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 SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!Ouch: tomorrow, Oct. 19, it should have been the Fedora 35 release day, but due to outstanding blocker bugs, on
Béranger on Biserica, românul, vaccinul: sutana sub care s-a ascuns diavolulYouTube m-a băgat în depresie: deși în patrie nu-mi sugerase căcaturi, iată că numa' ce-am plecat, și-mi bagă pe gât
Béranger on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!Notes after the release of the 21.10 Ubuntu family: ■ The Xubuntu 21.10 Release Notes mentions for a known issue
Béranger on Biserica, românul, vaccinul: sutana sub care s-a ascuns diavolul17 octombrie: Antena 3 continuă campania iresponsabilă de a căuta drept vinovați pentru valul 4 pe oricine, numai poporul român
Béranger on Românii vs. COVID-19: note de front inutileTâmpiții planetei! Recorder, 11 oct. 2021: Așa arată un dezastru sanitar. Dar sistemul de sănătate românesc este făcut să fie
Béranger on Românii vs. COVID-19: note de front inutileCTP, Estimp: „Guvernul n-a făcut ce trebuie ca românii să se vaccineze” nu e decât o frază bombastică în caftul
Béranger on Românii vs. COVID-19: note de front inutileSuccesul campaniei de imunizare este reprezentat de cooperarea totală a populaţiei în campania de vaccinare. Moaaamă, ce secret! Mai pe
gicu on Românii vs. COVID-19: note de front inutileSa nu ma injuri pentru link, ca-i lung. Da' uite ca si latinii se pot organiza: Portugalia are cea mai
Béranger on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!Thanks for your kind words; it's so rare nowadays to have such feedback!
Joe Crow on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!Best damn Linux review I've read in a long time. And by that I mean ever! Thank you for taking
Béranger on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!Tards here. How smart it is to only comment elsewhere! Of course, when they don't know me, and when they
Béranger on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!I guess I could also temporarily disable the internal drives in the BIOS! I never purchase second-hand laptops. Not laptops.
tim on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!Thanks for the USB stick reviews. I've been happy with the Samsung sticks; I will try to find your preferred
Béranger on Will we finally have the right to talk about hydroxychloroquine in good faith?I know experts in software development, electronics, mechanics, law. Most of them are either morons, or frauds. It can't be
CS on Will we finally have the right to talk about hydroxychloroquine in good faith?I enjoy reading your criticism of many aspects of the Linux and computer-related world and I have many views that
Béranger on Will we finally have the right to talk about hydroxychloroquine in good faith?1. Malaria, tropical diseases, field experience in Africa: Dr Raoult has a huge hands-on experience. In Africa, not in Marseilles.
CS on Will we finally have the right to talk about hydroxychloroquine in good faith?Thank you for taking the time to answer to my comment. I did not expect arguments to change your point
Béranger on Will we finally have the right to talk about hydroxychloroquine in good faith?1. You definitely know very little about Dr. Raoult's past. Please get informed. 2. factcheck.org is so skeptical about anything
gicu on SPECIAL: You Don’t Even Know How Terrible Your Linux Distro Is!1- Most people don’t read complex, long blog posts (I’ve had worse in the recent past, but the longer a
CS on Will we finally have the right to talk about hydroxychloroquine in good faith?The medrxiv preprint you analyzed is also a single study and has all the known biases of observational ones. I

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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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