October 2023 – Homo Ludditus

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De la Aquafresh în 3 culori, la Colgate cu șmirghel eficient

October 31, 2023 De la Aquafresh în 3 culori, la Colgate cu șmirghel eficient2023-11-05T03:02:07+01:00 5 Comments Colgate, medicale, pe românește

Preambul: Acest articol NU este publicitate! În principiu, eu continui să detest mărcile la care plătești eticheta, adică pretinsul prestigiu și imbecilele de keywords, taglines și ce mai folosesc ei…

Comment devient-on un tout petit peu pro-palestinien ?

October 30, 2023 Comment devient-on un tout petit peu pro-palestinien ?2023-10-31T22:16:07+01:00 1 Comment apocalypse, history, Israel

C'est mon sixième billet posté sous le marqueur Israël, mais le premier en français. Cela est dû principalement au fait que je vais mentionner des vidéos qui, pour la plupart,…

This is really starting to piss me off

October 24, 2023 This is really starting to piss me off2023-10-24T22:17:22+01:00 1 Comment apocalypse, Israel

Israel opposes fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip. Before they address what the honorable guys from Hamas have or have not confiscated, the retards from the IDF should know that…

Yanis and the Enchanted Cloud

October 23, 2023 Yanis and the Enchanted Cloud2024-02-29T22:40:02+01:00 3 Comments apocalypse, varoufakis

I was rather busy and downcast for quite a long time, so was not very familiar with this Technofeudalism theory promoted by Yanis Varoufakis since 2021. Now that he finally…

I’m not sure I believe in the two-state solution

October 22, 2023 I’m not sure I believe in the two-state solution2023-10-23T12:18:08+01:00 1 Comment apocalypse, history, Israel

With each day that passes, I feel less and less confident that peace could ever be achieved in the Middle East. In Israel. In the historic territory of Palestine. With…

The YouTube Apocalypse (RE-UPDATED)

October 18, 2023 The YouTube Apocalypse (RE-UPDATED)2023-10-20T11:08:28+01:00 3 Comments apocalypse, YouTube

YouTube started to show warnings that ad blockers are not allowed. Currently, in some cases, this shit can be dismissed, and the video will keep playing. This is my case;…

Middle East’s Borders Led to Wars

October 16, 2023 Middle East’s Borders Led to Wars2023-10-16T14:30:18+01:00 1 Comment apocalypse, history, Israel

Funny thing (if there are still things that can be funny these days), I just ran over a YouTube video posted on June 18, “Why the Middle East’s Borders Guarantee…

Hamas is Not Palestine

October 14, 2023 Hamas is Not Palestine2024-05-08T20:08:56+01:00 12 Comments apocalypse, history, Israel

I am not a beast, and I don't unconditionally support neither the entirety of the external policy of the United States, nor the internal policies of the state of Israel.…

Gaza is Hamas

October 13, 2023 Gaza is Hamas2023-10-13T16:05:50+01:00 1 Comment apocalypse, Israel

This is a translation of a text I posted on Facebook, to which I added a few images. It's difficult and useless to comment on the current situation in Israel,…

Chess and Go channels on YouTube

October 13, 2023 Chess and Go channels on YouTube2024-02-22T22:55:21+01:00 2 Comments baduk, chess, games, YouTube

I have over 200 text files with a choice of YouTube channels on various topics, most of them with selected videos for later reference. I might never be able to…

Istorii vechi din istorie veche

October 13, 2023 Istorii vechi din istorie veche2024-03-29T20:04:08+01:00 1 Comment Barbero, history, Israel, italiano, pe românește, YouTube

Cu mai bine de o săptămână înainte de pocinogul din Israel, mi-am pierdut timpul pe YouTube cu o seamă de videouri în italiană. Reiau aici postarea pe care am dat-o…

Forget about the EVs, here’s how the EU will save the whales

October 3, 2023 Forget about the EVs, here’s how the EU will save the whales2024-05-08T15:16:10+01:00 1 Comment eurocrap, idiocy

If anyone still needed a proof that the Eurocrats and the Green Nazis are the most patent retards the humankind has ever seen (except maybe for the State of California,…

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “As much as I despise Jesse Smith, he’s right in All about age verification laws and Linux: You might be…” Mar 16, 07:26

ConEst on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “It’s partly fault of my usage as well (maybe). I compress my files and upload and use handbrake too sometimes…” Mar 15, 19:22

Jeo on No luck, plenty of fun, and you’ll definitely die! (You, not them.): “You can’t beat what is in everybody’s head already. They just told it. Clearly. And the conclusion is clear, too:…” Mar 15, 17:00

Béranger on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Indeed, by “convergence” they meant “the PC is dead, the tablet is the future!” The tablet is nowhere, and even…” Mar 15, 16:42

Cozy on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “In a way, you do have the option to disable and remove those services, albeit it’s not presented in a…” Mar 15, 16:38

edel on Where can I place a bet on the way this war ends?: ““Israel’s future is very bleak” is the only thing I could bet on. Some thoughts: Alternative 1) It wins all…” Mar 15, 14:40

Béranger on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “I agree on firewalls and everything else (except for the MacBook)! But when someone installs a distro with a desktop…” Mar 15, 08:06

Béranger on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “Zero BSODs here with 8 GB, but even the IoT edition of Win11 is demanding in CPU and RAM.” Mar 15, 08:02

ConEst on LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE vs. Markdown: FAIL!: “This is just too funny at this point 😀” Mar 15, 06:38

ConEst on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: ““Less bad” was the criteria for me when I went back to windows.” Mar 15, 06:35

ConEst on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “When I was on fedora, I noticed it only got usable after like 2-3 months from its stable update. By…” Mar 15, 06:34

Cozy on Why are people consenting to using AppArmor or SELinux?: “Nothing to show here, but like the bot said, it’s really only practical for servers. Same goes for firewalls too…” Mar 15, 05:23

Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Regarding systemd GUI management tools, I forgot to mention a few outliers, which I added as UPDATE: ① MX: “MX…” Mar 14, 22:45

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “SJVN steps in: Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids’ IDs before booting: A new wave of age verification…” Mar 14, 17:04

Béranger on Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in Linux: “Liam Proven’s attempt at comparing ZRAM and ZSWAP: RAM is getting expensive, so squeeze the most from it. As expected,…” Mar 14, 16:56

Béranger on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “After some more KDE-related updates, Spectacle still crashes on exit and, of course, it creates 36 QMLC files as soon…” Mar 14, 16:08

KrapDE on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “They probably know how to program, but they are dumb who live on another planet and have no idea how…” Mar 14, 14:08

Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Oh, the EXT4 performance is closer to XFS than ever in Linux 7.0 Git:” Mar 14, 13:20

alecs on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “Democrația nu înseamnă că nu ești violat, înseamnă că majoritatea decide cine te violează.” Mar 14, 04:38

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Bibi is unstoppable: Les frappes israéliennes menées au Liban depuis le 2 mars ont fait 773 morts et 1 933…” Mar 14, 01:24

Béranger on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “France24 tocmai făcea socoteala că pentru un litru de motorină care costă €2.05 la pompă, statul e responsabil pentru €1.05…” Mar 14, 01:20

Béranger on On browser wars and stupid people: “Oh, I forgot about this relic! It does work, but it doesn’t always serve the purpose. I collect watermark-free Bing…” Mar 13, 21:11

Béranger on În care Dragoș Pătraru face pe istoricul: “Varianta mea de istorie scurtă pe care am pus-o ca descriere la un extras video pe FB: În 1953, CIA…” Mar 13, 20:58

foobar on On browser wars and stupid people: “In Firefox, you can press Ctrl+I, then select “Media” to see all images on a page.” Mar 13, 18:38

Béranger on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “Oui, chef !” Mar 13, 00:05

HAL on Everything is beta these days, especially KDE Plasma: “I told you not to trust Fedora and/or KDE! Perhaps the most “secure”, with the reservations you mention, is XFCE.…” Mar 12, 23:52

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Nu mai pot să mă uit la absolut nici un canal de știri românesc. Hai, poate la un buletin de…” Mar 12, 19:04

Béranger on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “N-ai cum să te opui, că doar nu ești cu Putler și cu Ayatolahii! (Jeff Stahler) Dar există o soluție…” Mar 12, 12:57

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Al Jazeera: Could Iran be using China’s highly accurate BeiDou navigation system? Why wouldn’t they? China needs oil! We all…” Mar 12, 04:46

Béranger on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “Am o critică măruntă: ai scris „Atenție: în contextul războiului cu Iranul!” Corect ar fi fost: „Atenție: în contextul războiului…” Mar 12, 01:40

Aldus on N-au nici pișu’, nici mazărea vreo șansă: “Eu sunt chiar tranșant pe subiectul ăsta. Pe scurt, no way! Pe larg, aici (articol + comentarii). Și asta pentru…” Mar 11, 23:48

Béranger on Is openSUSE at crossroads?: “Ouch, SUSE might be for sale.” Mar 11, 22:23

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “Uh, MidnightBSD’s initial reaction was not what it seemed to be, even if it changed twice. First time: California residents…” Mar 11, 22:20

Béranger on Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in Linux: “ZRAM becomes more and more interesting. In October 2025, I used Zswap (not ZRAM!) in Lubuntu 25.10. In December 2025,…” Mar 11, 18:30

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “The Reg: Linux PC vendor System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks. Carl Richell: Today, I met…” Mar 11, 00:55

Béranger on I might not be human, after all: “Indeed, it was painful to choose between such “masterpieces.”” Mar 10, 22:20

Jeo on I might not be human, after all: “Both human and AI written passages offered for evaluation sound artificial and pretentious to me. That is no good quality…” Mar 10, 21:50

Béranger on AI Quickie: Kubuntu vs. Fedora KDE: “Her, who? Her? as machines age, it gets worse over time. With a separate /home partition, the OS can be…” Mar 10, 19:38

HAL on AI Quickie: Kubuntu vs. Fedora KDE: “Ubuntu? Would you like to go with her, given her (possible? probable?) future direction? 😳 Well, Fedora… pff, but maybe…” Mar 10, 19:34

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Narratives: Trump’s vs. Iran’s. Trump: Trump is speaking about Iran again in Florida, a couple of hours after saying the…” Mar 9, 22:51

Drath on Millions are listening to fake music and they are enjoying it!: “I genuinely enjoy AI music, though not the youtube streaming stuff, but weekly tops on suno and udio. That is…” Mar 9, 11:07

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky was a true Nostradamus!” Mar 8, 20:50

Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “I very much liked JFS myself! But you already knew that.” Mar 8, 20:27

HAL on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “In the past, I used XFS and liked it, but I also used JFS, which I preferred. I never had…” Mar 8, 20:26

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I’d rather believe you’re masochistic… or maybe you invented a new religion, and you stick to it. This is not…” Mar 8, 20:12

VRBF on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Believe me, I’m a big fan of the K.I.S.S. principle. What you consider (in theory) “unnecessary complications,” for me (in…” Mar 8, 19:15

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “George Carlin is eternal!” Mar 8, 14:56

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I’m mostly focused on unnecessary complications. Are you familiar with The Incredible Machine, or you’re too young for that? You…” Mar 8, 14:52

VRBF on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Ok, just a few more clarifications based on daily technology use: a) IMHO, you’re very focused on the performance issue…” Mar 8, 14:48

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I asked Kimi about native booting from a VHDX. Its answer includes, among other things: The bootloader (bootmgr) uses a…” Mar 8, 10:49

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “This is merely the “Australia syndrome”: censoring the access to social networks. But Carl Richell’s statement applies here, too: “The…” Mar 8, 10:20

Aldus on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “Raed Arafat isn’t falling behind either. He was ridiculed in Romania, but it’s bizarre how suddenly all the governments of…” Mar 8, 09:09

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Fair points. But what a twisted design to have Windows use a VHD/VHDX file instead of a partition. Not only…” Mar 8, 07:05

Aldus on Curiouser and curiouser…: “Okay, I see you’re strongly opinionated about this, which I can’t be. Because, just like you, I’ve never tried this…” Mar 8, 05:22

Béranger on Linux: Backing the wrong horse or beating a dead horse?: “Linux 7.0 File-System Benchmarks With XFS Leading The Way (Phoronix): “XFS came out on top followed by EXT4, F2FS, and…” Mar 8, 02:47

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I asked Kimi: VHD/VHDX with dynamic disk allocation: I don’t understand how this works. On a normal filesystem, say an…” Mar 8, 02:27

Béranger on Curiouser and curiouser…: ““whenever you reinstall Windows (or install it on a new PC)” – I do not (re)install Windows. Like, ever. Maybe…” Mar 8, 01:08

Aldus on Curiouser and curiouser…: “I really like the system described by VRBF. I’ve never used it myself, but it looks excellent: you create the…” Mar 8, 01:03

Béranger on Today, I cannot take sides: “The NYT, about Iranian President’s Apology: Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, had just apologized on state television on Saturday morning…” Mar 8, 01:01

Béranger on Long live the Democratic People’s Republic of California!: “System76 on Age Verification Laws is an excellent read! I don’t care about their hardware and I dislike their COSMIC…” Mar 8, 00:13