42: Swimming into brainwashing and burnout
It was by pure chance that I learned of the existence of the network of tuition-free computer science schools called "42": "There are 15,000 students, studying at 40+ campuses in…
PUTIN MUST DIE!
Путин должен умереть! Idea for Russia: Despite being "the father of the Korean economic miracle", General Park Chung-hee brutally suppressed protests, arrested and tortured activists, imposed censorship. In Oct. 1979,…
The viral game that makes you feel smart: Wordle
I wanted to resist this viral crap (because crap it is, alright), but in the end, what the heck, we're all humans. I fail to understand why Wordle is such…
The Miraculous Language Courses of the US Military + BONUS
The DLIFC (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center) prepares military linguists for the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy using incredibly intense programs. Knowing that most Americans…
The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of Putin
As a chronic procrastinator, I started writing drafts for several blog posts, only to get muddled and never finish any. Just as I was into an XXL-sized “Explaining Putin”... the…
Mon Gaston Berger de 2017
Oui, je sais, le Questionnaire caractérologique de Gaston Berger est fortement contesté de nos jours, mais il arrive que j'aie retrouvé les résultats de ce test que j'ai fait en…
Don’t Look Up—This movie is meant to scare you
At first, I thought this film to be your typical American crap, especially as the cast includes too many big names. Most of them, really, weren't necessary, but I just…
Me désenchanter, c’est ma vocation éternelle
Ce n'est pas dans mes habitudes d'être (trop) fan d'un homme ou d'un mouvement politique, mais j'ai, ou j'avais mes affinités et des gens que je trouvais plutôt prometteurs. Eh…
The Holo-Crypto-Meta-Virtual-Scam-Mafia
Until very recently, I wasn't au courant with the connection between Elrond and Holoride, and I also wasn't fully aware that the nightmarish future that awaits us is really a…
Soviet Winter Nostalgia
For someone who lived in a "formerly communist" Eastern European country, hence a victim of the forced "Bolshevization" of a third of Europe, it might seem bizarre (or a sort…
Îmi cam ajunge. Ce fascism ar fi fost necesar.
Dincolo de faptul că Dana Budeanu și Mihai Gâdea ar fi trebuit futuți în cur, îndelung și în formă continuată, de un trib foarte negru de oameni foarte furioși și…
CURIA (CJUE) vs. CCR: românii sunt pesemne prea imbecili pentru a pricepe
Era timpul să mai zic și pe românește vreo două conaționalilor retardați, care nu-s în stare să priceapă o decizie a unei instanțe europene, și cu atât mai puțin sunt…
Facebook Is Death!
When I first heard of the so-called Facebook Papers, I failed to understand what's the whole fuss about: wasn't it already old news that Facebook is harmful to humankind? What…
Windscribe VPN: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
When I wrote The VPN Myth half a year ago, I expressed my preference for Windscribe VPN, which includes features such as , a customizable advanced DNS and IP level…
Caffeine is what kills in those energy drinks
Contrary to what many people believe, it's not the taurine that killed all those young people who were taking one can too many of energy drinks. It's not even the…
I’ll be back (soon?) with another cartoon (or whatever)
I should have used a manga thumbnail, because it's a Japanese design, however Made in China (the price also corresponds to a Chinese product). I just received it, and so…
No more quality for the peripherals Made in China
All the keyboards are Made in China, and all the mice are Made in China, so what's new? What's new is that since 2016-2018, the quality of them all is…
Why Tim Cook Should Be Sodomized 24/7
I don't want to suggest that his sexual preferences (or is it God's greatest gift to him, as the motherfucker once said?) have anything to do with his business practices,…
Philippe Charles Jacquet: The Better Maestro of Solitude
My shortlist of depicters of solitude includes names of the magnitudes of Edward Hopper and of Giorgio de Chirico; but here's a French contemporary painter that makes me relate to…
At least, we have the masks
A new study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute and Cornell University shows that FFP2 marks offer surprisingly effective protection against SARS-CoV-2. This is by all means great news,…