Hey everyone. I'm sitting in the train to work. Life is good although I am tired and I have to wear my muzzle.
Dutch elections are coming up, which means there is a chance to let my voice be heard. It does once again remind me that even though we have two (or technically three) christian parties, none of them really understand what is at stake.
The CU (Christian Union) is awesome in my hometown. I know four people involved at that level and can call three of them and have a one on one with coffee with them.
At the national level they're a spineless bunch that rolls over for tolerance and conformity. So theyre not an option.
The other oneis the SGP (State Reformed Party) which are the true conservative. But they have some very bad views on digital security and economy. Also, everyone dismisses them. Not a smart pick.
Now internationally some of you might know Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Shes from the netherlands and involved on what is portrayed as the racist-right here. Together with Geert Wilders and his PVV (party of freedom)
Now I don't know why, but I never felt comfortable voting for Geert. Probably stigma, and propaganda, but there might be another option.
The FVD (Forum of Democracy) is maybe a little too mob-rule but their heart is in the right place. Wanting to allow people to have their individual agency. Something I dearly miss with most other parties.
Problem being that their number 1 is like Trump. Probably good ideas, but with many visible personal faults. In this case impatience and jumping to conclusions.
So while among these four (well, three) I know which party I will probably vote for, I find myself disappointed to not find a christian party that understands the implication of human sovreignty.
So if any of you wants to discuss politics that are bot American, feel free to muse over Dutch politics here :)
Oh right, the third christian party is the CDA (christian democratic gathering). They are a big nothingburger, but one that was once rhe best pick. They were all about the hands-off government experience, and they gave us the most stable, boring rule in my lifetime.
The coalition currently in power fell apart. A coalition is a group of parties that negotiates a majority, and the issues they can agree on go on the agenda. The front party was the VVD (Populist party for Freedom and Democracy). They have proven to disregard the people and freedom both...
There is so much more to this one chapter, but it is so good already!
I had to cut it short because guests arrived, but this should get you started on your own study :)
@calvinrempel Thank you once again for the Theology Tuesday you did, I refer back to it in this one :)
@JamesDerian Congratulations with your Marriage :)
Next time there might (almost certainly) not be a Theology Tuesday, so the official next one will be February 22nd! I have a marriage to attend. As the groom. Our home is still half a project.
Fun times!
Alc and I talk about my book that is now officially finished. This is part 1 of 2. Parts have not been neatly cut. Part two will air 5 minutes after part 1 for coninuity!
Hope you enjoy :)
This is the third corner to have persistent discussions and talks in. I love tech, but especially once it transcends hardware a little. I have two degrees; a bachelor's in Software Engineering and a master's in Information Security Technology. My graduation thesis focused on assembly-level optimizations (that is, one level above the hardware level) and my free subjects were in formal verification. This is why I love programming in the security corner, or maybe it is the other way around.
I started going down the Security path because I early on saw that the world around us would become a dangerous cesspool of badly-implemented and hostile tech. Now I am one of the people that understands the field around that mess :)
So in here you can discuss secure phones, weird programming languages, sad truths about internet-connected fridges. Also about malware, adblockers, and so on and so fort!
A lot of tech talk I do over at the @Lunduke community, where a lot of nerds hang out and it is ...
Much like the reading corner, let's have a music corner! A few rules for this one, since some music can be provocative. I don't mind much but let's keep youtube links with risque thumbnails out of here.
Other music I might also mind. "Do you find that offensive?" might someone ask. Yes, there is some music I choose not to listen on principle, and I walk a thin line there sometimes. But do not worry, I have a wide taste otherwise so feel free to share almost anything :)
Either way, here is the music corner!
Many times when we talk about security, we mean to say "Digital security". In essence we mean to say that our hardware and software that we use stays safe no matter what we do. And even though the ISO27001 standard (and by extension, for example, the NEN7510 standard) make it abundantly clear that security is a people-domain problem, we usually take that as a process-like truth. Meaning, we think that being secure is a matter of regulating people.
The truth is very different. For example, while writing this I am pretty shot. I slept five hours and I an under influence of a bunch of painkillers and some alcohol. Before you ask what I was thinking, let me mention that I have a genetic defect in my spine that I am dealing with right now by taking measured doses of all three (and yes, to get the Bible into this conversation, there is even a biblical ground for the inebriation with alcohol - see proverbs and the letters to Timothy - , although I did not use red wine. But hey, I am still on top of ...
