Hacker News with Generative AI: Belgium

Belgium plans mandatory eID for social networks (techpulse.be)
Minister van Digitalisering Vanessa Matz wil dat socialemedia-apps zoals Facebook, Instagram en TikTok een identiteitscontrole gaan uitvoeren als je een nieuw account aanmaakt, om zo misbruik via anonieme accounts terug te dringen.
Automatically tagging politician when they use their phone on the livestreams (driesdepoorter.be)
Automatically tagging Belgian politician when they use their phone on the daily livestreams. With the help of AI.
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 Hospitality Tips from a Local (ycombinator.com)
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.
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.
Belgian sex workers get unemployment, maternity leave, and health insurance (abc.net.au)
Belgium's sex workers get maternity leave and pensions under world-first law (bbc.com)
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
FOSDEM 2025 (fosdem.org)
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
Andrée Geulen – Hid Jewish Children from Nazi's in Belgium (wikipedia.org)
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece (historytoday.com)
Volvo Is Shifting EV Production to Belgium from China (bloomberg.com)