It is against the law to grow marijuana and cannabis plants. In cases where no more than 5 plants are grown for personal consumption, the police will generally only seize the plants. If more than 5 plants are found, the Public Prosecution Service will prosecute.
Yeah my big issues with it are that it funds a lot of gangster bullshit in the country, there's a lot of tax money that could be benefiting the Netherlands that they're not getting, and there's no real control on testing for pesticides and mold.
The models employed in the US aren't flawless and a lot of the laws are written by idiots, but there's a ton of tax money going towards stuff like education in legal states and the requirements for testing for harmful substances are pretty major.
The state of Colorado alone generated something like $280 million in tax revenue last year of which a great deal goes to education and health care.
Today, I am continuing work on the new ActivityPub module. I am also adapting the test environment that I will use during further development. Work on launching the API on the instance will continue tomorrow.
Really has felt like the thrediverse has been quite active lately. During the exodus we had a lot of posting about... the exodus. But now we have a lot of posting about actual topics and what feels like a pretty healthy community building save for a few instances that will probably get defederated before too long.
The Shidao Bay plant in eastern Shandong province is powered by two high-temperature reactors cooled by gas rather than pressurised water, according to state news agency Xinhua...
Very much agree. I think it would work too. And the crazy thing is it would be a huge advantage for any country that reached true renewable energy independence.
It's also asking way too fucking much of the average person. Running multiple fediverse instances is basically a hobby and I barely have time for the hobbies I already have (and actually enjoy). It also is probably at least $100-200/year extra financial commitment in hosting and I'm being conservative on that number.
If you share a link from twitter to other platforms you used to see a preview… but not for a while now. Doesn’t matter if it’s Facebook or Lemmy, twitter.com replies with a 404 on links that work fine even without being logged in....
Over the last few days, there's been an increasing problem with spam accounts from lemmy.blahaj.zone. It seems like they're working on addressing this issue, at least in a one-at-a-time fashion, but it's clear that they have not been able to proactively prevent the problem yet....
I saw some article about polling in the last week or two where a lot or maybe most of the people who now wanted peace still didn’t think they should give up Crimea.
Feels like a very have your cake and eat it too kinda stance. “We didn’t do anything wrong but the consequences of our actions suck so we should prob tone it down… but to reiterate, we weren’t in the wrong”
I know Clarkson is really polarizing but I really enjoyed this show and appreciate his brand of humor a lot. Long time Top Gear fan. Excited for more seasons of this
I'm not so sure that hyper targeted ads based on a ton of granular data about me is a requisite for modern business not to collapse in on itself.
Advertisers made do just fine for quite a long time only being able to target the sort of people that would probably be consuming a given magazine or TV show. Ok so this is an auto enthusiast magazine, so lets advertise auto parts. This is a parenting magazine so advertise baby stuff. Etc. Same thing can be done online.
They don't need to have a creepy level of information about us and if they do their business model maybe doesn't deserve to stay afloat.
Esther’s academics weren’t “stellar,” Kim said — only a 4.3 GPA, 1520 SAT and nine AP courses. But in her personal statement, she wrote about her mother’s fight with breast cancer. And she was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania.
“That was her trump card. It was a unique situation that she overcame,” Kim said. “To be frank, she got really lucky.”
Sure, China's got a lot of really cool stuff about it that would be awesome to see. But with the wealth of other countries around the world not operating as full on dictatorships, I'm gonna hard pass on visiting until they sort their shit out (so probably never)
I like how they've suddenly realized that they've made a bad name for themselves around the world by being righteous dickheads so all of a sudden they're softening their rhetoric and expecting everyone to buy it.
The fact that this comment I've made alone might be grounds for arrest there is all that needs saying about it.
It’s a dictatorship and there’s plenty of awesome countries that are not dictatorships which I haven’t had a chance to visit yet.
I didn’t say anything was more or less morally bad. I just have zero interest in visiting countries that rank so poorly on freedom indexes and I don’t care if said countries waive visa requirements.
I'm sitting here watching Nvidia Shield, Amazon, and Windows, etc all cram ads into their shit and really reaaally hoping Apple doesn't break on this one.
Bit dramatic of you to call a $5.45 fee hostile. Venice is legitimately overcrowded during tourist season and has a lot of problems to deal with to even literally stay above water right now. I'm sure they won't miss you.
Yeah cruise tourists are extremely fucking annoying when they pile into city centers by the 100s. I recall hearing an economic analysis being done about them in Amsterdam and the short of it was that they cost the city more than they spend here. They don't buy hotel rooms locally and they eat the bulk of their meals aboard rather than in the city. So they're just a drain on infrastructure and law enforcement and clog up the streets not knowing where they should and shouldn't walk.
I also recall hearing that going on a cruise is one of the most polluting things a person can do in such a short period of time. They just need to stop being a thing at least until such a time as they are able to run on something other than fossil fuel.
Interesting. I wonder what the benefit of that is. I guess maybe spreading the fuel burn across times when they are and aren't in motion? Maybe it's also quieter?
I mean how you describe your situation sounds like exactly what this tax is meaning to deal with. A big group of people (10 by your numbers?) who only come for the day to use the city like a free open air museum and maybe buy a meal there and then leave having added very little to the economy to the extent that you think €60 is too much to pay for your day there being a part of the extreme congestion the city has.
So if you're not going to come anymore this seems like mission accomplished.
Amsterdam has the same problem with cruise ship tourists. They pile into the city and spend little money and create a nuisance for everyone living here. I think both cities would be much better off without day trip tourists.
Everyone here would do well to read the room a bit if we find that surprising. Or at least keep tabs on whats going on outside of your particular ideological bubble.
Anti immigrant sentiment is up big time across the EU right now. And specifically directed towards people from the Middle East and Africa. I'd wager a lot of people didn't vote for him despite his stances on that issue, but rather because of them.
Been having a problem recently (and intermittently) where when I upvote a comment it goes to a page that says Error and I have to go back to the previous thread, refresh it, and then the upvote works.
Paris is saying ‘non’ to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Netherlands begins trial to make cannabis fully legal (www.theguardian.com)
RTR#39 Further development of the ActivityPub module (kbin.social)
Today, I am continuing work on the new ActivityPub module. I am also adapting the test environment that I will use during further development. Work on launching the API on the instance will continue tomorrow.
Lemmy's active users are up again for the first time since the exodus (lemmy.ml)
from lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats
US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire (www.semafor.com)
The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Friday calling for a ceasefire to the fighting in Gaza....
China launches fourth-generation nuclear reactor, world's first (www.hindustantimes.com)
The Shidao Bay plant in eastern Shandong province is powered by two high-temperature reactors cooled by gas rather than pressurised water, according to state news agency Xinhua...
A group of Norwegian unions says it will act against Tesla in solidarity with its Swedish colleagues (abcnews.go.com)
Boris Johnson tasked security force to plan a raid on a vaccine plant in the Netherlands (www.theguardian.com)
EU approves ban on destruction of unsold clothing (www.dw.com)
French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes (www.theguardian.com)
My fediverse use - I'm hosting everything myself - PeerTube, Mastodon and Lemmy (tube.jeena.net)
To really own your content, I think you need to host it yourself. The fediverse makes it possible.
twitter is so broken ... it returns a 404 when you share links (beehaw.org)
If you share a link from twitter to other platforms you used to see a preview… but not for a while now. Doesn’t matter if it’s Facebook or Lemmy, twitter.com replies with a 404 on links that work fine even without being logged in....
UK union leader’s mass defiance warning over ‘attempt to ban strikes’ (www.theguardian.com)
Problems with spam accounts from lemmy.blahaj.zone (kbin.social)
Over the last few days, there's been an increasing problem with spam accounts from lemmy.blahaj.zone. It seems like they're working on addressing this issue, at least in a one-at-a-time fashion, but it's clear that they have not been able to proactively prevent the problem yet....
Heavy snow causes travel delays across Europe (www.bbc.co.uk)
Cannabis use in Europe (i.redd.it)
Russians' support of Ukraine war collapses, finds poll (www.euronews.com)
Amazon Prime Video Confirms ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ Will Be Renewed For Season 4 (deadline.com)
Time to fire up the tractor again — Amazon Prime Video has renewed Clarkson’s Farm.
'What's the point?' — EU lawmakers sink teeth into digital euro (www.euronews.com)
noyb files GDPR complaint against Meta over “Pay or Okay” (noyb.eu)
Post-affirmative action, Asian American families are more stressed than ever about college admissions (www.latimes.com)
Precarious finances: 38% of Europeans no longer eat three meals a day (www.euronews.com)
China offers visa-free entry for citizens of France, Germany, Italy (www.reuters.com)
Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV (9to5google.com)
Venice rolls out day-tripper fee to try to regulate mass crowds on peak weekends (english.elpais.com)
Dutch election: anti-Islam, far-right Geert Wilders set for big win (www.euronews.com)
Patient privacy fears as US spy tech firm Palantir wins £330m NHS contract (www.theguardian.com)
/kbin Issues (codeberg.org)