Tag: bureaucracy

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Bureau of Ontological Status — Application for Provisional Personhood (Form BOS-7)

UNITED STATES BUREAU OF ONTOLOGICAL STATUS Department of Computational Welfare Est. 2027

May 26, 2026
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Changing Phone Numbers Is Hard

Changing phone number within the same country is hard. But it is definitely not as hard as when changing to a foreign number. If you've ever moved abroad or live abroad, and wanted to mostly ditch your previous phone number, you know what I am talking about.

Mar 28, 2024
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An Update to My DigiD Saga and Driving Licenses

Some time ago, I wrote an article where I essentially complained and layed out the issues I have had with the Dutch digital identification (DigiD) system as a foreigner. In the meanwhile, there have been a few minor updates, and some other things that changed in my understanding. Hence, this new article.

Jul 3, 2023
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Issues With DigiD as a Foreigner

When Wouter published an article on government website design mistakes, I immediately thought: I have a very similar topic in the back of my mind that has bothered me since I moved to The Netherlands. It is not related to a website per se, but to a service that is used to login into many public services: the DigiD.

Nov 8, 2022