Hacker News with Generative AI: Belgium

FOSDEM 2025 has exceeded my expectations (valatka.dev)
This weekend, I participated in FOSDEM 2025, which impressed me more than I had imagined. Boy, was it big—over 1,000 talks! Here are a few notable takeaways:
FOSDEM, Conferences, Technology, Open Source, Belgium
20 points by astronautas 19 days ago | 0 comments
FOSDEM Hospitality Tips from a Local (ycombinator.com)
FOSDEM, Conferences, Belgium, Hospitality, Travel
15 points by BaudouinVH 23 days ago | 1 comments
Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes (npr.org)
Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations.
Public Health, Environment, E-Cigarettes, Belgium, European Union
179 points by geox 54 days ago | 122 comments
Train conductor's bilingual morning greeting raises hackles in Belgium (theguardian.com)
A ticket inspector’s bilingual greeting to a Flemish train passenger has created a political war of words – and an official complaint – in language-divided Belgium.
Belgium, Language, Politics, Culture
7 points by impish9208 62 days ago | 0 comments
Belgian sex workers get unemployment, maternity leave, and health insurance (abc.net.au)
Social Issues, Belgium, Labor Rights, Sex Work
4 points by speckx 79 days ago | 0 comments
Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law (bbc.com)
Social Policy, Belgium, Sex Work, Labor Rights, Europe
8 points by impish9208 83 days ago | 0 comments
A skeleton made from the bones of at least eight people thousands of years apart (smithsonianmag.com)
Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study
Archaeology, History, Belgium, Anthropology, Human Remains
111 points by mhb 104 days ago | 43 comments
FOSDEM 2025 (fosdem.org)
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
Software Development, Conferences, Open Source, Belgium
22 points by edward 152 days ago | 12 comments
Andrée Geulen – Hid Jewish Children from Nazi's in Belgium (wikipedia.org)
Holocaust, History, Belgium, Resistance
4 points by rmason 174 days ago | 0 comments
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece (historytoday.com)
Art, History, Theft, Belgium
48 points by benbreen 251 days ago | 1 comments
Volvo Is Shifting EV Production to Belgium from China (bloomberg.com)
Electric Vehicles, Manufacturing, Belgium, China
21 points by belter 257 days ago | 2 comments