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In the Netherlands and Belgium, where I am from, helmets are still very much optional. We have very strong cycling cultures and lots of people are opposed to it. They never used them and have cycled everywhere for decades.

However. There are a lot more helmets riding around than ten years ago. Especially kids wear them a lot. Their parents less so, but their numbers are increasing. Older people are coming around very slowly. They get one when they buy a fast ebike. Not so much for a normal bike.

For myself, I go cycling most weekends and always wear a helmet for that. Purely because it’s an appropriate thing to do. It’s part of the culture. I didn’t wear one for commuting or for getting groceries or going out, while those trips are A LOT more dangerous. So at one point I just realised how weird that was. And that there are no good objective arguments to not always wear a helmet. I’d absolutely hate to see it become mandatory, but I’d love to see more people make a positive choice to wear one.

It’s a great app and it really does help to avoid waste, but… I know a few businesses that went from donating their leftovers to charities for the poor to selling them through TGTG, because that way, they still make some money off of it.

I liked it a lot, more than Tidal (what I have now). But the last few months with Qobuz I had streaming issues, because of something on their end. It was a freak issue though. The catalgue was absolutely wonderful especially if you’re into jazz like me. It allowed you to browse record labels too, which I sorely miss.

I switched because of the streaming issues and because tidal has a connect option, which allows me to send music without compression over wifi to my stereo, natively from tidal (spotify has it too, but lower quality sound)

Qobuz is also French.

This is only useful in the unlikely event that the stolen bike turns up somewhere. Just like engraving, it won’t prevent a single theft. Better to buy an airtag and two decent locks.

I often play a game called Sailwind. Very relaxing, but impressively deep sailing sim. It’s been early access for a couple of years, but the (solo-)dev is active, new features are added all the time. If he would release a paid, cosmetic dlc: I’d buy it in a heartbeat. I think it would be nicer than to “get him a coffee” or sub to his patreon.

What I’m trying to say is: not all early access is bad, not all paid dlc is plain greed. And the combo is not necessarily toxic.

You know that would only lead to more games being published as ‘a finished product’ eventhough they really are not. It would make the problem worse, not better.

I think she is the best minister for the environment we’ve had in decades. But her climate policy is just one blazing middle finger to everyone under 40.

*Sad Belgian noises

I switched to Qobuz from Spotify. Never going back. Better sound quality, good UX, and they pay artists more than 10x what Spotify pays per stream.

Spotify has been promising better audio quality for years and I just don’t think they will deliver.

You can go as cis-conservative as you want with your pronouns in the game. No-one is forcing those conservatives to give in to their innermost desires.

I remember the days when there would have been at least three techno remixes of the airguitar quote by now.

The purchase price is negligible, but the total cost of ownership is staggering.

Weyts got the post at the end of 2019. You can see the problem spiral completely out of control under his lead. Maybe someone in his cabinet should look into how his predecessor curbed the rise of vacancies.

Literally hundreds of thousands of players are proving him/her wrong as we speak.

I think objectively: cycling. We are punching way above our relative weight class in that sport. And sure, it’s a cultural thing, but still. The sport is no longer some niche playground for our country and a few of our neighbours. It’s a very competitive, popular international sport now, and still Belgian riders are a force to be reckoned with.

#notmybelgica