Thanks for the link. The translation was a bit rough because they apparently used quite colorful wording. My take away was that it was to save money -- what a terrible way to save money.
I recently found that some libraries are keeping their media. They are just being cut off from the Médiathéque organisation.
Thanks for the link. The article is a bit vague (at least the machine translation of it). I get the impression they are saying a hypermarket type of business is unsustainable. If that’s accurate, then I guess we can expect to see Carrefour fall as well.
oh, that’s a bummer. Thanks for the info. You saved me some effort in tracking down the brewery.
This beer is no longer being produced by the brewery.
https://untappd.com/b/de-goedheilige-mannen-black-pete/1097451
Seems like the brewery itself stopped
Muntpunt, la bibliothèque-médiathèque flamande brille au cœur de Bruxelles, flagship moderne et accueillant, ancré dans son époque.
Not in Brussels, but from what I recall rechargeable coin or button cell batteries exist, but are usually much lower in capacity. Like 25% of the disposable ones.
I think BigClive mentioned this at some point; they’re not really a form factor that supports recharging. You might be able to get away with it with some devices but things tend to be picky about voltage.
Edit: I was mistaken, but not entirely. CR2032 are not the same as LIR2032; the chemistry is different and therefore the voltage is quite significantly different - up to 4v. The rechargeable LIR batteries have something in the neighborhood of 17% of the capacity of a CR2032 and may suffer in the cold.
I have another box of energiser Elite bulbs which say 50,000 hours (nearly 6 years of continuous use) but only have a 3 year warranty. A bit odd for Energiser, but the 30ish Philips bulbs in my house have been running for at least 5 years now with no failures.
I’ve just checked my Philips UltraEfficient and it appears to be a 5 year warranty, sorry my mistake… I think they had a number of hours warranty at one point which was more than I would use them in a lifetime, so it’s possible I made it up from that, or they may have had lifetime when it was ~20err per bulb… now a much more reasonable ~5eur.
Still steer clear of the cheap ones, you will find them running hot, using more power than they should and dying early.
I’ll have to pay attention to that when I’m in the shop. I don’t recall seeing a lifetime warranty, but wonder what that even means.
TomTom and Garmin started offering a “lifetime” of map updates on their satnav devices. I later found out a lifetime is not my personal lifetime.. it’s whatever they decide is the lifetime of the device, which is something like 5 years.
Please do not do this, some no-name market/eBay/Amazon bulbs are dangerous, they lack the circuit protection and most of them have ridiculous claims of Lumen output and power consumption.
Buy quality bulbs from reputable manufacturers that are A rated (210l/w) most of these have lifetime warranties they will either outlive you or you can call the manufacturer for a replacement, who don’t usually require sending the old one back.
I think that would ruin some perfectly good click bait. Maybe I’ll add a footnote.
Haven't been there since 2012, so my opinion may vary. But it depends on the stage/artist. There's like a dozen stages with each one having their own scheduled DJs. Some DJs barely talk, whiles others don't stop talking. I would say the mainstage is more likely to have a talker for a DJ.
According to the attorney general who entered the opinion that influenced Hessischer Rundfunk case, over 3% of people in the EU were unbanked /despite/ the basic banking option.
I don’t know how many people are unbanked by choice, but certainly forced-banking is a form of oppression; the freedom from which is only possible if you have the choice not enter the marketplace and patronise a bank. If, for example, you oppose the fact that all banks finance the fossil fuel industry, you should have a right to boycott all banks. It also seems incompatible with the GDPR to /force/ people to create a digital footprint which then entails trusting a bank to not be breached.
Presumeably the 3% includes some undocumented people and asylum seekers.
In Belgium, basic accounts are crippled such that they do not support cash operations. So if your income is in cash (e.g. domestic workers and sex workers), the basic account won’t help.
Okay, but Belgium (and other EU countries) force banks to offer Basic Banking Service Accounts, so everyone can have one and use it for such things. Doesn't look so bad in theory.
The problem with banning mazut boilers is that it marginalises unbanked people. Suppliers for natural gas and electricity refuse cash. As forced banking becomes reality in Belgium:
https://fedia.io/m/Belgium@europe.pub/t/2376978/The-UK-has-an-NGO-to-defend-cash-Payment-Choice
^ Mbin copied the text of that article into the body. I went along with it because Bulletin is a relatively defensive website. Works over tor but apparently after lots of delays and snags. Would be nice if mbin could preserve the paragraph breaks.
Anyway, I hate the damn things. These e-scooters clusterfuck bicycle racks. Shared e-scooters don’t need to be locked to a rack yet they block bicycles from the racks. I picked one of them up and tossed it. It bounced off another one back to me and landed on my foot, which took weeks to heal. So indeed, I hate the damn things.
The Council of State still has to make a ruling on whether the Brussels government followed correct procedures when it decided which scooter hire firms to retain.
Interesting that there is a selection process. Competition is fierce yet all the apps are jailed in Google’s Playstore, and closed-source. Considering the scooters are a public nuissance, in the very least they should be open to the public -- not just patrons of Apple and Google. The Brussels gov could easily make FOSS apps a criteria for the scooter apps considering how motivated Lime seems to be.