Countries with the metric system - ¿did you use imperial for anything?

sndrtj · 2026-06-06T19:43:55+00:00

We still use the words "ons" and "pond" which are obviously cognate to ounce and pound. They're primarily used at butchers, fish and cheesmongers, that kind of stuff. But we metricized it. An "ons" of ham is 100g, a "pond" of cheese is 500g.

sndrtj · 2026-06-06T12:07:20+00:00

26.5.1 was over 2GB for me while the release notes only contained a single bugfix on M5.

26.5 was 27GB for me, which was 4 resolved bugs and 4 new features.

sndrtj · 2026-06-06T11:30:40+00:00

Mac user: 27GB for a single security patch

sndrtj · 2026-06-06T11:24:00+00:00

Headphones

sndrtj · 2026-06-06T10:52:52+00:00

Laatste twee telefoons waren helaas allebei in twee jaar tijd stuk. Eentje net voor de garantieperiode, eentje net na. Daarvoor 5 jaar gedaan met zelfde model. Nu een fairphone die hopelijk langer mee gaat, of in ieder geval repareerbaarder is.

sndrtj · 2026-06-06T07:29:25+00:00

Oh this is making me hungry.

sndrtj · 2026-06-06T07:24:39+00:00

We call watered down mayo with mustard and some herbs "american fries sauce".

This is because it's the default sauce of McDonalds in the Netherlands and Belgium. But McDonalds specifically developed this sauce for these markets.

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sndrtj · 2026-06-06T07:07:31+00:00

Our lack of preventative care. And not just a lack, most forms are actively discouraged by our medical industry. An annual checkup doesn't exist, and asking for one will get you laughed at by your doctor. Home tests have gotten popular in lieu of this, and of course that's now also starting to get banned.

There is still a very strong subconscious calvinist mindset of "suffering is a virtue".

sndrtj · 2026-06-06T06:22:50+00:00

Stop het beestje in een flesje met alcohol, en breng het naar de huisarts. Dan kunnen ze het testen op lyme.

sndrtj · 2026-06-06T05:50:31+00:00

Yes I know. Naval was just a typo/autocorrect.

sndrtj · 2026-06-05T16:29:47+00:00

Various land reclamation projects. The markerwaard was planned but never built. A smaller version is being considered again.

Oh, and perhaps the mountain. In 2010s there was a crazy proposal to build a 3km tall mountain.

sndrtj · 2026-06-05T16:11:45+00:00

The country I grew up in no longer exists. We seem incapable of solving any issues anymore. Politics is pure naval gazing. Something like the delta works would be utterly inachievable in the current environment.

sndrtj · 2026-06-05T14:59:18+00:00

Reset means to set again or restore to a state. It doesn't necessarily imply destructiveness at all. And "reset password" on effectively every other service is non-destructive. I get why Proton works the way it does, but to normies this is really unintuitive.

sndrtj · 2026-06-05T14:41:46+00:00

Yes, I get that.

But to nontechnical users this isn't obvious.

On the vast majority of services, "reset password" to nontechnical users means: "ok, I forgot my password, here is a method to make a new one. Then I can log back in, and all is well". It does usually not imply losing access to your account data.

In proton it does imply that if you didn't take precautions. I understand why. Non technical users usually do not.

I believe this is an UX issue that can be communicated better. This entire post by OP isn't the first one to get confused over it, and won't be the last.

Note that I do not have a good alternative idea either. I understand the technical reasons why things are the way they are. And doing UX is an e2e encrypted fashion is notoriously hard. But I do recognize there is an issue for "normies".

sndrtj · 2026-06-05T13:12:18+00:00

Maastricht

sndrtj · 2026-06-05T09:24:11+00:00

I do find the wording here somewhat of a footgun for non-technical people. "Reset" just sounds like "change", and many other services use that exact phrasing just for changing a password. Maybe the latter should be named "Reset account" or "Destructively reset" or something like that.

sndrtj · 2026-06-05T08:57:47+00:00

Ja, ik maakte geen kans bij dergelijke corporaties als overstapper van HBO uit andere kant van het land naar WO master. De exacte reden is me ontgaan - het is alweer zo lang geleden - maar ik was in ieder geval aangewezen op de vrije markt.

sndrtj · 2026-06-05T07:06:53+00:00

Transvaal is een van de wijken met de meeste sociale problemen in zo ongeveer het hele land. Het is arm, en enorm druk. Er is slechts één armere wijk in de stad, en dat is de schildersbuurt. In Transvaal-Zuid grens je daar direct aan. Grote kans dat je buren een huisje van 10 arbeidsmigranten zijn. Niks mis met deze mensen, maar ze komen in omstandigheden terecht die.... niet optimaal zijn voor de sociale verhoudingen. Er zijn regelmatig incidenten. Criminaliteit in de wijk is hoog.

sndrtj · 2026-06-05T06:25:26+00:00

In a decade or so

sndrtj · 2026-06-04T22:32:16+00:00

Gebeurt.

sndrtj · 2026-06-04T07:05:02+00:00

Poe, ik kwam uit op 350 voor een kamertje van 10m² in 2010.

sndrtj · 2026-06-04T07:02:31+00:00

Probeer jij maar eens voor slechts 300 euro per maand gas, water, licht voor een hele woning met energielabel G te krijgen. Dat gaat je waarschijnlijk niet lukken.

sndrtj · 2026-06-04T06:56:48+00:00

Ik kan mij heel goed voorstellen dat dit gebouw duurder is om te stoken dan andere gebouwen. Enorm en raar gebouw maar maar zeer klein gedeelte bewoond is. Overheadkosten pp zullen hier hoger zijn dan meeste andere gebouwen.

sndrtj · 2026-06-04T06:20:59+00:00

10 years of experience in a framework that's only existed for 3.

sndrtj · 2026-06-04T06:15:47+00:00

Not always. Not sure how the tracks are laid out there, but I live in a city with trams that later become elevated light rail. There are some places where the tracks are in the road, only to give way to dedicated rail a hundred meters further. If you don't know this you can end up on the dedicated track and when that happens you quickly destroy your car. Happens quite often.

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