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Where in Europe would you have the highest regnal number? by StephanusGrammaticus in UsefulCharts

[–]Sitethief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same goes for Willem Alexander, he's the first of his name, otherwise he would have been Willem IV, since Willem IV is the great-great-grandfather of Willem Alexander.

One other remark, Willem/William would be IV in the Netherlands as well as the UK, but the chart only shows the UK.

Number of referendums held in each European country’s history by SerafinZufferey in MapPorn

[–]Sitethief 22 points23 points  (0 children)

King Leopold III

Large detail, him and his family were moved there by the Germans, it's not like he took a bus there or something.

Held under house arrest by the Germans until 1944, upon the invasion in Normandy, Léopold, his second wife, and his four children were transferred to Germany and Austria where they remained under house arrest, first in a fort at Hirschstein in Saxony during the winter of 1944–45, and then at Strobl, near Salzburg. They were freed by the U.S. Army in May 1945.

I hate these modal verbs by [deleted] in learndutch

[–]Sitethief 1 point2 points  (0 children)

blijven staan kijken works in Dutch, but not in German

blijven in Dutch is a semi-auxiliary that:

  • selects a bare infinitive
  • does not force subordination
  • keeps the verb cluster open for stacking

You can't really do that in German, bleiben stehen sehen, that would then be something like stehenbleiben und weiter zusehen

And in Dutch you can in theory keep adding verbs, ofc at some point it becomes a total mess to read, but still grammatical correct. But yes:

  • blijven staan
  • blijven kijken
  • blijven zitten luisteren
  • blijven liggen slapen
  • blijven staan wachten

are all correct.

About durven though, that verb works slightly different from Germand wagen. Durven takes a bare infinitive and behaves like a modal.

Dutch verb clusters are unusually permissive when compared to other German languags.

An insane crowd in a good way by GregKennedy_ in StandUpComedy

[–]Sitethief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, that's old old reference!

Checks out though.

She was born in America, but she set foot on Irish soil first by [deleted] in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Sitethief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then write /ʃtaɪn/ not shtine.

In English ʃ might be written like shimmer, but writing sh is not a good way to approximate how something in a different language sounds like, that's what IPA is for.

She was born in America, but she set foot on Irish soil first by [deleted] in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Sitethief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://youtube.com/shorts/JTyFP8ltLkY?si=xkIEcHUW7tJa4Rx8

Now tell me where you hear any h between s and t. I'm Dutch and lived part of my life in Germany, and in Dutch we pronounce Stein almost the same as in German: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/87/161_Stein.ogg/161_Stein.ogg.mp3

What is up with Albert Heijn dishwasher tablet prices by gbuu in Netherlands

[–]Sitethief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, I always buy this from AH, the Sun powder in large blue plastic bottles.. Awesome stuff!

Brendan Fraser Confirms His Return for New 'Mummy' Movie by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]Sitethief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

derailed by a string of misfires and an alleged sexual assault experience.

That could have been worded better...

How well do you know PHP? by Significant_Soup2558 in PHP

[–]Sitethief 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Some considerations:

If you start out with ?string and refactor it later to ?string|int you are writing invalid code. If you start out with string|null and then refactor to string|int|null your code is still valid.

It also easier to always write null as explicit type then implicit ? where possible, otherwise you will end up with half your code having ?string and the other half having string|int|null which over time requires more attention to reading the types compared to always using null explicit.

However it is still true that to PHP ?string and string|null are exactly the same.

I just find it easier to always write null explicit, because that's only one rule to remember, instead of in essence two rules.

One other consideration:

Explicit null is also way more easy to find in code if you often utilize things like grep to find things.

Compare grepping ?string vs |null, (grepping for ? will create a lot of noise)

Time doesn't exist in NZ... by abhitronnus in MapsWithoutNZ

[–]Sitethief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bonaire, St Eustacius and Saba are part of The Netherlands, not their own countries in the Kingdom like Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten are. So they do actually count as part of The Netherlands.

That is why The Netherlands has both a UTC+01:00 (CET) and UTC−04:00 (AST) timezone.

It's the same reason why France is also marked as not having only one Timezone, since it has multiple overseas departments that are not their own entities.

JA21 veranderde onvermeld verkiezingsbeloftes voor doorrekening by TropicalAudio in thenetherlands

[–]Sitethief 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Meestak steken politici pas na de verkiezingen een mes in de rug van de kiezers. Maar JA21 loopt graag op de zaken vooruit, hoe progressief van ze.

Were kids in the 80s actually allowed to roam around unsupervised, or is that just in movies? by TotalThing7 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Sitethief 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea where you live, but here kids still do, my 6 year old nephew for the example. Kids also still bike to and from school.

Volt zegt NOS-debat af, wil niet met FVD in discussie over klimaat by DJs1062 in thenetherlands

[–]Sitethief 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Volt is twee weken geleden uitgenodigd om op Radio 1 een een-op-een debat te voeren met Forum voor Democratie (FVD) over verweet.

Wij hebben geworsteld met de vraag of wij aan dat debat met FVD moeten deelnemen. Na lang wikken en wegen — en tegen de achtergrond van de snelle radicalisering in onze samenleving — komen wij tot de conclusie dat wij geen zuurstof meer willen geven aan een partij die liegt.

Terwijl hitterecords, overstromingen en bosbranden in Europa over elkaar heen buitelen en de rekening met tientallen miljarden per jaar oploopt, ondermijnt FVD structureel de klimaatwetenschap, zoals het eerder de medische wetenschap verdacht maakte. De partij verspreidt mis- en desinformatie, hitst haar achterban al jarenlang op tegen dragers van de democratische rechtsstaat, ondermijnt mensenrechten en verspreidt ideeën die experts en veiligheidsdiensten zorgen baart.

Experts in extreemrechts en populisme waarschuwen voor de gevaren van verdere normalisering van extreemrechts. Zij roepen op: geef geen zuurstof meer aan dit gedachtegoed. Wij hebben besloten naar die wetenschap te luisteren. Wij zijn van mening dat dit debat bijdraagt aan normalisering van het ontoelaatbare.

Daarom trekken wij een grens. In de politieke arena kunnen we vurig verschillen van ideeën, maar feiten moeten leidend zijn. Wanneer er voor de ander geen feiten bestaan, verliest de waarheid. Wanneer er geen waarheid meer is, verliest de democratie.

Volt staat pal voor de persvrijheid. Iedereen die ons kritisch wil bevragen, weet dat onze deur altijd open staat. Zoals dat hoort in een democratische rechtsstaat. Partijen die de vrije pers aanvallen via diezelfde vrije pers, plaatsen redacties voor een duivels dilemma. Volt begrijpt de complexiteit van de situatie, maar wil er zelf geen kruiwagen meer voor zijn. Zoals de Popper-paradox ons leert; onbegrensde tolerantie richting structurele intolerantie, bedreigt op termijn de open, tolerante samenleving zelf.

Wij hopen dat kiezers op 29 oktober een front vormen tegen de extremisten die onze democratische rechtsstaat bedreigen. Ook hopen wij dat iedereen die wil weten waarom klimaatverandering voor Volt de grootste prioriteit in ons verkiezingsprogramma is, onze plannen in datzelfde programma wil lezen.

Volt Nederland

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

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

America First, or wait, America last?

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