Trinsec @Qoto @trinsec@qoto.org

@thor Do you have various levels of competence in your ungdomsskole too? That you have classes with different levels? Or is everybody lumped together like they seem to do in the USA? (Which is a fantastic recipe for disaster..)

@thor Considering the average youth's attitude.. 'meh' sounds appropriate. ;) I can know I was one of those!

Meh, school!

@thor
Basisschool, 0-8.
Middelbare school, the grades reset. Because the middelbare school have their own levels as well, which are preludes for the LBO/MBO/HBO/Universiteit. They each also differ in amount of years needed to finish it. In those levels you already choose the direction you're interested in so you get the courses fitting your direction.

Once you finish the middelbare school, you continue on the job education (vocation) or universiteit.

@thor We have the same idea. 'To be able to'. I guess maybe that's the origin. You're able to do it in a middle school. :P

Middelbaar, middelbare (adjective).

@thor Yes, our hogescholen is also more geared to more job focused education, while universities usually are more theoretical focused.

But then we have some more variations. We use abbreviations.. our hogescholen are HBO (Hogere Beroepsonderwijs, higher job education).
But we also have MBO, for plumbers and such.
And LBO, for the real simple things, animal care, cleaners, etc.

@thor Not sure I'm capable of explaining that one.

Basisschool (elementary school)
Middelbare school (high school)
Hogeschool (college (BA))
Universiteit (university (BA/MA))

@thor Dutch: middelbare school. Basically the middle school. Since hogeschool is college level.

You can see what the Americans are capable of if they call a simple middelbare school already a 'high school'... :P

Fun detail. I've attended an American university for 4 years, and the first 1-2 years was filled with stuff that I'd already covered in my middelbare school... So an average American high school dropout is seriously very low in knowledge.

@thor I'm wondering about that as well. I think it's more like that Futurama episode. They sit on our laps and purr so we get totally befuddled like those tribbles did in star trek. Except mine doesn't sit on my lap, but eh, details.

@IntegralDuChemin Nothing fatalist about it. Plenty of people who just don't want kids. I'm one of 'em, too much responsibility. :P My sis took care of this already for our family so the rest of us don't have to. ;)

@thor And now my cat's staring at me, wondering what he'd done to deserve a little cuddle from me.

The lovely bastard.

@thor I nudge mine too with my foot. :P But it doesn't matter how often you do it, they'll still keep toying with us! All cats are damn bastards.

@thor But my cat does not always want to be on the other side! He just wants me to open it, the bastard.

@thor Naw, the cat's definition of a door is 'It should not exist. And if it does, it should always be open.'

@piggo Get mad at the wither skeletons! Channel your inner rage!

@piggo Well, at least you've got plenty of netherrack now? ;)

I have to admit I consider 'System Crash' a hidden gem. Cyberpunk deckbuilding card game? Looking solid and has a great tutorial? Gameplay is smooth and everything looks crisp? Backstory told nicely and I totally feel it? Damn... I'm going to enjoy this. #Games #Cyberpunk

@freemo *Eyes own cat* I don't think I'll ever be able to make those kind of selfies with him...

We can see that The Lord of the Rings Online has entered the festive winter season. Got him as a freebie from the dailies.

Good name too. I think I'll keep this name.
#Games #MMORPG #LotRO

@hansw What's special about mobile banking?

I would say this is a pretty decent game bundle for this month:

Build Your Own Holiday Bundle from Fanatical
https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-holiday-bundle

Decent enough games in there for cheap prices.
Some of them draw my interest, so I'll probably grab a few as well.
#Games #Bundle #Fanatical