Code Monkeys

I could take or leave tofu, but I really like tempeh.

There are some large, internationally oriented companies where you can get by speaking only English. I’ve also seen more than one tech company hire programmers that don’t speak Dutch. So it depends on the industry.

If you want to get some perspectives from Americans living in the Netherlands, you could check out Itz Sky’s and Jordan Green’s channels on YouTube.

Things aren’t much better in The Netherlands. The PVV is part of the government now. The good news is that having to form a coalition with other parties, seems to have reigned in some of their worst tendencies. Also, their minister of immigration is a total nitwit that can’t get any sort of actual policy implemented. If they keep failing to make any kind of progress on this issue, hopefully they won’t do as well in the next election.

The party is called the PVV. Their racism is mostly aimed at Muslims, but they’re not a big fan of most other groups of immigrants either. Highly educated expats with a work visa largely get a pass, though I think there are some plans to limit their benefits.

The Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia have all those things and people tend to speak English really well.

Parliamentary democracy with proportional representation, affordable healthcare, affordable education, great roads and infrastructure with lots of cycling lanes, shops near homes, better labour laws, more vacation days, maternity leave, social safety net, less gun violence, police trained in de-escalation, affordable phone and internet plans, more affordable healthy food options, more egalitarian culture, none of those pesky hills or mountains, surrounded by countries that make good beer.

Death Race 2050

I don’t distrohop or tinker with my Linux install anymore. I just install Linux Mint XFCE edition and don’t even bother changing the background.

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Suggestions for TV shows.

The last scene of the last episode of Six Feet Under.

Me neither.

Warhammer 40K lore.

Comedy:

• The Young Ones
• Red Dwarf
• Arrested Development
• The Good Place

Science Fiction:

• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Battlestar Galactica
• Firefly
• The Expanse

Drama:

• Six Feet Under
• Breaking Bad

Waking Life

Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come

It really bothers me when people walk on the cycling lane or the road while there’s a sidewalk.

Hardcore Pawn. We are treated to a bunch of episodes every weekend over here.

Putting “rule” in the title for reasons I don’t understand.