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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • Historically, shitty radio communication has gotten a LOT of people killed during emergencies. I’m perfectly willing to accept you can shave off a few percents of risk by getting Dutch cops better radios. But it’s hardly going to move the needle compared to “unskilled” Labour such as construction.

    I do workplace safety in the Netherlands, so allow me to trot some numbers out.

    3800 people die every year as a result of their jobs. 2500 from cancer, 700 from coronary issues. Over 400 die from falling or car crashes. So about 200 people die from all the stuff you’d generally associate with gruesome workplace hazards. Now, generally when I hold this talk, the point is “stop being a moron around chemicals”, but this time my point is “Dutch cops are really unlikely to die from their work”.



  • The main appeal of credit cards is that their safety system has been so weak for so long, they had to develop amazing support systems just so people would use their horribly bad payment method.

    The support systems still remain, so if I don’t get my package, that’s somehow the credit card company’s problem now.