Add new language files for Flemish and Belgian French
- Author
- Maarten Vangeneugden
- Date
- March 31, 2022, 4:54 p.m.
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- 5e14fbb90306619716dba8d9d334b5c07dc1d86c
- Parent
- 0bfe1ff3aa6267aadd256c78b3c3dba827fcb1b3
- Modified files
- locale/fr-be/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
- locale/nl-be/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
- templates/about/locale/fr-be/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
- templates/about/locale/nl-be/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
locale/fr-be/LC_MESSAGES/django.po ¶
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# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER |
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# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR. |
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"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-11-24 14:00+0100\n" |
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"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" |
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"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n" |
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"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n" |
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msgid "" |
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"Main pages of Maarten's website, a %(years)s year old Belgian programmer. " |
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"Also an undergraduate student of Informatics @ UHasselt, and graduate " |
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"student of Engineering Informatics at Ghent University." |
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msgid "Contact me" |
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msgid "Hasselt University" |
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msgid "Ghent University" |
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msgid "Home page" |
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msgid "Probably chilling a bit. Feel free to talk! ❤" |
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msgid "The province you entered (" |
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msgid ") was a misspelling, or is not a Belgian province. Message discarded." |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "Message sent!" |
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"An error occured while trying to send the message. Please try again later." |
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msgid "The submitted form contained invalid data, and was discarded." |
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msgid "Myself" |
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locale/nl-be/LC_MESSAGES/django.po ¶
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# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER |
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# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package. |
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# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR. |
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"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n" |
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"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n" |
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"Language: \n" |
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"Main pages of Maarten's website, a %(years)s year old Belgian programmer. " |
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"Also an undergraduate student of Informatics @ UHasselt, and graduate " |
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"student of Engineering Informatics at Ghent University." |
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msgid "Contact me" |
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msgid "Hasselt University" |
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msgid "Ghent University" |
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msgid "Home page" |
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msgid "Probably chilling a bit. Feel free to talk! ❤" |
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msgstr "" |
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templates/about/locale/fr-be/LC_MESSAGES/django.po ¶
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# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER |
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# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR. |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:5 |
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msgid "About myself" |
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"A page where I talk about myself, what I\n" |
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"Why hello! Thanks for stopping by! As I mentioned on my\n" |
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" homepage, My name is Maarten. I'm a %(age)s years old student, and I " |
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"dabble in\n" |
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" a lot of things that I enjoy doing.\n" |
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" Some of these things I put on display here, my website, for the world " |
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"to\n" |
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" see!<br />\n" |
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" On this page, I talk a bit about myself, my daily routine, what I " |
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"do, ...\n" |
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" It's not all-encompassing, and I've narrowed it down quite a bit to the " |
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"most\n" |
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" important things. I plan on sharing more through my upcoming blog, but " |
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"until\n" |
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" that's done, I hope this is enough to keep you satisfied.\n" |
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msgid "Interests" |
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msgid "Hacking" |
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"It's mostly hacking/coding. It's kind of my jam. I've\n" |
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" been working and playing with computers since I was a toddler, so " |
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"it\n" |
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" shouldn't come as a surprise that that became a big hobby form me.\n" |
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" I'm doing a lot of other things as well, but they're either not " |
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"really well\n" |
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" enough developed to talk about, or too minor to mention. Of course, " |
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"I'm not\n" |
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" stagnant, so I'll be updating this as soon as it's relevant.\n" |
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msgid "music" |
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"I don't like rap and pop music. I get annoyed by\n" |
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" hearing most of it, so I try to avoid it. Especially recent popular " |
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"songs can\n" |
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" irritate me to no end, almost without exception. Luckily I don't get " |
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"that much\n" |
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" joy out of listening music anyway, so I don't feel like I miss out a " |
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"lot.<br />\n" |
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" I do like popular numbers from the eighties, some Eurodance style " |
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"numbers,\n" |
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" and ambient music. I don't have favourite numbers or anything. I " |
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"just like\n" |
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"I'm blessed with a set of the best friends one can imagine.\n" |
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" They make life just so amazing, and I hope I can also do that for them.\n" |
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" I try to open myself up to others as much as possible (or at least, as " |
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" as I feel comfortable with), hoping that I can share my\n" |
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" happiness with them as well. All in pursuit of making our world a " |
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"I'm an omnivore, and eat everything that I like to eat. I like\n" |
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" a variety of different things, but the things I like most are nicely " |
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" beef, yummy vegetables, and fish. I heavily dislike pureed food, " |
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"beans\n" |
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" and peas, and\n" |
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" desserts that are not simple. I'll seldom turn down things like\n" |
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" hamburgers, pizzas, ...<br />\n" |
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" Spaghettis (and other pastas) are extremely satisfying for me to " |
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" practically\n" |
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" everyone knows how to make it, but almost every time I try someone's " |
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"version,\n" |
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" it's a different taste. I love how many varieties of all the pastas " |
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" This is quite the opposite with fries: Only Belgians seem to know " |
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" fries are served properly. I've seen (and sadly, tasted) the ways " |
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" I enjoy Belgian fries a lot, but I am picky about them. I consider " |
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" makes me feel like a true Belgian.<br />\n" |
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" has to be tasty, not expensive, and shouldn't make me miss meat. If " |
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"\t<li>I don't believe drugs are necessary to have fun. When I'm with " |
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"\tthey may be drinking alcohol, but I enjoy my time just as much with\n" |
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"\t non-alcoholic drinks like sodas.</li>\n" |
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"\t<li>Drugs are unhealthy. Most of them cause damage to organs, and can " |
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"\t<li>For social purposes, it's always easy that I am the person that's\n" |
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"\t<li>Drugs alter the user's perception of, and actions in reality. I don't\n" |
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" That being said, I do see why people enjoy them, and I've read about how\n" |
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" cannabis is sometimes used for medical purposes (which I would do as well\n" |
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" should I need it, since that's not recreational), so I don't oppose to " |
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" using them, nor do I refrain from buying them if I know they will be " |
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" in moderation. I do oppose to usage that inflicts harm to others, or in\n" |
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" (coloquially named UHasselt). However, nowadays I'm rarely there, since " |
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"I'm\n" |
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" now a graduate\n" |
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" student of (Scientific Engineering) Informatics at Ghent University. I " |
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"spent most of my\n" |
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" time in a rented space in Ghent with my friend Jonathan.<br />\n" |
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" When I don't have any lessons to attend, I'm close to the Faculty of\n" |
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" Psychology & Pedagogy. For my\n" |
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" courses I often travel to the Ardoyen campus in Zwijnaarde.\n" |
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"Every week, I use my bicycle to commute between Ghent and the\n" |
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" technology campus of Ghent University, so I cycle approximately 50km per " |
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" <!--I also go swimming for two hours every week in the GUSB swimming\n" |
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" complex. Or... TOCH ALS DE LESSEN EENS EEN KEER ZOUDEN DOORGAAN VOOR ÉÉN " |
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" extremely busy with hugging my 3 dogs. Apart from that (and homework),\n" |
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" my evenings are a mix of several things, like socializing,\n" |
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" coding, writing, hacking my laptop, you get the idea. Also, when I feel " |
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" dabbling in something, I'll make some time for it.\n" |
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" This website is my <i>spot</i> on the internet, so this is basically\n" |
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" where I hang out. Sometimes you might run into me while I'm " |
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" place, or doing spring cleaning in my code repository. Anyway, if you\n" |
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" want to sit down, you can always do so, I love having people around! 😃\n" |
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" maitenance. I try to\n" |
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" extract time where I can, but maintaining a website (and doing it well), " |
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"is\n" |
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" not always the most easy job. Different screen sizes, JS " |
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"(in)compatibility,\n" |
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" enforcing encryption, translating my website (which I do myself), ...\n" |
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" Nevertheless, if I find a free spot somewhere, I might very well be " |
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"updating\n" |
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" my website. It's satisfying work to see my own place grow under my\n" |
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" fingertips, albeit slower than I want it to.<br />\n" |
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" Sometimes, it might seem I've not been doing anything on my website for " |
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"a\n" |
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" while. This might indicate real-life obligations, but might also be\n" |
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" invisible changes to the source code, which are just as important as\n" |
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"I\n" |
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" keep myself informed about political subjects that interest me. A list " |
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"of\n" |
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" some subjects I follow with hightened attention:\n" |
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" <ul>\n" |
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" <li>Law enforcement</li>\n" |
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" <li>Public transport</li>\n" |
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" <li>Climate mayhem</li>\n" |
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" <li>Freedom and privacy</li>\n" |
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" <li>Human rights</li>\n" |
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" <li>Digital agenda</li>\n" |
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" <li>Copyright abuse & reform</li>\n" |
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" <li>Belgian communautarian debate</li>\n" |
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" <li>Governmental & corporate accountability</li>\n" |
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" </ul>\n" |
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" I also hold opinions on many issues, which I believe to be rational " |
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"(but\n" |
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" who doesn't, right?), but I don't feel attached to a political " |
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"orientation, nor do I\n" |
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" change my viewpoint to better align with one. I will say that <em>in\n" |
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" general</em> I tend to lean towards ideas that ecological parties and " |
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"pirate\n" |
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" parties often espouse. But again, my opinions might differ\n" |
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" drastically. Do ask me if you would like to know more, I'm all for\n" |
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" explaining." |
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"Despite my interest in politics, I try not to bring this up\n" |
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" into daily communication when it's not necessary. The reason is " |
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"threefold:\n" |
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" <ul>\n" |
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" <li>In addition to my poor social skills, I am also a very bad " |
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"speaker;\n" |
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" without ample time to prepare, I have a \n" |
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" very hard time voicing my opinion in a convincing manner, even " |
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"on\n" |
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" issues that I (think I) understand very well. I would like to " |
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"inform\n" |
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" people, but if I can't talk in a convincing way, I might do " |
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"more\n" |
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" harm than good, so I try to avoid \"live debating\".</li>\n" |
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" <li>Politics can be a sensitive topic. While I'd love to talk about\n" |
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" sensitive issues with my friends, I don't know if the reverse " |
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"is\n" |
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" true, and I do not want to look annoying to be friends with.\n" |
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" Therefore I try to refrain from bringing up political \n" |
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" discussions myself. However, if one of my friends were to bring " |
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"it\n" |
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" up, I will gladly partake, because I take that as a sign that " |
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"there\n" |
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" is some mutual interest.</li>\n" |
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" <li>I have a website on which I can talk at length and in detail " |
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"about\n" |
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" these things. This also offers an easy \"getaway\" for friends, " |
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"but\n" |
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" also other people; they can decide for themselves whether they " |
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"want\n" |
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" to know about my opinions, without awkward social interactions. " |
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"It\n" |
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" also allows me to directly link to source material, correct\n" |
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" mistakes, and it's an easy reference point for myself.</li>\n" |
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" </ul>\n" |
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" " |
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"It's what I do most, so for those interested, I\n" |
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" figured I'd talk about how I do the things with computers =3" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:302 |
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"I have a reliable computer that I built myself, and a\n" |
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" companion laptop through Hasselt University. Both run\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://archlinux.org\" target=\"_blank\">Arch</a>,\n" |
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" the best\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://GNU.org\" target=\"_blank\">GNU</a>/<a\n" |
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" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel\" target=\"_blank" |
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"\">Linux</a> distro out there.\n" |
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" I do almost all my stuff in\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/\" target=\"_blank\">GNU " |
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"Emacs</a>, like\n" |
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" programming, maintaining my diary, working, system maitenance, and " |
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"sometimes\n" |
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" even browsing. I sometimes also use\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://neovim.io\" target=\"_blank\">NeoVim</a>.\n" |
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" >80%% of my work is text\n" |
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" related, and terminals are just better at that than a fully fledged " |
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"desktop\n" |
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" environment.<br />\n" |
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" Languages I prefer are\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%%28programming_language%%29\" " |
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"target=\"_blank\">C</a>,\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://www.python.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Python</a>,\n" |
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" and (my current favorite)\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://clojure.org\" target=\"_blank\">Clojure</a>.\n" |
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" I'm trying to pick up\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://haskell.org\" target=\"_blank\">Haskell</a>,\n" |
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" which goes as well as you'd expect from a language like that. <br />\n" |
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" I run\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://lineageos.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Lineage OS 14.1</" |
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"a>\n" |
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" on my phone (In laymen terms: It's basically\n" |
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" a cool and slim Android/Linux 7 with less Google interference).<br />\n" |
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" Code repositories are <b>always</b>\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\n" |
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" repos, no exceptions. Depending on\n" |
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" the project size, I use a simple dependency listing, or a recognized " |
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"project\n" |
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" manager like\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://leiningen.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Leiningen</a>\n" |
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" or\n" |
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" <a href=\"http://doc.crates.io/\" target=\"_blank\">Cargo</a>.\n" |
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" " |
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"\n" |
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" My web server runs on\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://nginx.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nginx</a>, and the " |
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"website\n" |
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" itself is built using \n" |
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" <a href=\"https://djangoproject.com\" target=\"_blank\">Django</a>, a " |
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"Python\n" |
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" web framework that's extremely well written.\n" |
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" " |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:349 |
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"\n" |
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" I try to make my website available in multiple languages.\n" |
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" I translate manually into Dutch, French and English.\n" |
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" For other languages,\n" |
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" I'm supported by <a href=\"https://apertium.org\" target=\"_blank" |
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"\">Apertium</a>\n" |
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" since November 2020, which is a free software\n" |
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" machine translator. I refuse to use any\n" |
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" <a\n" |
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" href=\"https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve." |
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"html\"\n" |
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" target=\"_blank\"><abbr title=\"Service as a Software Substitute" |
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"\">SaaSS</abbr></a> by\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://stallman.org/google.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google</" |
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"a>,\n" |
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" which means I won't use Google Translate. Apertium is not as good in " |
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"quality, but that's no\n" |
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" problem for me: I only use it to do the \"bulk translations\", which are " |
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"very\n" |
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" tedious and can take\n" |
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" up weeks of my time, time that I simply don't have. After the " |
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"translations\n" |
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" are made, I go over them manually to fix all the remaining mistakes, and " |
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"add\n" |
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" the\n" |
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" missing details and contextual nuances (if necessary) that machine\n" |
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" translators have a lot of trouble with.\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:371 |
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"I use Esperanto for hyperlinks, because I want my web\n" |
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" pages to be navigated in a language-agnostic way, and in those cases, a\n" |
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" politically neutral, international language is best." |
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msgid "" |
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"I do not have a social media account on any big platform, except for " |
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"Reddit.\n" |
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" That's because Reddit is one of the few platforms that respects its " |
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"users' privacies enough,\n" |
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" and doesn't require me to identify myself.<br />\n" |
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" The other platforms (like Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, ...) all " |
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"vehemently\n" |
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" violate their useds'\n" |
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" privacies in order to get more profits. I will not create an account on " |
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"those.\n" |
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" I also hope others will follow me in this decision, as being on " |
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"platforms like\n" |
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" Facebook compels others to do the same. An easy way to break their power " |
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"is to\n" |
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" refuse being used, and additionally, this makes it easier for others to " |
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"act\n" |
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" similarly." |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:392 |
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msgid "" |
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"I fully condemn the practice of tracking people's (browser)\n" |
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" habits for financial gain without proper consent (and no, clicking " |
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"\"I agree\"\n" |
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" does not imply giving proper consent),\n" |
+ |
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" and I refuse to tolerate it. That's why I often browse using\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://torproject.org\" target=\"_blank\">Tor</a>\n" |
+ |
491 |
" to conceal my identity. You can do so likewise, even for practical " |
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"purposes;\n" |
+ |
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" the network is steadily gaining more speed because of the growing " |
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"amount of\n" |
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" people concerned with their privacy. Some offer Tor nodes that speed " |
+ |
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"the\n" |
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" network up and increase the security. If you really want to, you can " |
+ |
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"also\n" |
+ |
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" help by becoming a <strong>non</strong>-exit node (because exit " |
+ |
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"nodes\n" |
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" may get blocked by some websites, I don't recommend doing that \n" |
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" unless you know what you're doing).\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
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"I normally would not use an adblocker to browse the web. As much as I\n" |
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" resent the use of advertisements, I understand that keeping a website " |
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"up\n" |
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" costs money, and advertising is an easy way to fund that, a practice of " |
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"which traces\n" |
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" can be found back until the Roman empire. Because their existence is " |
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"not\n" |
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" harmful to society either, I see no valid ethical objection to an\n" |
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" advertisement on a website, and I don't want to block them. (I also " |
+ |
517 |
"don't oppose the\n" |
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" use of adblockers by others: I think people have a right to decide " |
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"whether they\n" |
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" want to see ads or not.)<br />\n" |
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" However, I do use\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://noscript.net\" target=\"_blank\">NoScript</a>,\n" |
+ |
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" which is a <em>script blocker</em>. It helps me stay anonymous on the\n" |
+ |
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" internet by blocking (mostly client side) scripts that may reveal my " |
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"identity.\n" |
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" Unfortunately, a lot of websites have started using tracking scripts to\n" |
+ |
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" trace what I see, what I do, what I surf to on the internet, and use " |
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"that\n" |
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" for advertising, profiling, and identifying me, which is ethically " |
+ |
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"wrong.\n" |
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" Because I oppose this practice, I block these scripts,\n" |
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" and that often means that I don't see advertisements\n" |
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" either.<br />\n" |
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" There's a small annoyance to this (but I don't mind that): Some websites " |
+ |
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"require some scripts to\n" |
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" operate at all; therefore I have to manually pick for these websites " |
+ |
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"what\n" |
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" scripts to allow and which to block. The fact that these websites are\n" |
+ |
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" erroneously built (i.e. they can't work without client code scripts)\n" |
+ |
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" is annoying, but I don't really care that much: For some websites, " |
+ |
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"that's worth it.\n" |
+ |
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" For others, I don't bother and I don't read what's on them.<br />\n" |
+ |
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" However, as a practical advantage, blocking so many scripts means my " |
+ |
544 |
"browsing\n" |
+ |
545 |
" is much better (which partly offsets the speed deficit caused by using " |
+ |
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"Tor):\n" |
+ |
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" A lot of websites load within a second for me, whereas with\n" |
+ |
548 |
" unblocked tracking, it takes easily 5-10 seconds before some webpages " |
+ |
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"are\n" |
+ |
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" fully loaded in. Additionally, the page gets sprinkled with ugly bars,\n" |
+ |
551 |
" elements pop in randomly and shift the page layout in grotesque ways,\n" |
+ |
552 |
" (a)social media buttons left and right, and often a popup regarding " |
+ |
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"their\n" |
+ |
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" use of cookies, which blocks what I want to do in the first place. What " |
+ |
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"a\n" |
+ |
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" terrible state of affairs!<br />\n" |
+ |
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" If you think the increase in speed, security, and safety while browsing " |
+ |
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"is\n" |
+ |
559 |
" totally worth clicking \"Allow this script\" every once in a while, then " |
+ |
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"I\n" |
+ |
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" urge you to install NoScript as well, and activate \"Block scripts " |
+ |
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"globally\".\n" |
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" It will make your browsing a lot better in almost every way." |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "Free software" |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:448 |
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"I am a very strong supporter of the free/libre software\n" |
+ |
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" movement and organizations that battle to preserve our computing " |
+ |
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"freedom,\n" |
+ |
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" which I regard as a human right. I go out of my\n" |
+ |
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" way to find replacements for any proprietary software, and have a high\n" |
+ |
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" tolerance for practical ease of use I'm willing to sacrifice.<br />\n" |
+ |
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" Very seldom, I use Windows (often in an emulated environment) for some\n" |
+ |
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" programs that I need to \n" |
+ |
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" run for my university courses, as annoying and terrible I might find " |
+ |
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"that.<br />\n" |
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"\n" |
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" I also voluntarily help people move from using proprietary software to " |
+ |
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"free\n" |
+ |
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" software. I feel responsible for doing so, because I'm an informatician, " |
+ |
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"and\n" |
+ |
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" not many people understand these subjects well.\n" |
+ |
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" If you want to try it (on your own), you can find a lot of GNU/Linux " |
+ |
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"distros on the\n" |
+ |
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" internet that are pretty easy for novice free/libre software users. You " |
+ |
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"can\n" |
+ |
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" also install them alongside an existing operating system, giving you " |
+ |
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"the\n" |
+ |
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" chance to make an easy transition to computing freedom (which I admit, " |
+ |
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"is\n" |
+ |
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" difficult when you're not used to it). For your freedom's sake, I " |
+ |
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"implore\n" |
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" you to give it a shot too." |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:470 |
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"Although I avoid proprietary software, I take a mild\n" |
+ |
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" approach to proprietary video games. This is because games\n" |
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" serve a cultural/entertainment purpose, not a general/functional\n" |
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" purpose. They're a form of art, so to speak. That's a fundamental\n" |
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" difference from other types of software, and that reflects in how I\n" |
+ |
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" experience the (lack of) freedom in games.\n" |
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"\n" |
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" I do draw the line with\n" |
+ |
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" <a href=\"https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-games.html\" target=" |
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"\"_blank\">games that\n" |
+ |
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" are distributed with malware</a>, most often taking the form of\n" |
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" <a\n" |
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" href=\"https://www.defectivebydesign.org/" |
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" that would also make them free cultural works.\n" |
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" Proprietary games can get\n" |
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" world. They come in all sizes and types, but they're collectively named " |
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" being an activist; most likely you're studying, or working a career, " |
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"taking\n" |
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" care of friends and/or family. You don't have time for activism. At " |
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"best,\n" |
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" you might donate to a cause you believe in, or buy a sticker. Maybe " |
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" just because it's a small tax writeoff." |
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"And you know what? <strong>That's perfectly fine.</strong>\n" |
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" This page is not to tell you about how you're not doing <em>enough</" |
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"em>\n" |
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" or why it would matter more than what you're currently doing. There " |
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"are\n" |
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" enough other people that profess that already, and I personally " |
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"don't\n" |
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" think it helps activism a lot. Besides, lots of people already do " |
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"things\n" |
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" because they assume it helps. Look at recycling, blood donations, " |
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"organ\n" |
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" transplants (especially altruistic donations), child adoption, and " |
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"so on.\n" |
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" I know it's not often regarded as activism, but I do want to look at " |
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" in different ways than the stereotypical spreading of pamphlets and\n" |
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" asking for signatures on market squares." |
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"That's why I made this page for activism: I think a lot of\n" |
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" people really want to make a change, but don't see it as viable for " |
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"their\n" |
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" life. Or they're not sure what to do. Here, I present a list of " |
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"causes\n" |
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" and activities I believe can make the world a better place for " |
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"everyone.\n" |
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" It's also important to remember that nobody can do everything, " |
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"plenty of\n" |
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" valid reasons why that's the case. Maybe you think that organic " |
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"farming\n" |
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" is better for the environment, but you still buy non-organic food " |
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"because\n" |
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" you can't afford the higher price. But that doesn't mean that " |
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"partaking\n" |
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" in activism is hypocritical by default (which is a reasoning that " |
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"somebody actually\n" |
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" used in a discussion about activism with me). On this page, you find " |
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"causes\n" |
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" I believe in, that you can donate to, or small things you can do in " |
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"your\n" |
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" daily life that help that. You won't find the general calls to " |
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"action here\n" |
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" like \"You should vote\" and \"Recycle as much as possible\",\n" |
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" I assume most people already see those often enough. I target more " |
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"specific and\n" |
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" fewer mentioned points. For some things, I propose certain " |
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"replacements\n" |
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" to \"ease\" taking on an cause without disrupting your life " |
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"radically.\n" |
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" (Like vegetarianism; it's a good thing, really, but replacing ⅓ of " |
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"most\n" |
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" people's daily diets is too radical for most people to do anyway.)\n" |
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"I want to end this with a nice citation,\n" |
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"\t\t<a href=\"https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/" |
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"Frederick_Douglass#West_India_Emancipation_.281857.29\"\n" |
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"\t\t target=\"_blank\">accredited to Frederick Douglass</a>:" |
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"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.\n" |
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"\t\tThose who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation,\n" |
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"\t\tare men who want crops without plowing up the ground.\n" |
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"\t\tThey want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean\n" |
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"\t\twithout the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a\n" |
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"\t\tmoral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and\n" |
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"\t\tphysical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without\n" |
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"\t\ta demand. It never did and it never will." |
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"I know this sounds pretty radical, but\n" |
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" allow me to explain in detail. I'm sure you'll understand.<br />\n" |
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" The scientific consensus is clear: Humans are the main cause of the\n" |
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" climate mayhem, period. Collectively, we are ruining the planet's " |
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"ecosphere.\n" |
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" It's also clear that there's a direct correlation between the " |
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"earth's\n" |
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" temperature, and the amount of humans that are on it:\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World-" |
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"Population-1800-2100.svg\"\n" |
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"\t\t target=\"_blank\">This graph</a>\n" |
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" shows the rise of the global population, and\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:" |
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"Major_greenhouse_gas_trends.png\"\n" |
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"\t\t target=\"_blank\">these graphs</a>\n" |
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" show the increase of greenhouse gases during that same timespan." |
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"I'm not the first one to state that having no children is the\n" |
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"best thing you can do:\n" |
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" <a href=\"http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541/" |
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"pdf\"\n" |
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"\t\t target=\"_blank\">A study</a>\n" |
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" calculated that living a <em>completely</em> car-free life reduces " |
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"your carbon footprint by 2.4 tonnes of CO₂(-equivalent emissions) per year,\n" |
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" while having just one <strong>(just one!) fewer child reduces it by " |
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"58.6 tonnes of CO₂. Per. Year.</strong>\n" |
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" It goes without saying that having one fewer child is <em>way</em> " |
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"easier than living without a car for the\n" |
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" rest of your life.<br />\n" |
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" You can see why it strikes me as very odd that lots of people are " |
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"calling for\n" |
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" small solutions like electrical cars, or a vegetarian diet, while\n" |
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" at the same time omitting what might be the easiest and most " |
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"effective\n" |
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" solution to make a truly great impact on the world. Sure, the other " |
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"things\n" |
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" Every ecological problem caused by humans gets larger and more " |
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"destructing\n" |
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" with every new human. The easiest and best solution to this problem, " |
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"is to do as\n" |
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" I do, and have no children. By not creating more humans, you are " |
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"Having no children allowed me to study whatever I want,\n" |
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" and might be the biggest contribution to planet Earth I'll ever " |
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"make. At the same time,\n" |
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" I've seen a member of my family give up a possible job as police " |
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"inspector because she\n" |
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" got pregnant. These are just personal anecdotes, but I doubt I'd " |
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"have to look very\n" |
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" far for other examples where somebody had to stash per dreams " |
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"because of an oncoming child.\n" |
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" (If that person even gets to see that child very much: My parents " |
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"got divorced, which\n" |
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" is not only bad for the children of said parents, but in my case, my " |
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" didn't get to see me very often when I was a minor.)\n" |
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"Some people suggest that not the amount of people living is\n" |
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"\tthe problem, but that the way they live is bad. So solving the climate\n" |
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"\tmayhem can also happen with a more sustainable lifestyle.<br />\n" |
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"\tLet's ignore the fact that saying seven billion people is \"not too\n" |
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"\tmuch\" is (at least) remarkable. First, for a lot of people, a more\n" |
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"\t\"sustainable\" lifestyle is simply too hard to accomplish. The more\n" |
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"\tpeople there are, the less resources are available for everyone. Lowering\n" |
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"\tthe population directly implies that everyone's lifestyle becomes\n" |
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"\tautomatically more sustainable, and requires practically no difficult\n" |
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"\tintervention.<br />\n" |
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"\tAlso, this statement prepositions that there's enough resources for\n" |
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"\teveryone. This is ignorant; if everyone lived in a decent way, we'd need\n" |
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"\tat least 2.5 Earths just to keep up. Currently, the disgusting way\n" |
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"\tpeople in third world countries have to live can't even offset a way of\n" |
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"\tliving humanely.<br />\n" |
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"\tFinally, the climate mayhem has already started, and its consequences are\n" |
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"\talready happening. Even assuming that 7 billion people is not too much,\n" |
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"\tgetting them all to live sustainable will take way longer than simply\n" |
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"\treducing the population, and we can't afford any delay.<br />\n" |
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"\tOh, and before I forget: Having no children and a sustainable lifestyle\n" |
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"\tsuggestion.<br />\n" |
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"\ttaking into consideration with the current direction we're heading, which " |
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"\tone where the economy will be the least of our problems.<br />\n" |
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"\tSecondly, many economists say that a constant growth is economically\n" |
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"\tnecessary, and since the economy grows with more people, reducing the " |
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"birth\n" |
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"\trate is bad. This argument dismisses discussion out of hand (\"It goes\n" |
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"\tagainst our current system, therefore this will be bad\"). It also " |
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"assumes\n" |
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"\tthat we should always work towards \"economic growth\", which could work " |
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"if\n" |
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"\tthe planet would also grow infinitely. Since it doesn't, economic growth " |
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"is\n" |
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"\tfinitely bound, and since\n" |
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"\t<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day\" target=" |
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"\"_blank\">\n" |
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"\t\twe're currenty using more of the Earth than it can possibly\n" |
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"\t\treplenish</a>, we've exceeded that limit. Thus, our current economic\n" |
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"\tsituation is incompatible with the planet we all live on. One of the two\n" |
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"\tmust change, and we're stuck on Earth, so the economy must change.<br />\n" |
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"\tWhile we're on the subject of economics:\n" |
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"\tA reduction in the world population has also secondary economical " |
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"benefits:\n" |
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"\tIt's easier for a government to pay for healthcare and education if there " |
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"are fewer\n" |
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"\tstudents/patients to pay for in the first place. These funds can then " |
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"easily be divested\n" |
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" to paying pensions for the elderly, or other problems that need " |
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"funding.\n" |
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" Also, jobs that have struggle with constant shortage of workforce (like " |
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" will see this problem gradually disappear.\n" |
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" Of course, global heating already puts economies across the planet\n" |
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"in jeopardy because of all the problems it causes, that then need fixing. " |
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"\timportant problem. It goes without saying that I am pro abortion rights." |
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"\tOf course, many of these measures directly contradict religious teachings\n" |
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"\t(including the thought that women must give birth as much as possible,\n" |
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"\t<a href=\"https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2018/01/05/vlaams-belang-wil-dat-" |
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"\tideas that are also often espoused by extremist groups, like\n" |
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"\tbut we mustn't listen to that; they're fundamentally irrational, and\n" |
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"\ttheir preachers would rather condemn people to parenthood against their " |
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"\trather than allow abortions, which are medically speaking less dangerous\n" |
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"\tprocedures than giving birth. Forcing people to risk maternal death " |
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"against\n" |
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"\ttheir will because of a flawed reasoning is reprehensible, that's why " |
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"\tshould be called the\n" |
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"\t<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/22/abortion-lets-" |
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"\t\t<strong>pro-death</strong> movement</a>; because of these people, the " |
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"\tnow has\n" |
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"\t<a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-rate-" |
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"\tthat my call to not have children will cause that; there is no way I'd " |
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"ever become\n" |
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"\tso influential that I would cause that to happen. Therefore, any change " |
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"that\n" |
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" I might cause is all to the good.<br />\n" |
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" I also don't want governmentally issued laws that limit procreation; " |
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"that is\n" |
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" very unlikely to work anyway, and since lower income households have " |
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"more\n" |
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" children on average than higher income, the burden of such a law would " |
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"fall\n" |
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" on those people that have enough problems already. It would also fuel " |
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"the idea\n" |
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"\t\tthat wanting a family should be a misdemeanour, which is ridiculous.\n" |
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"immigrants\n" |
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" and lower income households, because these groups have statistically " |
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"the\n" |
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" largest families. Reducing the birthrate with them will have more " |
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" than with other types of households.)\n" |
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" help to develop themselves, and laws need to be put in place that " |
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"in child care, is then completely up to you to use for other things. You\n" |
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"can go on a very long vacation, you can devote yourself to a cause, make a\n" |
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" Thousands of orphans are waiting for a family as you're reading " |
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"this,\n" |
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" and studies show that adoption does wonders for a child's " |
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"development.\n" |
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" By adoption (or fostering), you can build a family, without " |
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"increasing\n" |
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" the climate mayhem. It's a great way to devote yourself to a better " |
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"world,\n" |
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" and be a parent to somebody who desperately needs it." |
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"Words mean things. Like, a lot. We use them to communicate\n" |
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" our thoughts, how we perceive the world and how we organize that. The " |
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"way we\n" |
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" speak impacts what people think of us, and influences how they might " |
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"think\n" |
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" about stuff.<br />\n" |
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" All that to say that another form of activism can come from using a\n" |
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" vocabulary that differs from the \"mainstream\". By thinking about what " |
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"you\n" |
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" say, you can have a clear thinking process, and avoid giving other " |
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"people\n" |
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" the wrong ideas. This is why I put up a glossary here that you can use " |
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"to\n" |
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" avoid misconceptions in your daily conversation.<br />\n" |
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" For a glossary related to informatics, I urge you to read\n" |
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" <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-" |
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"avoid.html\">\n" |
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" the GNU project glossary</a> which\n" |
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" handles that off already. My glossary here is a personal one, and " |
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"tackles\n" |
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" more diverse topics. Some of these are mine, but if I did not coin a " |
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"term, I\n" |
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" will put a link to where I found it." |
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msgid "Alt-right" |
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msgstr "" |
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"What is usually referred to in mainstream media as the\n" |
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" \"alt-right\" movement is a collection of groups that in general favour\n" |
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" fascist doctrines,\n" |
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" that spread hatred amongst society, and propose blanket discrimination " |
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"and\n" |
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" racism to the fullest extent possible, with the eventual goal of " |
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"destabilizing\n" |
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" everyone and everything, just for the sake of destabilization.\n" |
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" They call themselves \"alt-right\", which is a\n" |
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" portmanteau of \"alternative right\". This wording is used to describe " |
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"their\n" |
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" views as an \"alternative\" to other right-wing views, but what they're\n" |
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" standing for (fascism, and sometimes even neonazism) is <em>in no " |
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"possible\n" |
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" way an alternative\n" |
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" political stream for which support can reasonably be defended.</em>\n" |
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" Calling it alt-right fails to indicate the\n" |
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" imminent danger these people pose, and hides the fact that they are\n" |
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" fascists. Calling things by their actual name removes this mask of " |
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"being\n" |
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" \"alternative\"." |
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"People that fight against abortion rights see this as\n" |
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" some kind of moral crusade that they are pro-life, as if to say that " |
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"people\n" |
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" who propose abortion rights are anti-life. This is dangerous spin: Not " |
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"only\n" |
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" do abortions allow many people a path out of poverty (which would also\n" |
+ |
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" impoverise\n" |
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" any offspring they get), abortions are medically speaking less dangerous " |
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"to\n" |
+ |
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" the pregnant woman than carrying the foetus to term. America now has " |
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"the\n" |
+ |
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" highest amount of maternal deaths in the developed world because of " |
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"these\n" |
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" people. Thus, they are responsible for the deaths of many people, and " |
+ |
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"since\n" |
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" they see no problem with their views, they are pro-death people.<br />\n" |
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" <a target=\"_blank\"\n" |
+ |
1072 |
" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/22/abortion-lets-" |
+ |
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"call-the-pro-lifers-what-they-are-pro-death\">\n" |
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" I did not coin this term.</a>" |
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msgstr "" |
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msgstr "" |
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"Pro-choice is used by people that propose extension of\n" |
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" abortion rights, but don't want to stress people with their\n" |
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" views. As such they state this is a matter of choice, while omitting " |
+ |
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"the\n" |
+ |
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" challenge of condemnation of abortion rights.<br />\n" |
+ |
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" Let me be clear that no person in their right mind would say having an\n" |
+ |
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" abortion is a pleasant thing.\n" |
+ |
1090 |
" And in a world where women don't ever have a\n" |
+ |
1091 |
" risk of getting pregnant if they don't want to, abortion probably " |
+ |
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"wouldn't\n" |
+ |
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" be so necessary. But in this world, it happens. And when it does, these " |
+ |
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"people deserve\n" |
+ |
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" all the help they can get. Abortion rights make that legally possible." |
+ |
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"<br />\n" |
+ |
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" People who do undergo abortion do this <em>because they have no choice " |
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"left\n" |
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" anymore</em>, so saying that this is about choice is wrong.\n" |
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" It is about the right to have an abortion when necessary, an\n" |
+ |
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" essential right for humans. If that rubs anyone the wrong way, so be\n" |
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" it.<br />\n" |
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" <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://stallman.org/antiglossary.html#pro-" |
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"choice\">\n" |
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" I did not coin this term.</a>" |
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msgstr "" |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
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"A lot of studies have been labeled STEM in recent\n" |
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" years, because some people suggest that we need a lot of people with\n" |
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" knowledge in those fields for the future.<br />\n" |
+ |
1117 |
" I'm under the impression that it's now being regarded as something that " |
+ |
1118 |
"puts\n" |
+ |
1119 |
" \"STEM studies\" on a better level of regard than other studies. \"STEM " |
+ |
1120 |
"label\n" |
+ |
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" or it's not a study worth pursuing\", if you will.<br />\n" |
+ |
1122 |
" I find that ridiculous; lots of non-STEM-studies bring forth people that " |
+ |
1123 |
"we\n" |
+ |
1124 |
" desperately need, also in this ever more connected world; interpreters " |
+ |
1125 |
"are\n" |
+ |
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" needed for translation, lawyers are required to give citizens legal\n" |
+ |
1127 |
" representation and guidance, sociologists give us a scientifically " |
+ |
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"based\n" |
+ |
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" idea of how humans\n" |
+ |
1130 |
" interact, and so on. I've studied informatics and I'd like people to " |
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"call me\n" |
+ |
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" what I am: a student of informatics, not a \"STEM undergraduate\"." |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "Computer science" |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "Informatics" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "" |
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"In English (and sometimes also in Dutch), my study at the university is " |
+ |
1146 |
"often referred to as merely\n" |
+ |
1147 |
" \"Computer science\", as if the only thing I learned about is just\n" |
+ |
1148 |
" \"computers\". That is degrading to my study and to my abilities, as " |
+ |
1149 |
"well as\n" |
+ |
1150 |
" to other students of informatics.<br />\n" |
+ |
1151 |
" Informatics is the study of information: In more practical terms, that " |
+ |
1152 |
"means\n" |
+ |
1153 |
" a student-informatician learns about how information is retrieved, the\n" |
+ |
1154 |
" nature of information itself, how we can store information, how we " |
+ |
1155 |
"infer\n" |
+ |
1156 |
" new information from data. The focus is really, <em>information</em>, " |
+ |
1157 |
"not\n" |
+ |
1158 |
" computers.<br />\n" |
+ |
1159 |
" This means that an informatician wields a toolbelt of various skills: " |
+ |
1160 |
"Per\n" |
+ |
1161 |
" must learn about:\n" |
+ |
1162 |
" <ul>\n" |
+ |
1163 |
" <li>Statistics; the mathematical principles to interpret and " |
+ |
1164 |
"collect\n" |
+ |
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" information, as well as inferring conclusions from that\n" |
+ |
1166 |
" information.</li>\n" |
+ |
1167 |
" <li>Discrete mathematics; the theories behind sets, tuples, graphs,\n" |
+ |
1168 |
" algorithms, and so on.</li>\n" |
+ |
1169 |
" <li>Logic; this teaches about collections, making sound proofs, and\n" |
+ |
1170 |
" computational complexity of algorithms.</li>\n" |
+ |
1171 |
" <li>Human interactions; how do people communicate with technology, " |
+ |
1172 |
"how\n" |
+ |
1173 |
" can we take their data and present them with understandable\n" |
+ |
1174 |
" services, how do we deal with visually impaired, ...</li>\n" |
+ |
1175 |
" <li>Software engineering; what are crucial steps in developing " |
+ |
1176 |
"software\n" |
+ |
1177 |
" that can serve as a long-term solution, how to maintain it, how " |
+ |
1178 |
"do\n" |
+ |
1179 |
" you talk to clients and learn their wishes?</li>\n" |
+ |
1180 |
" <li>Telecommunication; what are the ways that we can transmit data, " |
+ |
1181 |
"how\n" |
+ |
1182 |
" do imperfections occur and can we fix them, can we perfectly\n" |
+ |
1183 |
" reconstruct an analog, continuous signal with a digital, " |
+ |
1184 |
"discrete\n" |
+ |
1185 |
" one, ...</li>\n" |
+ |
1186 |
" <li>Cryptography; how do we secure information, transmit it without\n" |
+ |
1187 |
" eavesdropping, can we safeguard vital communications?</li>\n" |
+ |
1188 |
" <li>And so on...</li>\n" |
+ |
1189 |
" </ul>\n" |
+ |
1190 |
" Informatics is a very broad study, and computer science is a part of " |
+ |
1191 |
"that,\n" |
+ |
1192 |
" true. But just calling it that does disservice to what it's really " |
+ |
1193 |
"about. It\n" |
+ |
1194 |
" also makes it sound as if there's not really that much to it, who " |
+ |
1195 |
"doesn't\n" |
+ |
1196 |
" work with computers?\n" |
+ |
1197 |
" The reason that it's so often called that, is because informatics is\n" |
+ |
1198 |
" thorougly linked to computers, and computers are actually incredibly " |
+ |
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"handy\n" |
+ |
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" tools for our study. But they're not the sole focus (at least not at " |
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"the\n" |
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" universities I studied them), and they shouldn't be. In fact, if a " |
+ |
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"wizard\n" |
+ |
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" would destroy all computers overnight, lots of fields in informatics " |
+ |
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"could\n" |
+ |
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" still exist on their own merits. Studying a science is\n" |
+ |
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" all about learning the how, the why, the fundamentals, of your field, " |
+ |
1208 |
"not just the\n" |
+ |
1209 |
" tools you use, that's what college is for.<br />\n" |
+ |
1210 |
" Calling informatics just \"computer science\" is akin to calling " |
+ |
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"mathematics \"number science\";\n" |
+ |
1212 |
" it is true that\n" |
+ |
1213 |
" mathematics has undoubtedly close connections with digits and numbers, " |
+ |
1214 |
"but\n" |
+ |
1215 |
" calling the whole study by that name does not take into account all the\n" |
+ |
1216 |
" other fields that mathematics encompasses, most of which don't even " |
+ |
1217 |
"really\n" |
+ |
1218 |
" need numbers at all to exist. We understand that and call it by its " |
+ |
1219 |
"proper\n" |
+ |
1220 |
" name, so as to avoid reducing it to a portion of it that's very visible " |
+ |
1221 |
"in\n" |
+ |
1222 |
" our daily lives. Please treat informatics with the same\n" |
+ |
1223 |
" reasoning, and don't call it \"computer science\"." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
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msgid "Don't buy diamonds" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"Diamonds are often mined in inhumane circumstances. The\n" |
+ |
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" profits fuel cruel wars, which cause havoc on the local population and\n" |
+ |
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" finance terrorism on the African people, as well as enslavement.<br />\n" |
+ |
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" They're also worthless; Diamond is a very abundant material, and can " |
+ |
1236 |
"easily\n" |
+ |
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" be made in laboratories. The price is artificially inflated by the " |
+ |
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"monopoly\n" |
+ |
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" on diamond distribution by the De Beers corporation. Buying a diamond\n" |
+ |
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" automatically means you're being scammed." |
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|
+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"If you want to buy an engagement ring (which is a ritual\n" |
+ |
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" also fueled by a De Beers advertising campaign), look out for\n" |
+ |
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" (cubic) zirconia or moissanite rings. They're a ton cheaper, and look\n" |
+ |
1248 |
" exactly like diamonds. The latter was even mistaken for\n" |
+ |
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" diamond by the person who discovered it for the first time!" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
+ |
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:734 |
+ |
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msgid "Get/Stay off Facebook" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"Facebook is an immense threat to our civil rights and\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tliberties. I cannot possibly overstate how important it is that we\n" |
+ |
1260 |
"\t\tcollectively act to make this company rot away.<br />\n" |
+ |
1261 |
"\t\tThe useds of Facebook have their lives completely tracked and " |
+ |
1262 |
"monitored,\n" |
+ |
1263 |
"\t\teverything. It's a flagrant privacy violation.<br />\n" |
+ |
1264 |
"\n" |
+ |
1265 |
"\t\tBelieve me, <strong>I KNOW</strong> that leaving Facebook is a hard " |
+ |
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"pill\n" |
+ |
1267 |
"\t\tto swallow. Facebook facilitates communcation with acquintances and\n" |
+ |
1268 |
"\t\tfriends, and humans are social creatures, we long for connection with\n" |
+ |
1269 |
"\t\tother people. When you've been used by Facebook, it's hard to get its\n" |
+ |
1270 |
"\t\thooks off. We cannot refer to this as an addiction, because that would\n" |
+ |
1271 |
"\t\tbe like calling eating an addiction to food.\n" |
+ |
1272 |
"\n" |
+ |
1273 |
"\t\tSaying \"I have nothing to hide\" is not what this is about. It's\n" |
+ |
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"\t\terroneous to say privacy and secrecy are the same thing. I don't hide\n" |
+ |
1275 |
"\t\tfrom my friends that I take a bath to clean myself but I'd never allow\n" |
+ |
1276 |
"\t\tthem to watch me do so. I love my parents but I don't allow them to " |
+ |
1277 |
"come\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tinside my place without my permission. I'm not ashamed to buy orange\n" |
+ |
1279 |
"\t\tjuice but I pay cash because I don't want to be recorded doing so " |
+ |
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"(which\n" |
+ |
1281 |
"\t\thappens when you use debit/credit cards).\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tI'm sure you can imagine more examples like these.<br />\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tAlso, even if you were a person that doesn't care about privacy, there\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tare people that do, and <strong>need</strong> privacy. Facebook makes " |
+ |
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"it\n" |
+ |
1286 |
"\t\tharder to call upon that right, because its mere existence changes the\n" |
+ |
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"\t\t<em>status quo</em> from privacy being a human right, to privacy being\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tsomething that requires justification: \"Surely if thát many people are\n" |
+ |
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"\t\ton Facebook, maybe privacy isn't that important to have as a right?\"\n" |
+ |
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"\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tFor people that I manage to convince to leave, but just need a final\n" |
+ |
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"\t\targument to take the definitive step: I ask you to not only do\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tthis for yourself, but for everyone else as well: Every person being\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tused by Facebook increases the power it has, but the reverse is also\n" |
+ |
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"\t\ttrue: Every person that decides to take off the shackles, makes it\n" |
+ |
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"\t\teasier for others to do as well. By not being on Facebook, you help\n" |
+ |
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"\t\teveryone else with not being there either.\n" |
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"\t\t" |
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msgid "Stay safe, and only pay cash" |
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"\n" |
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" I've written about this in a blog post, but I have to put it here as " |
+ |
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"well,\n" |
+ |
1314 |
" in detail:\n" |
+ |
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" One form of activism is to refuse to pay with payment cards. Insist\n" |
+ |
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" on being able to pay with cash!</p>\n" |
+ |
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"<p> Banks love to talk about the convenience and safety of paying " |
+ |
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"digitally,\n" |
+ |
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" without really delving into what those points are for <em>us</em>, the\n" |
+ |
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" client. I'll be going over some points to convince you to stop using " |
+ |
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"the\n" |
+ |
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" digital payments, and pay the actually safe way." |
+ |
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|
+ |
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msgid "The safety myth debunked" |
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" So what's about digital payments being \"safe\"? When probing further, " |
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"you'll\n" |
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" often get the same kind of answers:</p>\n" |
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" <ul><li>It's more secure: You won't lose much money when you get " |
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"pickpocketed.</li>\n" |
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" <li>It's less prone to forgery: You don't risk accepting counterfeit " |
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"money.</li>\n" |
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" <li>It's hygienic: Cash is dirty and a vector for bacteria, viruses, " |
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"and\n" |
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" all kinds of pathogens, posing serious health risks.</li>\n" |
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" </ul>\n" |
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" <p>So let's handle those one by one:" |
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"The pickpocketing myth: This seems trivial at first\n" |
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" glance, but it's actually the opposite. Debit/Credit cards are only\n" |
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" secured with a 4-digit PIN, which is a step up from cash, true. But\n" |
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" they also give direct access to all the money on your bank accounts. " |
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"By \n" |
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" <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" |
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"Shoulder_surfing_(computer_security)\"\n" |
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" target=\"_blank\">shoulder surfing</a>, pickpockets can steal money " |
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"from\n" |
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" every card in your wallet, and every time you enter your PIN code is a\n" |
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" moment you expose that valuable information. Paying with cash is safer,\n" |
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" since you don't walk around with hundreds of euros all the time, and " |
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"you\n" |
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" don't expose access codes to the rest of your money." |
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"it's almost\n" |
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" ridiculous to even mention it. The ECB made a video with all " |
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"security\n" |
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" features for the bank notes (in twenty three languages, 23 hoorays " |
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"for\n" |
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" the EU's diversity!):" |
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" themselves! Here are some extras to convince you of the safety of " |
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"using\n" |
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" euros as cash:" |
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"Reproducing a note with a normal printer is often blocked by printer " |
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msgstr "" |
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"Any reproduced note (for example in movies) needs to obey strict\n" |
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" rules, that they render each \"legal\" counterfeit note " |
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"completely\n" |
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" useless for monetization." |
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msgstr "" |
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"The European Union has so much trust in the security of its\n" |
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" currency that you\n" |
+ |
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" can download <a\n" |
+ |
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" href=\"https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/images/html/" |
+ |
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"index.%(lang.code)s.html\"\n" |
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1405 |
" target=\"_blank\">images of euro bank notes directly from " |
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"their own\n" |
+ |
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" website</a>. For high resolution ones, you can send a\n" |
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" letter, and after some security and confidentiality checks " |
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"you\n" |
+ |
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" can get those as well." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "" |
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"The hygiene myth: Even that is not a problem: I wrote this during\n" |
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" the COVID-19 pandemic, but because I was afraid that cash could help in " |
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"the\n" |
+ |
1418 |
" virus' transmission, I decided to delay posting this, since it was " |
+ |
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"plausible\n" |
+ |
1420 |
" to assume it did. But even that's not true: Bank of England conducted \n" |
+ |
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" <a\n" |
+ |
1422 |
" href=\"https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/quarterly-bulletin/2020/2020-q4/" |
+ |
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"cash-in-the-time-of-covid\"\n" |
+ |
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" target=\"_blank\">a study</a> that found cash poses no more risk than\n" |
+ |
1425 |
" <a \n" |
+ |
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" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/24/bank-notes-pose-low-" |
+ |
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"risk-of-spreading-covid-19\"\n" |
+ |
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" target=\"_blank\">breathing air particles in a shop.</a>" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
+ |
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msgid "Maarten | Main page" |
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+ |
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+ |
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msgid "Maarten's personal place on the internet. Make yourself at home!" |
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msgstr "" |
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+ |
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msgid "Maitenance announcement" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "Welcome!" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"Hello there! I'm Maarten, a happy\n" |
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" student from Belgium, and this is my amazing personal website.\n" |
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1451 |
" I like a lot of things, and I share some of those in here. Take\n" |
+ |
1452 |
" a look around, read a bit, talk with me, and most importantly,\n" |
+ |
1453 |
" enjoy your stay!" |
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msgstr "" |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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+ |
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" 13 2022, my website will be unavailable due to maitenance purposes. " |
+ |
1460 |
"If\n" |
+ |
1461 |
" I finish early, it will be available sooner, but I can't foresee " |
+ |
1462 |
"that at\n" |
+ |
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" the moment." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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+ |
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msgid "Blog" |
+ |
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+ |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
1472 |
"My personal scribblepad, written from scratch,\n" |
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1473 |
" on which I ramble about everything I like. Highly recommended\n" |
+ |
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" while eating breakfast." |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
+ |
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msgid "Visit blog" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
1483 |
"I actually don't use GitHub to host my code,\n" |
+ |
1484 |
" contrary to a lot of other coders. Instead, I've been trying to\n" |
+ |
1485 |
" create something that's just fit to my taste. I host a couple " |
+ |
1486 |
"of\n" |
+ |
1487 |
" archive repositories there, as well as dotfiles, and that jazz. " |
+ |
1488 |
"It's\n" |
+ |
1489 |
" a continuing work, so don't flip your desk if the layout is " |
+ |
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"upside\n" |
+ |
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" down tomorrow =3" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
+ |
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msgid "Check code" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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+ |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"Well, if you wish to know more of me, I have a page\n" |
+ |
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" where I describe myself in a couple more sentences. You know,\n" |
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" because I can =)\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "Read on" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "Publications" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"Throughout my academic career, I've written a lot,\n" |
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1521 |
" sometimes together with other people. To avoid that these papers " |
+ |
1522 |
"get\n" |
+ |
1523 |
" lost to the passing of time, I've decided to publish them on my " |
+ |
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"website, should somebody\n" |
+ |
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" want to read them." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "Consult publications" |
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+ |
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msgid "Other projects" |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"Projects come and go, and with my website I can\n" |
+ |
1539 |
" present them to you. This cards takes you to the\n" |
+ |
1540 |
" archive of past projects.\n" |
+ |
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" " |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "View projects" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
+ |
1550 |
"Trying to make this place better takes some time. So\n" |
+ |
1551 |
" I made a page in the hopes that it can engage you to partake in " |
+ |
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"that\n" |
+ |
1553 |
" process. Because it's never too late to begin.\n" |
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" " |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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+ |
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msgid "Friends of me" |
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+ |
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msgid "Contact me" |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
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"If you wish to contact me, use this convenient form,\n" |
+ |
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" the most direct link to yours truly. Leave me a thank you note, tell " |
+ |
1573 |
"me\n" |
+ |
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" something important, or correct a typo I made, it's all good, I love " |
+ |
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"to\n" |
+ |
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" hear from you!\n" |
+ |
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" <!--If necessary, put some contact info of yourself in your message " |
+ |
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"so I can get\n" |
+ |
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" back to you. Do <em>not</em> put a hyperlink in your message. Adding " |
+ |
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"a\n" |
+ |
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" hyperlink will put automatically ban your computer from my website\n" |
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" and probably make it explode, so don't do that.-->" |
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" one of the three Belgian languages (just check Wikipedia!):" |
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+ |
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msgid "Send" |
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msgid "Project archive" |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "" |
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"Some old projects that I attached an\n" |
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"\"obsolete\" tag to." |
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"I collect the parts of my website here that are now\n" |
+ |
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" obsolete, for the purpose of archiving them if somebody wants to " |
+ |
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"see\n" |
+ |
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" them.\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
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+ |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:36 |
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msgid "" |
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"In 2020, Jonathan and I were canditates for the\n" |
+ |
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" Board of Governors at Ghent University. If you want to know what\n" |
+ |
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" we want(ed) to change, then this is the place for you.\n" |
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" " |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
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msgid "View project page" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"When I was a student at Hasselt University, I\n" |
+ |
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" maintained a quotebook as special treat for my buddies of\n" |
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" Informatics. An amazing time that's long past now, but I keep a\n" |
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" little link to the project because nostalgia is comforting.\n" |
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" " |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:58 |
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"dabble in\n" |
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" Some of these things I put on display here, my website, for the world " |
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"to\n" |
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" see!<br />\n" |
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" On this page, I talk a bit about myself, my daily routine, what I " |
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" important things. I plan on sharing more through my upcoming blog, but " |
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" been working and playing with computers since I was a toddler, so " |
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"it\n" |
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" shouldn't come as a surprise that that became a big hobby form me.\n" |
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" I'm doing a lot of other things as well, but they're either not " |
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" hearing most of it, so I try to avoid it. Especially recent popular " |
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"songs can\n" |
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" irritate me to no end, almost without exception. Luckily I don't get " |
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" joy out of listening music anyway, so I don't feel like I miss out a " |
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"lot.<br />\n" |
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" I do like popular numbers from the eighties, some Eurodance style " |
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"numbers,\n" |
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" and ambient music. I don't have favourite numbers or anything. I " |
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"I'm blessed with a set of the best friends one can imagine.\n" |
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" They make life just so amazing, and I hope I can also do that for them.\n" |
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" I try to open myself up to others as much as possible (or at least, as " |
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"much\n" |
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" as I feel comfortable with), hoping that I can share my\n" |
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" happiness with them as well. All in pursuit of making our world a " |
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"better\n" |
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"I'm an omnivore, and eat everything that I like to eat. I like\n" |
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" a variety of different things, but the things I like most are nicely " |
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"prepared\n" |
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" beef, yummy vegetables, and fish. I heavily dislike pureed food, " |
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"beans\n" |
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" and peas, and\n" |
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" desserts that are not simple. I'll seldom turn down things like\n" |
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" hamburgers, pizzas, ...<br />\n" |
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" Spaghettis (and other pastas) are extremely satisfying for me to " |
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"eat, because\n" |
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" practically\n" |
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" everyone knows how to make it, but almost every time I try someone's " |
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"version,\n" |
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" it's a different taste. I love how many varieties of all the pastas " |
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"exist!<br />\n" |
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" This is quite the opposite with fries: Only Belgians seem to know " |
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"how\n" |
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" fries are served properly. I've seen (and sadly, tasted) the ways " |
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"fries\n" |
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" are prepared abroad, and it's often an insult against our national\n" |
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" pride, so much so that I avoid eating them outside of Belgium.<br /" |
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">\n" |
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" I enjoy Belgian fries a lot, but I am picky about them. I consider " |
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"my portion\n" |
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" \"great\" if fresh potatoes are used, they're medium sized, and well " |
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"baked,\n" |
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" topped off with a generous amount of (real) mayonnaise. Eating them " |
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"with a\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frikandel\" target=\"_blank" |
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"\">frikandel</a>\n" |
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" makes me feel like a true Belgian.<br />\n" |
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" \n" |
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" I might eat vegetarian when an attractive option is available. That " |
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"is: It\n" |
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" has to be tasty, not expensive, and shouldn't make me miss meat. If " |
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"those\n" |
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" conditions are met, I'll probably take a vegetarian dish, but not " |
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"because I\n" |
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" want to <em>be</em> a vegetarian. I believe this\n" |
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" helps to reduce my carbon footprint. I started doing this when I " |
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"I have banned recreational use of all drugs out of my life for as long as I\n" |
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">\n" |
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" I do this for multiple reasons:\n" |
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" <ul>\n" |
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"\t<li>I don't believe drugs are necessary to have fun. When I'm with " |
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"friends\n" |
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"\tthey may be drinking alcohol, but I enjoy my time just as much with\n" |
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"\t non-alcoholic drinks like sodas.</li>\n" |
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"\t<li>Drugs are unhealthy. Most of them cause damage to organs, and can " |
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"badly\n" |
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" affect the body long-term. I have no desire for any of that.</li>\n" |
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"\t<li>For social purposes, it's always easy that I am the person that's\n" |
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"\tsober. This can be for multiple reasons; an emergency, being the driver " |
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"of\n" |
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"\t the evening, ...</li>\n" |
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"\t<li>Drugs alter the user's perception of, and actions in reality. I don't\n" |
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"\t have any need to go through that. I enjoy being sober.</li>\n" |
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" </ul>\n" |
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" That being said, I do see why people enjoy them, and I've read about how\n" |
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" cannabis is sometimes used for medical purposes (which I would do as well\n" |
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" should I need it, since that's not recreational), so I don't oppose to " |
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"others\n" |
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" using them, nor do I refrain from buying them if I know they will be " |
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"consumed\n" |
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" in moderation. I do oppose to usage that inflicts harm to others, or in\n" |
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"I hold an undergraduate Informatics degree from Hasselt University.\n" |
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" (coloquially named UHasselt). However, nowadays I'm rarely there, since " |
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"I'm\n" |
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" now a graduate\n" |
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" student of (Scientific Engineering) Informatics at Ghent University. I " |
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"spent most of my\n" |
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" time in a rented space in Ghent with my friend Jonathan.<br />\n" |
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" When I don't have any lessons to attend, I'm close to the Faculty of\n" |
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" Psychology & Pedagogy. For my\n" |
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" courses I often travel to the Ardoyen campus in Zwijnaarde.\n" |
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"Every week, I use my bicycle to commute between Ghent and the\n" |
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" technology campus of Ghent University, so I cycle approximately 50km per " |
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"week.\n" |
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" <!--I also go swimming for two hours every week in the GUSB swimming\n" |
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" complex. Or... TOCH ALS DE LESSEN EENS EEN KEER ZOUDEN DOORGAAN VOOR ÉÉN " |
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"KEER-->\n" |
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"When I'm not in Ghent, I'm often home, most probably\n" |
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" extremely busy with hugging my 3 dogs. Apart from that (and homework),\n" |
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" my evenings are a mix of several things, like socializing,\n" |
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" coding, writing, hacking my laptop, you get the idea. Also, when I feel " |
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"like\n" |
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" dabbling in something, I'll make some time for it.\n" |
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"Weekends are often trying to keep up with what university\n" |
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" threw at me the last week.\n" |
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" This website is my <i>spot</i> on the internet, so this is basically\n" |
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" where I hang out. Sometimes you might run into me while I'm " |
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"\"redecorating\" the\n" |
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" place, or doing spring cleaning in my code repository. Anyway, if you\n" |
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" want to sit down, you can always do so, I love having people around! 😃\n" |
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" " |
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"I regularly add new texts to my website, or do general\n" |
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" maitenance. I try to\n" |
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" extract time where I can, but maintaining a website (and doing it well), " |
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"is\n" |
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" not always the most easy job. Different screen sizes, JS " |
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"(in)compatibility,\n" |
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" enforcing encryption, translating my website (which I do myself), ...\n" |
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" Nevertheless, if I find a free spot somewhere, I might very well be " |
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"updating\n" |
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" my website. It's satisfying work to see my own place grow under my\n" |
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" fingertips, albeit slower than I want it to.<br />\n" |
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" Sometimes, it might seem I've not been doing anything on my website for " |
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"a\n" |
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" while. This might indicate real-life obligations, but might also be\n" |
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" invisible changes to the source code, which are just as important as\n" |
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" anything else I do around here. \n" |
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"I\n" |
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" keep myself informed about political subjects that interest me. A list " |
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"of\n" |
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" some subjects I follow with hightened attention:\n" |
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" <ul>\n" |
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" <li>Law enforcement</li>\n" |
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" <li>Public transport</li>\n" |
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" <li>Climate mayhem</li>\n" |
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" <li>Freedom and privacy</li>\n" |
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" <li>Human rights</li>\n" |
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" <li>Digital agenda</li>\n" |
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" <li>Copyright abuse & reform</li>\n" |
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" <li>Belgian communautarian debate</li>\n" |
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" <li>Governmental & corporate accountability</li>\n" |
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" </ul>\n" |
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" I also hold opinions on many issues, which I believe to be rational " |
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"(but\n" |
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" who doesn't, right?), but I don't feel attached to a political " |
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"orientation, nor do I\n" |
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" change my viewpoint to better align with one. I will say that <em>in\n" |
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" general</em> I tend to lean towards ideas that ecological parties and " |
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"pirate\n" |
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" parties often espouse. But again, my opinions might differ\n" |
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" drastically. Do ask me if you would like to know more, I'm all for\n" |
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" explaining." |
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"Despite my interest in politics, I try not to bring this up\n" |
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" into daily communication when it's not necessary. The reason is " |
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"threefold:\n" |
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" <ul>\n" |
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" <li>In addition to my poor social skills, I am also a very bad " |
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"speaker;\n" |
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" without ample time to prepare, I have a \n" |
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" very hard time voicing my opinion in a convincing manner, even " |
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"on\n" |
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" issues that I (think I) understand very well. I would like to " |
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"inform\n" |
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" people, but if I can't talk in a convincing way, I might do " |
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"more\n" |
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" harm than good, so I try to avoid \"live debating\".</li>\n" |
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" <li>Politics can be a sensitive topic. While I'd love to talk about\n" |
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" sensitive issues with my friends, I don't know if the reverse " |
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"is\n" |
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" true, and I do not want to look annoying to be friends with.\n" |
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" Therefore I try to refrain from bringing up political \n" |
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" discussions myself. However, if one of my friends were to bring " |
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"it\n" |
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" up, I will gladly partake, because I take that as a sign that " |
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"there\n" |
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" is some mutual interest.</li>\n" |
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" <li>I have a website on which I can talk at length and in detail " |
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"about\n" |
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" these things. This also offers an easy \"getaway\" for friends, " |
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"but\n" |
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" also other people; they can decide for themselves whether they " |
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"want\n" |
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" to know about my opinions, without awkward social interactions. " |
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"It\n" |
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" also allows me to directly link to source material, correct\n" |
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" mistakes, and it's an easy reference point for myself.</li>\n" |
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" </ul>\n" |
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" " |
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"It's what I do most, so for those interested, I\n" |
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" figured I'd talk about how I do the things with computers =3" |
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"I have a reliable computer that I built myself, and a\n" |
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" companion laptop through Hasselt University. Both run\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://archlinux.org\" target=\"_blank\">Arch</a>,\n" |
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" the best\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://GNU.org\" target=\"_blank\">GNU</a>/<a\n" |
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" href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel\" target=\"_blank" |
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"\">Linux</a> distro out there.\n" |
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" I do almost all my stuff in\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/\" target=\"_blank\">GNU " |
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"Emacs</a>, like\n" |
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" programming, maintaining my diary, working, system maitenance, and " |
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"sometimes\n" |
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" even browsing. I sometimes also use\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://neovim.io\" target=\"_blank\">NeoVim</a>.\n" |
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" >80%% of my work is text\n" |
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" related, and terminals are just better at that than a fully fledged " |
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"desktop\n" |
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" environment.<br />\n" |
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" Languages I prefer are\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%%28programming_language%%29\" " |
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"target=\"_blank\">C</a>,\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://www.python.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Python</a>,\n" |
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" and (my current favorite)\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://clojure.org\" target=\"_blank\">Clojure</a>.\n" |
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" I'm trying to pick up\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://haskell.org\" target=\"_blank\">Haskell</a>,\n" |
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" which goes as well as you'd expect from a language like that. <br />\n" |
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" I run\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://lineageos.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Lineage OS 14.1</" |
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"a>\n" |
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" on my phone (In laymen terms: It's basically\n" |
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" a cool and slim Android/Linux 7 with less Google interference).<br />\n" |
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" Code repositories are <b>always</b>\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://git-scm.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Git</a>\n" |
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" repos, no exceptions. Depending on\n" |
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" the project size, I use a simple dependency listing, or a recognized " |
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"project\n" |
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" manager like\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://leiningen.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Leiningen</a>\n" |
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" or\n" |
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" <a href=\"http://doc.crates.io/\" target=\"_blank\">Cargo</a>.\n" |
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" " |
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"\n" |
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" My web server runs on\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://nginx.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nginx</a>, and the " |
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"website\n" |
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" itself is built using \n" |
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" <a href=\"https://djangoproject.com\" target=\"_blank\">Django</a>, a " |
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"Python\n" |
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" web framework that's extremely well written.\n" |
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" " |
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"\n" |
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" I try to make my website available in multiple languages.\n" |
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" I translate manually into Dutch, French and English.\n" |
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" For other languages,\n" |
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" I'm supported by <a href=\"https://apertium.org\" target=\"_blank" |
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"\">Apertium</a>\n" |
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" since November 2020, which is a free software\n" |
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" machine translator. I refuse to use any\n" |
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" <a\n" |
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" href=\"https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve." |
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"html\"\n" |
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" target=\"_blank\"><abbr title=\"Service as a Software Substitute" |
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"\">SaaSS</abbr></a> by\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://stallman.org/google.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google</" |
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"a>,\n" |
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" which means I won't use Google Translate. Apertium is not as good in " |
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"quality, but that's no\n" |
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" problem for me: I only use it to do the \"bulk translations\", which are " |
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"very\n" |
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" tedious and can take\n" |
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" up weeks of my time, time that I simply don't have. After the " |
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"translations\n" |
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" are made, I go over them manually to fix all the remaining mistakes, and " |
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"add\n" |
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" the\n" |
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" missing details and contextual nuances (if necessary) that machine\n" |
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" translators have a lot of trouble with.\n" |
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"I use Esperanto for hyperlinks, because I want my web\n" |
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" pages to be navigated in a language-agnostic way, and in those cases, a\n" |
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" politically neutral, international language is best." |
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msgid "" |
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"I do not have a social media account on any big platform, except for " |
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"Reddit.\n" |
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" That's because Reddit is one of the few platforms that respects its " |
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"users' privacies enough,\n" |
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" and doesn't require me to identify myself.<br />\n" |
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" The other platforms (like Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, ...) all " |
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"vehemently\n" |
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" violate their useds'\n" |
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" privacies in order to get more profits. I will not create an account on " |
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"those.\n" |
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" I also hope others will follow me in this decision, as being on " |
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"platforms like\n" |
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" Facebook compels others to do the same. An easy way to break their power " |
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"is to\n" |
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" refuse being used, and additionally, this makes it easier for others to " |
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"act\n" |
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" similarly." |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:390 |
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msgid "" |
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"I fully condemn the practice of tracking people's (browser)\n" |
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" habits for financial gain without proper consent (and no, clicking " |
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"\"I agree\"\n" |
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" does not imply giving proper consent),\n" |
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" and I refuse to tolerate it. That's why I often browse using\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://torproject.org\" target=\"_blank\">Tor</a>\n" |
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" to conceal my identity. You can do so likewise, even for practical " |
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"purposes;\n" |
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" the network is steadily gaining more speed because of the growing " |
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"amount of\n" |
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" people concerned with their privacy. Some offer Tor nodes that speed " |
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"the\n" |
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" network up and increase the security. If you really want to, you can " |
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"also\n" |
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" help by becoming a <strong>non</strong>-exit node (because exit " |
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"nodes\n" |
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" may get blocked by some websites, I don't recommend doing that \n" |
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" unless you know what you're doing).\n" |
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" " |
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msgid "" |
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"I normally would not use an adblocker to browse the web. As much as I\n" |
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" resent the use of advertisements, I understand that keeping a website " |
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"up\n" |
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" costs money, and advertising is an easy way to fund that, a practice of " |
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"which traces\n" |
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" can be found back until the Roman empire. Because their existence is " |
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"not\n" |
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" harmful to society either, I see no valid ethical objection to an\n" |
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" advertisement on a website, and I don't want to block them. (I also " |
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"don't oppose the\n" |
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" use of adblockers by others: I think people have a right to decide " |
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"whether they\n" |
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" want to see ads or not.)<br />\n" |
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" However, I do use\n" |
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" <a href=\"https://noscript.net\" target=\"_blank\">NoScript</a>,\n" |
+ |
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" which is a <em>script blocker</em>. It helps me stay anonymous on the\n" |
+ |
524 |
" internet by blocking (mostly client side) scripts that may reveal my " |
+ |
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"identity.\n" |
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" Unfortunately, a lot of websites have started using tracking scripts to\n" |
+ |
527 |
" trace what I see, what I do, what I surf to on the internet, and use " |
+ |
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"that\n" |
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" for advertising, profiling, and identifying me, which is ethically " |
+ |
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"wrong.\n" |
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" Because I oppose this practice, I block these scripts,\n" |
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" and that often means that I don't see advertisements\n" |
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" either.<br />\n" |
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" There's a small annoyance to this (but I don't mind that): Some websites " |
+ |
535 |
"require some scripts to\n" |
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536 |
" operate at all; therefore I have to manually pick for these websites " |
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"what\n" |
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" scripts to allow and which to block. The fact that these websites are\n" |
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" erroneously built (i.e. they can't work without client code scripts)\n" |
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" is annoying, but I don't really care that much: For some websites, " |
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"that's worth it.\n" |
+ |
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" For others, I don't bother and I don't read what's on them.<br />\n" |
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" However, as a practical advantage, blocking so many scripts means my " |
+ |
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"browsing\n" |
+ |
545 |
" is much better (which partly offsets the speed deficit caused by using " |
+ |
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"Tor):\n" |
+ |
547 |
" A lot of websites load within a second for me, whereas with\n" |
+ |
548 |
" unblocked tracking, it takes easily 5-10 seconds before some webpages " |
+ |
549 |
"are\n" |
+ |
550 |
" fully loaded in. Additionally, the page gets sprinkled with ugly bars,\n" |
+ |
551 |
" elements pop in randomly and shift the page layout in grotesque ways,\n" |
+ |
552 |
" (a)social media buttons left and right, and often a popup regarding " |
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553 |
"their\n" |
+ |
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" use of cookies, which blocks what I want to do in the first place. What " |
+ |
555 |
"a\n" |
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556 |
" terrible state of affairs!<br />\n" |
+ |
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" If you think the increase in speed, security, and safety while browsing " |
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"is\n" |
+ |
559 |
" totally worth clicking \"Allow this script\" every once in a while, then " |
+ |
560 |
"I\n" |
+ |
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" urge you to install NoScript as well, and activate \"Block scripts " |
+ |
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"globally\".\n" |
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" It will make your browsing a lot better in almost every way." |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:446 |
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msgid "Free software" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:448 |
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msgid "" |
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"I am a very strong supporter of the free/libre software\n" |
+ |
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" movement and organizations that battle to preserve our computing " |
+ |
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"freedom,\n" |
+ |
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" which I regard as a human right. I go out of my\n" |
+ |
576 |
" way to find replacements for any proprietary software, and have a high\n" |
+ |
577 |
" tolerance for practical ease of use I'm willing to sacrifice.<br />\n" |
+ |
578 |
" Very seldom, I use Windows (often in an emulated environment) for some\n" |
+ |
579 |
" programs that I need to \n" |
+ |
580 |
" run for my university courses, as annoying and terrible I might find " |
+ |
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"that.<br />\n" |
+ |
582 |
"\n" |
+ |
583 |
" I also voluntarily help people move from using proprietary software to " |
+ |
584 |
"free\n" |
+ |
585 |
" software. I feel responsible for doing so, because I'm an informatician, " |
+ |
586 |
"and\n" |
+ |
587 |
" not many people understand these subjects well.\n" |
+ |
588 |
" If you want to try it (on your own), you can find a lot of GNU/Linux " |
+ |
589 |
"distros on the\n" |
+ |
590 |
" internet that are pretty easy for novice free/libre software users. You " |
+ |
591 |
"can\n" |
+ |
592 |
" also install them alongside an existing operating system, giving you " |
+ |
593 |
"the\n" |
+ |
594 |
" chance to make an easy transition to computing freedom (which I admit, " |
+ |
595 |
"is\n" |
+ |
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" difficult when you're not used to it). For your freedom's sake, I " |
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"implore\n" |
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" you to give it a shot too." |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:468 |
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msgid "Cultural works" |
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#: about/templates/about/about.djhtml:470 |
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msgid "" |
+ |
607 |
"Although I avoid proprietary software, I take a mild\n" |
+ |
608 |
" approach to proprietary video games. This is because games\n" |
+ |
609 |
" serve a cultural/entertainment purpose, not a general/functional\n" |
+ |
610 |
" purpose. They're a form of art, so to speak. That's a fundamental\n" |
+ |
611 |
" difference from other types of software, and that reflects in how I\n" |
+ |
612 |
" experience the (lack of) freedom in games.\n" |
+ |
613 |
"\n" |
+ |
614 |
" I do draw the line with\n" |
+ |
615 |
" <a href=\"https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-games.html\" target=" |
+ |
616 |
"\"_blank\">games that\n" |
+ |
617 |
" are distributed with malware</a>, most often taking the form of\n" |
+ |
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" <a\n" |
+ |
619 |
" href=\"https://www.defectivebydesign.org/" |
+ |
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"what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management\"\n" |
+ |
621 |
" target=\"_blank\">DRM</a>.\n" |
+ |
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"\n" |
+ |
623 |
" <br />\n" |
+ |
624 |
" However, I still think that games also ought to be free software, " |
+ |
625 |
"because\n" |
+ |
626 |
" that would also make them free cultural works.\n" |
+ |
627 |
" Proprietary games can get\n" |
+ |
628 |
" lost because of technical changes (ranging from instruction set " |
+ |
629 |
"architecture\n" |
+ |
630 |
" to a specific high-level library), making them unplayable as time goes " |
+ |
631 |
"on.\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:41 |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:90 |
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msgid "Activism" |
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:42 |
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msgid "" |
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"For the greater good. Find out about some interesting things to better the " |
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"world as we all know and love it." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:46 |
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msgid "Activism?" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:47 |
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msgid "" |
+ |
652 |
"You see, the world gets better all the time. Mostly, this is\n" |
+ |
653 |
" thanks to people who believe in something, and actively strive to better " |
+ |
654 |
"the\n" |
+ |
655 |
" world. They come in all sizes and types, but they're collectively named " |
+ |
656 |
"\"activists\".\n" |
+ |
657 |
" Now, I know that most people reading this don't think about themselves " |
+ |
658 |
"as\n" |
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659 |
" being an activist; most likely you're studying, or working a career, " |
+ |
660 |
"taking\n" |
+ |
661 |
" care of friends and/or family. You don't have time for activism. At " |
+ |
662 |
"best,\n" |
+ |
663 |
" you might donate to a cause you believe in, or buy a sticker. Maybe " |
+ |
664 |
"even\n" |
+ |
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" just because it's a small tax writeoff." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:57 |
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msgid "" |
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"And you know what? <strong>That's perfectly fine.</strong>\n" |
+ |
671 |
" This page is not to tell you about how you're not doing <em>enough</" |
+ |
672 |
"em>\n" |
+ |
673 |
" or why it would matter more than what you're currently doing. There " |
+ |
674 |
"are\n" |
+ |
675 |
" enough other people that profess that already, and I personally " |
+ |
676 |
"don't\n" |
+ |
677 |
" think it helps activism a lot. Besides, lots of people already do " |
+ |
678 |
"things\n" |
+ |
679 |
" because they assume it helps. Look at recycling, blood donations, " |
+ |
680 |
"organ\n" |
+ |
681 |
" transplants (especially altruistic donations), child adoption, and " |
+ |
682 |
"so on.\n" |
+ |
683 |
" I know it's not often regarded as activism, but I do want to look at " |
+ |
684 |
"it\n" |
+ |
685 |
" in different ways than the stereotypical spreading of pamphlets and\n" |
+ |
686 |
" asking for signatures on market squares." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:69 |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"That's why I made this page for activism: I think a lot of\n" |
+ |
692 |
" people really want to make a change, but don't see it as viable for " |
+ |
693 |
"their\n" |
+ |
694 |
" life. Or they're not sure what to do. Here, I present a list of " |
+ |
695 |
"causes\n" |
+ |
696 |
" and activities I believe can make the world a better place for " |
+ |
697 |
"everyone.\n" |
+ |
698 |
" It's also important to remember that nobody can do everything, " |
+ |
699 |
"plenty of\n" |
+ |
700 |
" valid reasons why that's the case. Maybe you think that organic " |
+ |
701 |
"farming\n" |
+ |
702 |
" is better for the environment, but you still buy non-organic food " |
+ |
703 |
"because\n" |
+ |
704 |
" you can't afford the higher price. But that doesn't mean that " |
+ |
705 |
"partaking\n" |
+ |
706 |
" in activism is hypocritical by default (which is a reasoning that " |
+ |
707 |
"somebody actually\n" |
+ |
708 |
" used in a discussion about activism with me). On this page, you find " |
+ |
709 |
"causes\n" |
+ |
710 |
" I believe in, that you can donate to, or small things you can do in " |
+ |
711 |
"your\n" |
+ |
712 |
" daily life that help that. You won't find the general calls to " |
+ |
713 |
"action here\n" |
+ |
714 |
" like \"You should vote\" and \"Recycle as much as possible\",\n" |
+ |
715 |
" I assume most people already see those often enough. I target more " |
+ |
716 |
"specific and\n" |
+ |
717 |
" fewer mentioned points. For some things, I propose certain " |
+ |
718 |
"replacements\n" |
+ |
719 |
" to \"ease\" taking on an cause without disrupting your life " |
+ |
720 |
"radically.\n" |
+ |
721 |
" (Like vegetarianism; it's a good thing, really, but replacing ⅓ of " |
+ |
722 |
"most\n" |
+ |
723 |
" people's daily diets is too radical for most people to do anyway.)\n" |
+ |
724 |
" I hope it allows you to partake more in activism." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:90 |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"I want to end this with a nice citation,\n" |
+ |
730 |
"\t\t<a href=\"https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/" |
+ |
731 |
"Frederick_Douglass#West_India_Emancipation_.281857.29\"\n" |
+ |
732 |
"\t\t target=\"_blank\">accredited to Frederick Douglass</a>:" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
+ |
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:93 |
+ |
736 |
msgid "" |
+ |
737 |
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.\n" |
+ |
738 |
"\t\tThose who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation,\n" |
+ |
739 |
"\t\tare men who want crops without plowing up the ground.\n" |
+ |
740 |
"\t\tThey want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean\n" |
+ |
741 |
"\t\twithout the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a\n" |
+ |
742 |
"\t\tmoral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and\n" |
+ |
743 |
"\t\tphysical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without\n" |
+ |
744 |
"\t\ta demand. It never did and it never will." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
+ |
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:106 |
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msgid "Urgent: Do NOT procreate" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
+ |
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:108 |
+ |
752 |
msgid "" |
+ |
753 |
"I know this sounds pretty radical, but\n" |
+ |
754 |
" allow me to explain in detail. I'm sure you'll understand.<br />\n" |
+ |
755 |
" The scientific consensus is clear: Humans are the main cause of the\n" |
+ |
756 |
" climate mayhem, period. Collectively, we are ruining the planet's " |
+ |
757 |
"ecosphere.\n" |
+ |
758 |
" It's also clear that there's a direct correlation between the " |
+ |
759 |
"earth's\n" |
+ |
760 |
" temperature, and the amount of humans that are on it:\n" |
+ |
761 |
" <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World-" |
+ |
762 |
"Population-1800-2100.svg\"\n" |
+ |
763 |
"\t\t target=\"_blank\">This graph</a>\n" |
+ |
764 |
" shows the rise of the global population, and\n" |
+ |
765 |
" <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:" |
+ |
766 |
"Major_greenhouse_gas_trends.png\"\n" |
+ |
767 |
"\t\t target=\"_blank\">these graphs</a>\n" |
+ |
768 |
" show the increase of greenhouse gases during that same timespan." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"I'm not the first one to state that having no children is the\n" |
+ |
774 |
"best thing you can do:\n" |
+ |
775 |
" <a href=\"http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541/" |
+ |
776 |
"pdf\"\n" |
+ |
777 |
"\t\t target=\"_blank\">A study</a>\n" |
+ |
778 |
" calculated that living a <em>completely</em> car-free life reduces " |
+ |
779 |
"your carbon footprint by 2.4 tonnes of CO₂(-equivalent emissions) per year,\n" |
+ |
780 |
" while having just one <strong>(just one!) fewer child reduces it by " |
+ |
781 |
"58.6 tonnes of CO₂. Per. Year.</strong>\n" |
+ |
782 |
" It goes without saying that having one fewer child is <em>way</em> " |
+ |
783 |
"easier than living without a car for the\n" |
+ |
784 |
" rest of your life.<br />\n" |
+ |
785 |
" You can see why it strikes me as very odd that lots of people are " |
+ |
786 |
"calling for\n" |
+ |
787 |
" small solutions like electrical cars, or a vegetarian diet, while\n" |
+ |
788 |
" at the same time omitting what might be the easiest and most " |
+ |
789 |
"effective\n" |
+ |
790 |
" solution to make a truly great impact on the world. Sure, the other " |
+ |
791 |
"things\n" |
+ |
792 |
" help, but not nearly as much as having no/fewer children." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"From that (again: scientifically proven) point, the inference is thus:\n" |
+ |
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" Every ecological problem caused by humans gets larger and more " |
+ |
799 |
"destructing\n" |
+ |
800 |
" with every new human. The easiest and best solution to this problem, " |
+ |
801 |
"is to do as\n" |
+ |
802 |
" I do, and have no children. By not creating more humans, you are " |
+ |
803 |
"saving the planet\n" |
+ |
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" from probably 4-10 people in the following decades." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:143 |
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msgid "" |
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"Having no children allowed me to study whatever I want,\n" |
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" got pregnant. These are just personal anecdotes, but I doubt I'd " |
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" far for other examples where somebody had to stash per dreams " |
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" is not only bad for the children of said parents, but in my case, my " |
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"\tmayhem can also happen with a more sustainable lifestyle.<br />\n" |
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"\tLet's ignore the fact that saying seven billion people is \"not too\n" |
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"\tmuch\" is (at least) remarkable. First, for a lot of people, a more\n" |
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"\t\"sustainable\" lifestyle is simply too hard to accomplish. The more\n" |
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"\tpeople there are, the less resources are available for everyone. Lowering\n" |
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"\tthe population directly implies that everyone's lifestyle becomes\n" |
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"\tautomatically more sustainable, and requires practically no difficult\n" |
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"\tintervention.<br />\n" |
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"\tAlso, this statement prepositions that there's enough resources for\n" |
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"\teveryone. This is ignorant; if everyone lived in a decent way, we'd need\n" |
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"\tat least 2.5 Earths just to keep up. Currently, the disgusting way\n" |
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"\tpeople in third world countries have to live can't even offset a way of\n" |
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"\tliving humanely.<br />\n" |
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"\tFinally, the climate mayhem has already started, and its consequences are\n" |
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"\talready happening. Even assuming that 7 billion people is not too much,\n" |
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"\tgetting them all to live sustainable will take way longer than simply\n" |
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"\ttaking into consideration with the current direction we're heading, which " |
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"\trate is bad. This argument dismisses discussion out of hand (\"It goes\n" |
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"\tagainst our current system, therefore this will be bad\"). It also " |
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"\tthat we should always work towards \"economic growth\", which could work " |
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"\tthe planet would also grow infinitely. Since it doesn't, economic growth " |
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"\tfinitely bound, and since\n" |
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"\t<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day\" target=" |
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"\t\twe're currenty using more of the Earth than it can possibly\n" |
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"\t\treplenish</a>, we've exceeded that limit. Thus, our current economic\n" |
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"\tsituation is incompatible with the planet we all live on. One of the two\n" |
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"\tmust change, and we're stuck on Earth, so the economy must change.<br />\n" |
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"\tA reduction in the world population has also secondary economical " |
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"\tstudents/patients to pay for in the first place. These funds can then " |
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" will see this problem gradually disappear.\n" |
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" Of course, global heating already puts economies across the planet\n" |
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"in jeopardy because of all the problems it causes, that then need fixing. " |
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" abortion rights will also help, and is also beneficial to the rights of " |
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"\timportant problem. It goes without saying that I am pro abortion rights." |
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"\tOf course, many of these measures directly contradict religious teachings\n" |
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"\tbut we mustn't listen to that; they're fundamentally irrational, and\n" |
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"\ttheir preachers would rather condemn people to parenthood against their " |
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"\tprocedures than giving birth. Forcing people to risk maternal death " |
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"\ttheir will because of a flawed reasoning is reprehensible, that's why " |
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"\t<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/22/abortion-lets-" |
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"\t\t<strong>pro-death</strong> movement</a>; because of these people, the " |
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"\t<a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528098789/u-s-has-the-worst-rate-" |
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"\tso influential that I would cause that to happen. Therefore, any change " |
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" I might cause is all to the good.<br />\n" |
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" very unlikely to work anyway, and since lower income households have " |
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"more\n" |
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" children on average than higher income, the burden of such a law would " |
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" on those people that have enough problems already. It would also fuel " |
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"the idea\n" |
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"\t\tthat wanting a family should be a misdemeanour, which is ridiculous.\n" |
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"in child care, is then completely up to you to use for other things. You\n" |
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" Thousands of orphans are waiting for a family as you're reading " |
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"this,\n" |
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" and studies show that adoption does wonders for a child's " |
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" say, you can have a clear thinking process, and avoid giving other " |
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" the wrong ideas. This is why I put up a glossary here that you can use " |
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" avoid misconceptions in your daily conversation.<br />\n" |
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" <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-" |
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"avoid.html\">\n" |
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" the GNU project glossary</a> which\n" |
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" handles that off already. My glossary here is a personal one, and " |
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" portmanteau of \"alternative right\". This wording is used to describe " |
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" views as an \"alternative\" to other right-wing views, but what they're\n" |
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" standing for (fascism, and sometimes even neonazism) is <em>in no " |
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" way an alternative\n" |
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" political stream for which support can reasonably be defended.</em>\n" |
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" Calling it alt-right fails to indicate the\n" |
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" imminent danger these people pose, and hides the fact that they are\n" |
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" who propose abortion rights are anti-life. This is dangerous spin: Not " |
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"only\n" |
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" do abortions allow many people a path out of poverty (which would also\n" |
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" impoverise\n" |
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" any offspring they get), abortions are medically speaking less dangerous " |
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" the pregnant woman than carrying the foetus to term. America now has " |
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"the\n" |
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" highest amount of maternal deaths in the developed world because of " |
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"these\n" |
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" people. Thus, they are responsible for the deaths of many people, and " |
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"since\n" |
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" they see no problem with their views, they are pro-death people.<br />\n" |
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" <a target=\"_blank\"\n" |
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" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/22/abortion-lets-" |
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" challenge of condemnation of abortion rights.<br />\n" |
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" Let me be clear that no person in their right mind would say having an\n" |
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" abortion is a pleasant thing.\n" |
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" And in a world where women don't ever have a\n" |
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" risk of getting pregnant if they don't want to, abortion probably " |
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"wouldn't\n" |
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" be so necessary. But in this world, it happens. And when it does, these " |
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" all the help they can get. Abortion rights make that legally possible." |
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" anymore</em>, so saying that this is about choice is wrong.\n" |
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" essential right for humans. If that rubs anyone the wrong way, so be\n" |
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" <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://stallman.org/antiglossary.html#pro-" |
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" knowledge in those fields for the future.<br />\n" |
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" I'm under the impression that it's now being regarded as something that " |
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" \"STEM studies\" on a better level of regard than other studies. \"STEM " |
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" or it's not a study worth pursuing\", if you will.<br />\n" |
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" I find that ridiculous; lots of non-STEM-studies bring forth people that " |
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" desperately need, also in this ever more connected world; interpreters " |
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" needed for translation, lawyers are required to give citizens legal\n" |
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" representation and guidance, sociologists give us a scientifically " |
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" idea of how humans\n" |
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" \"Computer science\", as if the only thing I learned about is just\n" |
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" \"computers\". That is degrading to my study and to my abilities, as " |
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"well as\n" |
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" to other students of informatics.<br />\n" |
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" Informatics is the study of information: In more practical terms, that " |
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"means\n" |
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" a student-informatician learns about how information is retrieved, the\n" |
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" nature of information itself, how we can store information, how we " |
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"infer\n" |
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" new information from data. The focus is really, <em>information</em>, " |
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"not\n" |
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" computers.<br />\n" |
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" This means that an informatician wields a toolbelt of various skills: " |
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" must learn about:\n" |
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" <ul>\n" |
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" <li>Statistics; the mathematical principles to interpret and " |
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"collect\n" |
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" information, as well as inferring conclusions from that\n" |
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" information.</li>\n" |
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" <li>Discrete mathematics; the theories behind sets, tuples, graphs,\n" |
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" algorithms, and so on.</li>\n" |
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" <li>Logic; this teaches about collections, making sound proofs, and\n" |
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" computational complexity of algorithms.</li>\n" |
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" <li>Human interactions; how do people communicate with technology, " |
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"how\n" |
+ |
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" can we take their data and present them with understandable\n" |
+ |
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" services, how do we deal with visually impaired, ...</li>\n" |
+ |
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" <li>Software engineering; what are crucial steps in developing " |
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"software\n" |
+ |
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" that can serve as a long-term solution, how to maintain it, how " |
+ |
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"do\n" |
+ |
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" you talk to clients and learn their wishes?</li>\n" |
+ |
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" <li>Telecommunication; what are the ways that we can transmit data, " |
+ |
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"how\n" |
+ |
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" do imperfections occur and can we fix them, can we perfectly\n" |
+ |
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" reconstruct an analog, continuous signal with a digital, " |
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"discrete\n" |
+ |
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" one, ...</li>\n" |
+ |
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" <li>Cryptography; how do we secure information, transmit it without\n" |
+ |
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" eavesdropping, can we safeguard vital communications?</li>\n" |
+ |
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" <li>And so on...</li>\n" |
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" </ul>\n" |
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" Informatics is a very broad study, and computer science is a part of " |
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"that,\n" |
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" true. But just calling it that does disservice to what it's really " |
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"about. It\n" |
+ |
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" also makes it sound as if there's not really that much to it, who " |
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"doesn't\n" |
+ |
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" work with computers?\n" |
+ |
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" The reason that it's so often called that, is because informatics is\n" |
+ |
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" thorougly linked to computers, and computers are actually incredibly " |
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"handy\n" |
+ |
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" tools for our study. But they're not the sole focus (at least not at " |
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"the\n" |
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" universities I studied them), and they shouldn't be. In fact, if a " |
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"wizard\n" |
+ |
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" would destroy all computers overnight, lots of fields in informatics " |
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"could\n" |
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" still exist on their own merits. Studying a science is\n" |
+ |
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" all about learning the how, the why, the fundamentals, of your field, " |
+ |
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"not just the\n" |
+ |
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" tools you use, that's what college is for.<br />\n" |
+ |
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" Calling informatics just \"computer science\" is akin to calling " |
+ |
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"mathematics \"number science\";\n" |
+ |
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" it is true that\n" |
+ |
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" mathematics has undoubtedly close connections with digits and numbers, " |
+ |
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"but\n" |
+ |
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" calling the whole study by that name does not take into account all the\n" |
+ |
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" other fields that mathematics encompasses, most of which don't even " |
+ |
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"really\n" |
+ |
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" need numbers at all to exist. We understand that and call it by its " |
+ |
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"proper\n" |
+ |
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" name, so as to avoid reducing it to a portion of it that's very visible " |
+ |
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"in\n" |
+ |
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" our daily lives. Please treat informatics with the same\n" |
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" reasoning, and don't call it \"computer science\"." |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "Don't buy diamonds" |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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+ |
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msgid "" |
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"Diamonds are often mined in inhumane circumstances. The\n" |
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" profits fuel cruel wars, which cause havoc on the local population and\n" |
+ |
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" finance terrorism on the African people, as well as enslavement.<br />\n" |
+ |
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" They're also worthless; Diamond is a very abundant material, and can " |
+ |
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"easily\n" |
+ |
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" be made in laboratories. The price is artificially inflated by the " |
+ |
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"monopoly\n" |
+ |
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" on diamond distribution by the De Beers corporation. Buying a diamond\n" |
+ |
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" automatically means you're being scammed." |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "" |
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"If you want to buy an engagement ring (which is a ritual\n" |
+ |
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" also fueled by a De Beers advertising campaign), look out for\n" |
+ |
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" (cubic) zirconia or moissanite rings. They're a ton cheaper, and look\n" |
+ |
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" exactly like diamonds. The latter was even mistaken for\n" |
+ |
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" diamond by the person who discovered it for the first time!" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:734 |
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msgid "Get/Stay off Facebook" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
+ |
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msgid "" |
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"Facebook is an immense threat to our civil rights and\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tliberties. I cannot possibly overstate how important it is that we\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tcollectively act to make this company rot away.<br />\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tThe useds of Facebook have their lives completely tracked and " |
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"monitored,\n" |
+ |
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"\t\teverything. It's a flagrant privacy violation.<br />\n" |
+ |
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"\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tBelieve me, <strong>I KNOW</strong> that leaving Facebook is a hard " |
+ |
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"pill\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tto swallow. Facebook facilitates communcation with acquintances and\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tfriends, and humans are social creatures, we long for connection with\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tother people. When you've been used by Facebook, it's hard to get its\n" |
+ |
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"\t\thooks off. We cannot refer to this as an addiction, because that would\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tbe like calling eating an addiction to food.\n" |
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"\n" |
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"\t\tSaying \"I have nothing to hide\" is not what this is about. It's\n" |
+ |
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"\t\terroneous to say privacy and secrecy are the same thing. I don't hide\n" |
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"\t\tfrom my friends that I take a bath to clean myself but I'd never allow\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tthem to watch me do so. I love my parents but I don't allow them to " |
+ |
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"come\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tinside my place without my permission. I'm not ashamed to buy orange\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tjuice but I pay cash because I don't want to be recorded doing so " |
+ |
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"(which\n" |
+ |
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"\t\thappens when you use debit/credit cards).\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tI'm sure you can imagine more examples like these.<br />\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tAlso, even if you were a person that doesn't care about privacy, there\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tare people that do, and <strong>need</strong> privacy. Facebook makes " |
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"it\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tharder to call upon that right, because its mere existence changes the\n" |
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"\t\t<em>status quo</em> from privacy being a human right, to privacy being\n" |
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"\t\tsomething that requires justification: \"Surely if thát many people are\n" |
+ |
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"\t\ton Facebook, maybe privacy isn't that important to have as a right?\"\n" |
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"\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tFor people that I manage to convince to leave, but just need a final\n" |
+ |
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"\t\targument to take the definitive step: I ask you to not only do\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tthis for yourself, but for everyone else as well: Every person being\n" |
+ |
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"\t\tused by Facebook increases the power it has, but the reverse is also\n" |
+ |
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"\t\ttrue: Every person that decides to take off the shackles, makes it\n" |
+ |
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"\t\teasier for others to do as well. By not being on Facebook, you help\n" |
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"\t\teveryone else with not being there either.\n" |
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"\t\t" |
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msgid "Stay safe, and only pay cash" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "" |
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"\n" |
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" I've written about this in a blog post, but I have to put it here as " |
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"well,\n" |
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" in detail:\n" |
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" One form of activism is to refuse to pay with payment cards. Insist\n" |
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" on being able to pay with cash!</p>\n" |
+ |
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"<p> Banks love to talk about the convenience and safety of paying " |
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"digitally,\n" |
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" without really delving into what those points are for <em>us</em>, the\n" |
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" client. I'll be going over some points to convince you to stop using " |
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"the\n" |
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" digital payments, and pay the actually safe way." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "The safety myth debunked" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "" |
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"\n" |
+ |
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" So what's about digital payments being \"safe\"? When probing further, " |
+ |
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"you'll\n" |
+ |
1334 |
" often get the same kind of answers:</p>\n" |
+ |
1335 |
" <ul><li>It's more secure: You won't lose much money when you get " |
+ |
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"pickpocketed.</li>\n" |
+ |
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" <li>It's less prone to forgery: You don't risk accepting counterfeit " |
+ |
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"money.</li>\n" |
+ |
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" <li>It's hygienic: Cash is dirty and a vector for bacteria, viruses, " |
+ |
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"and\n" |
+ |
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" all kinds of pathogens, posing serious health risks.</li>\n" |
+ |
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" </ul>\n" |
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" <p>So let's handle those one by one:" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "" |
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"The pickpocketing myth: This seems trivial at first\n" |
+ |
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" glance, but it's actually the opposite. Debit/Credit cards are only\n" |
+ |
1350 |
" secured with a 4-digit PIN, which is a step up from cash, true. But\n" |
+ |
1351 |
" they also give direct access to all the money on your bank accounts. " |
+ |
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"By \n" |
+ |
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" <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" |
+ |
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"Shoulder_surfing_(computer_security)\"\n" |
+ |
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" target=\"_blank\">shoulder surfing</a>, pickpockets can steal money " |
+ |
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"from\n" |
+ |
1357 |
" every card in your wallet, and every time you enter your PIN code is a\n" |
+ |
1358 |
" moment you expose that valuable information. Paying with cash is safer,\n" |
+ |
1359 |
" since you don't walk around with hundreds of euros all the time, and " |
+ |
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"you\n" |
+ |
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" don't expose access codes to the rest of your money." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:904 |
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msgid "" |
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"The forgery myth: The risk of EVER accepting a counterfeit note is so small " |
+ |
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"it's almost\n" |
+ |
1368 |
" ridiculous to even mention it. The ECB made a video with all " |
+ |
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"security\n" |
+ |
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" features for the bank notes (in twenty three languages, 23 hoorays " |
+ |
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"for\n" |
+ |
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" the EU's diversity!):" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:947 |
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msgid "" |
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"And all those were just the security features of the bank notes\n" |
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" themselves! Here are some extras to convince you of the safety of " |
+ |
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"using\n" |
+ |
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" euros as cash:" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
+ |
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:950 |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"Reproducing a note with a normal printer is often blocked by printer " |
+ |
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"firmware." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
+ |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:951 |
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"Any reproduced note (for example in movies) needs to obey strict\n" |
+ |
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" rules, that they render each \"legal\" counterfeit note " |
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"completely\n" |
+ |
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" useless for monetization." |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:954 |
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msgid "" |
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"The European Union has so much trust in the security of its\n" |
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" currency that you\n" |
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" can download <a\n" |
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" href=\"https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/images/html/" |
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"index.%(lang.code)s.html\"\n" |
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" target=\"_blank\">images of euro bank notes directly from " |
+ |
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"their own\n" |
+ |
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" website</a>. For high resolution ones, you can send a\n" |
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" letter, and after some security and confidentiality checks " |
+ |
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"you\n" |
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" can get those as well." |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:962 |
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msgid "" |
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"The hygiene myth: Even that is not a problem: I wrote this during\n" |
+ |
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" the COVID-19 pandemic, but because I was afraid that cash could help in " |
+ |
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"the\n" |
+ |
1418 |
" virus' transmission, I decided to delay posting this, since it was " |
+ |
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"plausible\n" |
+ |
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" to assume it did. But even that's not true: Bank of England conducted \n" |
+ |
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" <a\n" |
+ |
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" href=\"https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/quarterly-bulletin/2020/2020-q4/" |
+ |
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"cash-in-the-time-of-covid\"\n" |
+ |
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" target=\"_blank\">a study</a> that found cash poses no more risk than\n" |
+ |
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" <a \n" |
+ |
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" href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/24/bank-notes-pose-low-" |
+ |
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"risk-of-spreading-covid-19\"\n" |
+ |
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" target=\"_blank\">breathing air particles in a shop.</a>" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "Maarten | Main page" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "Maarten's personal place on the internet. Make yourself at home!" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "Maitenance announcement" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:4 |
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msgid "Welcome!" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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msgid "" |
+ |
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"Hello there! I'm Maarten, a happy\n" |
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" student from Belgium, and this is my amazing personal website.\n" |
+ |
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" I like a lot of things, and I share some of those in here. Take\n" |
+ |
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" a look around, read a bit, talk with me, and most importantly,\n" |
+ |
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" enjoy your stay!" |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:11 |
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msgid "" |
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"From Tuesday, February 1 2022 until Sunday, February\n" |
+ |
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" 13 2022, my website will be unavailable due to maitenance purposes. " |
+ |
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"If\n" |
+ |
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" I finish early, it will be available sooner, but I can't foresee " |
+ |
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"that at\n" |
+ |
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" the moment." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:21 |
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msgid "Blog" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:23 |
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msgid "" |
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"My personal scribblepad, written from scratch,\n" |
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" on which I ramble about everything I like. Highly recommended\n" |
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" while eating breakfast." |
+ |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:27 |
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msgid "Visit blog" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:36 |
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msgid "" |
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"I actually don't use GitHub to host my code,\n" |
+ |
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" contrary to a lot of other coders. Instead, I've been trying to\n" |
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" create something that's just fit to my taste. I host a couple " |
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"of\n" |
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" archive repositories there, as well as dotfiles, and that jazz. " |
+ |
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"It's\n" |
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" a continuing work, so don't flip your desk if the layout is " |
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"upside\n" |
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" down tomorrow =3" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:44 |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:52 |
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msgid "About me" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:54 |
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msgid "" |
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"Well, if you wish to know more of me, I have a page\n" |
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" where I describe myself in a couple more sentences. You know,\n" |
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" because I can =)\n" |
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" " |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:59 |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:65 |
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"Throughout my academic career, I've written a lot,\n" |
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" sometimes together with other people. To avoid that these papers " |
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"get\n" |
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" lost to the passing of time, I've decided to publish them on my " |
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"website, should somebody\n" |
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" want to read them." |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "Consult publications" |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "Other projects" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:79 |
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msgid "" |
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"Projects come and go, and with my website I can\n" |
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" present them to you. This cards takes you to the\n" |
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" archive of past projects.\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "View projects" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:92 |
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msgid "" |
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"Trying to make this place better takes some time. So\n" |
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" I made a page in the hopes that it can engage you to partake in " |
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"that\n" |
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" process. Because it's never too late to begin.\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:98 |
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msgid "List talking points" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:108 |
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msgid "Friends of me" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:112 |
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msgid "Contact me" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:113 |
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msgid "" |
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"If you wish to contact me, use this convenient form,\n" |
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" the most direct link to yours truly. Leave me a thank you note, tell " |
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"me\n" |
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" something important, or correct a typo I made, it's all good, I love " |
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"to\n" |
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" hear from you!\n" |
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" <!--If necessary, put some contact info of yourself in your message " |
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"so I can get\n" |
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" back to you. Do <em>not</em> put a hyperlink in your message. Adding " |
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"a\n" |
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" hyperlink will put automatically ban your computer from my website\n" |
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" and probably make it explode, so don't do that.-->" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:123 |
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msgid "Your name" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:127 |
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msgid "" |
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"Bot check: Enter the name of any Belgian province in\n" |
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" one of the three Belgian languages (just check Wikipedia!):" |
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msgstr "" |
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msgid "Province" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:130 |
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msgid "Send" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:5 |
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msgid "Project archive" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:6 |
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msgid "" |
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"Some old projects that I attached an\n" |
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"\"obsolete\" tag to." |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:11 |
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msgid "Maarten's website" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:20 |
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msgid "Navigation" |
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msgstr "" |
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:21 |
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msgid "Front page" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:27 |
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msgid "" |
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"I collect the parts of my website here that are now\n" |
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" obsolete, for the purpose of archiving them if somebody wants to " |
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"see\n" |
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" them.\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:34 |
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msgid "Ghent University elections 2019" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:36 |
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msgid "" |
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"In 2020, Jonathan and I were canditates for the\n" |
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" Board of Governors at Ghent University. If you want to know what\n" |
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" we want(ed) to change, then this is the place for you.\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:44 |
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msgid "View project page" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:46 |
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msgid "Quotebook" |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:52 |
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msgid "" |
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"When I was a student at Hasselt University, I\n" |
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" maintained a quotebook as special treat for my buddies of\n" |
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" Informatics. An amazing time that's long past now, but I keep a\n" |
+ |
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" little link to the project because nostalgia is comforting.\n" |
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" " |
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msgstr "" |
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|
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#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:58 |
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msgid "Open quotebook" |
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msgstr "" |
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