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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩

@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world
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Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia.
Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists.

Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418).

Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's).
Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world in firefox · May 21, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @dadinek@fosstodon.org
@dadinek@fosstodon.org @samuel@social.whatshouldyoueat.com So which one do you use now? Any recommendations?
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world in firefox · May 21, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @samuel@social.whatshouldyoueat.com
Didn’t know that, thanks. That cryptocurrency shit is easy to turn off.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world in firefox · May 21, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @samuel@social.whatshouldyoueat.com
Can you explain that a bit more? It looks to me like a browser with a very good privacy standard.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world in firefox · May 21, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @Tutanota@mastodon.social
Am I missing Brave browser here???
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 17, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @pkuipersmunneke@mastodon.nl
En hij was niet goed, zoals veel biologen zeiden. Blijkt ook wel weer uit waarin hij uiteindelijk gevonden was, weer opnieuw de verkeerde kant op. Dat kan door stroming zijn, maar dan nog heeft die bultrug niet eerst nog ver de goede kant op gezwommen. Belachelijk dat er uberhaupt toestemming is gegeven voor die “redding”. Had dan al die mensen een garnaal of zo gegeven die ze dan mochten gaan redden. Maar ja, het had weer iets met geld te maken geloof ik. Een stel miljonairs die het geld bijeen brachten, niet omdat ze uberhaupt om Timmy gaven, maar voor het imago. Het zou me niets verbazen als het dier onderweg al dood was gegaan, dat verklaard ook waarom de tracker onklaar was (gemaakt) en biologen ineens niet bij de uitzetting mochten zijn. The show must go on. Tegenvaller dat het dode dier weer aanspoelde en geidentificeerd kon worden.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 10, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 06, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.social
Tell me again about “Free Speech”.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 04, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @nop2net@mastodon.social
Als het luid moet zijn lukt dat het beste met een blaasinstrument.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 04, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @wiert@mastodon.social
Als het veel volume moet maken dan komt er meestal toch wel iets van “blazen” bij kijken. Met een snaarinstrument is het lastig 120dB maken, met een blaasinstrument lukt dat prima.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 04, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @wiert@mastodon.social
Ook daar vindt een omzetting plaats naar luchtdruk, want anders kun je het niet horen.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 04, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @nop2net@mastodon.social
Hoe dacht je digitaal om te zetten in luchtdrukgolven die je gehoor kan waarnemen? De meesten van ons hebben nog geen geimplanteerde interface waar je rechtstreeks digitale signalen in kan voeren om ze te “horen”.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 04, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @Poldermanie@mastodon.social
Klopt niet helemaal. Bij luchtalarmtesten zijn ook blaasinstrumenten betrokken, want anders zou je die dingen niet horen.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 03, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @johannesbeers@mastodon.social
Ook interessant om te weten: Tami Erin die Pippi Langkous speelde maakte niet alleen films voor kinderen, maar ook voor adults..
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 03, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @leaverou@front-end.social
An interesting fact: After cataract surgery and the placement of a certain lens which lacks UV blocking, in contrast to my other eye which has normal UV blocking, I have now extended vision in the UV range. I can confirm there is more to see than we would normally see. Oh and do something about those silly “black light” lamps in nightclubs, they are not cozy at all and cause human facial skin to light up in a very ugly way. ;-)
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 03, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
All our organs hang on our spine. Which is an excellent solution for whoever moves around on 4 legs, but for an upright position this creates all sorts of problems, for example a premature deterioration of the spinal column due to it being out of balance all the time. Tell me more about intelligent design versus evolution…
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 03, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @Pettet8@mastodon.social
Yup. Where would they leave to? In all decent countries they would be more taxed than in the US. The ones who are leaving right now are the scientists. At some point, this will also hurt the billionaires. It is hard to become/remain a billionaire without high tech and novelties.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · May 02, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Oh kijk, de A12 kan dus toch dicht!

https://nos.nl/artikel/2612688-a2-en-a12-bij-utrecht-weer-dicht-door-werkzaamheden-veel-verkeershinder-verwacht

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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 30, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Op zee en in de lucht worden Nautical Miles gebruikt voor de weergave van afstanden.

Nautical Miles wordt normaal aangeduid met “nm”. Een nautical mile is 1 minuut (bij 360 graden om de aarde, met elke graad verdeeld in 60 minuten), en dat komt overeen met ongeveer 1.85 km.

Nautical Miles is handig vanwege de 1:1 relatie met het coordinatenstelsel.

Anyway, 500nm is zo’n 850 km of zoiets.

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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 29, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @MennoOng@waag.social
Ja, bij nader inzien toch geen goed idee.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 29, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @MennoOng@waag.social
Als je dan als president toch zonodig met je kop in de Amerikaanse paspoorten moet, wat voor foto kies je dan? Met een stralende lach, zodat het paspoort suggereert dat je uit het gelukkigste land van de wereld komt, of profileer je jezelf als een ontevreden stuk chagrijn? Ik heb begrepen dat Amerikanen kunnen kiezen voor het Trump-paspoort. In Europa zouden we dan, in plaats van een check op sociale media, gewoon Amerikanen terug naar huis kunnen sturen als ze bij de douane controle een pedofiel-paspoort blijken te hebben.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 26, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @bert_hubert@mastodon.nl
Het is eenzelfde soort vraag als: Waarom krijgt Shell, dat miljaren winst maakt, nu ook weer opnieuw de zakken vult met de stijging van de brandstofprijzen, ook nog eens subsidie? Waarom wordt Israel voortdurend de hand boven het hoofd gehouden terwijl iedereen met een paar functionerende hersencellen kan zien dat Israel een enorme agressor is die niet vanzelf gaat stoppen met het genocidale gedrag voordat alle buurlanden zijn gesloopt? Ik denk dat we veel te naief zijn en geloven dat de overheid het beste met ons voorheeft, en dat we moeite hebben om ons voor te stellen dat ze aan alle kanten (Shell, Israel, de VS) onder de tafel aan het graaien zijn en hun zakken vullen. Om op de vraag terug te komen: Het zijn niet de bewindslieden die zelf aan het programmeren moeten slaan. Ze hoeven alleen maar opdrachten te geven. En we kunnen er nu wel heel ingewikkeld over doen, maar digid is gewoon een inlogprogramma, zonder ingewikkelde user interface, graphics, sounds, etc. Ik denk dat een beetje programmeur zoiets heel snel in elkaar heeft geknutseld.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 24, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @oak_kitten@milliways.social
Nou nee eigenlijk. Als je een bedrijf hebt dan moet je BTW-aangiften doen en dat kan alleen nog maar met DigID of eHerkenning. Zeer irritant omdat dit gekoppeld is aan je mobieltje, dus is die stuk of zo dan kun je niet meer inloggen.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 23, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @alterelefant@mastodontech.de
Ehm, ik dwarsboom de overheid waar mogelijk hoor, daar niet van, maar wat is precies de bedoeling hiervan? Meer papierverbruik? Meer fossiel brandstofverbruik om al die post rond te brengen? Meer afval? De overheid dwingen om weer zoveel mogelijk per post te versturen stond nou net niet op mijn “verzetlijstje”.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 19, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @Janda@mastodon.nl
Als ik de BTW aangifte doe dan MOET ik een telefoonnummer invullen. Ik deed dat eerst met 000000 etc. maar dat vangen ze nu af, dus nu met 12345 etc. Ik heb er al vaker over geklaagd dat ik geen BTW aangifte kan doen zonder een telefoonnummer op te geven. En dat wil ik pertinent niet omdat ik: A) slechthorend ben. B) ik in het buitenland verblijf en het bij mij nacht is tijdens NL kantooruren. C) het mij geld kost als ik gebeld word vanuit Nederland. D) Ik niet goed zou weten waarom de belastingdienst mij zou moeten bellen als ik bijvoorbeeld ergens bij de kassa sta, ergens op bezoek ben, etc. E) het veel handiger is als ze me emailen omdat ik dan de benodigde informatie kan opzoeken voordat ik een ad hoc antwoord geef. Ik ben daar iedere keer echt ontzettend boos over dat ze een telefoonnummer proberen af te dwingen. Hee, misschien is dit wel een goed idee: als we met een aantal deelnemers een telefoonnummer afhuren die automatisch een bandje afspeelt met een uitleg waarom we geen telefoonnummer wensen te verstrekken, en dat ze gewoon kunnen emailen. En dan bij elk formulier als we er niet onderuit komen dit automatische telefoonnummer invullen.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 18, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz
Gulf of French Polynesyia would be more to the point, as it lies in the center of this map.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 16, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @mboelen@mastodon.nl
Ik gebruik Thunderbird al 20 jaar of zo, het grootste deel met mijn eigen email server. Een enkele keer een andere email programma geprobeerd maar ik blijf toch steeds weer terugkomen op Thunderbird. Ik synchroniseer contacten en agenda met Baidal. Ik gebruik Markdown voor opmaak en heb dan ook de Markdown extensie geinstalleerd. Verder heb ik nog een extensie om email (fragmenten) rechtstreeks naar mijn note app Joplin te exporteren.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 13, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @randahl@mastodon.social
Next step, cash money is no longer accepted, because the new system has so many “advantages”. Which means that banks and government gain total insight and control of everyone’s expenditures.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 13, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @xs4me2@mastodon.social
“If you can’t beat them, then join them” moet hij hebben gedacht. Nou nog even wachten totdat hij Iran gaat helpen om raketten af te vuren op Israel. 😜
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 11, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @AkaSci@fosstodon.org
Science is a thing of the past in the US. Scientists are fleeing the country. Science projects are being halted on every level. The magats will have it exactly like they wanted, no more jobs for educated people, and the magats will get the former immigrant jobs, and since the US now becomes a low wage country, a lot of stuff formerly made in China is now going to be made in the US. On the other hand, China and the rest of the world will continue the science projects, invent new stuff and better production processes, become rich and powerful, and will have their stuff made in the cheap workers country USA. Protests are no longer allowed because the magats themselves used their last voting opportunity to elect a psychopatic autocrat who ended their voting rights.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 11, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe
Think about that. No more expensive batteries that regularly need to be replaced. No more time wasted recharging these things. In fact, because they have a fixed track and route and don’t need to stop for recharging, they can run day and night, you can make a roster and have drivers hop on and off along the route, which would make the whole thing even more economical. It is a really great idea! Why did nobody think of it before?
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 11, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @martinvermeer@fediscience.org
But these systems, which consisted of mechanical gyro’s, had the problem that in certain attitudes they could lock up, instantly wiping out any reference, and both of them would lock up at the same position… This almost happened during Apollo 13 when they had to learn how to control the LM with the big mass of the CM and the dead SM still attached to it. On the audio tapes you can hear them say “be carefull, red is coming into view” which referred to the big red dot on the rear of their attitude indicators. If that red dot would reach the center of the view, the gyro’s would lock up and all reference would be lost. The whole Artemis achievement is laughable if you compare it with what they achieved almost 60 years ago.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 11, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @martinvermeer@fediscience.org
Navigation was an issue, which I can understand in their situation withhout sophisticated computers and mechanical inertial navigation units which needed frequent calibrations with a sextant, to figure out the positions of both LOR participants. It is quite amazing that they pulled it of nevertheless.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 09, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @janvlug@mastodon.social
Hoe moeilijk is het om die oranje randdebiel duidelijk te maken dat de NAVO een DEFENSIE-pact is, die in principe alleen in actie komt als een van de leden wordt aangevallen? En dat de NAVO terecht niet bedoeld is om als een van de lidstaten zonder overleg een of andere oorlog gaat beginnen in een ver land dat de rest dan maar moet komen meevechten? Als Rutte dat twee uur lang herhaald zou hebben zou het toch hebben moeten indalen lijkt me? Misschien iets minder meelullen de volgende keer…
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Apr 02, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @xs4me2@mastodon.social
Too close.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Mar 31, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @haayman@todon.nl
Ik gebruik Brave browser en het testresultaat is “fingerprinting is fully randomized”.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Feb 12, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @RoosVonk@mastodon.social
Iets met democratie enzo. Waarbij de stem van een nitwit even zwaar telt als die van een expert. En aangezien de helft van de bevolking een IQ heeft <=100 kun je niet veel beters verwachten.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @mihamarkic@mastodon.social
I don’t know what you are talking about. I don’t use a US email server. I don’t use gmail. There are many alternatives. And most bigger companies have their own in house email servers as well, and are free to use servers wherever they choose (and often have these in house too). What you are talking about (I think) is the fact that governments are lazy and have outsourced their IT to US companies, because that was cheaper than to have their own IT department. And yes, that needs to change. But in this thread, we were talking about alternatives to US based services for the public. And whether it is a good idea to invent a European Facebook, etc. And this is where I oppose against.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @atanasoff@mastodon.social
It is not “from the past”, it is alive and kicking and the most important elements from internet are working according to the core principles. Like email, name servers, etc. Nobody “owns” the name servers (which is a very, very good thing). The only reason to not follow this decentral principle is to dominate some market. And this is not “what regular people want” but what some TechBro’s want. Can you explain to me what the advantage is that with WhatsApp you can’t choose another app? Why you can’t choose a European based server? The Europe Tech Champions can do it right from the beginning, and just allow whatever they design, to be used with configurable providers, not just the one they own themselves. And they can make the protocols open, so that third parties can develop their own apps for it. Think about what will happen if we don’t go this way. In which country should they set up the server? Hungary? What if we kick that country out of the EU? Ok, another one? France? What if they get an ultra right nationalist government which suddenly mandates that all services running on “their” servers should be in French language? Really, a decentralized design is the only way to go, the only way to make it future proof. Nobody should own it, nobody should be able to force their own rules on it.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @mihamarkic@mastodon.social
Have you ever set up an email server? I did. For larger organizations, it is common to have a pool of email servers, backup servers, etc. The MX-records in the DNS have provisions for that. There is no restriction on where the various elements of the email servers are located, if you want your 2nd mail server to be on the other side of the world compared to the first one, you can do that. But this is not really what is meant with decentralization. Decentralization is the concept that you can choose a provider of your liking. A server that is owned by someone else, resides in a different part of the world, etc. Whatsapp would be decentral if, when you set up the account, it offers you a selection of providers (owned by others) to choose from, and allow other parties to create Whatsapp clients to interact with all of them. And yes, this can be done, Matrix is a good (but not the only) example of a decentralized messenger. I host an instance myself, and with my instance I can send and receive instant messages from other people who have subscribed to another provider. I use “Element” as app, but there are a dozen other apps to choose from. There are lists with decentralized alternatives for virtually all services, I trust you are able to type things like “WhatsApp decentralized alternative” in your favourite internet search engine.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @mihamarkic@mastodon.social
I disagree. People are reluctant to migrate to other services. You have to do it right the first time. You can go straight to decentralized services, you don’t have to first go to “European” services instead, that would be just a detour. Yes, being decentralized is applicable to ALL services. And yes, email is decentralized. You are not locked in to, say, gmail. You can just use any other email provider you wish, without loosing your contacts, functionality, etc. You can also use another app, again, without loosing your contacts. This is what decentralization is about. With Whatsapp, there is just only one instance, you can’t choose another one. There is also only one app, you can’t use any other app to access your messages. If you want to use another messenger (like Signal) you loose your contacts, unless they also migrate to that other platform. Whatsapp is NOT decentral. But email is, you can change provider while your buddies stay on their usual provider and you can still send emails to them. You can dump Outlook and use Thunderbird instead, without anyone noticing. See the difference?
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
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@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @randahl@mastodon.social
See the problem? Big Tech has the money to advertize their platforms all over the place. You want to take out the services out of the hands of Big Tech? Fine, but then nobody has the money to force them down your throat. This is where you and I come in, to make people aware of all these gems that already exists, built by volunteers, truly decentralized, but because nobody really “owns” the service, nobody is going to run an ad campaign for it. Take a look here: https://redecentralize.org/ Take a look here for a list of self hosted services: https://awesome-selfhosted.net/ Ask me if you want more.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @randahl@mastodon.social
I think, with all respect, that you have to educate yourself on this subject. An app is usually just a client, for some other service that runs somewhere on the internet. Ok, not a calculator-app, because that one can run without any outside support. But most apps, they use some kind of host. If that host can be anywhere in the world, then it is fine. However, if it is bound to a specific host, like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, you are locked in by some vendor, with a host that is placed in a country that might not so pleasant to do business with. An email-app however, is usually not restricted to one host. You can tell it which email-provider you want to use, and that can be anywhere in the world. Don’t like gmail? Then use another provider, or ultimately, host an email server yourself. The same applies to the messenger app Matrix. It is not restricted to one host. There are hundreds of hosts. I self-host a Matrix instance in Iceland, and just like with e-mail, it will communicate fine with any other instance where my message partner has chosen to subscribe to. Anyway, I urge you, do not advocate “European services” because that is just moving the problem from one place to another. To really solve the problem, we have just to go back to how the internet was intended, and only promote decentralized services that can be anywhere on the world (you pick one you like), with an open standard, so there can be multiple clients using the very same service. I self host my email server. I use Thunderbird on my laptop to access it, and K-9 mail on my GrapheneOS phone. I’m not bound to just one provider, nor to just one client app.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @randahl@mastodon.social
Are you kidding that you don’t know about Matrix?
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @dalstroka@snabelen.no
No, because Matrix is not European, but decentralized. It is everywhere, or nowhere, depending on your viewpoint. ;-)
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

fediverse.thefloatinglab.world
Replying to @randahl@mastodon.social
What do you mean with “non cloud software”? I host a lot of decentralized services which have nothing to do with a cloud. They just run on a VPS, which can be anywhere in the world. Currently, I have my services hosted in Iceland, because I like their privacy policies, but I can just plant them in any other country if I wish to. Photoshop? Have you tried Gimp? Many professionals who abandoned Microsoft and have chosen for Linux claim that Gimp can do everything Photoshop can do, often even better.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Jan 28, 2026
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

fediverse.thefloatinglab.world
Replying to @randahl@mastodon.social
I think we should stop looking for geographic/political bound services. The internet was designed to be used without that. We have email servers all over the world, and various email clients that can make use of it. There is no owner of the email service, no country the host of the email service, no one who has power over the email service. Email is nor “American” nor “European”. The danger we are now facing is that we will get “European services”, owned by Europeans, yet again locking you in, this time in a European scheme. Europe is not the holy grail however, they have grifters, nationalists, ultra rights, Trump-wannabee’s too. We will just swap one problem for another. The keyword here is decentralized. That is what we should be looking for. Not American, not European, but truly decentralized. Nobody in ultimate power, nobody who can make it politically lean to one side or the other, nobody who can pull the plug, or sell it to a billionaire. This is how the internet was intended, and how many of the initial services (email, name servers) were designed. This path was abandoned when big tech wanted to commercialize services, but it doesn’t have to be like this. For most services, if not all, decentralized alternatives exists. Good starting points to learn more about this can be, among others, found here: https://redecentralize.org/
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Oct 12, 2025
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

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Replying to @DigitalHorology@hachyderm.io
You can also look out of the window of course to see the moon phase by yourself.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Feb 12, 2025
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

fediverse.thefloatinglab.world
Replying to @richarddebruin@mastodon.social
Hoe meer mensen hoe beter. Als er 20 mensen meedoen heb ik meer het gevoel zinnig bezig te zijn dan wanneer er maar 2 meedoen.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Feb 12, 2025
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

fediverse.thefloatinglab.world
Replying to @petervalkema@mastodon.social
Hier trouwens mijn (self hosted) SearX-instance om van Google los te raken. https://searx.thefloatinglab.world Zoekopdrachten worden bij meerdere zoekmachines tegelijk ingediend (waaronder Google) maar gestript van elke vorm van identificatie zodat ze er niets meer mee kunnen en er in ieder geval geen geld meer mee kunnen verdienen.
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Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩 @FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world · Feb 12, 2025
Frans Veldman ⁱ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿᵗⁱᶠᵃ🚩
@FransVeldman@fediverse.thefloatinglab.world

Left the Netherlands in 2018 with a self sufficient sailing catamaran to the South Pacific. Currently anchoring in French Polynesia. Loves nature, uninhabited islands, science, globalists, environmentalists. Born when average CO2 was 320 ppm (today, as of end 2022, it is 418). Author, Publisher, Private pilot, ocean sailor, scuba diver, radio amateur, horse trainer, airplane builder (PH-DIY), software & hardware developer (ThunderByte AntiVirus in the 90's). Currently enjoying life and developing energy management systems for sailboats.

fediverse.thefloatinglab.world
Replying to @petervalkema@mastodon.social
Het idee is om het met een aantal mensen tegelijk te doen. Zodat we zeker weten dat we met dezelfde software versies werken, dat de menu’s van externe instanties (zoals de VPS provider, de DNS registratie, etc) niet ondertussen zijn veranderd, etc. Want dat is vaak het probleem bij “howto’s” of het internet: Ze klopten ooit maar doordat de software versies zijn veranderd en menu-opties niet meer bestaan of zijn veranderd loop je vast in het proces.
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