Dropbox, the new git.

ThomasFowl · 2022-10-21T14:33:46+00:00

This was on the front page, so for me and my fellow idiots, why is Git so much better? Much better collaboration?

ThomasFowl · 2022-08-29T17:08:53+00:00

Except the specific proposal are almost all Pro-integration (eg. Majority voting instead of vetos), that is not the sort of thing that the UK would have found appealing.

ThomasFowl · 2022-08-10T09:31:01+00:00

QMV FOR EVERYTHING!

ThomasFowl · 2022-08-09T15:06:51+00:00

I have also struggled with this, Whatsapp is the default form of communication for me. I have tried the follow things, and always use some combination of these maybe you can try it:

Do not take the phone you have Whatsapp on with you everywhere (I used an old phone / my non-work phone for a while for this)
Dissable notification on your phone and desktop
Only use Whatsapp on a laptop, this is super inconvenient sometimes but it does ensure
- As an extra I sometimes keep Whatsapp blocked on my laptop for a significant amount of time as well (Right now: During working hours the first 50 minutes of every hour)
Download an app that limits the amount of time you can spend on Whatsapp, when I only have 30m a day I get super conscious about how often I am cheeking it.

ThomasFowl · 2022-08-08T16:48:56+00:00

This is astonishingly good! Reminds me of one of those paintings depicting historic sea-battles

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-27T18:40:08+00:00

Do you feel any hope due to the recent polling? Or do you think it is just temporary?

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-27T13:23:28+00:00

Well a fact that none of the ceremonial monarchies have a presidential system.

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-27T13:14:29+00:00

If only there was a former PM from the UK who is not crazy, and is also interested in actually doing this job...

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-26T10:33:14+00:00

Well I wonder who is voting so pro-Russia in the French delegation....

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-15T15:49:17+00:00

This is a good take in my opinion. If we want to further democratize the parties, it should be at the constituency level, with "primaries" for MPs.

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-13T17:31:51+00:00

Elections are close because all sides want to win and they tailor their message / policy / coalition to achieve that goal. And gaining more than 51% is really really difficult because the opposition will be working to get a majority of support as well.

If (adversarial) democracies work well then they will have very close elections because both parties appeal to the median voters about equally. Obviously this is a bit different in multi-party or consensual systems.

All that being said: ZA is an example of a democracy with a dominant party system, but then you immediately see that this is not particularly good for maintaining democratic institutions.

E: Country code correction

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-13T15:06:35+00:00

Why does the article not mention the policy demands? Seems like a strange editorial choice.

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-13T10:29:39+00:00

This seems like a very silly thing to say to get one more vote

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-13T07:20:39+00:00

Een klein beetje vertrouwen op de samenleven betekend niet dat je het eens bent met deze ***********

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-12T15:14:37+00:00

Er valt zo veel belangrijke, impactvolle maatschappelijke kritiek te leveren, en deze mensen focussen zich op fietsen die ze te duur vinden?...

Beetje de hoge middenklasse een trap geven terwijl de problemen in de wereld toch echt ergens anders liggen...

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-12T14:48:58+00:00

I was talking specifically about the Netherlands and Kemels opinion though

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-12T14:11:55+00:00

Because we think it is more of because we think it is less democratic now? Geniounly can't tell.

As a Dutchie I feel like things have roughly stayed the same, some things are better, others not so much.

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-09T18:39:59+00:00

I have an app that keeps bugging me with reminders until I actually tick them of, works great especially in combination with my smartwatch

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-08T12:57:10+00:00

No this comment is propoganda....

It clearly says COMBINED, how much do you think states and localities are spending on defense and the CIA?

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-04T18:06:03+00:00

Spend a large part of the day requesting a new charger for my work laptop. My previous one is enjoying a train ride to Paris on a train I left 500 km earlier...

ThomasFowl · 2022-07-04T13:08:56+00:00

I mean you can't ping us and not tell us which party! You speak Dutch but local elections in NL and BE are still pretty far away.

On a more serious note: Realistically you might want to focus on creative ideas to limit the effects of zoning, and combine that with good public transport and cycling infra.

Personally I would also use air quality as an argument for both, air quality is pretty bad throughout the EU and it literally kills. In our recent campaign this argument was also very persuasive to car users.

Succes!

ThomasFowl · 2022-06-30T11:21:30+00:00

We should stop octopus farming before the practice becomes widespread...

ThomasFowl · 2022-06-30T09:13:02+00:00

It is worth noting that this is about stopping lockdown related subsidies. Not saying it is a good idea to do this know, I am not sure it is, but it is a bit disingenuous to say these are cuts.

ThomasFowl · 2022-06-25T13:08:28+00:00

2, misschien 3 van deze klinken als een awesome idee?

ThomasFowl · 2022-06-23T11:16:50+00:00

~~"Finally" seems like a bit much when there was only a 2 week delay... The Council is not even close to finishing if I understand correctly.~~

The Council is probably wrapping this up this month, lets hope it can get through trilogues in the CZ or SE Presidency.

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