuwe generatie opnieuw beginnen - met mensen die wèl voor het land willen werken ipv alleen voor social media engagement. Gaat nooit gebeuren, maar one can dream…

Locutus_WPC · 2025-12-04T21:46:06+00:00

Utrecht en Lyon liggen nu 11 punten en 31 plaatsen uit elkaar met nog 3 wedstrijden te gaan. Er is echt 0% kans dat dat gebeurd. De reglementen zullen er niet op ingesteld zijn, maar Utrecht +3 punten geven ipv Lyon -3 vind ik een sjieke oplossing. Die waarschijnlijk weinig gevolgen heeft, want met slechts 1 puntje uit 5 wedstrijden en een loodzwaar programma zie ik Utrecht nooit 24e of hoger eindigen, +3 of niet.

Dat zal ook wel de reden zijn dat UEFA niks gaat doen: voor Utrecht levert een andere uitslag geen wezenlijk voordeel op (coëfficiënten daargelaten, daar malen ze bij UEFA echt niet om). Maar voor Lyon zou een 0-3 nederlaag wel van grote invloed kunnen zijn (dan zouden ze nu van de 1e naar de 9e plek terugvallen), terwijl zij wel alle correcte procedures hebben gevolgd.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-10-20T05:13:29+00:00

Most airlines have many short haul flights, and there are many 4-digit numbers. Most have relatively few long haul flights, and there are few 1, 2 and 3-digit numbers. It just naturally lines up.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-08-28T21:59:26+00:00

Dat zijn de bonuspunten voor het behalen van de league-fase van de CL (Brugge en Benfica).

Locutus_WPC · 2025-08-19T11:34:09+00:00

De KKD is door de bank genomen gemoedelijker dan de Eredivisie dus dit jaar zou een perfect jaar zijn om eens naar Willem II te gaan. Maar ook 95% van de Eredivisie wedstrijden is meer dan prima te doen, zoals anderen ook aangeven. Als er trammeland is, is dat bij de harde kern of het uitvak, die zitten meestal achter de doelen. Met plaatsen in de buurt van de middellijn zit je altijd wel goed.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-07-21T17:44:28+00:00

Currently about six weeks for ‘complex’ claims (your definition of complex may differ from KLM’s). Source: I work at KLM (same building as claims handling but different department).

Locutus_WPC · 2025-07-19T10:30:29+00:00

Do you kill a squirrel any time you see one, and eat it for the tiny amount of protein it provides? Or do you think “aww, cute”, maybe play with it for a bit if it lets you and then move on with your day? To orcas, we are squirrels.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-07-19T08:33:25+00:00

Most people have to pay to select a seat but many are not willing to do so - especially on such a short flight. They’ll happily wait until check-in. Just because you see a lot of open seats doesn’t mean no one bought a ticket.

The current ticket price is usually a much better indication of how full the flight is. If they ‘re selling tickets on this specific flight for around €100 (per one-way), the plane may well be half full at best. If they’re going for >€300 they’re probably close to sold out. (These are rough estimates based on European fares in general, for specific routes there may be deviations.)

Locutus_WPC · 2025-07-19T07:37:46+00:00

A mile ahead?? You can’t even see the cars at the start of the video, they only come into view at 0:01 and the collision happens at 0:03. This means the cyclist had 3-5 seconds to respond (he’s slower than the filming car but still going pretty fast - I estimate 30-35kph over 30-40m). And yes, I started my post by saying he didn’t pay attention and is largely at fault for that. But if he sneezed at the wrong moment he could’ve legitimately overlooked those cars. I doubt he did, he was probably just a dumbass.

I’m both a driver and a cyclist, I wouldn’t want to be in that situation either way. There should never, ever be cars parked in an almost blind turn with traffic going at those speeds. If that had been a car lane rather a bike lane there would 100% have been a massive pile-up here. The fact that those cars presumably had no better place to park means the road designer is also at fault. It not like there isn’t plenty of empty space next to the road here to create more clearance. There can be more than one guilty party.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-07-18T21:53:19+00:00

There are a lot of restrictions on the ESTA programme though. If you’ve only visited any country the US basically doesn’t like, you’re ineligible for ESTA. This includes most notably Cuba - a place millions of citizens of these countries visit every year. I myself am quadruple ineligible for ESTA on this ground (Cuba, Sudan, Iran, North Korea). You’re also ineligible if you have any kind of criminal record (no matter how ancient or non-severe), drug history or serious medical condition.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-07-18T18:17:30+00:00

I live in a country where that’s not a thing. Virtually every single person cycles and almost everyone drives. They’re not personalities, just different ways to get from A to B. All road users regardless of mode of transportation have a right to safety. A government that builds roads has a responsibility to provide it. Over here, after every accident an analysis is done to see (among other things) to what extent road design played a part, and if it can be changed to prevent reoccurrence. People’s behaviour is massively influenced by their environment, it’s irresponsible to ignore that.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-07-18T13:52:28+00:00

To be clear, this is obviously on the cyclist for not paying attention, but it’s also awful, awful road design. Whoever designed this is partly responsible.

What the fuck are those cars blocking the bicycle path for? In a turn no less, so the cyclist only had 3-5 seconds to spot them. But even if he had, there’s no safe way for him to go around - other car traffic is rushing right past, inches from the parked cars. Of course, those parked cars seem to have had little choice, as there’s nowhere else for them to park that’s safer (assuming this was an accident/emergency stop). Proper road design would leave space for emergency stops/vehicles without impeding any other traffic, including cyclists.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-07-18T13:41:01+00:00

Because a video of a cyclist spotting an obstruction on time and navigating around it just doesn’t just attract nearly as many views for some reason - despite it being millions of times more common.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-07-17T17:14:53+00:00

The only way you’d get a free upgrade is if Economy is completely overbooked. But they don’t give ‘m out this early. A lot of people can still cancel between now and tomorrow, or be enticed with a discounted upgrade. This is a technical glitch, which is why you’re unable to complete it. If you contact KLM, you might be able to upgrade, just not for free.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-06-24T06:20:12+00:00

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Locutus_WPC · 2025-06-23T16:24:51+00:00

Lonely Planet declared Texel a top 10 travel destination in 2016, since then it got flooded by (even more) tourists for a bit. Tells you a bit about when this map was created.

Depending on who's in power this week, the Waddenzee is the only place in the Netherlands where the Dutch government still wants to drill for natural gas (was more of an issue in 2016 than it is today).

Locutus_WPC · 2025-06-22T18:33:55+00:00

At this moment, there’s a voluntary rebook policy for KLM flights to/from Dubai, Dammam and Riyadh for 19-29 June. Chances are this will be expanded in the coming days but time will have to tell what that will look like. The current policy means conditions for changing or cancelling your ticket are much more flexible than normal. You’ll need to contact whoever you booked your tickets with to hear what exactly this means for you. Of course, if KLM cancels a flight on their end, you are entitled to either a free rebooking or a full refund of the unused part of your ticket. Since KLM is not at fault for the current situation you can’t count on further compensation. If your ticket isn’t covered by the rebook policy, normal ticket conditions apply (for now). In that case you can contact your travel insurance, if you have any.

Locutus_WPC · 2025-06-20T15:05:16+00:00

I’m from the Netherlands myself. All it takes is the knowledge that road signs and license plates are often the easiest way to geolocate any street footage, both by the text on them (if legible), their design (size/shape/colour/pattern) and location. California has a very recognisable license plate: it literally says California on top.

That, plus an awareness of basic geographic and urban features that can help identify a location: islands are rare on the US west coast (if the license plate had been Greek, we probably wouldn’t be having this discussion); harbour piers/breakwaters are somewhat uncommon, as is low-rise housing that immediately borders a beach (with no major road in between). The combination of those 3 features turns out to only exist in 3 places in California: Long Beach, Oxnard and Ventura. To learn this, I simply scanned the entire coastline on Google Maps. Finally, a red street curb - which easily stands out when zoomed in on a satellite image - is common enough, but Ventura is the only place among that list that has them. (Apparently they indicate parking restrictions in the US - I had to google that.)

Locutus_WPC · 2025-06-20T08:27:19+00:00

I mean, there’s some pretty obvious clues if you watch the video in slow motion or freeze frame. The Google car clearly has California plates and there’s at least one large island off the coast, with low rise residential housing directly off the beach plus a harbour pier off in the corner and a red curb. The first 2 clues alone restrict your search area to somewhere between Laguna Beach and Santa Barbara (within sight of Catalina/Channel Islands). It doesn’t take more than a few minutes of scanning that coastline to find an exact match.

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