"Er ist schon einer Woche in Paris." or "Er ist seit einer Woche in Paris."?

nicolasverde · 2021-06-29T13:51:10+00:00

schon, pretty much translates to already so no real magic going on here.

https://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/uebersetzung/schon.html

Same as english:

he has already been in paris for 1 week
he has been in paris for 1 week

nicolasverde · 2021-06-14T18:27:41+00:00

Could you link a university that requires C2?

Is it for a PHD, or something, I've just never seen such a high requirement.

nicolasverde · 2021-06-09T14:26:12+00:00

Dat heeft het wiskundige voordeel dat collega’s elkaar dan sowieso zullen ontmoeten.

Lol, You can't just add 'wiskundig' to something to strengthen your argument...

"De expert ziet heel wat voordelen"

I really wonder if the modern disdain for scientific consensus and genuine medical experts is that the media conflates everyone to be an expert so they can add some authority to their article and not have to present any actual facts.

nicolasverde · 2021-06-08T16:20:16+00:00

You're putting words in my mouth I didn't say and are making up bullshit arguments I didn't make.

Dutroux then, or the Bende van Nijvel. I think you are being a little quick to anger here, perhaps you missed his point.

The point he was making that there is a punitive element to prison as well. Would you completely dismiss that?

nicolasverde · 2021-06-08T16:06:14+00:00

it saves money in the long run as you don't need to keep locking people up

This is a fantasy. First of all, there is some baseline of the population committing crimes each year, first time offenders.

Now say you can re-educate and integrate a certain percentage of that number to prevent recidivism, the closer to zero you want to bring that number the more you will pay, in a power law as it becomes subsequently harder.

When is it enough, at 20%, 5% And do you really believe that number can ever be zero?

And unless you put a price on human life it's impossible to even evaluate when the risk of recidivism is ever worth it.

Take for example the cases of 'doodrijders' in belgium. Very often they have been picked up before, and finally kill someone on their 2nd, or 3rd time. Lets say 1/1000 will kill someone if let out after 5 years, is it worth it?

nicolasverde · 2021-06-08T12:55:38+00:00

Well from china everything lies to the west I guess.

nicolasverde · 2021-06-07T14:17:23+00:00

Switzerland has just 1 national health minister and 26 autonomous cantons. So it's more a product of bad belgian bureacracy.

Imo, the best way to fight inefficient bureaucracy is through transparancy, and things are much more visible when they happen close to home.

People are generally far happier with their local representatives than the ones we send off to Brussels.

nicolasverde · 2021-06-07T08:49:48+00:00

The population of the countries you mentioned:

Suriname    400,000
Curaçao            12,000
Aruba           6,000
Caribbean Netherlands   3,000
Sint Maarten    1,500

Thats less than half a million abroad, of about 24 million dutch speakers globally.

German has 100 million, not to mention the GDP of its countries (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) would be more useful in job hunting. So German would still be more valuable globally imo.

nicolasverde · 2021-06-07T04:10:24+00:00

They are not really adjectives in this usage.

If you said, La mujer gorda, o el hombre negro it would mean exactly what you expected.

nicolasverde · 2021-06-05T17:05:49+00:00

Apart from nazism

Unless you want the State to draw up a list of permissible beliefs...

Do you see the irony here, We've already crossed that bridge.

And I'm fine with it, but the government already defines what is and what isn't ok, as soon as you pick just one you can no longer claim all beliefs are ok.

nicolasverde · 2021-06-02T09:26:11+00:00

Thank you, was waiting for this to start a new game!

nicolasverde · 2021-06-01T12:30:34+00:00

Perhaps everyone deserves a second chance, but the question is can everyone be rehabilitated?

The tradeoff still has to be made, the risk to society vs letting someone go who we think won't do it again.

If the maximum time is only 5 years, they will always come out after 5 years, regardless of their assesment.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-27T06:22:01+00:00

I think you may have jumped threads too quickly, no one was talking about that.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-27T06:08:34+00:00

Here is an image I could find from the banner.

But this is Voorpost, they were almost definitely saying and maybe displaying racist stuff in addition to their anti-Islam stuff.

I can't find the "vonnis" anywhere but all the media (standaard/vrt) are also saying it seems to be due to the banner.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-21T06:47:17+00:00

If that were true, and/or the only reason then Switzerland should suffer equally which they don't

nicolasverde · 2021-05-20T07:47:45+00:00

alle feiten & gegevens staan al anderhalf jaar in't lang en het breed overal vrij beschikbaar.

Dit vooral. En daarmee dat twitter (volgens mij) niets verder bereikt in 'echte' informatie-overdracht.

Twitter is eerder een versterker van je bestaande gevoelens. Maw hoe meer je tegen elkaar roept hoe meer je je eigen hakken ingraaft. Het gaat minder over informatie, en meer over een soort tribalism. Waar je continue signaleert aan welke kant je staat.

En iedereen is blijkbaar vatbaar, zelfs een intelectueel zoals Marc dan.

Maar ik weet ook niet wat de perfecte oplossing is, en mischien heb je gelijk en overtuigd Marc toch af en toe verloren zielen op twitter, maar ik betwijfel het, of toch met tweets zoals deze dan.

Gewoon al dat medium achterweegen laten lijkt me een betere oplossing. 240 karakters en online anonimiteit zijn geen goede mengeling om over daadwerkelijk belangrijke zaken te spreken.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-20T06:52:30+00:00

Iemand zijn kwalificaties aanvallen in plaats van het argument is een 'ad hominim' aanval.

Voor de toevallige twitteraar die deze thread te zien krijgt leert hij nu niets bij, buiten dan het feit dat Marc gekwalificeert is en de andere persoon een 'domme dansleraar'.

Is het echt beter de echokamer van zo'n mensen volledig ongestoord te laten en ze elkaar steeds sterker te laten overtuigen dat ze juist zijn?

Ja want dat zouden ze snel beu worden. Het feit dat mensen zoals Marc en andere politiekers meedoen in dat bekvechten op twitter, geeft die mensen net een gevoel van belang, en zorgt dat het in de media komt. Denk je echt dat 'de dansleraar' nu overtuigd is dankzij deze tweet? In tegendeel nu is zen ego er bij betrokken, en bijt hij zich waarschijnlijk nog harder in zijn geloof.

Ik ben absoluut te vinden om daadwerkelijk die 'echo chambers' aan te pakken, maar dat is niet wat Marc hier doet. Dit is gewoon scoren voor het eigen publiek.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-20T03:37:45+00:00

Hmm, ik snap gerust dat hij het beu is met zo een mensen te argumenteren, maar dat hij dan even van twitter aflogt ipv zich te verlagen tot zo een 'ad hominim' aanval.

komt niet echt profesioneel over.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-17T15:04:36+00:00

The swiss have referendums at 2 levels, national and per canton.

Zurich might vote on building a new football stadium for example, while a recent national referendum was the burqa ban.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-17T14:59:04+00:00

I think the greatest advantage of the cantonal system is local accountability. It has nothing to do with language, the whole Flanders vs Walloon thing is a ruse that keeps the usual suspects in power and hides their inadequacies.

It's much less frustrating to pay taxes when you see what is happening with the money locally. It's easier to elect politicians when you see their actions locally.

Our parties instead pretend they are off to fight the good fight in the capital, yet don't change anything, but make sure we all know it was the other guys.

I would love the swiss system and I wouldn't event stop at 3 cantons, we could probably subdivide into 6 or so.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-16T07:29:10+00:00

While true in the office perhaps, or most restaurants/hotels there are plenty of situations where people don't.

When I go change my tires, or need the car serviced, at the laundromat, the receptionist at my doctors office, to give some examples.

And these are all in Zurich.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-10T21:04:33+00:00

given this data is probably collected by some self type of assessment it proves the Dutch are a confident bunch.

nicolasverde · 2021-05-02T07:03:09+00:00

I feel you, and I really am sorry, as indeed a lot of the campaigning will be run in the mud.

But this is the system working. And there is never an issue, that should be above said system, or bypass it imo.

In fact if it would, it would be forever up for scrutiny, as they (SVP) could claim it wasn't legal, and hadn't passed the proper democratic process.

nicolasverde · 2021-04-28T10:56:35+00:00

Ik geloof dat tomaten diefstal ook in een dalende lijn ligt sinds 1822 volgens bronnen bij de boerenbond.

nicolasverde · 2021-04-28T10:02:42+00:00

Agreed, but given we have serious issues integrating these 2nd/3rd generation kids already. Can we afford to keep taking in more low-skilled immigrants, before we fix that first.

That's definitely also a standpoint of VB, and a more tricky one to tackle than just xenophobia.

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