Seems logical, but there’s a valid reason why these fridges are connected, at least for reading data (not so much for controlling).

European law dictates that things that can spoil due to heat must be stored at the right temperature. And therefore you must register the temperatures of each refrigerator at each moment to have a valid proof of compliance.

A simple supermarkt already has 50 or so appliances. And supermarkets are usually chains with hundreds of stores. So you can imagine the need of having to monitor temperatures centrally. I can imagine that for medical use, the rules are even stricter.

Decent all season tires have both marks (M+S and 3PMSF) and are accepted in all countries.

You are right that the tire is a compromise, but in practice the better all season tires are convenient and sufficient for most drivers, especially in countries with a predominantly mild climate. Their biggest downside is cost vs mileage.

Seems like something is missing in this explanation though. If people don’t blame left wing, and are just voting right to find a solution to their problems, then why is LGBT support plummeting (topic or this article)? There is no relationship between LGBT rights and the housing shortage.

However, the last left-wing cabinet in the Netherlands was in 1973, and the last cabinet with significant left wing participation ended in 2002. So 24 years of center/right coalition. Seems people have to be pretty much brainwashed to believe some left wing party is the cause of their suffering.

The website mentions a4, a3 and letter

No need to put this guy in the spotlight: a populist who has been at it for over 20 years and doesn’t have the skills to put his words into action.

I agree that it’s needed in this day and age, when we are faced with dictators.

However more centralized powers have historically led to war within Europe. Think about World war I and II, the Balkan wars, the Prussian wars, Napoleonic wars, the Seven years war, war of the Spanish succession and so on. This is the reason the EU is set up the way it is, all countries can influence decisions and there’s no dominant power overruling others. So it’s a bit of a double edged sword. Centralization helps to suppress cultural differences but doesn’t solve them.

A little more than just exploit reporting… the law requires products to be secure by design.

Python was created by a Dutch programmer.

Pascal was created by a Swiss programmer.

C# and Typescript were created by a Danish software architect, working for Microsoft.

Very surprising how little people talk about CRA when it basically covers every digital product we use in our daily lives and the software that goes with it.

Unfortunately that’s not an exception anymore. In many places it is worse. For instance, the same flat in Amsterdam would cost around 1400 euro per month.

It has declined over the years but after Covid, crime levels slowly increased again year on year. Crime levels are higher than e.g. Amsterdam, Paris or Berlin.

I couldn’t find statistics to back up your claim.

Based on what I can find, crime rates have actually dropped significantly since the start of the century (2000: 90 crimes per 1000 residents, 2025: 45 crimes per 1000 residents).

Drug related offences in The Netherlands are three times as low compared to Germany, and five times as low as France per 100k residents.

Homicide rate has dropped significantly for all three countries. In 2023, the homicide rate in The Netherlands was 0.3 per 100k residents, while Germany scored 0.5 and France had the most with 0.8 residents per 100k residents. Just for comparison, the US has 5.8 homicides per 100k people.

This particular shooting is linked to the famous criminal Bolle Jos, who is hiding in Africa and is very much on the radar of the Dutch investigation and intervention unit.

Well, good to have more choice there. But only two major Android updates? Fairphone policy is eight major updates.

The headline says 124. Commissioning aside, that’s misleading.

The issue is not the 3 euros, it’s that some Chinese products are simply indispensable.

These electric parts are used to repair and create products. Europe simply doesn’t produce these. On top of that some of these electric components have a price lower than this 3 euro fee, stimulating people to buy either in bulk or to buy from a dropshipper.