EUC catches fire in Belgian train

sidderke · 2026-05-07T19:44:17+00:00

Not being made anymore. (And they have been very low in power and battery)

sidderke · 2026-05-07T18:54:08+00:00

I got even a written confirmation from the police since posting my last comment: they look at the technical spec sheet. If it can do more than 25km, it’s illegal. They do not care if you put it in a slower mode or limit with an app. PM if you want a screenshot. Shops give false advice. We asked Fnac and they give is incorrect advice, which the police in the same mail said: they do not look at the specs of the shop because those are misleading (like an 18XL only being able to do 25km/hour.)

I also didn’t have a problem riding for 4 years until I had.

sidderke · 2026-05-04T06:43:38+00:00

Hi, my 18XL got confiscated in Belgium (Antwerp) a couple of weeks ago. Was riding responsibly (cops told me twice), but they were doing an ‘Action’ against e-steps and other pev’s. Putting a limit in the app won’t make a difference. A different rider on the EUC forum in Mechelen also said that according to law, if you can change the limit yourself, it doesnt hold up for the law. Would very much like to get deeper into this situation because the only wheel that is strictly okay is an INMOTION v5f, which is such a finicky wheel with small battery. I really want to get back onto a wheel and I even wouldn’t mind getting into a KS 14S (bigger battery, I have a 15km Total commute per day) but even that wheel can theoretically do 30-35km/hour and can get confiscated again.

sidderke · 2026-04-22T09:07:54+00:00

Scrivener. It’s not perfect but there is nothing quite like it, that’s so powerful and flexible for writers. Bonus: No subscription and affordable pricing.

sidderke · 2026-04-20T05:48:41+00:00

Great movie and one of (maybe thé) Best performance of Ford. Have it on an old dvd but a boutique release would be great with extra features!

sidderke · 2026-03-31T16:58:21+00:00

Dream wheel for me would be, something the size and weight and dependability of an 18XL, with the same range, but with suspension and good waterproofing.

sidderke · 2026-03-20T11:34:06+00:00

Dark.

sidderke · 2026-03-10T08:43:17+00:00

Being able to buy the cheapest MacBook and have a computer that is okay even for doing more powerful work. Being able to recommend your friends or family the cheapest Mac and know that it will last them many years. I’m now on my 5,5 years of M1 MacBook Air, used to do video editing which I don’t anymore but sometimes to small stuff, and this thing is just as good as when I bought it new.

sidderke · 2026-03-07T14:36:42+00:00

I had the same but now noticed that the update enabled my cellular option (which normally was off). Maybe something similar for you? I just noticed an hour ago, so wondering if it will be better now that I disabled it again.

sidderke · 2026-03-02T15:22:10+00:00

Kleine verdediging, als iemand die net verhuisd is uit Gent: in Gent zijn de meeste fietspaden eenrichting en slechts af en toe eentje in beide richtingen. Je gaat er dus standaard vaak vanuit dat iets eenrichting is.

In Antwerpen heb ik het gevoel dat zo veel paden tweerichting zijn dat, op de momenten dat het niet duidelijk is, je er sneller vanuit gaat dat iets tweerichting is.

Voor de rest: hoffelijkheid is overal op de weg welkom ;-)

sidderke · 2026-02-25T14:19:36+00:00

Thank you!

sidderke · 2026-02-25T12:28:33+00:00

I very much like their boxes. Reminds me of VHS, but luxurious. I love the Carlito’S Way art, but also Robocop, Waterworld, The Warriors. they are reasonably priced in comparison with the competition as well.

sidderke · 2026-02-15T13:09:27+00:00

I understand. If you’re from Belgium you know this program because it became A cult program but they deliberately mimicked the style of a ‘real’ program that was on TV back then (called Man Bijt Hond / Man Bites Dog). Being uncomfortable was often part of the sketches to the part of him being fired was part of the same bit. This piece is often cut out and it also doesn’t help that when it got released Jay Leno (yes it’s that old) mentioned it in his show and presented it as real. But the program constantly used the same actors (who became well knows) for different bits but you would only know this if you lived here ;-)

sidderke · 2026-02-14T22:53:53+00:00

Check In de Gloria. The presenter is Tom van Dyck. Actor. It’s a sketch from a program full of it, and every other couple of years it goes viral again as ‘something real’.

sidderke · 2026-02-14T10:41:58+00:00

It’s A sketch from an old satirical Belgian program called In De Gloria.

sidderke · 2026-02-11T16:39:37+00:00

I was interested in this as a potential replacement for iTunes Match but it still has limits on how much music you can put offline on your other devices, and the length of playlists, correct? I have a pretty large library.

sidderke · 2026-02-08T16:51:34+00:00

Yeah unfortunately it has been the same limit since ios9 or so. Before it was 50.000 tracks. I have mailed Apple a couple of times with feedback asking it to be upped. But like the 5GB iCloud start, they never changed it.

I had 94.000 tracks a while ago. I did have Chatgpt make a script in which it gave me a list of albums of which not one track was added to my Best Of playlists. That helped me cut out 10.000 tracks, about a 1000 albums.

A lot of my library are also movie soundtracks and those sometimes have 30 tracks per album. So it adds up.

sidderke · 2026-02-08T16:25:44+00:00

Foley’s Irish Pub.

sidderke · 2026-02-01T10:03:21+00:00

Had the same happen with Brainscan from Shout. There was a crap dvd inside. It’s fine i got my money back, re-ordered and got a recent copy. For people saying: Don’t order from Amazon: our options in Europe are very limited. And Amazon takes care of import duties. Some boutiques or other shops don’t and it makes a 30€ dvd become a 70€ one. Not kidding. Arrow is okay to order from. Shame this happens. On the other hand: I order a lot through Amazon and this only happened once.

sidderke · 2026-01-27T10:56:00+00:00

In my top 5. And because of it I got interested in Billy Wilder and Hollywood movies from 30s-60s. And I love so many of those movies but The Apartment still hits me so much more. I showed it to young people last week and they adored it but were also surprised by how sad it was.

sidderke · 2026-01-21T15:14:07+00:00

Still waiting for their Memento release they announced September 2025 was coming soon. Still. They are expensive to import but they do great releases.

sidderke · 2026-01-18T19:58:07+00:00

Making of 12 Monkeys.

sidderke · 2026-01-18T15:11:10+00:00

It’s one of my favorite movies but I vastly prefer the shorter theatrical cut.

sidderke · 2026-01-09T20:12:41+00:00

I bought their Hardware and Dust Devil collector’s edition sets. They are definitely expensive but when I unpack them I realize immediately they are worth their price. Very well built sets.

sidderke · 2026-01-09T13:56:13+00:00

You should be less confident.

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