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Faalangst_26

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  • The "ChInA BaD" Starter Pack for lemmy liberals

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  • I am also interested in your perspective. Why do you think this report was made? Why can't it be trusted, but other reports that say it is al fine there can be trusted?

    Genuinely curious, if you have the time or enthousiasm to continue if course.

  • The "ChInA BaD" Starter Pack for lemmy liberals

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  • Right, I know this is an unwinnable discussion, but whatever.

    Perhaps a bit of a language barrier. English is (as you probably guessed) not my first language.

    In the Netherlands government and the state are 2 different things. The state is the entire governmental organization as a whole.

    By the government I mean the coalition, the ministers and the prime minister.

    The NPO (which Nieuwsuur falls under) gets its funding from the state. They get allocated a fixed amount each year.

    The government can not directly influence anything that is done with this money.

    So yes, I strongly believe this reporting is unbiased. I base this opinion on the years of reporting they have done before this item, and the years after. They do t let themselves be influenced by the 'daily opinion', they criticize left and right equally.

    The current government is currently not at all what I voted for, but I also know that there are plenty of parties in opposition that do seriously use these reports to hold the coalition (government) accountable. So yes, I do think that good reporting can help steer the government away from making deals with countries as such.

    What part of the report makes you think it is biased against the Chinese? I don't dislike the Chinese people, just the factually proven mistreatment of the Uyghur people.

  • The "ChInA BaD" Starter Pack for lemmy liberals

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  • I am not saying that, perhaps i worded it weirdly. I was merely trying to explain a reason why this report can't simply be put down as 'biased'. But since you are apparently not interested in the contents of said report I guess there is no convincing you. I just want to implore you to just like with any other country (or entity for that matter) to never blindly defend them.

    Don't think I'm defending the Dutch government here, I strongly oppose the current government (what's left of it), but I do want to praise actual good journalism. It is something that is unfortunately becoming less and less common.

  • The "ChInA BaD" Starter Pack for lemmy liberals

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  • You are somehow completely missing the point. Why would there be something else at play? What possible reason could the Dutch government have to want a report like this to exist? The opposition often gives the coalition a lot of heat for things like this, actually affecting legislation. Again, 0 reasons to think that this TV program is biased in their reporting. They even have some more recent items you would actually like, about how Dutch innovation is starting to fall behind compared to China.

    The point is this:

    It is perfectly understandable to dislike 'the west' or anything you want to fit into that term, but don't use that as an excuse to defend other parties. No matter who they are.

    I wish it was different, I wish China could focus their internal and external policies on items that actually benefited them.

  • The "ChInA BaD" Starter Pack for lemmy liberals

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  • I'm not saying that this completely stopped them in their tracks. But it would obviously be in the governments best interests to not bring to light an item like this. It would be easier for them they don't have to worm their way out of difficult interviews

  • The "ChInA BaD" Starter Pack for lemmy liberals

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  • Politicians were being questioned by other media based on this report. They had to defend improving relations and creating stronger economic bonds with a country that did not have a great human rights record.

  • The "ChInA BaD" Starter Pack for lemmy liberals

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  • This is a Dutch investigative piece (English subtitles available) made by the Dutch government funded TV program 'Nieuwsuur'. Before you start bashing on it for it being biased because the TV program is government funded, a lot of Dutch politicians at the time strongly wanted to increase our trade agreements with China, this item was actively hindering that.

    https://youtu.be/ixdGGZ4Nof0

    I get disliking a lot of the 'American exceptionalism' you see on some corners of the internet, but one must also be cautious of not accidentally creating your own 'Chinese exceptionalism'. There is actual concrete proof that this is happening in China. This is of course not the fault of the Chinese people, this is government policy, not the fault of the whole Chinese people. But if we become to cautious to speak up about issues like these, they will keep occurring in all parts of the world.

    I don't think I'll be able to convince anyone in here, but due to me more and more frequently spotting posts about these on my Lemmy feed, I was itching to speak up about it.

  • [Cities Skylines 2, Announcements] Region Pack: Netherlands now available

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  • As someone who really enjoyed CS1, but got disinterested in CS2 after hearing about all the performance woes it was having, how would you describe the current state of the game? The steam reviews are still at 'mixed' but they ve had some time now to address concerns.

  • Wii U @lemmy.world
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    Wii U SD card 'write locked' fix

  • What Git clients do you use?

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  • Have to take a look at Fork (annoying name to Google I image). Sourcetree can be quite sluggish and downright annoying on macOS.

    Ditto on the CLI having its pro's and cons

  • Programming @programming.dev
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    What Git clients do you use?

  • Didn't want to inconvenience anyone

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  • Except it doesn't, you got the implication wrong. If I say "Astronauts sometimes eat apples" that does not imply that all people who eat apples are astronauts. The statement can still be true even if some/most people who miss their exits are not good drivers.

  • Operating sysrule

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  • Out of curiosity, what IDE do you want to use and which one are you stuck with?

  • FFXIV Online @possumpat.io
    Faalangst_26 @feddit.nl

    FINAL FANTASY XIV MOBILE – OFFICIAL PORTAL

    ffxivmobile.com /web202409m/index.html

  • Distro or Desktop like "classic" macOS

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  • Thanks!

    Can't believe I didn't find those, guess I should have searched for platinum. Guess I'm off installing xfce.

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    Faalangst_26 @feddit.nl

    Distro or Desktop like "classic" macOS

  • Reticulum Network - Potentially viable global mesh internet

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  • That's awesome, someone actually using Python what it's best for, creating a minimum viable product, before moving onto something more permanent!

    I'll be very interested to see where this project ends up going.

  • Reticulum Network - Potentially viable global mesh internet

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  • This is a very cool concept and it seems quite mature for something in beta. I do however have my doubts over choosing to use python for something as often used as the network stack. As I understand it, one of the goals for this project is efficiency, and while python is very efficient to write, it is notably very inefficient during runtime.

  • Home(lab) router advice

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  • I've had some bad experienced with Ubiquitis edge routers and their Unifi software, so I'd rather avoid them for a bit. I'll have to look into mikrotik!

  • Home(lab) router advice

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  • Though so, thanks.

    I'm comfortable with a cli, but in a homelab environment quick testing might prove easier using a GUI, so I'll probably go with the pfsense route then

  • homelab @lemmy.ml
    Faalangst_26 @feddit.nl

    Home(lab) router advice

  • German travel chaos blamed on lack of investment in railways

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  • As a fellow dutch person that also travels by trains a lot, I get really irritated when people only complain. Sure, there are definitely fuck ups at NS. But I feel people completely write off the system because of them. I can't remember the last time a train got outright cancelled (outside of extreme weather conditions in which I also wouldn't be comfortable driving). There are issues with the system, those should be fixed, but that does not mean that everything is terrible.

    But maybe it's way worse in your part of the country, there definitely have been issues with getting enough personnel (as do all other sectors). So maybe we are both making our arguments from two different experiences.

  • German travel chaos blamed on lack of investment in railways

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  • I'm sorry, what? It may feel like they suck when there is a 10 minute delay on the train you wanted to take, but the Dutch railway system is one of the most reliable in Europe.

  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Review Megathread

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  • I hope they've done enough to the Manhattan area to 'spice it up'. In the first game I never really got any incentive to explore it beyond the icons on the map/hud. When Tears of the Kingdom released I was also a bit disappointed with how much of the map stayed the same. Sure, they added a lot of new areas in that game, but in the end you still had to cover a lot of known ground.

    Still, reviews are looking good and I'm excited to try it out;

  • homelab @lemmy.ml
    Faalangst_26 @feddit.nl

    Issue with internet jitter/dropout

  • PSVR @feddit.nl
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    Synapse just released for the PSVR2

    store.playstation.com /nl-nl/product/EP4114-PPSA12507_00-4397472491277281
  • PSVR @feddit.nl
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    Welcome to the PSVR community on Lemmy!