September 2017 – Homo Ludditus

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Learning a language in 200 hours?

September 19, 2017 Learning a language in 200 hours?2021-02-15T09:35:33+01:00 Miscellanea

German is an impossible language. Right after I got the Zertifikat Deutsch B1, I forgot half of what I've learned. This is in part because all the methods and textbooks…

Béranger on Scrisoare împotriva OUG 27/2022Nu știu care mai e situația cu plafonarea-compensarea la curent, dar auzisem că, deși unii s-au trezit și cer ca
Béranger on Hibernation in Manjaro—For the Lucky OnesNot necessarily. The purpose of most if not all derivatives is to provide customizations, “polish” and fixes to the upstream
HAL on Hibernation in Manjaro—For the Lucky OnesOf course, but ça marche. Mais if it's OK on Neptune, on Debian too, I guess...
Béranger on Hibernation in Manjaro—For the Lucky OnesNeptune is an extremely niche case, a Debian derivative that's used by very few people; it's as if it were
HAL on Hibernation in Manjaro—For the Lucky OnesPersonally, on my old Toshiba with Neptune, I have no problem with hibernation. I'm lucky :)
loonix on Cum se răspândesc zvonurile în retardata RomânieExact!
Béranger on Impostura cu ștaif la românii franțuzițiToate cele trei teme naționale sunt prost tratate în România, și ar trebui să creăm institute de cercetare anume constituite
Béranger on Cum se răspândesc zvonurile în retardata RomânieCe e așa de greu să nu crezi ab initio nimic, să cauți sursa reală (rădăcină) a informației, să VERIFICI?
loonix on Cum se răspândesc zvonurile în retardata RomânieCe e așa greu de crezut, unii au luat pârnaie si pentru mai puțin, ca de exemplu tweet-uri non conforme,
Béranger on Scrisoare împotriva OUG 27/2022ACTUALIZARE: De-abia în seara zilei de 14 septembrie 2022 am văzut pe DigiTV, pentru prima oară, un „jurnalist” explicând că
Béranger on 5 months into Manjaro: harmless yet unacceptable breakageI gave up using systemd-boot and returned to GRUB. For hibernation, read Hibernation in Manjaro—For the Lucky Ones.
Béranger on 5 months into Manjaro: harmless yet unacceptable breakageOne more interesting read: Explaining the actual GRUB reboot issue in detail. Important fact: grub-mkconfig is automatically called, but not
Béranger on 5 months into Manjaro: harmless yet unacceptable breakageOf course, pinning a package so that it won't be upgraded is possible in Arch/Manjaro/Endeavor; see 2.1.3 Skip package from
Amr on 5 months into Manjaro: harmless yet unacceptable breakageSince I'm on a laptop, and Zram (Zswap disabled) for swapfile functionality, all goes to ram, and so I prefer
David on 5 months into Manjaro: harmless yet unacceptable breakageSo Arch/Manjaro/Endeavor pushes the grub2 update with borks the system -- causes it be unbootable. Can Arch Linux packages be
Béranger on 42: Swimming into brainwashing and burnoutThere is even worse: Full-stack web developer in 6 months with O’clock!
Béranger on 5 months into Manjaro: harmless yet unacceptable breakageTiny update: ■ Why some Arch users hate Manjaro, no single user on the stable branch suffered the grub incident
Béranger on 5 months into Manjaro: harmless yet unacceptable breakageGRUB won't fail that often, no matter how annoying it is when it does fail. systemd-boot isn't a magic bullet;
Amr on 5 months into Manjaro: harmless yet unacceptable breakageI've been always tempted to switch to systemd-boot, but usually I fall to the "if it ain't broken ..." adage,
HAL on 5 months into Manjaro: harmless yet unacceptable breakageGRUB problems are not unique to distributions like Manjaro or Arch. I remind you my problems with Neptune. For some

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Giorgio de Chirico. Immagini metafisiche

Giorgio de Chirico. Immagini metafisiche

by Riccardo Dottori

Questo libro di complessa analisi e interpretazione dei dipinti di Giorgio de Chirico è unico nel suo genere, e fortunatamente anche come e-book (non necessariamente per Kindle; l’ePub costa 9,99 euro all’IBS) comprende immagini di buona…

Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd? [nouvelle édition]

Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd? [nouvelle édition]

by Pierre Bayard

Après avoir lu « La Vérité sur Dix petits nègres » et « L’affaire du chien des Baskerville » (lu en anglais : Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of The Hound of the Baskervilles), je suis définitivement persuadé que la rigueur…

Histoire de la Chine : Des origines à nos jours

Histoire de la Chine : Des origines à nos jours

by John King Fairbank

Une bonne introduction à l’histoire de Chine.

The Eighth Detective

by Alex Pavesi

What eighth detective (or what eight detectives, in the UK edition)? You’ll understand towards the end of this unusual book which mainly consists of 7 stories, which per se are not that bad, so if one would only read the odd chapters fro…

Marseille Une ville sous influences

by Pierre Boisserie

Assommante comme histoire et très médiocre graphiquement, cette BD demeure assez instructive pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas Marseille. Mais ça, seulement si le prétexte d’une balade à travers la Marseille qui engendre une discussion en…

La Vérité sur Dix petits nègres

by Pierre Bayard

J’avoue n’avoir pas encore lu « Qui a tué Roger Ackroyd ? » (c’est pour bientôt), mais j’ai été séduit par « L’affaire du chien des Baskerville » (que j’ai lu en anglais : Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of The Hound of the…

L'homme de l'année 1989 - 16 - L'inconnu de la place tiananmen

L’homme de l’année 1989 – 16 – L’inconnu de la place tiananmen

by Jean-Pierre Pécau; Gin

Cette aberration est de la propagande pure. Je sais que cette collection n’est pas censée décrire la réalité, mais au sujet des évènements de Tiananmen, un peu plus de discernement s’imposerait.En admettant qu’il s’agisse d’un massacre…

Le Trésor du Cygne noir

by Guillermo Corral

Tif et Tondu de Blutch et Robber - Mais où est Kiki ? N/B

Tif et Tondu de Blutch et Robber – Mais où est Kiki ? N/B

by Robber

On ne peut nier ni l’effort ni le talent, mais après avoir lu la version en couleurs dans Spirou, cette version noir et blanc, complètement redessinée par rapport à celle en couleurs, ne me satisfait nullement.

Les Spectaculaires Prennent l’Eau

by Régis Hautière

Les Spectaculaires Dépassent les Bornes

by Régis Hautière

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill

by Sophie Hannah

I dare say it’s only with the fourth “New Poirot” that Sophie Hannah finally managed to reach a cunningness comparable to that of the Grande Dame of Golden Age’s Crime. The first three attempts were of unequal quality in my view: I rated…

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