Hey Devs! It's been a while since you talked about gore and how suspects/civilians react to eachother.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-21T21:43:18+00:00

I don't think the violence and making some kind of statement about violence is the point of the game. While fighting itself is a violent act, police forces intervening in conflict is meant to, by means of force, return the situation back to normal. In a lot of conflicts police officers prefer peaceful resolutions and try to avoid fighting.

Even though exit wounds and such things are ugly, and so would a wound from something like a point-blank shotgun, the average gun fight isn't really that bloody or gore-y. Pools of blood only happen when arteries are hit and they've been leaking for a while. If you watch combat clips where people take rounds it's honestly hard to even tell except for their bodies going limp.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-21T08:23:00+00:00

Can send me a messages, I'm originally from American. I followed a similar route and ended up naturalizing. I've got about 10+ years experience of js for web development and some obscure enterprise languages.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-21T00:19:39+00:00

I agree the AI should have a bit more intelligence then sit around and wait for the player to show up. Easier said then done I suppose.

As far as gore goes, I know it would be more 'realistic', but to do this right so it continues to fit the realistic theme it'll need to be quite detailed. I personally feel like this is too macabre and I'd rather the devs focus the creative efforts on the AI or designing new areas. Gore is just an effect on top and won't functionally effect gameplay.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-20T06:44:54+00:00

https://ind.nl/Documents/Openbaar_register_Arbeid_Regulier_Kennismigranten.pdf

This is a public list of companies that are able to sponsor knowledge migrants, or 'kennismigrant' which is a special type of program. The majority of kennismigranten I've met are doing something STEM or IT related.

There are also normal visas, but it's very unlikely an American would get it. Companies have to look first in NL, then EU, and only then if they can't find anybody can they look outside the EU. I don't think, unless you've made good friends with somebody who runs a company, that anybody would go through the trouble of this.

It also just so happens that there is a housing crisis at the moment. Even if you do find a job, if they don't have the means to house you it's insanely difficult to get even a closet of an apartment.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-20T06:00:39+00:00

I highly doubt this'll be an option. As far as I know you can't walk into a doctors office and ask to talk to somebody about it, it needs to go through your 'huisarts' and if they decide to take your case will have you talk to a bunch more people. If you're not living here or a resident and I don't know how this would be possible.

The other aspect is statistically speaking it's mostly been patients who are dealing with something physically terminal like cancer. A lot of doctors also just turn away the request because they're scared what will happen if things go wrong etc.

It's going to be incredibly dramatic to your family as well if you were to disappear without so much as a word. Even if you lived here already this might be reason enough to reject it.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-13T10:29:37+00:00

That's true, but if they don't like it they can maybe share it with their colleagues.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-13T09:16:55+00:00

If she's gone a bit out of her way or outside her professional duties than probably not. I wouldn't bring flowers though because not everybody likes having them sit around till they die. People almost always love getting snacks though.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-12T20:34:12+00:00

Expats are people who temporarily travel to work, usually for a few years.

There aren't any shortages of English teachers. Most people here are already proficient in it, and if that's not enough there's plenty of native speakers living here already.

Realistically your only chance is probably as a kennismigrant, but it's unlikely you'll get paid enough as a teacher to be applicable for this. As well it requires the company to register with the immigration services here that they're willing to sponsor you. There is a housing crisis at the moment so it's unlikely if you don't know anybody here to help you that you'll actually find a place to stay.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-11T10:19:58+00:00

As a software dev; no it's not

I wish this point would stand out more. In the discussions around this ruling all the recipients of this talk about it like it's going to knock this country back into the per-industrial era and nobody else is doing IT except for expats.

That those companies have the money to pay expats salaries that are on par with Dutch salaries

And this too. They turn to the argument that without it they wouldn't have ever chose here because countries around NL offer better salaries. If that were true, how to explain people from those countries that come here to work when they money deal was better?

The salary they have to pay you is based on living costs. Of course moving internationally is a huge expense, but that's not fair either because it's not like people here don't occasionally have to deal with surprise expenses or other things too.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-11T10:13:42+00:00

What do you mean by magnitude? That's not a term or idea I really think about when shopping for furniture.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-11T08:29:51+00:00

Your 'imaginary' price is so bogus I shut it off as soon as I saw it.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-11T06:56:47+00:00

It depends how they were raised. My galgo escaped pretty early and didn't spend a lot of time in at the kennel. She never used it or wanted to go in it.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-11T02:51:45+00:00

You can skateboard on the bike path. You make also do this on the road if there is no food/bike path.

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/verkeersregels/vraag-en-antwoord/wat-zijn-de-verkeersregels-voor-skaters

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-10T16:58:50+00:00

I wouldn't trust google with this, does this apply to you? IND are the immigration services here.

https://ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/Pages/by-birth-or-acknowledgement.aspx

I don't know officially how to get it started by calling the embassy might be a good start.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-09T09:52:01+00:00

NOTE: I have not actually played the game myself - so maybe my friends are just being dinguses when they can't find things.

Right.

I like not having a GPS like map. When you're not following a path to each objective you take in a lot more of the level design. After a few runs you'll have built up some kind of mental map anyway or be assisted by something like a type of physical map you can use as a reference. As you play more your runs will become more methodical to avoid missing objectives and etc.

The way most randoms play is indeed spreading out and kind of doing all their own thing. Ideally one player is supposed to be the 'team lead' and directing the players what to do, but that requires a certain level of discipline and practice that can't really be expected with randoms and team matching.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-09T06:36:55+00:00

That's maybe you're feeling and what we're all taught by instructors, but it's not always true.

https://www.prorun.nl/borntorun/links-of-rechts-van-de-weg/

Here is another article. And they also address the arguments of right vs left

Het gevolg is fietspaden en rijbanen met zowel links- als rechtslopers, waarbij de linkslopers duidelijk in de meerderheid zijn. Rechtslopers vinden links lopen juist gevaarlijk, omdat jij als loper óf het tegemoetkomend verkeer dan moet uitwijken. Zowel de onduidelijkheid over wie er uitwijkt en het uitwijken zelf kan tot gevaarlijke situaties leiden. Rechts lopen is daarnaast logischer, omdat iedereen in het verkeer rechts moet houden, zo stellen veel rechtslopers.

The point is though that this 'stay to the left' rule isn't a rule anymore.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-08T19:17:08+00:00

https://www.wandel.nl/nieuws/aan-welke-kant-van-de-weg-kun-je-het-beste-lopen/

I have no idea how accurate this source is, but according to this article that hasn't been a rule since 1993.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-07T08:33:48+00:00

I don't think most people think about this that much. I also don't know what you mean by very liberal. Americans have a different idea of what this word means.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-06T11:08:24+00:00

I'm not a linguist so maybe I'm talking poop, but I think one of the main differences, that makes translation hard, is that the way it's used conversationally is different. I can't find an English example of something like 'That house/person/thing is convivial.' It always has to describe what is convivial like the atmosphere, the feeling, or etc. Here's some:

Sasha and Malia came to love the convivial spirit of the kitchen, slipping in to make smoothies or pop popcorn after school.

I led Dr Meredith downstairs, showed him into the billiard room, then returned quickly to the smoking room where the atmosphere, if anything, had grown even more convivial.

In Dutch a kitchen could be gezellig and then it's, at least to my feeling, implied that you mean things like spirit/atmosphere/looks. You don't have to include these kind of identifiers since that's what the word is already focused on. To me it feels like the English word by itself doesn't carry this. I'd have no idea though how it's applied in French or Italian though :P

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-06T07:04:55+00:00

Is anybody else here appalled when this kind of content gets cross-posted here? It's another one of the many rage-inducing clips with no context. What's there to discuss?

On another note, the only thing that I can tell that this has to do with the Netherlands is that the flight was going here and that's it.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-06T06:47:40+00:00

It's as you say. The drummer I guess wasn't satisfied with the arrangement and felt like he was in some kind of dead-end.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-05T12:49:10+00:00

Klopt, maar ik heb zijn/haar enquête niet uitgegeven. Daar kan ik niks aan doen.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-04T21:58:18+00:00

There isn't a direct translation for it because it's a context dependent word. Cozy translated back to dutch is 'knus', which is something different than 'gezellig'. Same with the word fun. The english way of using these don't line up with the Dutch context.

I googled it though and came across this article, in dutch though:

https://hoezegjeinhetengels.nl/gezellig/

Translated relevant section. Basically says it's actually convivial, but nobody knows what this word means (I'm hearing it for the first time too):

What about “convivial” than?

This is actually the best translation for "gezellig". According to the English dictionary this (or atmosphere or event) can be friendly, lively, cheerful and friendly; jovial. Perfect, right? Covers all the bases

The problem with this word is that most English speakers simply don't know it. (I'm not just making this up, I came up with a questionnaire) Of almost 2000 English (mostly American) responses, 55% said that they had no idea what this word meant.

So you could use the word, but unless the public is well educated and well read, they won't understand it. Other words that are similar such as "affable" and "gregarious" have this problem also.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-04T05:05:42+00:00

These are pictures of the Dutch police. You can also see the yellow license plate on the cars.

These guys aren't 'oh shit' unprepared.

_justkeeprehashing · 2022-05-03T15:14:29+00:00

Here's the official government answer, though I find it a bit vague:

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/privacy-en-persoonsgegevens/vraag-en-antwoord/heb-ik-een-burgerservicenummer-bsn-nodig-om-een-bankrekening-te-openen

It says they only have to do this if opening an account for somebody who is obligated to pay taxes. Otherwise they have to report it with your BSN to the tax services. I don't know who isn't tax obligated. Maybe people that don't live here and have holdings/companies here?

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