Vincent

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[–] Vincent@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The test to see whether you agree with an argument like this, is imagining people protesting something you are vehemently in favour of. If you'd still agree with it then, then the logic holds.

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I mean, that's the thing with marijuana legislation in the Netherlands in general - it's not legal in the first place. It would, of course, be preferable if it was actually legal (and this might very well be a step on the road to get there), but yes, in practical terms, there's not too much impact - whereas this plan addresses an actual problem, i.e. criminality involved with the drug supply of coffee shops.

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 39 points 10 months ago

They actually did:

The Voyager team sent commands over the weekend for the spacecraft to restart the flight data system, but no usable data has come back yet, according to NASA.

Unfortunately, that didn't help. So now they'll have to find out what's causing this, and then see if they can fix it.

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Home-grown was already possible. What do you see as the problem with this plan?

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

...but Austria is in the EU though?

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

How can a platform - in general, not just meta - provide a “free” service, without monetizing it with targeted advertising?

One option would be contextual advertising, rather than advertising based on tracking the user.

(Contextual, as in: if you're looking at a Formula 1 community, you might be interested in car-related products.)

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

So you're saying: don't release the GTK 3 port until colour spaces are also complete? Why not give people what's ready, and then when colour spaces are ready, cut another release? No need to make people wait who don't need colour spaces.

(Additionally, it's easier to verify that bugs reported before the release of colour spaces are more likely to be related to the GTK3 port.)

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

It doesn't matter if they do, as long as voters believe they do.

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Almost nobody thinks this win is the result of fringe extreme elements within Islam. It has more to do with lack of housing, inflation, etc.

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Haha yeah fair enough, he got a majority of electors (I think that's the right term?), but not of the popular vote, which is what counts in the Netherlands - another sign of how different the electoral systems are. But yeah, the larger point is that the level of popular support is way lower.

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Reminder: 2021 was not a normal year, due to the pandemic, and emissions have risen again afterwards, IIRC. The trendline is good, but comparing these specific years doesn't paint the clearest picture.

[–] Vincent@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

At least it was wrong about Timmermans 😅

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