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Add new language files for Flemish and Belgian French

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Maarten Vangeneugden
Date
March 31, 2022, 4:54 p.m.
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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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msgid ""
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"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
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#: about/views.py:23
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#, python-format
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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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#: about/views.py:27
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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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#: about/views.py:140
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msgid "Message sent!"
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msgid "Myself"
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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 "Home page"
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msgid "Probably chilling a bit. Feel free to talk! ❤"
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msgid ") was a misspelling, or is not a Belgian province. Message discarded."
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msgid "Message sent!"
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"A page where I talk about myself, what I\n"
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"\tdo, what I (dis)like, who I am, ..."
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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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"    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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"    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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"    important things. I plan on sharing more through my upcoming blog, but "
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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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"        enough developed to talk about, or too minor to mention. Of course, "
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msgid "music"
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msgid ""
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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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"        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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"        and ambient music. I don't have favourite numbers or anything. I "
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msgid ""
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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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"        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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"        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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"        I enjoy Belgian fries a lot, but I am picky about them. I consider "
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"\t<li>Drugs are unhealthy. Most of them cause damage to organs, and can "
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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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"  should I need it, since that's not recreational), so I don't oppose to "
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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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"\">Apertium</a>\n"
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"    since November 2020, which is a free software\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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"    That's because Reddit is one of the few platforms that respects its "
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"    and doesn't require me to identify myself.<br />\n"
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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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"\"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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"        network up and increase the security. If you really want to, you can "
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"        help by becoming a <strong>non</strong>-exit node (because exit "
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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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"    <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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"    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 "
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"browsing\n"
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"    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"
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"    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"
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"    elements pop in randomly and shift the page layout in grotesque ways,\n"
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"    (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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"    totally worth clicking \"Allow this script\" every once in a while, then "
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"    urge you to install NoScript as well, and activate \"Block scripts "
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"    It will make your browsing a lot better in almost every way."
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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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"\n"
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"    I also voluntarily help people move from using proprietary software to "
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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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"    difficult when you're not used to it). For your freedom's sake, I "
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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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"    <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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"what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management\"\n"
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"    target=\"_blank\">DRM</a>.\n"
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"\n"
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"    However, I still think that games also ought to be free software, "
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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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"    thanks to people who believe in something, and actively strive to better "
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"    Now, I know that most people reading this don't think about themselves "
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"    being an activist; most likely you're studying, or working a career, "
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"    care of friends and/or family. You don't have time for activism. At "
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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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"        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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"        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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"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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"        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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"I want to end this with a nice citation,\n"
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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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"        help, but not nearly as much as having no/fewer children."
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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 "
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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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"saving the planet\n"
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"        from probably 4-10 people in the following decades."
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+
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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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"father\n"
+
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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"
+
839
"\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"
+
844
"\talready happening. Even assuming that 7 billion people is not too much,\n"
+
845
"\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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"\tare not mutually exclusive. We can (and must) do both."
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"Some people tout the economy as a reason why this is a bad\n"
+
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"\tsuggestion.<br />\n"
+
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"\tFirst, simply making this statement implies that economical progress is "
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"an\n"
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"    argument that's worth\n"
+
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"\ttaking into consideration with the current direction we're heading, which "
+
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"is\n"
+
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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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"school teachers)\n"
+
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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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"It\n"
+
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"also causes so-called climate refugees, who also need to be granted asylum, "
+
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"and\n"
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"all the costs that come with it."
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:208
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+
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"Governments ought to teach children in school about this matter,\n"
+
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"    and spread information about (working) anticonception measures. An "
+
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"increase in\n"
+
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"    abortion rights will also help, and is also beneficial to the rights of "
+
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"women, another\n"
+
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"\timportant problem. It goes without saying that I am pro abortion rights."
+
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"<br />\n"
+
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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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"vlamingen-meer-kinderen-krijgen---nieuwkom/\" target=\"_blank\">\n"
+
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"\tideas that are also often espoused by extremist groups, like\n"
+
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"    Vlaams-Belachelijk and AfD<!--Albernheit für Deutschland?--></a>),\n"
+
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"\tbut we mustn't listen to that; they're fundamentally irrational, and\n"
+
914
"\ttheir preachers would rather condemn people to parenthood against their "
+
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"will,\n"
+
916
"\trather than allow abortions, which are medically speaking less dangerous\n"
+
917
"\tprocedures than giving birth. Forcing people to risk maternal death "
+
918
"against\n"
+
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"\ttheir will because of a flawed reasoning is reprehensible, that's why "
+
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"they\n"
+
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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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"call-the-pro-lifers-what-they-are-pro-death\">\n"
+
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"\t\t<strong>pro-death</strong> movement</a>; because of these people, the "
+
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"US\n"
+
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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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"of-maternal-deaths-in-the-developed-world\">\n"
+
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"\tthe highest number of maternal deaths in the developed nations.</a>"
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+
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"While I don't want humanity to disappear, I don't have to worry\n"
+
935
"\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 "
+
938
"that\n"
+
939
"    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; "
+
941
"that is\n"
+
942
"    very unlikely to work anyway, and since lower income households have "
+
943
"more\n"
+
944
"    children on average than higher income, the burden of such a law would "
+
945
"fall\n"
+
946
"    on those people that have enough problems already. It would also fuel "
+
947
"the idea\n"
+
948
"\t\tthat wanting a family should be a misdemeanour, which is ridiculous.\n"
+
949
"    (To continue on that: The government should focus especially on "
+
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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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"effect\n"
+
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"    than with other types of households.)\n"
+
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"    Also, children that are born, deserve/need all the\n"
+
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"    help to develop themselves, and laws need to be put in place that "
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"supports\n"
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"    families, such as school and child subsidies, to name a few."
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msgid ""
+
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"Additionally, the time that would otherwise need to be invested\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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"can go on a very long vacation, you can devote yourself to a cause, make a\n"
+
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"lucrative career, study, ..."
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:254
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msgid ""
+
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"But perhaps you still want to have a family. And that's no problem "
+
973
"whatsoever:\n"
+
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"        Thousands of orphans are waiting for a family as you're reading "
+
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"this,\n"
+
976
"        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 "
+
979
"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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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:263
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msgid "(Anti-)Glossary"
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:265
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msgid ""
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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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msgid "Fascism"
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:451
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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"
+
1028
"    fascist doctrines,\n"
+
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"    that spread hatred amongst society, and propose blanket discrimination "
+
1030
"and\n"
+
1031
"    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"
+
1043
"    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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msgid "Pro-death"
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:489
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+
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"People that fight against abortion rights see this as\n"
+
1056
"    some kind of moral crusade that they are pro-life, as if to say that "
+
1057
"people\n"
+
1058
"    who propose abortion rights are anti-life. This is dangerous spin: Not "
+
1059
"only\n"
+
1060
"    do abortions allow many people a path out of poverty (which would also\n"
+
1061
"    impoverise\n"
+
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"    any offspring they get), abortions are medically speaking less dangerous "
+
1063
"to\n"
+
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"    the pregnant woman than carrying the foetus to term. America now has "
+
1065
"the\n"
+
1066
"    highest amount of maternal deaths in the developed world because of "
+
1067
"these\n"
+
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"    people. Thus, they are responsible for the deaths of many people, and "
+
1069
"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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"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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+
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:504
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msgid "Pro abortion rights"
+
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+
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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"
+
1087
"    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"
+
1089
"    abortion is a pleasant thing.\n"
+
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"    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 "
+
1092
"wouldn't\n"
+
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"    be so necessary. But in this world, it happens. And when it does, these "
+
1094
"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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"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"
+
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"    I'm under the impression that it's now being regarded as something that "
+
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"puts\n"
+
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"    \"STEM studies\" on a better level of regard than other studies. \"STEM "
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"label\n"
+
1121
"    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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"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"
+
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"    representation and guidance, sociologists give us a scientifically "
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"based\n"
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"    idea of how humans\n"
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"    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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msgid ""
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"In English (and sometimes also in Dutch), my study at the university is "
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"often referred to as merely\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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"Per\n"
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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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:716
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msgid "Don't buy diamonds"
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:718
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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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:727
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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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:734
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msgid "Get/Stay off Facebook"
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:736
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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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msgstr ""
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msgid "Gender neutral prenouns"
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:862
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msgid "Stay safe, and only pay cash"
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:863
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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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:872
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msgid "The safety myth debunked"
+
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:873
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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"
+
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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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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:882
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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"
+
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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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msgstr ""
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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"
+
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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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msgstr ""
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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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#: 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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#: 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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:954
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#, python-format
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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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#: 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"
+
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"    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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#: about/templates/about/index.djhtml:5
+
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msgid "Maarten | Main page"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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#: about/templates/about/index.djhtml:28
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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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:4
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msgid "Maitenance announcement"
+
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msgstr ""
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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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:6
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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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#: 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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:21
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msgid "Blog"
+
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msgstr ""
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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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:27
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msgid "Visit blog"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:44
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msgid "Check code"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:52
+
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msgid "About me"
+
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msgstr ""
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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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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:59
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msgid "Read on"
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:65
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msgid "Publications"
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msgstr ""
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msgid ""
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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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:77
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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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+
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:85
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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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"    &gt;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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"    <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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"    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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"    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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"    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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"    are made, I go over them manually to fix all the remaining mistakes, and "
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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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"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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"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"
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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 "
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"browsing\n"
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"    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"
+
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"    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"
+
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"    elements pop in randomly and shift the page layout in grotesque ways,\n"
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"    (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"
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"    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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"    It will make your browsing a lot better in almost every way."
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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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"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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"what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management\"\n"
+
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"    target=\"_blank\">DRM</a>.\n"
+
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"\n"
+
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"    <br />\n"
+
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"    However, I still think that games also ought to be free software, "
+
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"because\n"
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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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"    lost because of technical changes (ranging from instruction set "
+
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"architecture\n"
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"    to a specific high-level library), making them unplayable as time goes "
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+
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"For the greater good. Find out about some interesting things to better the "
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+
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"You see, the world gets better all the time. Mostly, this is\n"
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"    thanks to people who believe in something, and actively strive to better "
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"the\n"
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"    world. They come in all sizes and types, but they're collectively named "
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"\"activists\".\n"
+
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"    Now, I know that most people reading this don't think about themselves "
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"as\n"
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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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"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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"        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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"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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"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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"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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"best thing you can do:\n"
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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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"        help, but not nearly as much as having no/fewer children."
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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 "
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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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"saving the planet\n"
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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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"father\n"
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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"
+
839
"\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"
+
845
"\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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"\tare not mutually exclusive. We can (and must) do both."
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"Some people tout the economy as a reason why this is a bad\n"
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"\tsuggestion.<br />\n"
+
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"\tFirst, simply making this statement implies that economical progress is "
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"an\n"
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"    argument that's worth\n"
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"\ttaking into consideration with the current direction we're heading, which "
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"is\n"
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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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"school teachers)\n"
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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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"It\n"
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"also causes so-called climate refugees, who also need to be granted asylum, "
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"and\n"
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"Governments ought to teach children in school about this matter,\n"
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"    and spread information about (working) anticonception measures. An "
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"increase in\n"
+
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"    abortion rights will also help, and is also beneficial to the rights of "
+
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"women, another\n"
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"\timportant problem. It goes without saying that I am pro abortion rights."
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"<br />\n"
+
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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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"vlamingen-meer-kinderen-krijgen---nieuwkom/\" target=\"_blank\">\n"
+
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"\tideas that are also often espoused by extremist groups, like\n"
+
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"    Vlaams-Belachelijk and AfD<!--Albernheit für Deutschland?--></a>),\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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"will,\n"
+
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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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"they\n"
+
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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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"call-the-pro-lifers-what-they-are-pro-death\">\n"
+
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"\t\t<strong>pro-death</strong> movement</a>; because of these people, the "
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"US\n"
+
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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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"of-maternal-deaths-in-the-developed-world\">\n"
+
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"\tthe highest number of maternal deaths in the developed nations.</a>"
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+
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"While I don't want humanity to disappear, I don't have to worry\n"
+
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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"
+
939
"    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"
+
942
"    very unlikely to work anyway, and since lower income households have "
+
943
"more\n"
+
944
"    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 "
+
947
"the idea\n"
+
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"\t\tthat wanting a family should be a misdemeanour, which is ridiculous.\n"
+
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"    (To continue on that: The government should focus especially on "
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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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"effect\n"
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"    than with other types of households.)\n"
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"    Also, children that are born, deserve/need all the\n"
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"    help to develop themselves, and laws need to be put in place that "
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"    families, such as school and child subsidies, to name a few."
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"Additionally, the time that would otherwise need to be invested\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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"can go on a very long vacation, you can devote yourself to a cause, make a\n"
+
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"lucrative career, study, ..."
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:254
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"But perhaps you still want to have a family. And that's no problem "
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"whatsoever:\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 "
+
979
"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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msgstr ""
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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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"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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1030
"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"
+
1035
"    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"
+
1043
"    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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+
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"People that fight against abortion rights see this as\n"
+
1056
"    some kind of moral crusade that they are pro-life, as if to say that "
+
1057
"people\n"
+
1058
"    who propose abortion rights are anti-life. This is dangerous spin: Not "
+
1059
"only\n"
+
1060
"    do abortions allow many people a path out of poverty (which would also\n"
+
1061
"    impoverise\n"
+
1062
"    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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1065
"the\n"
+
1066
"    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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"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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+
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"Pro-choice is used by people that propose extension of\n"
+
1084
"    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"
+
1087
"    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"
+
1089
"    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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+
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+
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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"
+
1116
"    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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"puts\n"
+
1119
"    \"STEM studies\" on a better level of regard than other studies. \"STEM "
+
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"label\n"
+
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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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"we\n"
+
1124
"    desperately need, also in this ever more connected world; interpreters "
+
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"are\n"
+
1126
"    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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"based\n"
+
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"    idea of how humans\n"
+
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"    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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:541
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+
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"In English (and sometimes also in Dutch), my study at the university is "
+
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"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"
+
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"    new information from data. The focus is really, <em>information</em>, "
+
1157
"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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"Per\n"
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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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:716
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msgid "Don't buy diamonds"
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:718
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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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:727
+
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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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:736
+
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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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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:773
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msgid "Gender neutral prenouns"
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:862
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msgid "Stay safe, and only pay cash"
+
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:863
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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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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:872
+
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msgid "The safety myth debunked"
+
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:873
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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"
+
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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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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/activism.djhtml:882
+
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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"
+
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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"
+
1357
"    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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msgstr ""
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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"
+
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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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msgstr ""
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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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#, python-format
+
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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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#: 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"
+
1416
"    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 "
+
1419
"plausible\n"
+
1420
"    to assume it did. But even that's not true: Bank of England conducted \n"
+
1421
"    <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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#: about/templates/about/index.djhtml:5
+
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msgid "Maarten | Main page"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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#: about/templates/about/index.djhtml:28
+
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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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:4
+
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msgid "Maitenance announcement"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:6
+
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msgid ""
+
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"Hello there! I'm Maarten, a happy\n"
+
1450
"        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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#: 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"
+
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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#: 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"
+
1479
msgstr ""
+
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+
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:36
+
1482
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"
+
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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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msgid "Check code"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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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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msgstr ""
+
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:54
+
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msgid ""
+
1504
"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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:59
+
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msgid "Read on"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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+
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:65
+
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msgid "Publications"
+
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msgstr ""
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:67
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msgid ""
+
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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 "
+
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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+
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msgid "Consult publications"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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+
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:77
+
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msgid "Other projects"
+
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msgstr ""
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+
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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:79
+
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msgid ""
+
1538
"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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:85
+
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msgid "View projects"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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+
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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"
+
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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:98
+
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msgid "List talking points"
+
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msgstr ""
+
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+
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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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+
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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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+
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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"
+
1572
"        the most direct link to yours truly. Leave me a thank you note, tell "
+
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"me\n"
+
1574
"        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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+
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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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#: about/templates/about/main_content.djhtml:129
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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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+
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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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+
1607
#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:6
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msgid ""
+
1609
"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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+
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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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+
1621
#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:21
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msgid "Front page"
+
1623
msgstr ""
+
1624
+
1625
#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:27
+
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msgid ""
+
1627
"I collect the parts of my website here that are now\n"
+
1628
"        obsolete, for the purpose of archiving them if somebody wants to "
+
1629
"see\n"
+
1630
"        them.\n"
+
1631
"        "
+
1632
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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+
1638
#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:36
+
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msgid ""
+
1640
"In 2020, Jonathan and I were canditates for the\n"
+
1641
"        Board of Governors at Ghent University. If you want to know what\n"
+
1642
"        we want(ed) to change, then this is the place for you.\n"
+
1643
"        "
+
1644
msgstr ""
+
1645
+
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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"
+
1652
msgstr ""
+
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+
1654
#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:52
+
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msgid ""
+
1656
"When I was a student at Hasselt University, I\n"
+
1657
"            maintained a quotebook as special treat for my buddies of\n"
+
1658
"            Informatics. An amazing time that's long past now, but I keep a\n"
+
1659
"            little link to the project because nostalgia is comforting.\n"
+
1660
"            "
+
1661
msgstr ""
+
1662
+
1663
#: about/templates/about/project-archive.djhtml:58
+
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msgid "Open quotebook"
+
1665
msgstr ""
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